BEST OF 2023: Top 40

40. KHANATE, “To Be Cruel” (Sacred Bones)

39. SPIRIT ADRIFT, “Ghost at the Gallows” (Century Media)

38. ANTI-GOD HAND, “Blight Year” (American Dream)

37. BLUT AUS NORD, “Disharmonium – Nahab” (Debemur Morti)

36. ULTHAR, “Anthronomicon/Helionomicon” (20 Buck Spin)

35. CLOSET WITCH, “Chiaroscuro” (Moment of Collapse)

34. PHOBOCOSM, “Foreordained” (Dark Descent)

33. BIG|BRAVE, “nature morte” (Thrill  Jockey)

32. BARONESS, “STONE” (Abraxan Hymns)

31. MIZMOR, “Prosaic” (Profound Lore)

30. SVALBARD, “The Weight of the Mask” (Nuclear Blast)

29. CIRKELN, “The Primitive Covenant” (True Cult)

28. THANTIFAXATH, “Hive Mind Narcosis” (Dark Descent)

27. WAYFARER, “American Gothic” (Profound Lore)

26. BLOOD CEREMONY, “The Old Ways Remain” (Rise Above)

25. KRALLICE, “Porous Resonance Abyss” (self-released)

24. USNEA, “Bathed in Light” (Translation Loss)

23. EREMIT, “Wearer of Numerous Forms” (Fucking Kill)

22. BODY VOID, “Atrocity Machine” (Prosthetic)

21. WOE, “Legacies of Frailty” (Vendetta)

20. WITCHING “Incendium” (Translation Loss)

19. MUTOID MAN, “Mutants” (Sargeant House)

18. RAGANA, “Desolation’s Flower” (The Flenser)

17. KEN MODE, “Void” (Artoffact)

16. TOMB MOLD, “The Enduring Spirit” (20 Buck Spin)

15. CRYPTA, “Shades of Sorrow” (Napalm)

14. MAJESTIES, “Vast Reaches Unclaimed” (20 Buck Spin)

13. AHAB, “The Coral Tombs” (Napalm)

12. DØDHEIMSGARD, “Black Medium Current” (Peaceville)

11. TRESPASSER, “Αποκάλυψισ” (self-released/Red Nebula/Vault of Heaven)

10. THE KEENING, “Little Bird” (Relapse)

9. BULL OF APIS BULL OF BRONZE, “The Fractal Ouroboros” (Fiadh Productions/Vita Detestabilis)

8. GHOROT, “Wound” (King of the Monsters)

7. KRIGSGRAV, “Fires in the Fall” (Wise Blood)

6. MARTHE, “Further in Evil” (Southern Lord)

5. AGRICULTURE, self-titled (The Flenser)

4. GREAT FALLS, “Objects Without Pain” (Neurot)

3. SMOULDER, “Violent Creed of Vengeance” (Cruz Del Sur)

2. VASTUM, “Inward to Gethsemane” (20 Buck Spin)

1. PANOPTICON, “The Rime of Memory” (Bindrune Recordings)

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