Top 10 BEST Albums Of 2023

This year had a ton of variety and many bands pulled through to give us some great music. This video looks at the Top 10 BEST Albums Of 2023.

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Take Me Back to Eden is the third studio album by anonymous English rock band Sleep Token.

Javelin is the tenth studio album by American musician Sufjan Stevens.

Sanguivore is the third studio album by English rock band Creeper.

Everything Is Alive is the fifth studio album by English rock band Slowdive, released on 1 September 2023 through Dead Oceans.

Living Proof is the second full-length studio album by American hardcore punk band Drain, released by Epitaph Records on May 5, 2023.

Blondshell is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Blondshell.

But Here We Are is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters, released on June 2, 2023.

Stone is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Baroness.

Ontological Mysterium is the fifth studio album by American progressive death metal band Horrendous.

Symptoms Of Survival is the second full length studio album from American metalcore band Dying Wish.

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0:00 – Intro & List Rules
1:15 – Honorable Mentions
2:56 - #10
4:16 - #9
5:21 - #8
6:31 - #7
7:53 - #6
9:03 - #5
10:10 - #4
11:29 - #3
12:52 - #2
14:16 – Please LIKE this video!
14:29 - #1
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Top 10 BEST Albums Of 2023

[RockedNet]

What do you think was the best album of 2023? Leave a comment and let everyone know!
Please check out more of our videos and music from each album discussed in the Top 10 below:

[BNEradio]

1. Spanish Love Songs - No Joy

2. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are

3. Pærish - You're in Both Dreams (And You're Scared)

4. Creeper - Sanguivore

5. Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman...

6. boygenius - the record

7. Mammoth WVH -Mammoth II

8. Hot Milk - A Call to the Void

9. The Menzingers - Some Of It Was True

10. Bully - Lucky for You

Sleep Token #23 :)

[hellonurd]

Nice list Luke! Here's my favorites of 2023:

1. Babymetal- The Other One
2. Dwellings- Little Garden
3. Paramore- This Is Why
4. Korine- Tear
5. Periphery- V: Djent Is Not A Genre!
6. Wolf & Bear- Bloodletter
7. Foo Fighters- But Here We Are
8. Enforced- War Remains
9. Dying Wish- Symptoms Of Survival
10. Fall Out Boy- So Much (For) Stardust
11. Sleep Token- Take Me Back To Eden
12. Spiritbox- The Fear Of Fear
13. Harm's Way- Common Suffering
14. Capra- Errors
15. Hail The Sun- Divine Inner Tension
16. Baroness- Stone
17. Cattle Decapitation- Terrasite
18. Entheos- Time Will Take Us All
19. Covet- Catharsis
20. Gorillaz- Cracker Island

[djohnson]

“We cannot rely on the long-running, multi-decade bands forever”

Yes sir, nailed it!

[prometheus-hgon]

1: Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden cause duh. Specifically Euclid and Ascensionism
2: Polaris - Fatalism pure metalcore and I'm here for it, love all of Polaris
3: A7X - LiBaD, Avenged is my favorite band and some of this album is their best
4: Silent Planet - Superbloom, Antimatter has been on repeat i swear
5: Beartooth - The Surface, surprised this wasn't on here tbh, back to form for Beartooth
6: Pierce The Veil - The Jaws of Life, maybe not metal, but great
7: Of Mice And Men - Tether, chefs kiss

Listened to a lot of music, but those are the albums that stick out to me specifically

[smoqreefer]

QOTSA In Times New Roman is my album of the year, both in it's production and delivery. Plus I've seen them live and they have to be my favorite live band next to Tool. For entirely different reasons. I gotta look into Slow dive, haven't heard that one yet.

