A retrospective of the best new albums of the past year, based on my cumulative listening since October 2022. To make the comparison fairer for newer releases I've grouped everything by quarters of the year

most of these are #blackmetal but there's some #doommetal and #deathmetal in between

how many and which do you know?

#aoty2022 #aoty2023 #bestof2023 #bestofmetal

#urfaust #solanvarma #häxanu #vihameditaatio #trivax #blutausnord #voidhaven #fjoergyn #anarkhon #arnautpavle #ziegenhorn #kres

in case you're trying to catch up on good underground #extrememetal of 2023, here's a rundown of my favorites of the second quarter in a spotify playlist

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0pUJNPyCiKGN1J5KyEdZfm

mostly all kinds of #blackmetal with a little bit of #doom and #symphony

#solanvarma #argenthorns #unhallowed #stutyr #voidhaven #fjoergyn #helleruin #morkera #victimarum #nightside

time for another one of these...

Here are my top 49 of 2023 so far. About 15 new releases have made it into the #chart. Otherwise some of the bands I've witnessed live are at the top. And of course a lot of the usual stuff.

#musiccharts #metal #blackmetal #doommetal #deathmetal

#messa #solanvarma #häxanu #Misþyrming #gudveiki #ahab #Vihameditaatio #KrakenDuumvirate #hämys #kringa #ungeheuer #adaestuo #ArnautPavle