The Best Metal Albums of 2023

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
51	Vomitory All Heads Are Gonna Roll	May 26, 2023	87.9	7	0
52	Cannibal Corpse Chaos Horrific	Sep 22, 2023	85.5	12	1
53	Anthem Crimson & Jet Black	Apr 21, 2023	86.7	9	2
54	Cattle Decapitation Terrasite	May 12, 2023	88.3	6	0
55	Atavistia Cosmic Warfare	Apr 21, 2023	88.3	6	1
56	Kataklysm Goliath	Aug 11, 2023	88.3	6	0
57	Bloodbound Tales from the North	Jul 7, 2023	90	4	1
58	Pénitence Onirique Nature Morte	Nov 3, 2023	90	4	0
59	Winterstorm Everfrost	Sep 22, 2023	89	5	0
60	Katatonia Sky Void of Stars	Jan 20, 2023	84.2	15	1
61	Dødheimsgard Black Medium Current	Apr 14, 2023	87.1	7	0
62	Marco Garau's Magic Opera Battle of Ice	Jan 27, 2023	86.3	8	0
63	Redemption I Am the Storm	Mar 17, 2023	87.5	6	1
64	Xoth Exogalactic	Nov 3, 2023	88	5	0
65	Obituary Dying of Everything	Jan 13, 2023	86.4	7	1
66	Temperance Hermitage - Daruma's Eyes Pt. 2	Oct 20, 2023	86.4	7	0
67	Fathomage Autumn's Dawn, Winter's Darkness	Mar 10, 2023	88.8	4	0
68	Cryptopsy As Gomorrah Burns	Sep 8, 2023	88.8	4	0
69	Sulphur Aeon Seven Crowns and Seven Seals	Oct 13, 2023	88.8	4	0
70	Delain Dark Waters	Feb 10, 2023	84.4	11	0
71	Uada Crepuscule Natura	Sep 8, 2023	90	3	0
72	Stortregn Finitude	Oct 13, 2023	90	3	1
73	Asagraum Veil of Death, Ruptured	Oct 20, 2023	90	3	0
74	Silent Planet Superbloom	Nov 3, 2023	90	3	1
75	Midnight Odyssey Biolume Part 3 - A Fullmoon Madness	Nov 24, 2023	90	3	0
76	Ershetu Xibalba	Oct 27, 2023	90	3	1
77	Theocracy Mosaic	Oct 13, 2023	85	9	0
78	Omnium Gatherum Slasher [EP]	Jun 2, 2023	86.7	6	0
79	Fires in the Distance Air Not Meant for Us	Apr 28, 2023	86.7	6	2
80	Arch Echo Final Pitch	Jul 28, 2023	86.7	6	0
81	Marduk Memento Mori	Sep 1, 2023	85.7	7	0
82	Primal Fear Code Red	Sep 1, 2023	87	5	0
83	The Ocean Holocene	May 19, 2023	87	5	0
84	Nervosa Jailbreak	Sep 29, 2023	87	5	0
85	Veil of Maya [m]other	May 12, 2023	83.3	11	1
86	Avatar Dance Devil Dance	Feb 17, 2023	87.5	4	0
87	Cavalera Bestial Devastation [EP]	Jul 14, 2023	87.5	4	0
88	Wings of Steel Gates of Twilight	May 19, 2023	87.5	4	0
89	Eclipse Megalomanium	Sep 1, 2023	87.5	4	0
90	Nuclear Power Trio Wet Ass Plutonium	Jul 28, 2023	87.5	4	0
91	Sylosis A Sign of Things to Come	Sep 8, 2023	87.5	4	0
92	Heretoir Nightsphere	Oct 6, 2023	87.5	4	0
93	Unearth The Wretched; The Ruinous	May 5, 2023	85	7	0
94	Dying Fetus Make Them Beg for Death	Sep 8, 2023	85	7	0
95	Spiritbox The Fear of Fear [EP]	Oct 27, 2023	85	7	1
96	Invent Animate Heavener	Mar 17, 2023	88.3	3	1
97	Tsjuder Helvegr	Jun 23, 2023	88.3	3	0
98	Shining Shining	Sep 15, 2023	88.3	3	0
99	Blut aus Nord Disharmonium - Nahab	Aug 25, 2023	88.3	3	0
100	Condemned Daemonium	Nov 17, 2023	88.3	3	0

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