2023 Albums Ranked

1. Beyond The Black - Beyond The Black

2. Xandria - The Wonders Still Awaiting

3. Fvnerals - Let The Earth Be Silent

4. Insomnium - Anno 1696

5. For I Am King - Crown

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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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Every metal album I've heard from 2023, ranked out of 10

1. Enslaved - Heimdal

2. Insomnium - Anno 1696

3. Overkill - Scorched

4. In Flames - Foregone

5. Hellripper - Warlocks Grim and Withered Hags

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

1. Ulthar - Anthronomicon

2. Ulthar - Helionomicon

3. Vvon Dogma I - The Kvlt Of Glitch

4. Liturgy - 93696

5. Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current

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1. Úlfúð - Of Existential Distortion

2. Cursebinder - Drifting

3. Ciemra - The Tread Of Darkness

4. Non Est Deus - Legacy

5. Shores Of Null - The Loss Of Beauty

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1. Obituary - Dying Of Everything

2. Grá - Lycaon

3. Ahab - The Coral Tombs

4. Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars

5. Nothingness - Supraliminal

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New year, same winter

1. Ablaze My Sorrow - The Loss Of All Hope

2. The Lightbringer Of Sweden - The New World Order

3. Númenor - Majesty

4. Screamer (SWE) - Kingmaker

5. Tribunal - The Weight Of Remembrance

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Top albums for the year (8+) rating - Meaning that the albums are worthy of multiple listens and purchase. 9 and 10s are must buy immediately.

There is no real order other than rating and then usually just in order of listening to the album. I don't get to listen to a large portion of the albums that get released, so this list is by no means comprehensive.

1. Tribunal - The Weight Of Remembrance

2. Signo Rojo - There Was A Hole Here

3. In Flames - Foregone

4. Frozen Dawn - The Decline Of The Enlightened Gods

5. Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags

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2023 Playlist

1. Sleep Token - Take Me Back to Eden

2. Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But a Dream...

3. Rye - В​с​ё

4. Enslaved - Heimdal

5. Insomnium - Anno 1696

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1. Riverside - ID.Entity

2. Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

3. Insomnium - Anno 1696

4. Klone - Meanwhile

5. Haken - Fauna

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I'm switching back to my old format of this list for comfort related reasons. I won't have the time to listen to the albums well enough to make a proper ranking. I'm going through a few life changes and will unfortunately have to slow down my album discoveries while still keeping track of anticipated releases. Albums are ordered by release date and can be added before being heard. This list serves as a personal reminder of my albums of interest for the year 2023. For those who want an album ranking I highly recommend the lists of some of the other users on the site. Suggestions are always welcome

1. Anubis Gate - Interference

2. Gloryhammer - Return To The Kingdom Of Fife

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

4. Pupil Slicer - Blossom

5. Rival Sons - Darkfighter

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1. Sermon - Of Golden Verse

2. Enslaved - Heimdal

3. Kalmah - Kalmah

4. Cloak - Black Flame Eternal

5. Insomnium - Anno 1696

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Feel free to disagree with me and tell me how shit my taste is

1. Sermon - Of Golden Verse

2. Omnerod - The Amensal Rise

3. Death Engine - Ocean

4. Dozer - Drifting in the Endless Void

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

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1. Bell Witch - Future's Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate

2. Leiþa - Reue

3. Allochiria - Commotion

4. Tribunal - The Weight Of Remembrance

5. Insomnium - Anno 1696

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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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