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…

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.Hanging Garden - The Garden

2.Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars

3.Obituary - Dying Of Everything

4.Runemagick - Beyond The Cenotaph Of Mankind

5.Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current

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My very subjective ranking of all heard metal and metal-adjacent albums 2023.

1.Fleshvessel - Yearning: Promethean Fates Sealed

2.Liturgy - 93696

3.Dead Times - Dead Times

4.Vvon Dogma I - The Kvlt Of Glitch

5.Agriculture - Agriculture

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My top to bottom list of everything from 2023 I've spent time with and have also purchased either physically or digitally (which is why most of them have high ratings). Releases featured on MS only.

1.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

2.Thy Catafalque - Alföld

3.Gravesend - Gowanus Death Stomp

4.Sermon - Of Golden Verse

5.Nightmarer - Deformity Adrift

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1.Vvilderness - Path

2.Air Raid - Fatal Encounter

3.Insomnium - Anno 1696

4.Mithridatum - Harrowing

5.Omega Infinity - The Anticurrent

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1.Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis

2.Gravenchalice - Messiah

3.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II

4.Fleshvessel - Yearning: Promethean Fates Sealed

5.Hasard - Malivore

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These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)

- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery…

1.Ancient - Svartalvheim

2.Arizmenda - Spiders Lust In The Dungeon’s Dust

3.Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

4.Cattle Decapitation - Death Atlas

5.Ciemra - The Tread Of Darkness

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1.Amorphis - Queen Of Time - Live At Tavastia 2021

2.Riverside - ID.Entity

3.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

4.Finsterforst - Jenseits

5.Paradise Lost - Icon 30

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Pretty much everything I’ve listened to this year, let me know what I’ve missed and what you’ve found and cheers to 2024 being even better 🍻

Check out my seven favorite album covers that I’ve looked…

1.Silent Planet - Superbloom

2.Sermon - Of Golden Verse

3.Voice Of Baceprot - Retas

4.Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree - Aion

5.TesseracT - War Of Being

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Same deal as always - scenes if I somehow manage to break the 1200-album record I hit last year…

1.Sermon - Of Golden Verse

2.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

3.Fvnerals - Let The Earth Be Silent

4.Enslaved - Heimdal

5.Moonreich - Amer

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This list will contain both full studio albums and EP's…

1.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

2.Sanguisugabogg - Homicidal Ecstasy

3.Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags

4.Sarcoptes - Prayers To Oblivion

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

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Another year begins. This time I'm adding Country of origin next to the rating and genre.

2024
2022…

1.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II

2.Wayfarer - American Gothic

3.Varathron - The Crimson Temple

4.Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags

5.Shylmagoghnar - Convergence

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Are you addicted to the eerie sound of Deathspell Omega, Ulcerate and Portal? Then this list is for you.

1.Above Aurora - Path To Ruin

2.Above Aurora - Myriad Woes

3.Abyssal - Antikatastaseis

4.Ad Nauseam - Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est

5.Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse

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