1.Crystal Coffin - The Curse Of Immortality

2.Exulansis - Overtures Of Uprising

3.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

4.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II

5.Frozen Dawn - The Decline Of The Enlightened Gods

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Not totally clean, and I had to cut some categories to stay in the 1000 lines limit.

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2.Avatar - Dance Devil Dance

3.Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream...

4.Code Orange - The Above

5.Death Dealer Union - Initiation

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1.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

2.Insomnium - Anno 1696

3.Fen - Monuments To Absence

4.Godflesh - Purge

5.Incantation - Unholy Deification

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With over 1300 albums to choose from, it's not easy to narrow down to a top 20. As far as the top albums go, I think this has been a bit of a weaker year than the last few, but there's been some great standout releases.

1.Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree - Aion

2.Sermon - Of Golden Verse

3.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

4.The Gorge - Mechanical Fiction

5.Meridian Sun - The Curse

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Hello there. Below lie my favorite death metal records of 2023 listed alphabetically by band name, with subgenres included if by chance anyone cares. The list will be updated periodically when I get through the ungodly amount of great music the year has produced. As always I welcome recommendations in the comments. That being said, let the blood spill and enjoy the following carnage

1.Absolutism - Asynchronous

2.Afterbirth - In But Not Of

3.Ahab - The Coral Tombs

4.Alkaloid - Numen

5.Altarage - Worst Case Scenario

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1.Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current

2.Kauan - ATM Revised

3.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

4.Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle

5.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

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1.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

2.The Zenith Passage - Datalysium

3.Currents - The Death We Seek

4.Mélancolia - HissThroughRottenTeeth

5.Pupil Slicer - Blossom

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1.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

2.Oak - Disintegrate

3.Sermon - Of Golden Verse

4.Bizarrekult - Den Tapte Krigen

5.Soen - Memorial

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My Personal Favorites From 2023

1.Asinhell - Impii Hora

2.Graveripper - Seasons Dreaming Death

3.Overkill - Scorched

4.Varathron - The Crimson Temple

5.Metal Church - Congregation Of Annihilation

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1.Insomnium - Anno 1696

2.Sorcerer - Reign Of The Reaper

3.Ignea - Dreams Of Lands Unseen

4.Soen - Memorial

5.Within Temptation - Bleed Out

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1.Shylmagoghnar - Convergence

2.Sacred Outcry - Towers Of Gold

3.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

4.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

5.Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle

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To Celebrate Metal Hammer's Tumultuous Albums of the Year list, I'm releasing my top 25 Albums of the year early. It might change once the Awards come around.

1.Saturnus - The Storm Within

2.Insomnium - Anno 1696

3.Miserere Luminis - Ordalie

4.Æolian - Echoes Of The Future

5.Sacred Outcry - Towers Of Gold

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1.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

2.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

3.Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags

4.Sworn - A Journey Told Through Fire

5.Insomnium - Anno 1696

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1.Metallica - 72 Seasons

2.Ascension (UK) - Under The Veil Of Madness

3.Antioch - Antioch VI: Molten Rainbow

4.Course Of Fate - Somnium

5.Subsignal - A Poetry Of Rain

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Albums i've listened to multiple times that were released this year. Ranking will be made at the end of the year.

1.Baroness - Stone

2.Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex

3.Riverside - ID.Entity

4.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

5.Enslaved - Heimdal

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