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2013: A Year In Review

January 5, 2014

2013: A Year In Review
2013: A Year In Review

Top 5 Metal Splits of 2013

Splits are fun. Sometimes they showcase that one band you already know and one band you want to know. Sometimes everything is terrible. But most times everything is wonderful and great. These five in particular are excellent.

 

  1. Ashencult+Mephorash - Opus Serpens

    Unholy Anarchy Records.

    USBM segues into orthodox black metal. Trve to the core. Buy. 

    - Cheryl Prime

  2. Botanist+Palace of Worms - Split: EP1: The Hanging Gardens of Hell / Ode to Joy

    The Flenser

    Curious black metal meets the cult. Buy. 

    - Cheryl Prime

  3. Cough+Windhand - Reflection of the Negative

    Relapse Records

    Tortured sludge begets opium laced doom. Buy. 

    - Cheryl Prime

  4. Helrunar+Árstíðir Lífsins - Fragments - A Mythological Excavation

    Lupus Lounge

    Folk inspiration and Icelandic heritage. Buy. 

    - Cheryl Prime

  5. Vestiges+Panopticon

    The Flenser/Replenish Records

    American darkness complements Kentucky blackness. Buy.

    - Cheryl Prime

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— words by the SPB team • January 5, 2014

Main photo: Wendy Longo

2013: A Year In Review
2013: A Year In Review

Pages in this feature

  1. Opening page
  2. The Best Punk and Hardcore Records of 2013
  3. The Best Rap Mixtapes of 2013
  4. Top 10 Non Metal Albums of 2013
  5. Top 5 Indie EPs of 2013
  6. Top 5 London Live Shows of 2013
  7. Top 5 Metal EPs of 2013 (sort of).
  8. Top 5 Metal Splits of 2013
  9. Top 5 Modern Goth Records of 2013

Series: Year End 2013

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