Rock Sound's Top 50 Albums Of 2023

For our final The Album Story feature of 2023, we are counting down our top 50 favourite records from the last 12 months.

Published: December 15, 2023 10:06 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Take Me Back to Eden Sleep Token May-19-2023, Alternative Metal
#2 So Much (For) Stardust Fall Out Boy Mar-24-2023, Pop Rock
#3 A Kiss for the Whole World Enter Shikari Apr-21-2023, Alternative Rock
#4 ONE MORE TIME... blink-182 Oct-20-2023, Pop Punk
#5 Sanguivore Creeper Oct-13-2023, Gothic Rock
#6 Life Is But a Dream… Avenged Sevenfold Jun-02-2023, Progressive Metal
#7 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Waterparks Apr-14-2023, Alternative Rock
#8 This Is Why Paramore Feb-10-2023, Post-Punk Revival
#9 The Noble Art Of Self Destruction Holding Absence Aug-25-2023, Alternative Rock
#10 EVERGREEN PVRIS Jul-14-2023, Alt-Pop
#11 Truth Decay You Me At Six Jan-27-2023, Alternative Rock
#12 Suicide and Sunshine Trophy Eyes Jun-23-2023, Alternative Rock
#13 But Here We Are Foo Fighters Jun-02-2023, Alternative Rock
#14 A Call To The Void Hot Milk Aug-25-2023, Alternative Rock
#15 The Jaws Of Life Pierce the Veil Feb-10-2023, Alternative Rock
#16 The Surface Beartooth Oct-13-2023, Alternative Metal
#17 Retrovision Honey Revenge Jun-23-2023, Pop Rock
#18 152 Taking Back Sunday Oct-27-2023, Alternative Rock
#19 Join The Club As December Falls Jul-21-2023,
#20 Dead Club City Nothing But Thieves Jun-30-2023, Pop Rock
#21 Why Would I Watch Hot Mulligan May-12-2023, Pop Punk
#22 Zig Poppy Oct-27-2023, Alt-Pop
#23 Neon Noir VV Jan-13-2023, Pop Rock
#24 Life Under The Gun Militarie Gun Jun-23-2023, Alternative Rock
#25 RUCKUS! Movements Aug-18-2023, Alternative Rock
#26 History Books The Gaslight Anthem Oct-27-2023, Heartland Rock
#27 Toxic Positivity The Used May-19-2023, Alternative Rock
#28 Not Without My Ghosts The Amity Affliction May-12-2023, Metalcore
#29 SUNDAY AT FOXWOODS BOYS LIKE GIRLS Oct-20-2023, Synthpop
#30 The Maine The Maine Aug-01-2023, Pop Rock
#31 The Seventh Sun Bury Tomorrow Mar-31-2023, Melodic Metalcore
#32 Fatalism Polaris Sep-01-2023, Metalcore
#33 Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete. ✝✝✝ (Crosses) Oct-13-2023, Synthpop
#34 MONO K.Flay Sep-15-2023, Alternative Rock
#35 Rivers Of Heresy Empire State Bastard Sep-01-2023, Metalcore
#36 No Joy Spanish Love Songs Aug-25-2023, Indie Rock
#37 Venom WARGASM (UK) Oct-27-2023,
#38 Past // Present // Future Meet Me @ The Altar Mar-10-2023, Pop Punk
#39 The Other One BABYMETAL Mar-24-2023, Alternative Metal
#40 CMF2 Corey Taylor Sep-15-2023, Hard Rock
#41 72 Seasons Metallica Apr-14-2023, Heavy Metal
#42 Hard Reset The Word Alive Aug-25-2023, Alternative Metal
#43 I Love You, I’m Trying grandson May-05-2023, Rap Rock
#44 The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons The Hives Aug-11-2023, Garage Rock Revival
#45 RAT WARS HEALTH Dec-07-2023, Electro-Industrial
#46 10,000 gecs 100 gecs Mar-17-2023, Alternative Rock
#47 A Mind Waiting to Die Graphic Nature Feb-17-2023, Nu Metal
#48 Smile Skindred Aug-04-2023, Alternative Metal
#49 RUSH! Måneskin Jan-20-2023, Pop Rock
#50 ILLENIUM ILLENIUM Apr-28-2023, Electronic Dance Music
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Take Me Back to Eden | Sleep Token | Album, May-19-2023, Alternative Metal |
| #2 | So Much (For) Stardust | Fall Out Boy | Album, Mar-24-2023, Pop Rock |
| #3 | A Kiss for the Whole World | Enter Shikari | Album, Apr-21-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #4 | ONE MORE TIME... | blink-182 | Album, Oct-20-2023, Pop Punk |
| #5 | Sanguivore | Creeper | Album, Oct-13-2023, Gothic Rock |
