AJ's Ranking Of 2023

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AJ's Ranking Of 2023

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A list by
AJ The Great
Created
February 19, 2023
Entries
50
Endorsements
2
Here is my top 50 for 2023! Only LPs, no re-recording (looking at you brilliant Paradise Lost, Kauan and Cavalera), that I rated 8 and above.

My biggest year yet in number of album I've given an ear to. Strangely, a tough one for the top 10. A lot a great records. I could have easily add 20 more, but first year I can't really see clear winners (imo of course). So I've mostly gone for comfort with Saturnus, Panopticon and Enslaved, knowing full well I've heard better from them in the past. Still, they genuinely caught my preference. The top spot goes to the biggest "surprise" for me, more than anything else. I did not expect to be that taken by the eerie and glacial atmosphere of Wolvennest DPTL, but I could not stop going back to it again and again.

Album count: 987 (!)
Average rating: 6.37
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1.
Wolvennest - The Dark Path To The Light
2023
50.
2.
Saturnus - The Storm Within
2023
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3.
Panopticon - The Rime Of Memory
2023
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4.
Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
2023
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Enslaved - Heimdal
2023
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TesseracT - War Of Being
2023
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Fen - Monuments To Absence
2023
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Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us
2023
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Heretoir - Nightsphere
2023
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10.
Autrest - Follow The Cold Path
2023
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11.
Bizarrekult - Den Tapte Krigen
2023
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12.
Vitriolic Sage - 梦路
2023
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13.
Crow Black Sky - Sidereal Light: Volume Two
2023
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14.
Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Nahab
2023
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Insomnium - Anno 1696
2023
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16.
Blackbraid - Blackbraid II
2023
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17.
...And Oceans - As In Gardens, So In Tombs
2023
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None - Inevitable
2023
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Sworn - A Journey Told Through Fire
2023
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Enforced - War Remains
2023
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Shining - Shining
2023
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Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle
2023
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Wayfarer - American Gothic
2023
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Soen - Memorial
2023
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25.
Iravu - A Fate Worse Than Home
2023
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Rye - В​с​ё
2023
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27.
Shores Of Null - The Loss Of Beauty
2023
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28.
Downfall Of Gaia - Silhouettes Of Disgust
2023
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29.
Host - IX
2023
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30.
Hanging Garden - The Garden
2023
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31.
Uada - Crepuscule Natura
2023
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Mephorash - Krystl​-​Ah
2023
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Fvnerals - Let The Earth Be Silent
2023
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34.
Úlfúð - Of Existential Distortion
2023
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35.
Vansidian - Reflecting The Shadows
2023
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36.
Baroness - Stone
2023
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Helleruin - Devils, Death And Dark Arts
2023
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Ikarie - Arde
2023
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Hinayana - Shatter And Fall
2023
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40.
Night Crowned - Tales
2023
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41.
Vanishing Kids - Miracle Of Death
2023
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Marianas Rest - Auer
2023
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43.
Atavistia - Cosmic Warfare
2023
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44.
Sól Án Varma - Sól Án Varma
2023
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45.
Sacred Outcry - Towers Of Gold
2023
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46.
Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current
2023
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47.
Health - Rat Wars
2023
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48.
Morne - Engraved With Pain
2023
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49.
Imperium Dekadenz - Into Sorrow Evermore
2023
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Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
2023
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