As 2023 is coming to an end, and I grow one year closer to death, also YouTube Music seems to have jumped on the "recap" train following Spotify's template. It's not as accurate as Spotify, telling me not much more than 65% of my listening being simply "heavy metal" (unlike Spotify which separates into subgenres, but I still prefer YouTube Music for various reasons), 8% rock, 2% indie, 2% pop, and 2% reggae. My top "moods" were 39% dramatic, 39% sorrowful, 14% energising, 3% uplifting, 3% happy. My 5 top artists were Impaled Nazarene, Senshi, Bloodywood, Kypck, and Turmion Kätilöt.

I'm a bit surprised by some of these stats, such as electronic music not appearing among my top genres (I still listen to Shpongle a lot and will do so until I die), "angry" not being one of my top moods, and alternative metal being so heavily featured among my top bands, but I can't fight the stats, I guess. Here are my most listened to songs in 2023 according to YouTube Music's recap.

1.Bloodywood - Aaj

2.Arkona - Kob'

3.Bloodywood - Gaddaar

4.Anamnesi - La Precessione Degli Equinozi

5.Senshi - Evil In Dem Eyes

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Third year, third attempt to create an up-to-date list of my findings. Third time's the charm, eh? Wish me luck.

1.Turmion Kätilöt - Omen X

2.Prognan - Naši Životi Više Ne Postoje

3.Høstsol - L​ä​nge Leve Dö​den

4.Iravu - A Fate Worse Than Home

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Top finds from 2022 as I'm working my way through the backlog built by a couple of months of mental absence, loosely ordered but with a passing semblance of meaning to the numbers... A work in progress, obviously.

1.Kuolemanlaakso - Kuusumu

2.Vanhävd - Vila

3.Watain - The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain

4.My Sleeping Karma - Atma

5.Déhà - Decadanse

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The most memorable albums from my first year on the Metal Storm crew. Loosely ranked in list order. If I forgot something, it's not worth mentioning and/or I'm being stupid. Likely "and". Or...?

1.Ophiuchi - Shibboleth

2.Pa Vesh En - Maniac Manifest

3.Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee At State's End!

4.Decoherence - System I

5.Thy Catafalque - Vadak

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Thought I ought to have at least one little list here, so in a rare display of lack of creativity, here's a bunch of 9s and 10s that will likely never get old, though I might. "666" is obviously only a theoretical upper limit.

1.Tiamat - A Deeper Kind Of Slumber

2.King Crimson - Red

3.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - All You Need Is Love

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