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MY FAVORITE METAL ALBUMS OF 2023
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Created by Ralle
on 22.01.2023
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Pandemonium Of Cosmological Alchemy: Top Metal Albums Of 2022 I don't know if I am just getting too old, or is it the lack of dedicated time to just sit down and listen to an album properly, without doing anything else, but I have a feeling that more and more albums sound just the same. Writing this years my top ten, or should I say top twenty five-ish list was really hard for me. Not because there was a lack of good albums, there are always some good albums, and this year, in some cases, was pure fucking brilliance. But a lot of times there were albums that I listened to a few times, and at that moment they actually sound good, but if you asked me half an hour later which songs I remembered... I would be dumbstruck to give you a proper answer.
So, let us get on with the top ten first. There were some really pleasant surprises, especially in terms of new bands and bands I discovered this year. New Horizon is a project of now ex H.E.A.T singer Eric Grönwal who in early 2022 was revealed as the new singer of Skid Row. Now, I am biased as fuck, because I am a huge fan of his voice, for me he is a brilliant power metal or hard rock singer. And this is exactly how this album sounds, power metal mixed with AOR and hard rock. The album is a collaboration with his former band mate, who plays keyboards in the mentioned H.E.A.T. It seems they wanted to delve deeper into power metal here as opposed to more hard rock style of H.E.A.T although HEAT's last album with Grönwal had pretty strong power influences. I have no idea how, why and what happened in that band so that Eric left, but simultaneously put out a project with his former band mate... and I don't really care. This album is a pure fucking masterpiece of melodic metal. Really refreshing. In terms of originality you won't hear anything especially new, but the delivery is excellent and song writing top notch. Now I am not going to write a detailed album-by-album review here, I am way too lazy for that. Or not quite. I will just say that first four places, you could switch them in any order you want, and it would be great. Amorphis delivered another great album, Månegarm is being Månegarm, rising again to the top tier of Viking metal. What I really love about Månegarm is that they do not just write your default Viking metal songs and lyrics. Just as the previous few, this album is inspired by, and follows the story of Yngling dynasty, legendary and semi-legendary rulers from Scandinavia who, as the sagas say, claim descent from Odin himself and are progenitors of all the medieval rulers and kings from Scandinavia. At least that is what the sagas say. My point here, it is not just another default band and album riding the wave of Viking popularity, or at least it is not just that. Månegarm looks to explore history, sagas and myths of medieval Scandinavia and re-tell the Norse sagas in a modern metal format. Another band of a similar manner in the list is Ereb Altor, quite similar to Månegarm in style, modern Viking metal or pagan metal, or however you want to call it these days, heavily influenced by both black and folk metal. Just like Månegarm, most of their songs are in Swedish, rather than the English language. Which is a huge bonus if you ask me. Between those two, there is a new In Flames album. What do you mean it is not In Flames? OK, an album that should have been In Flames, if In Flames were actually any good in the last decade or two. It might be called The Halo Effect, but it sounds like In Flames/Dark Tranquillity. Zero surprise there, since for those who are not familiar, it is literally made up of former In Flames members, with Mikkael Stanne from Dark Tranquilliy, who is also former In Flames member himself, on vocals. Great album, it sounds like In Flames, it is nothing especially original, but it is a quality album, and better than anything In Flames recorded since.. probably the Clayman if you ask me. If there wasn't New Horizon, Stormruler would be the revelation of the year for me. I don't know what is going on in the USA, but there are quite a few really good melodic or atmospheric black metal bands in recent years coming from the US. Last year it was Stormkeep, this year it is Stormruler. As far as I know, they are not connected in any way, but similarities do not stop at having a "Storm" in their name. Fucking masterpiece of an album. If you are into atmospheric instrumental interludes that remind me of Summoning, or melodic black metal.. yes, this album is for you. Quite as Expected, Brymir put out another quality album with their Voices in the Sky. If you are not familiar with Brymir..well, think of Ensiferum, Wintersun, maybe some Equillibrium or Kalmah. Yeah, so do I. Awesome album. Another new band on this year's list, Fallen Sanctuary. A collaboration between members of Temperance and Serenity. Personally, I really enjoy Georg (Neuhauser, singer of Serenity and the main vocal contributor to Fallen Sanctuary) voice. His voice has a beautiful tone and colour. So I was on it from the start. Also, I am a real sucker for melodic power metal so.. makes sense that his made my list. Unsurprisingly, Septicflesh made the cut with another good album. One of the few bands that keep a high level on consistency in many years. Since Communion, they haven't put out a bad album. I really struggled to decide what album to put on number ten spot, since there was at least five or six I considered to be good enough.. in the end, I picked progressive veterans Threshold. Because it was quite a surprise how much I liked this album, it reminded me a lot of their 2004 Subsurface, and how good they used to be in their prime. Few more things and few albums that I want to mention. I was never huge fan of Parkway Drive, but they grew on me with years, and I kind of fell for them over the time, even though I did not really liked them for years when I first