Loudwire's 25 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2023

In a year with thousands of new albums, these 25 stand out the most.

Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Life Is But a Dream… Avenged Sevenfold Jun-02-2023, Progressive Metal
#2 ONE MORE TIME... blink-182 Oct-20-2023, Pop Punk
#3 Chaos Horrific Cannibal Corpse Sep-22-2023, Death Metal
#4 Sanguivore Creeper Oct-13-2023, Gothic Rock
#5 Can't Find The Brakes Dirty Honey Nov-03-2023, Hard Rock
#6 Living Proof DRAIN May-05-2023, Crossover Thrash
#7 The Algorithm Filter Aug-25-2023, Industrial Rock
#8 But Here We Are Foo Fighters Jun-02-2023, Alternative Rock
#9 Lighting Up The Sky Godsmack Feb-24-2023, Alternative Metal
#10 Starcatcher Greta Van Fleet Jul-21-2023, Hard Rock
#11 Foregone In Flames Feb-10-2023, Melodic Death Metal
#12 Whitsitt Chapel Jelly Roll Jun-02-2023, Contemporary Country
#13 ...So Unknown Jesus Piece Apr-14-2023, Metalcore
#14 Mammoth II Mammoth WVH Aug-04-2023, Hard Rock
#15 72 Seasons Metallica Apr-14-2023, Heavy Metal
#17 This Is Why Paramore Feb-10-2023, Post-Punk Revival
#18 Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre Periphery Mar-10-2023, Djent
#19 In Times New Roman... Queens of the Stone Age Jun-16-2023, Alternative Rock
#20 Homicidal Ecstasy Sanguisugabogg Feb-03-2023, Brutal Death Metal
#21 Truth Killer Sevendust Jul-28-2023, Alternative Metal
#22 Take Me Back to Eden Sleep Token May-19-2023, Alternative Metal
#23 Hackney Diamonds The Rolling Stones Oct-20-2023, Pop Rock
#24 Neon Noir VV Jan-13-2023, Pop Rock
#25 A New Tomorrow Zulu Mar-03-2023, Metalcore
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Life Is But a Dream… | Avenged Sevenfold | Album, Jun-02-2023, Progressive Metal |
| #2 | ONE MORE TIME... | blink-182 | Album, Oct-20-2023, Pop Punk |
| #3 | Chaos Horrific | Cannibal Corpse | Album, Sep-22-2023, Death Metal |
| #4 | Sanguivore | Creeper | Album, Oct-13-2023, Gothic Rock |
| #5 | Can't Find The Brakes | Dirty Honey | Album, Nov-03-2023, Hard Rock |
| #6 | Living Proof | DRAIN | Album, May-05-2023, Crossover Thrash |
| #7 | The Algorithm | Filter | Album, Aug-25-2023, Industrial Rock |
| #8 | But Here We Are | Foo Fighters | Album, Jun-02-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #9 | Lighting Up The Sky | Godsmack | Album, Feb-24-2023, Alternative Metal |
| #10 | Starcatcher | Greta Van Fleet | Album, Jul-21-2023, Hard Rock |
| #11 | Foregone | In Flames | Album, Feb-10-2023, Melodic Death Metal |
| #12 | Whitsitt Chapel | Jelly Roll | Album, Jun-02-2023, Contemporary Country |
| #13 | ...So Unknown | Jesus Piece | Album, Apr-14-2023, Metalcore |
| #14 | Mammoth II | Mammoth WVH | Album, Aug-04-2023, Hard Rock |
| #15 | 72 Seasons | Metallica | Album, Apr-14-2023, Heavy Metal |
| #17 | This Is Why | Paramore | Album, Feb-10-2023, Post-Punk Revival |
| #18 | Periphery V: Djent Is Not a Genre | Periphery | Album, Mar-10-2023, Djent |
| #19 | In Times New Roman... | Queens of the Stone Age | Album, Jun-16-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #20 | Homicidal Ecstasy | Sanguisugabogg | Album, Feb-03-2023, Brutal Death Metal |
| #21 | Truth Killer | Sevendust | Album, Jul-28-2023, Alternative Metal |
| #22 | Take Me Back to Eden | Sleep Token | Album, May-19-2023, Alternative Metal |
| #23 | Hackney Diamonds | The Rolling Stones | Album, Oct-20-2023, Pop Rock |
| #24 | Neon Noir | VV | Album, Jan-13-2023, Pop Rock |
| #25 | A New Tomorrow | Zulu | Album, Mar-03-2023, Metalcore |