The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Brendan Crabb

Top Ten Albums
 1.  Soilwork  -  The Living Infinite
 2.  Carcass  -  Surgical Steel
 3.  Alice In Chains  -  The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
 4.  I Exist  -  From Darkness
 5.  The Amenta  -  Flesh Is Heir
 6.  Dream Theater  -  Dream Theater
 7.  The Dillinger Escape Plan  -  One Of Us Is The Killer
 8.  Alter Bridge  -  Fortress
 9.  Queensrÿche  -  Queensrÿche
 10.  Ghost B.C.  -  Infestissumam
 
 Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
 1.  Devin Townsend  -  The Retinal Circus
2.  Testament  -  Dark Roots Of Thrash
 3.  Buckcherry  -  The Best Of Buckcherry
 
 Top Five Songs
 1.  Alice In Chains  -  Phantom Limb
 2.  Soilwork  -  Vesta
 3.  Steven Wilson  -  The Watchmaker
 4.  Queensrÿche  -  In This Light
 5.  Northlane  -  Quantum Flux

 
 Artist Of The Year
 1.  Steven Wilson
 2.  Devin Townsend
 3.  Mike Patton
 4.  Chino Moreno
 5.  Floor Jansen
 
 Best Five International Artist Performances 
 1.  Behemoth
 2.  Steven Wilson
 3.  Black Sabbath
 4.  Metallica
 5.  Sick Of It All
 
 Best Five Australian Artist Performances 
 1.  The Amenta
 2.  Airbourne
 3.  Psycroptic
 4.  Twelve Foot Ninja
 5.  King Parrot
 
 Top Five TV Shows  
 1.  Breaking Bad
 2.  Game Of Thrones
 3.  30 Rock
 4.  Arrested Development
 5.  Veep
 
 Top Five Films
 1.  Django Unchained
 2.  Zero Dark Thirty
 3.  Only God Forgives
 4.  Gravity
 5.  Star Trek Into Darkness
 
  Top Five Websites
 1.  MetalSucks
 2.  Loud Online
 3.  Cricinfo
 4.  League HQ
 5.  FilmInk
 
 The Highlight Of 2013
 A great year for Australian heavy music- numerous acts stepping up their game considerably, both live and on record.
 
 Prediction For 2014
 Manly Sea Eagles to go one better.