hear them. Well, this album, who probably most of the old and more metalcore fans will not like.. to me was a fucking masterpiece. They quite moved away from the old PWD sound and… well I really enjoyed this one. Sakis Tolis put out another Rotting Ch… I mean solo album masterpiece. Blind Guardian put out the best album since 2010, but I am still kind of divided on it. I like it but at the same time it lacks that something to make it really memorable. As I said maybe I am just too old, haven’t listened to it enough times, or need to play it without doing anything else to really let it sink in. Not great, not terrible but quite solid. I could say the same thing about Evergrey, Therion and few other bands on the list.. Few of the other albums that were quite close to be in top 10, and are definitely worth mentioning are Bucovina’s new album. Also Finnish folk black metal one woman project Vermilia put another good album. Yes, I really do enjoy bands that sing in their native languages, in spite of me not understand shit. Or maybe because of it. After a long wait, Battlelore returned with a new album called “The Return of the Shadow”, of course it is another Tolkien themed album, and of course, I love the shit out of it. In the end there was a lot of other albums that I consider to be good, especially some really big bands like Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, Behemoth also released some new stuff this year. And while none of it was particularly band, I do like most of it, none was either really deserving of the place in the top tier. Not great, not terrible as the meme would say.
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Created by RhaegarTargaryen
on 21.01.2023
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DEATH METAL 2023
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Created by twisted_johnz
on 20.01.2023
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My Top 100 Albums According To Last.fm This list is my top 100 played albums ordered by the number of "scrobbles" since 2013 according to last.fm, if you also have a last.fm account, don't hesitate to follow me.
My last.fm user: daniloescolin
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Created by IDieForMetal
on 17.01.2023
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F.A.F.O. 2023 An ongoing saga charting band's who, for better or worse, I have discovered every month of the year. While I won't list every band, I will be selecting highlights and/or lowlights.
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Created by omne metallum
on 15.01.2023
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Favorite Albums Of 2023
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Created by Pierre Tombale
on 15.01.2023
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2023 Album Ranking
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Created by Dr. Mabuse
on 11.01.2023
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2023 Top Pop Pickers - The Music Vendor Classic cuts from TV on the radio: the music vendor. It's alright.
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Created by Dylan 1974
on 10.01.2023
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TOP 2023 TOP 2023 in the making.
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Created by Charlotbk
on 09.01.2023
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IQ Albums Ranked ( Not An IQ Test ) The Mighty Neo Progressive Gods
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Created by Blackcrowe
on 09.01.2023
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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 2018 A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.
2018 was pretty good year, some solid releases in death and Melodic death metal, Symphonic metal had a pretty good record comparing to previous years, and Judas priest released there best album in almost thirty years. My favorite non metal albums of 2018 1. Civilisation By Southern Empire (Progressive rock, Symphonic rock) 2. Schmaltz By Spanish Love Songs (Pop Punk, Emo) 3. Joy as an Act of Resistance By Idles (Post-Hardcore, Art punk) 4. TA13OO By Denzel Curry (Trap, Southern Hip Hop, Trap Metal) 5. OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES By SOPHIE (Bubblegum Bass, Hyperpop, Experimental) My favorite movie from 2018
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Created by Handala
on 08.01.2023
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Éomer's Album Top 67 (and counting) Of 2023 All 2023 released studio albums I listened to in 2023, ranked from best to worst.
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Created by Éomer Éadig
on 06.01.2023
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2023 Some Bitter Farewell for Korah ----Updated every weeks----
I'm looking for all genres without exceptions, with currently little preferencies for Progressive, Death and Black metal! Listenning to every albums 2 or 3 times at less before including it in my list. I specify my favourite songs in order of preferency ❤ = Amazing song!
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Created by Korah
on 04.01.2023
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Tominator's 2022... Best To Worst Another year has passed, so that means it's time for my list of the best and worst albums of 2022.
Some numbers: - 194 albums - Total points given: 1437,9 - Average score: 7,41/10 - Albums with a score of 7 or above: 80,93% - Albums with a score of 8 or above: 27,32% - Albums with a score of 9 or above: 0,52%
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Created by tominator
on 02.01.2023
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My Most Frequently Listened-to Albums Of 2022 Collected thanks to Last.fm. Looks like there's been an odd mixture of brutal death metal, symphonic deathcore, old school death metal and... power metal (among others) because i'm a fantasy enjoyer.
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Created by Qualeen
on 01.01.2023
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