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Best Albums Of 2023 "Very good" or above. The top 20 are the best of the year. Everything else ranges from 8 to 9.5 on a "10" scale.
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Created by thebenfo
on 01.05.2024
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The Deadliest Of Harmonies (A Journey Into Melodic Death Metal) Hey Folks! It’s me… Again!
I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious, Like An Ever Flowing Stream & The Red In The Sky Is Ours aren’t exactly the sound you would expect, but they were certainly a sign of something incredible that was about to happen. The birth of Melodic Death Metal! Most of you, them, us… Would agree that Melodic Death metal really appeared in the form of Carcass’s 1993 album Heartwork. Even though some shades of what would become staples of the genre were heard before, this one would truly be the first album to be called as such. Mixing OSDM with more classic heavy metal styled riffs & melodies, our beloved genre (along with Thrash) would become for a lot of our teenage selves, a gateway into the more extreme bowels of metal’s subgenres. I would argue that it’s an almost obligatory step in the grand metalhead’s journey. Ah, how amazing it was to first taste the somewhat delicate sound of melodeath before rattling our ears with the obscenities & nonsensical wankery of grindcore, brutal tech-death, dissonant death and post metal… Rrrrright. As you have become accustomed to by now, I will attempt to honour the genre by listing the absolute best Melodic Death metal albums to be ever released throughout the years. And I will do so starting with a few albums that are arguably not Melodic Death metal… Because I can and I did, hah! F*ck you! Along the way, you might stumble upon some strange & unorthodox choices mixing a plethora of other genres as well and that’s ok. Truly. Take it easy, don’t hyperventilate over it and just go with the flow. The main goal here is to help people who don’t know much about melodeath discover it and where it came from. I also want to push forward some less known jewels amongst highly praised landmarks of the style and sprinkle a bit of my personality along the way because that’s always fun. The albums will be ordered in years of release and there will be no other restriction or specific rules. I hope you have a blast going through my list and that it brings you joy and a slight tingle on your nostalgia strings. Though, if it pisses you off, if I forgot your absolute favourite album of all goddamn time or if you think I’m an idiot, well… Just remember that I’m right, always and forever, thank you. Regardless It will be a pleasure for me to hear your recommendations or discuss anything related to melodeath below. Cheers & have fun! -Guib- Note: Albums with a 🇨🇦 are from my country (Canada) and albums with a ★ are my personal favourites. - - - - - - - - - - Last Updated: April 27th, 2024
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Created by Guib
on 08.04.2024
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MSA 2023 All Write-ins Not totally clean, and I had to cut some categories to stay in the 1000 lines limit.
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Created by Maxder
on 01.03.2024
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Metal Albums Top 150 - My Favorites 2023
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Created by Alexbridger
on 29.01.2024
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Best Of 2023 Suxers I do like last year, from my each monthly lists I rank last 5 albums here from best to worst.
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Created by Bad English
on 05.01.2024
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Best Of November 2023 Here it goes, one month left to end of the year
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Created by Bad English
on 29.11.2023
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2023 November
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Created by DarkWingedSoul
on 03.11.2023
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2023: Jul-Dec I reckon 735 albums in the first 6 months of this year is a 6-month record I will never match, but let's see how many I get through in Q3 and Q4
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Created by musclassia
on 04.07.2023
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AJ's Ranking Of 2023 Here is my top 50 for 2023! Only LPs, no re-recording (looking at you brilliant Paradise Lost, Kauan and Cavalera), that I rated 8 and above.
My biggest year yet in number of album I've given an ear to. Strangely, a tough one for the top 10. A lot a great records. I could have easily add 20 more, but first year I can't really see clear winners (imo of course). So I've mostly gone for comfort with Saturnus, Panopticon and Enslaved, knowing full well I've heard better from them in the past. Still, they genuinely caught my preference. The top spot goes to the biggest "surprise" for me, more than anything else. I did not expect to be that taken by the eerie and glacial atmosphere of Wolvennest DPTL, but I could not stop going back to it again and again. Album count: 987 (!) Average rating: 6.37
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Created by AJ The Great
on 19.02.2023
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Album 2023
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Created by VOIVOD473
on 20.01.2023
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2023 Listening List The list has gone back to it's original format: my favorites of the year regrouped and ordered by release date (now earliest at the top). The ranked list thing didn't work out for me in the end.
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Created by Dbh 20
on 15.01.2023
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Top 2023 Metal Albums
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Created by Umideath
on 13.01.2023
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2023: A Rough Ranking 2023 here we go. My target for the year is 100+ albums, at a rule of 2 albums a week minimum.
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Created by 24emd
on 03.01.2023
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2023 Album Ranking
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Created by Anghellic67
on 02.01.2023
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