For the love of extreme, brutal, hellish sounds…

1.Humanity's Last Breath - Ashen

2.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

3.Ulthar - Anthronomicon

4.Mental Cruelty - Zwielicht

5.Ulthar - Helionomicon

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1.Saturnus - The Storm Within

2.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II

3.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

4.Tenhi - Valkama

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

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1.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

2.Hypno5e - Sheol

3.Sworn - A Journey Told Through Fire

4.Sermon - Of Golden Verse

5.Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags

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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…

1.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II

2.Tribunal - The Weight Of Remembrance

3.Signo Rojo - There Was A Hole Here

4.In Flames - Foregone

5.Frozen Dawn - The Decline Of The Enlightened Gods

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1.Turmion Kätilöt - Omen X

2.花冷え。 - 来世は偉人！

3.Frozen Crown - Call Of The North

4.Kamelot - The Awakening

5.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II

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TOP 2023 in the making.

1.Wayfarer - American Gothic

2.Insomnium - Anno 1696

3.Dying Fetus - Make Them Beg For Death

4.Enslaved - Heimdal

5.Host - IX

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All 2023 released studio albums I listened to in 2023, ranked from best to worst.

1.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II

2.Crypta - Shades Of Sorrow

3.Vomitory - All Heads Are Gonna Roll

4.Insomnium - Anno 1696

5.Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags

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1.Ahab - The Coral Tombs

2.Obituary - Dying Of Everything

3.Riverside - ID.Entity

4.Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars

5....And Oceans - As In Gardens, So In Tombs

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1.Wintersun - Time II

2.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God

3.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II

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"Very good" or above. The top 20 are the best of the year. Everything else ranges from 8 to 9.5 on a "10" scale.

1.Afterbirth - In But Not Of

2.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

3.Godthrymm - Distortions

4.Fvnerals - Let The Earth Be Silent

5.Notturno - Inside

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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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1.Dying Fetus - Make Them Beg For Death

2.Enforced - War Remains

3.Vomitory - All Heads Are Gonna Roll

4.Obituary - Dying Of Everything

5.Autopsy - Ashes, Organs, Blood And Crypts

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Just my personal favorite releases from 2023…

1.Uada - Crepuscule Natura

2.Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit

3.None - Inevitable

4.Panopticon - The Rime Of Memory

5.Blood Incantation - Luminescent Bridge

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Well, here I put my personal top with which to me have been the best albums of 2023. They are not all they are, but if they all are.

1.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

2.Sworn - A Journey Told Through Fire

3.The Zenith Passage - Datalysium

4.Phlebotomized - Clouds Of Confusion

5.Anima Hereticae - Descended From The Mountains

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I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

2.Qrixkuor - Poison Palinopsia

3.Skepticism - Ordeal

4.Funeral Mist - Devilry

5.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal And Ardor

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