| #6 | Life Is But a Dream… | Avenged Sevenfold | Album, Jun-02-2023, Progressive Metal |
| #7 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | Waterparks | Album, Apr-14-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #8 | This Is Why | Paramore | Album, Feb-10-2023, Post-Punk Revival |
| #9 | The Noble Art Of Self Destruction | Holding Absence | Album, Aug-25-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #10 | EVERGREEN | PVRIS | Album, Jul-14-2023, Alt-Pop |
| #11 | Truth Decay | You Me At Six | Album, Jan-27-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #12 | Suicide and Sunshine | Trophy Eyes | Album, Jun-23-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #13 | But Here We Are | Foo Fighters | Album, Jun-02-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #14 | A Call To The Void | Hot Milk | Album, Aug-25-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #15 | The Jaws Of Life | Pierce the Veil | Album, Feb-10-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #16 | The Surface | Beartooth | Album, Oct-13-2023, Alternative Metal |
| #17 | Retrovision | Honey Revenge | Album, Jun-23-2023, Pop Rock |
| #18 | 152 | Taking Back Sunday | Album, Oct-27-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #19 | Join The Club | As December Falls | Album, Jul-21-2023,  |
| #20 | Dead Club City | Nothing But Thieves | Album, Jun-30-2023, Pop Rock |
| #21 | Why Would I Watch | Hot Mulligan | Album, May-12-2023, Pop Punk |
| #22 | Zig | Poppy | Album, Oct-27-2023, Alt-Pop |
| #23 | Neon Noir | VV | Album, Jan-13-2023, Pop Rock |
| #24 | Life Under The Gun | Militarie Gun | Album, Jun-23-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #25 | RUCKUS! | Movements | Album, Aug-18-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #26 | History Books | The Gaslight Anthem | Album, Oct-27-2023, Heartland Rock |
| #27 | Toxic Positivity | The Used | Album, May-19-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #28 | Not Without My Ghosts | The Amity Affliction | Album, May-12-2023, Metalcore |
| #29 | SUNDAY AT FOXWOODS | BOYS LIKE GIRLS | Album, Oct-20-2023, Synthpop |
| #30 | The Maine | The Maine | Album, Aug-01-2023, Pop Rock |
| #31 | The Seventh Sun | Bury Tomorrow | Album, Mar-31-2023, Melodic Metalcore |
| #32 | Fatalism | Polaris | Album, Sep-01-2023, Metalcore |
| #33 | Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete. | ✝✝✝ (Crosses) | Album, Oct-13-2023, Synthpop |
| #34 | MONO | K.Flay | Album, Sep-15-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #35 | Rivers Of Heresy | Empire State Bastard | Album, Sep-01-2023, Metalcore |
| #36 | No Joy | Spanish Love Songs | Album, Aug-25-2023, Indie Rock |
| #37 | Venom | WARGASM (UK) | Album, Oct-27-2023,  |
| #38 | Past // Present // Future | Meet Me @ The Altar | Album, Mar-10-2023, Pop Punk |
| #39 | The Other One | BABYMETAL | Album, Mar-24-2023, Alternative Metal |
| #40 | CMF2 | Corey Taylor | Album, Sep-15-2023, Hard Rock |
| #41 | 72 Seasons | Metallica | Album, Apr-14-2023, Heavy Metal |
| #42 | Hard Reset | The Word Alive | Album, Aug-25-2023, Alternative Metal |
| #43 | I Love You, I’m Trying | grandson | Album, May-05-2023, Rap Rock |
| #44 | The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons | The Hives | Album, Aug-11-2023, Garage Rock Revival |
| #45 | RAT WARS | HEALTH | Album, Dec-07-2023, Electro-Industrial |
| #46 | 10,000 gecs | 100 gecs | Album, Mar-17-2023, Alternative Rock |
| #47 | A Mind Waiting to Die | Graphic Nature | Album, Feb-17-2023, Nu Metal |
| #48 | Smile | Skindred | Album, Aug-04-2023, Alternative Metal |
| #49 | RUSH! | Måneskin | Album, Jan-20-2023, Pop Rock |
| #50 | ILLENIUM | ILLENIUM | Album, Apr-28-2023, Electronic Dance Music |