METAL ALBUMS Of The YEAR 2023 (Death Metal / Black Metal)

It's that time of year again, the Album of the Year 2023 Metal Roundup video. A fantastic year for black and death metal especially, with many honourable mentions in this list. Let me know your favourites in the comments!

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25.
Apogeion - Astrolatria I: Initiatio.
   • Apogeion - Astrolatria I: Initiatio. ...  

24.
Claustrum - Claustrum
   • CLAUSTRUM - S/T (Full Album 2023)  

23.
Arbor - Behold the Age of Pagan Blood
   • Arbor (US) - Behold... The Age of Pag...  

22.
Ebony Pendant - Ebony Pendant
   • Видео  

21.
Sanctuarium - Into The Mephitic Abyss
   • SANCTUARIUM - Into the Mephitic Abyss...  

20.
Disimperium - Grand Insurgence Upon Despotic Altars
   • DISIMPERIUM - Grand Insurgence Upon D...  

19.
Taubrą - Therizo
   • Taubrą - Therizo (Full Album Premiere)  

18.
Fabricant - Drudge To The Thicket
   • FABRICANT - Drudge To The Thicket (fu...  

17.
Vastum - Inward to Gethsemane
   • VASTUM - Inward To Gethsemane (Full A...  

16.
VoidCeremony - Threads Of Unknowing
   • VOIDCEREMONY - Threads of Unknowing (...  

15.
Dripping Decay - Festering Grotesqueries
   • DRIPPING DECAY - Festering Grotesquer...  

14.
Scáth Na Déithe - Virulent Providence
   • SCÁTH NA DÉITHE  "Virulent Providence...  

13.
Pustilence - Beliefs Of Dead Stargazers And Soothsayers
   • Pustilence (AUS) - Beliefs of Dead St...  

12.
Ascended Dead - Evenfall of the Apocalypse
   • ASCENDED DEAD - Evenfall of the Apoca...  

11.
Astriferous - Pulsations of the Black Orb
   • Astriferous (CR) - Pulsations from th...  

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BEST EPs and DEMOS

Aethyrick - Kolme Veljestä
Gauntlet Ring - Raped in the Blood of Angels
Lunar Chamber - Shambhallic Vibrations
Stenched - Gorging on Mephitic Rot
Malformed - Uncontrollable Malformity
Oerheks - Landschapsanachronismen and Valkengebed
Orkblut - Ghost Paths To Septentrion
Undergang - De Syv Stadier Af Ford​æ​rv

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10.
Excarnated Entity - Mass Grave Horizon
   • Excarnated Entity (USA) - Mass Grave ...  

9.
Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis
   • Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis (fu...  

8.
Demoncy - Black Star Gnosis
   • Demoncy (US) - Black Star Gnosis (Ful...  

7.
Reverence To Paroxysm - Lux Morte
   • Reverence to Paroxysm (Mex) - Lux Mor...  

6.
Aara - Triade III: Nyx
   • Aara - Triade III: Nyx (Full Album Pr...  

5.
Baxaxaxa - De Vermis Mysteriis
   • Baxaxaxa - De Vermis Mysteriis (Full ...  

4.
Cruciamentum - Obsidian Refractions
   • CRUCIAMENTUM - Obsidian Refractions (...  

3.
Ruïm - Black Royal Spiritism - I. O Sino Da Igreja
   • Ruïm - Black Royal Spiritism - I​.​ O...  

2.
Cryptworm - Oozing Radioactive Vomition
   • Cryptworm (UK) - Oozing Radioactive V...  

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HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Lamp Of Murmuur - Saturnian Bloodstorm
Majesties - Vast Reaches Unclaimed
Outer Heaven - IInfinite Psychic Depths
Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
Argenthorns - The Ravening
Ulthar - Anthronomicon and Helionomicon
Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle
Incantation - Unholy Deification

HAVEN’T YET LISTENED TO / STILL IN THE POST

Ringare - Of Momentous Endless Night (one of many Alex Poole projects)
Nattfard - The Abyss (another one that I’ve only just received)
Bloedmaan - Castle Inside the Eclipse (new project by guitarist from Ars Veneficium)
Disguised Malignance - Entering the Gateways (meaty death metal, copy in the post)
Putrid Yell - Consuming Aberration (Chilean meat and potatoes death metal)
Phobocosm - Foreordained (only just got the CD and need more time with it)
Fossilization - Leprous Daylight (same as above - have not had the time with it)
Deteriorot - The Rebirth (need to order this!)
Valdrin - Throne of the Lunar Soul (fantastic melodic black metal, in the post)
Blood Oath - Lost in an Eternal Silence (the vinyl got pushed back to 2024, argh!)

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ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Häxanu - Totenpass
   • Häxanu - Totenpass (Full Album Premiere)  

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TIMECODES
0:00 Intro
0:12 Overview
0:55 Top 25 to 11
11:23 Top EPs and Demos
15:12 Top 10 to 2
24:28 Honourable Mentions
32:30 Album of the Year
34:11 Outro