[takodabostwick]

1. Memento Mori Depeche Mode
2. Hackney Diamonds The Rolling Stones
3. 72 Seasons Metallica
4. Chaos Horrific Cannibal Corpse
5. In Times New Roman Queens of the Stone Age
6. Tomorrow Never Comes Rancid
7. Make They Beg to Death Dying Fetus
8. But Here We Are Foo Fighters
9. Road Alice Cooper
10. One More Time Blink 182
11. Tell Me I'm Alive All Time Low
12. So Much (for) Stardust Fall Out Boy
13. Dying of Everything Obituary
14. Darkfighter/Lightbringer Rival Sons
15. Terrasite Cattle Decapitation

[descendng]

10. Polaris - Fatalism
9. Svalbard - The Weight of The Mask
8. END - The Sin of Human Frailty
7. Dying Wish - Symptoms of Survival
6. Ne Obliviscaris - Exul
5. Dreamwell - In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You
4. Johnny Booth - Moments Elsewhere
3. Pupil Slicer - Blossom
2. Silent Planet - Superbloom
1. Invent Animate - Heavener

honorable mentions go to Humanity's Last Breath, Hail The Sun, Parannoul, Foo Fighters, The Acacia Strain, and of course, Sleep Token.
so much good stuff dropped this year, and this list was sick! I'll have to check out a few of the ones I didn't catch earlier in the year, cheers Luke :)

[phil_d_music]

My favorite albums of 2023 are:
1. Paramore - This Is Why
2. Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
3. Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - SAVED!
4. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
5. Blondshell - Blondshell
6. Screaming Females - Desire Pathway
7. Mitski - The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
8. Danny Brown - Quaranta
9. Pony Bradshaw - North Georgia Rounder
10. Squid - O Monolith

[cowmark]

Sweet list. Cool that Wednesday is in your honorable mentions but surprised there was no mention of Spanish Love Songs. Also gonna have to check out that Blondshell as I've been seeing it get love all over the place. Here are my top 10 favorite albums of 2023.
1. Ratboys - The Window (indie rock/alternative country)
2. MSPAINT - Post-American (synth-punk/hardcore punk/post-punk/hip hop)
3. Spanish Love Songs - No Joy (emo/indie rock)
4. Mesarthim - Arrival (atmospheric black metal/trance)
5. Blackbraid - Blackbraid II (atmospheric black metal/melodic black metal)
6. Svalbard - The Weight of the Mask (blackened
7. Panopticon - The Rime of Memory (atmospheric black metal/folk)
8. Bizarrekult - Den Tapte Krigen (progressive post-black metal)
9. Wednesday - Rat Saw God (countrygaze/indie rock)
10. Hello Mary - Hello Mary (grunge/indie rock/shoegaze)

Honorable mentions
1. Sermon - Of Golden Verse (progressive metal/alternative metal/post-metal)
2. Citizen - Calling the Dogs (alternative rock/emo/post-punk/new wave)
3. Olde Throne - In the Land of Ghosts (atmospheric black metal)
4. Iravu - A Fate Worse Than Home (atmospheric black metal)
5. Yes Yes A Thousand Times Yes - Supertinyinfinitedans (emo/indie rock/math rock)

[harizonflamingice]

Some other albums I really liked/loved this year, and even though it was already mentioned in this video, Baroness would definitely be included in this list:

In Flames: Foregone
Blood Ceremony: The Old Ways Remain
Riverside: ID.Identity
Kamelot: The Awakening
Spirit Adrift: Ghost at the Gallows
Winery Dogs: III
Black Stone Cherry: Screaming at the Sky
Queens of the Stone Age: In Times New Roman
Rival Sons: Darkfighter/Lightbringer
Avenged Sevenfold: Life is But a Dream (Maybe divisive, but I listened to this one an insane amount of times)
Haken: Fauna
Tomb Mold: The Enduring Spirit
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Petrodronic Apocalypse
Lovebites: Judgement Day

[jeremysette]

Fully behind your #1 pick! I'd add Tesseract and Avenged Sevenfold to my top Rock albums.

Here's my top picks across genres:

1. The Lemon Twigs - "Everything Harmony"
2. Darlingside - "Everything is Alive"
3. Charles Wesley Godwin - "Family Ties"
4. Foo Fighters - "But Here We Are"
5. Boygenius - "the record"
6. Slowdive - "everything is alive"
7. Sleep Token - "Take Me Back To Eden"
8. Mondo Drag - "Through the Hourglass"
9. Chris Stapleton - "Higher"
10. Lana Del Rey - "Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd"

Honorable Mentions
1. Balance and Composure - "Too Quick to Forgive" (2 song EP)
2. Paul Simon - "Seven Psalms..." (a whole album in one 30+ minute track)
3. Feist - "Multitudes"
4. Wilder Woods - "FEVER / SKY"
5. Sufjan Stevens - "Javelin"

