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Best Albums Of 2023

"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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Created by thebenfo on 01.05.2024



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Guib's Awards (Changes Yearly)

Year Currently Covered: 2023

Hey folks! Welcome to the greatly coveted Guib Awards! Instead of creating a list every year, I've decided to make a single one that will change yearly to feature my favorite…

1.Altarage - Worst Case Scenario
2.Baroness - Stone
3.Bloodletter - A Different Kind Of Hell
4.Capra - Errors
5.CauseNeffect - Validation Through Suffering

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Created by Guib on 03.03.2024



dish_dude Top 50 Albums Of 2023

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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Created by dish_dude on 26.12.2023



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My Personal Top Metal Albums Of 2023

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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Created by PapiIguana on 15.12.2023



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Favorite Albums From 2023

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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Created by em6568 on 29.08.2023



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Playing Outside Of The Box! (An Alternative Metal Guide & Journey)

Right... Let's get this out of the way from the get-go. Alternative metal is hard to define. I guess that comes from it always wanting to experiment, explore and fuse heavy metal with non-metal music genres.

1.Living Colour - Vivid
2.Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
3.Faith No More - The Real Thing
4.Godflesh - Streetcleaner
5.L7 - Smell The Magic

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Created by Guib on 20.08.2023



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2023 July

1.Fleshvessel - Yearning: Promethean Fates Sealed
2.The Glorious Dead - Cemetery Paths
3.The Devil's Trade - "Vidékek vannak idebenn"
4.Rannoch - Conflagrations
5.Thelemite - Survival Of The Fittest

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Created by DarkWingedSoul on 07.07.2023



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2023: Jul-Dec

I reckon 735 albums in the first 6 months of this year is a 6-month record I will never match, but let's see how many I get through in Q3 and Q4…

1.Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree - Aion
2.Meridian Sun - The Curse
3.The Gorge - Mechanical Fiction
4.Earthside - Let The Truth Speak
5.Wayfarer - American Gothic

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Created by musclassia on 04.07.2023



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Oldy's 2023 Albums Ranked

1.Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns And Seven Seals
2.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
3.Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium
4.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us
5.Wayfarer - American Gothic

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Created by Oldy86 on 19.06.2023



Favorites Of 2023

1.Riverside - ID.Entity
2.Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex
3.Baroness - Stone
4.Haken - Fauna
5.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

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Created by Ryanm123 on 02.05.2023



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TOP 100 (2023)

1.Orbit Culture - Descent
2.Tryglav - The Ritual
3.Code Orange - The Above
4.Cloak - Black Flame Eternal
5.Thy Catafalque - Alföld

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Created by Killian on 10.02.2023



2023 My Picks

Albums that are considered good on my first time of listenin'.

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4.Afterbirth - In But Not Of
5.Appalooza - The Shining Son

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Created by SS on 09.02.2023



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My Favorite Albums Of 2023

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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Created by Vellichor on 06.01.2023



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2023: A Rough Ranking

2023 here we go. My target for the year is 100+ albums, at a rule of 2 albums a week minimum.

1.Nospūn - Opus
2.Periphery - Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre
3.Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden
4.Crow Black Sky - Sidereal Light: Volume Two
5.Against Myself - Tides Of Insanity

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Created by 24emd on 03.01.2023



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Andy's top 2023

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

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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Created by AndyMetalFreak on 03.01.2023