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PURE LOVE Bury My Bones From: Anthems Released: February 4 After plenty of promotion and delays, early 2013 saw the UK release of Frank Carter's post-Gallows band's debut release. Straying from the snarling punk fury of Gallows, Anthems is an aptly named record; stadium-ready rock with tunefulness and heart, Pure Love is a project that shows maturity and growth for Carter. As for the bellyaching fans who just want to hear him scream? Feel free to grow up with him.

Usually, this is the time of year when the reflections on the twelve months that were are complete and this place becomes a ghost town for at least a couple weeks because there's nothing interesting being released until April. In fact, if you noticed during my chronologically ordered nominees rollout, you'll find that only 7/50 came out in the first quarter of the year (with five of those being in March, and none in January). Maybe the labels are panicking to get their properties out there before no one cares about albums anymore, maybe my music addiction's spiraled too far out of control. Whatever the case, the first three months of 2013 are logjammed with potentially and guaranteed awesome albums alike. So, we took a look back, and will remember 2012 fondly; now let's dive into 2013 and start devouring more tasty riffs! After the jump are my 15 most anticipated releases coming in the early part of 2013: