In The Rear View Mirror

ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2013

1. Pretty Maids:Motherland
2. Black Star Riders:Black Star Riders
3. The Winery Dogs:The Winery Dogs
4. Bon Jovi:What About Now
5. Avantasia:The Mystery Of Time
6. Sammy Hagar:Sammy Hagar & Friends
7. Saxon:Sacrifice
8. Mike Tramp:Cobblestone Street
9. FM:Rockville
10. Goo Goo Dolls:Magnetic

BEST SWEDISH ALBUM:

1. ColdSpell:Frozen Paradise
2. W.E.T.:Rise Up
3. Amaranthe:The Nexus

BEST LIVE ALBUM:

1. Def Leppard:Viva! Hysteria
2. Europé:Live At Sweden Rock
3. Whitesnake:Made In Britain/The World Record
4. Whitesnake:Made In Japan
5. Scorpions:MTV Unplugged In Athens

SONGS OF THE YEAR:

1. Pretty Maids:Sad To See You Suffer
2. Black Star Riders:Kingdom Of The Lost
3. Pretty Maids:Mother Of All Lies
4. The Winery Dogs:Elevate
5. Bon Jovi:Amen
6. Queensryche:Fallout
7. Goo Goo Dolls:Keep The Car Running
8. Avantasia:Invoke The Machine
9. Pretty Maids:I See Ghosts
10. Dan Reed:Signal Fire

BEST SWEDISH SONGS:

1. ColdSpell:Paradise
2. Zero Illusions:Black Mood
3. W.E.T.:Learn To Live Again

COVER VERSION OF THE YEAR:

1. Adrenaline Mob:High Wire (badlands)
2. Skid Row:United (judas priest)
3. Anthrax:Anthem (rush)

BOX OF THE YEAR:

1. Radioactive:Legacy

RE-RELEASE OF THE YEAR:

Savatage:Streets-A Rock Opera:Narrated Version (plus dvd)

SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL-CONCERT OF THE YEAR:

1. Europé
2. Avantasia
3. Rush
4. Rick Springfield
5. Thunder

CONCERT OF THE YEAR:

1. Pretty Maids-Varberg
2. Y&T-Göteborg
3. Bon Jovi-Stockholm
4. Mike Tramp-Varberg
5. Queensryche-Göteborg

OPENING ACT OF THE YEAR:

1. Slade-Varberg (Smokie)
2. Ugly Kid Joe-Göteborg (Skid Row)
3. Zero Illusions-Varberg(Pretty Maids)
4. Gamma Ray-Göteborg (Helloween)
5. Sweet-Varberg (Smokie)

LIVE EVENT OF THE YEAR:

John & Tone Norum (Unplugged gig Varberg,Bruket 11 Maj)

DVD OF THE YEAR:

1. Judas Priest:Epitaph
2. Europé-Live At Sweden Rock
3. Iron Maiden:Maiden England 88'

BEST SWEDISH BAND:

1. Europé (congrats to 30 years)
2. ColdSpell (three amazing albums in a row)
3. Zero Illusions (great live band with new music coming soon)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR:

Rock Plektrums gigs at Bruket in Varberg.Sweden Rock Festival and that 2013 has been a very good album year. The hardest Top 10 list to make during my years at www.artrock.se.

LOWPOINTS OF THE YEAR:

Kiss (Sweden Rock Festival-cool stage but only 3 out of 4 in the band was in good shape and a really boring setlist) & no Richie Sambora in Bon Jovi (Stockholm)(Phil X did a great job but…)

R.I.P.:

Clive Burr (Iron Maiden),Trevor Bolder (Uriah Heep), Jan Kuehnemund (Vixen),Allan Lanier (Blue Öyster Cult),Dani Crivelli (Krokus),Lorne Black (Great White)

Andy Flash
December 2013
Yearlist for www.artrock.se