Kerrang!'s 50 Best Albums of 2023

The Kerrang! verdict on the 50 albums that shaped 2023.

Published: December 11, 2023 12:50 Source

# 1

But Here We Are by Foo Fighters

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Alternative Rock

# 2

Sanguivore by Creeper

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Gothic Rock Rock Opera Hard Rock

# 3

Take Me Back to Eden by Sleep Token

Album • May 19 / 2023 Alternative Metal Alt-Pop

# 4

The Noble Art Of Self Destruction by Holding Absence

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Alternative Rock

# 5

Blossom by Pupil Slicer

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Mathcore

# 6

Life Is But a Dream… by Avenged Sevenfold

Album • Jun 02 / 2023 Progressive Metal Avant-Garde Metal

# 7

72 Seasons by Metallica

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Heavy Metal

# 8

...So Unknown by Jesus Piece

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Metalcore

# 9

A Call To The Void by Hot Milk

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Alternative Rock Pop Punk

# 10

This Heathen Land by Green Lung

Album • Nov 03 / 2023 Hard Rock Heavy Metal Stoner Metal

# 11

A Kiss for the Whole World by Enter Shikari

Album • Apr 21 / 2023 Alternative Rock

# 12

The Weight Of The Mask by Svalbard

Album • Oct 06 / 2023 Post-Hardcore Blackgaze

# 13

Stone by Baroness

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Stoner Metal Progressive Metal

# 14

Smile by Skindred

Album • Aug 04 / 2023 Alternative Metal Nu Metal Rap Metal

# 15

Life Under The Gun by Militarie Gun

Album • Jun 23 / 2023 Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore

# 16

ONE MORE TIME... by blink-182

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Pop Punk Alternative Rock

# 17

So Much (For) Stardust by Fall Out Boy

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Pop Rock Alternative Rock

# 18

This Is Why by Paramore

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Post-Punk Revival

# 19

Living Proof by DRAIN

Album • May 05 / 2023 Crossover Thrash Metalcore

# 20

The Above by Code Orange

Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Alternative Metal

# 21

Symptoms of Survival by Dying Wish

Album • Nov 03 / 2023 Melodic Metalcore

# 22

Rivers Of Heresy by Empire State Bastard

Album • Sep 01 / 2023 Metalcore Post-Hardcore Sludge Metal

# 23

Neon Noir by VV

Album • Jan 13 / 2023 Pop Rock Alternative Rock

# 24

A New Tomorrow by Zulu

Album • Mar 03 / 2023 Metalcore Powerviolence

# 25

The Seventh Sun by Bury Tomorrow

Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Melodic Metalcore

# 26

10,000 gecs by 100 gecs

Album • Mar 17 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hyperpop

# 27

Retas by Voice of Baceprot

Album • Jul 13 / 2023 Alternative Metal

# 28

History Books by The Gaslight Anthem

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Heartland Rock Alternative Rock

# 29

Only Constant by GEL

Album • Mar 31 / 2023 Hardcore Punk

# 30

The Surface by Beartooth

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Alternative Metal Pop Rock

# 31

Venom by WARGASM (UK)

Album • Oct 27 / 2023

# 32

152 by Taking Back Sunday

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Alternative Rock Pop Rock

# 33

A Mind Waiting to Die by Graphic Nature

Album • Feb 17 / 2023 Nu Metal Metalcore

# 34

Perfect Saviors by The Armed

Album • Aug 25 / 2023 Indie Rock Noise Rock

# 35

Truth Decay by You Me At Six

Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Alternative Rock

# 36

One Day by Fucked Up

Album • Jan 27 / 2023 Post-Hardcore

# 37

Doom Loop by Dream Nails

Album • Oct 13 / 2023 Punk Rock Riot Grrrl Queercore

# 38

A Feast On Sorrow by URNE

Album • Aug 11 / 2023 Sludge Metal Groove Metal Progressive Metal

# 39

Zig by Poppy

Album • Oct 27 / 2023 Alt-Pop Post-Industrial Electronic

# 40

In Times New Roman... by Queens of the Stone Age

Album • Jun 16 / 2023 Alternative Rock Hard Rock

# 41

RAT WARS by HEALTH

Album • Dec 07 / 2023 Electro-Industrial Industrial Metal

# 42

Bleed Out by Within Temptation

Album • Aug 18 / 2023 Alternative Metal

# 43

Past // Present // Future by Meet Me @ The Altar

Album • Mar 10 / 2023 Pop Punk

# 44

SAVED! by Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter

Album • Oct 20 / 2023 Hymns Southern Gospel Singer-Songwriter

# 45

CMF2 by Corey Taylor

Album • Sep 15 / 2023 Hard Rock Alternative Metal

# 46

The Other One by BABYMETAL

Album • Mar 24 / 2023 Alternative Metal Trance Metal

# 47

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY by Waterparks

Album • Apr 14 / 2023 Alternative Rock Pop Rock Power Pop

# 48

EVERGREEN by PVRIS

Album • Jul 14 / 2023 Alt-Pop

# 49

The Jaws Of Life by Pierce the Veil

Album • Feb 10 / 2023 Alternative Rock

# 50

The Path To Righteousness by Grove Street

Album • Sep 29 / 2023 Crossover Thrash