Instrumental Albums and Film Scores
1. Ludwig Goransson - Oppenheimer Soundtrack
2. East Forrest + Peter Broderick - "Burren" (mostly instrumental)
3. Alexis Ffrench - "Peace" (EP)
4. Hans Zimmer - The Creator Soundtrack
5. Joe Hisaishi - The Boy and the Heron Soundtrack

[MysticMindAnalysis]

Great list, mate! I can always rely on you to have a varied, informed taste. I've posted a collage of my top 30 albums of the year on your Discord, so you may have seen it around somewhere. However, I'll do a quick top 10 rundown here:
10: Mesarthim - Arrival
09: Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
08: Colony Drop - Brace for Impact
07: Atavistia - Cosmic Warfare
06: Rexoria - Imperial Dawn
05: Elegant Weapons - Horns for a Halo
04: Skindred - Smile
03: Ascension - Under the Veil of Madness
02: Marianas Rest - Aer
01: Angra - Cycles of Pain

[phil_k_]

My favs this year were:
10. Code Orange - The Above
9. Twilight Force - At the Heart of Wintervale
8. Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
7. Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan
6. 100 Gecs - 10, 000 Gecs
5. Enforced - War Remains
4. Angel Electronics - Ultra Paradise
3. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
2. Creeper - Sanguivore
1. boygenius - the record

Honorable Mentions:
Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - Saved!
Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Weathervanes
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse
None - Inevitable

In all seriousness, there were so many other great albums I could shout out, several of which you mentioned. What an unreal amount of great music this year. Great video as always, keep up the awesome content!

[jackatkinson]

For me my favourite is In The Wild by the interrupters. As a person who has been dealing with depression, emotional abuse and many more, this album is a gem for me the lyrics are sad but uplifting, dark but hopeful in parts “Anywhere Was Better.” “Raised by wolves.” Are a good example of what I mean. “In The Mirror.” Really hits for me whenever I’m down “My Heart.” Is a touching number “Jailbird.” “Kiss The Ground.” And “The Hard Way.” Just brings my spirits up Aimee’s voice carries the whole album through with her raspy passionate voice and the rest of the band are no slouches on their respective instruments ether and really there is nothing else to say but fantastic album.

[gcolbyp]

My favorite rock/metal albums from what I’ve heard:

But Here We Are - Foo Fighters
Everything is Alive - Slowdive
This is Why - Paramore
the record - Boygenius
Sanguivore - Creeper
Javelin - Sufjan Stevens
GUTS - Olivia Rodrigo
Ontological Mysterium - Horrendous
HELLMODE - Jeff Rosenstock

[Zombieberry]

1. Reborn Superstar by Hanabie.
2. Forgone by In Flames
3. Periphery V: Djent is Not a Genre
4. Heavener by Invent Animate
5. Superbloom by Silent Planet
6. Symptoms of Survival by Dying Wish
7. War of Being by TesseracT
8. But Here We Are by Foo Fighters
9. Dogsbody by Model/Actriz
10. The Death We Seek by Currents

Honorable Mentions: Dance Devil Dance by Avatar, The Above by Code Orange, and Soul Elegy by Termina

Though i definitely didn't love the Sleep Token album like most people do. I found it very middle of the road, but it being your #1 is enough for people on having a reason to unsubscribe is very childish of them.

[ElliYeetYT]

I think a great comparison that stuck out with me on But Here We Are is Rush’s Vapor Trails.
Both albums are focused on the loss of Family, Grief and recovery while also using a rawer style of production. Which is likely accurate as Rush were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame by Taylor Hawkins himself.

Great album. It’s the Vapor Trails of the 2020’s.

[dereklasker]

Here to plug PetroDragonic Apocalypse by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard as my #1 album this year. It’s a great prog metal album with a loose concept by a band that jumps around different genres but kills it just about every time. The song Dragon was my intro to the band and it melted my face off and I’ve been hooked ever since. They did thrash well a few years ago with Infest the Rats Nest but PDA is another level

[RShadow]

My favorites were
1. Periphery V - Periphery
2. More Power more pain - Gideon
3. The Death We Seek - Currents
4. Take Me back to Eden - Sleep Token
5. Superbloom - Silent Planet

I also really enjoyed Invent Animate, Avatar and Code Orange albums!