PopMatters' 20 Best Metal Albums of 2023
This has proved a fantastic year for heavy music and metal, with masters impressing and newer artists shining. These are the best metal albums of 2023.
Source
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Blight Year | Anti-God Hand | Aug-25-2023, Black Metal |
| #2 | Úpal | Kostnatění | May-26-2023, Black Metal |
| #3 | Atrocity Machine | Body Void | Oct-13-2023, Sludge Metal |
| #4 | Igitur | Sea Mosquito | Nov-03-2023, Black Metal |
| #5 | To Be Cruel | Khanate | May-19-2023, Drone Metal |
| #6 | In But Not Of | Afterbirth | Oct-20-2023, Progressive Metal |
| #7 | Black Medium Current | Dødheimsgard | Apr-14-2023, Progressive Metal |
| #8 | Anthronomicon | Ulthar | Feb-17-2023, Death Metal |
| #9 | Evenfall of the Apocalypse | Ascended Dead | May-12-2023, Death Metal |
| #10 | The Decline of the Enlightened Gods | Frozen Dawn | Feb-10-2023, Melodic Black Metal |
| #11 | The Enduring Spirit | Tomb Mold | Sep-15-2023, Death Metal |
| #12 | Hive Mind Narcosis | Thantifaxath | Jun-02-2023, Black Metal |
| #13 | Blight Witch Regalia | Cicada the Burrower | Apr-07-2023, Blackgaze |
| #14 | ...So Unknown | Jesus Piece | Apr-14-2023, Metalcore |
| #15 | 93696 | Liturgy | Mar-24-2023, Avant-Garde Metal |
| #16 | Andermans Mijne | Laster | Oct-13-2023, Avant-Garde Metal |
| #17 | Make Them Beg For Death | Dying Fetus | Sep-08-2023, Brutal Death Metal |
| #18 | Seis Amorfismos | Diego Caicedo | Oct-13-2023, |
| #19 | Saturnian Bloodstorm | Lamp of Murmuur | Mar-26-2023, Black Metal |
| #20 | Ardor for Black Mastery | Auriferous Flame | Oct-06-2023, Black Metal |
| #21 | Helionomicon | Ulthar | Feb-17-2023, Death Metal |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Blight Year | Anti-God Hand | Album, Aug-25-2023, Black Metal |
| #2 | Úpal | Kostnatění | Album, May-26-2023, Black Metal |
| #3 | Atrocity Machine | Body Void | Album, Oct-13-2023, Sludge Metal |
| #4 | Igitur | Sea Mosquito | Album, Nov-03-2023, Black Metal |
| #5 | To Be Cruel | Khanate | Album, May-19-2023, Drone Metal |
| #6 | In But Not Of | Afterbirth | Album, Oct-20-2023, Progressive Metal |
| #7 | Black Medium Current | Dødheimsgard | Album, Apr-14-2023, Progressive Metal |
| #8 | Anthronomicon | Ulthar | Album, Feb-17-2023, Death Metal |
| #9 | Evenfall of the Apocalypse | Ascended Dead | Album, May-12-2023, Death Metal |
| #10 | The Decline of the Enlightened Gods | Frozen Dawn | Album, Feb-10-2023, Melodic Black Metal |
| #11 | The Enduring Spirit | Tomb Mold | Album, Sep-15-2023, Death Metal |
| #12 | Hive Mind Narcosis | Thantifaxath | Album, Jun-02-2023, Black Metal |
| #13 | Blight Witch Regalia | Cicada the Burrower | Album, Apr-07-2023, Blackgaze |
| #14 | ...So Unknown | Jesus Piece | Album, Apr-14-2023, Metalcore |
| #15 | 93696 | Liturgy | Album, Mar-24-2023, Avant-Garde Metal |
| #16 | Andermans Mijne | Laster | Album, Oct-13-2023, Avant-Garde Metal |
| #17 | Make Them Beg For Death | Dying Fetus | Album, Sep-08-2023, Brutal Death Metal |
| #18 | Seis Amorfismos | Diego Caicedo | Album, Oct-13-2023, |
| #19 | Saturnian Bloodstorm | Lamp of Murmuur | Album, Mar-26-2023, Black Metal |
| #20 | Ardor for Black Mastery | Auriferous Flame | Album, Oct-06-2023, Black Metal |
| #21 | Helionomicon | Ulthar | Album, Feb-17-2023, Death Metal |