Hello fellow girls and boys of the MetalBite community! The year 2023 was full of metal releases of various subgenres from all corners of the world, which certainly proves that it was quite a busy year, but nonetheless a very fun and exciting one. Along with these awesome albums that came out, there were many great shows to attend to and also some announcements from bands about their new albums. We truly hope that you enjoyed this year of 2023 in general, as well with all the albums that came out, and we believe that 2024 will possibly be even better with all the upcoming shows and releases. Without any further delay, here are our personal picks for top 23 best releases of 2023. Enjoy and stay metal!

BENJAMIN'S TOP 23 ALBUMS OF 2023

23. Superterrestrial - The Fathomless Decay
22. Kerrigan - Blood Moon
21. Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars
20. Ahab - The Coral Tombs
19. Enslaved - Heimdal
18. Smallpox Aroma - Festering Embryos Of Logical Corruption
17. Mork - Dypet
16. Conjureth - The Parasitic Chambers
15. Khanate - To Be Cruel
14. Owdwyr - Receptor
13. Vision Master - Sceptre
12. Urne - A Feast On Sorrow
11. Imperial Crystalline Entombment - Ancient Glacial Resurgence
10. Schavot - Kronieken Uit De Nevel
9. Laster - Andermans Mijne
8. Spirit Possession - Of The Sign…
7. Mutoid Man - Mutants
6. Thy Darkened Shade - Liber Lvcifer II - Mahapralaya
5. Majesties - Vast Reaches Unclaimed
4. Afsky - Om Hundrede Ar
3. Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
2. Fen - Monuments To Absence
1. Dodheimsgard - Black Medium Current

NATE'S TOP 23 ALBUMS OF 2023

23. Whore Of Bethlehem - Ritual Of Homicide
22: Phobocosm - Foreordained
21: The Circle - Of Awakening
20: The Zenith Passage - Datalysium
19: Paroxysm Unit - Fragmentation // Stratagem
18: Dead And Dripping - Blackened Cerebral Rifts
17: Green Lung - This Heathen Land
16: Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis
15: Crystal Coffin - The Curse Of Immortality
14: Omnivortex - Circulate
13: None - Inevitable
12: Serpent Of Old - Ensemble Under The Dark Sun
11: Wormhole - Almost Human
10: Wretched Fate - Carnal Heresy
9: Nothingness - Supraliminal
8: Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars
7: Aodon - Portraits
6: Molested Divinity - The Primordial
5: Xoth - Exogalactic
4: Nithing - Agonal Hymns
3: Tideless - Eye Of Water
2: Carnosus - Visions Of Infinihility
1: They Grieve - To Which I Bore Witness

FELIX'S TOP 23 ALBUMS OF 2023

23. Gama Bomb - Bats
22. Délétère - Songes D'une Nuit Souillée
21. Atronos - Erwachen
20. Sad - Black Metal Craft
19. Mezzrow - Summon Thy Demons
18. Azaghal - Alttarimme On Luista Tehty
17. Violent Sin - Serpent's Call
16. Immortal - War Against All
15. Nattverd - I Helvetes Forakt
14. Old - Dawn Of Darkness
13. Riffobia - Riffobia
12. Frozen Dawn - The Decline Of The Enlightened Gods
11. Shakma - On Tenebrous Wings
10. Necrodeath - Singin' In The Pain
9. Infinity - The Untamed Hunger
8. Körgull The Exterminator - Built To Kill
7. Baxaxaxa - De Vermis Mysteriis
6. War Curse - Confessions
5. Tsjuder - Helvegr
4. Mavorim - Ab Amitia Pulsae
3. Cruel Force - At The Dawn Of The Axe
2. Vomitory - All Heads Are Gonna Roll
1. Marduk - Memento Mori

MICHAEL'S TOP 23 ALBUMS OF 2023

23. Lucifer Star Machine - Satanic Age
22: Schavot - Kronieken Uit De Nevel
21: Tygers Of Pan Tang - Bloodlines
20: Sorcerer - Reign Of The Reaper
19: Enslaved - Heimdal
18: Asinhell - Impii Hora
17: Cruel Force - Dawn Of The Axe
16: Cruciamentum - Obsidian Refractions
15: Phantom Corporation - Fallout
14: Temple Of Dread - Beyond Acheron
13: Frozen Soul - Glacial Domination
12: Thron - Dust
11: Aegrus - Invoking The Abysmal Night
10: Cannibal Corpse - Chaos Horrific
9: Marduk - Memento Mori
8: Memoriam - Rise To Power
7: The Night Eternal - Fatale
6. Frozen Dawn - The Decline Of The Enlightened Gods
5. Comaniac - None For All
4. Master's Call - A Journey For The Damned
3. Tsjuder - Helvegr
2. Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns And Seven Seals
1. Alice Cooper - Road

VLADIMIR'S TOP 23 ALBUMS OF 2023

23. Vomitory - All Heads Are Gonna Roll
22. Tulus - Fandens Kall
21. Praznina - Čovek Koji Nije
20. Heavy Load - Riders Of The Ancient Storm
19. Tribulation - Hamartia
18. Thulcandra - Hail The Abyss
17. Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current
16. Arnaut Pavle - Transylvanian Glare
15. Mortuary Drape - Black Mirror
14. Mork - Dypet
13. Tailgunner - Guns For Hire
12. KK's Priest – The Sinner Rides Again
11. Lamp Of Murmuur - Saturnian Bloodstorm
10. Mephorash - Krystl-Ah
9. Strahor - Gde Vukovi Zavijaju
8. Varathron - The Crimson Temple
7. Destructor - Blood, Bone, And Fire
6. Valdrin - Throne Of The Lunar Soul
5. Cirith Ungol - Dark Parade
4. Trivax - Eloah Burns Out
3. Malokarpatan - Vertumnus Caesar
2. Hellripper - Warlocks Grim And Withered Hags
1. Enforcer - Nostalgia

CARL'S TOP 23 ALBUMS OF 2023

23. The Domestics - Eastanglian Hardcore
22. Putrid Yell - Consuming Aberration
21. Rotten Sound - Apocalypse
20. Ascended Dead - Evenfall Of The Apocalypse
19. Pustilence - Beliefs Of Dead
18. Excrescence - Inescapable Anatomical Deterioration
17. Urosepsis - Exploratory Autopsy
16. The Beast Conde Massacre - Dismantling The Corrupt Oligarchs
15. Vomitvulva - Vomit Vulva
14. Azijnpisser - Cold Cuts
13. Depraved Murder - Unethical Terrestial Collapse
12. Atonement - Sadistic Invaders
11. Simbiose/Visions Of War - Split EP
10. Profane Order - One Nightmare Unto Another
9. Drudge - Demo 2023
8. Torture Rack - Primeval Onslaught
7. Vault - Dissolved In Radioactive Sludge
6. Travolta - Disco Violence Up Yours!
5. Limbsplitter - Grisly Exploitations
4. Hellcrash - Demonic Assassination
3. Frozen Soul - Glacial Domination
2. Bad Anxiety - Demonstration II
1. Verpest - Misantropie Nabij

MACIEK'S TOP 23 ALBUMS OF 2023

23. Unfelled - Pall Of Endless Perdition
22. Sodomisery - Mazzaroth
21. Rivers Ablaze - Omnipresence
20. Realize - Two Human Minutes
19. Prong - State Of Emergency
18. Predatory Void - Seven Keys To The Discomfort Of Being
17. Nexorum - Tongue Of Thorns
16. Mystic Circle - Erzdämon
15. Memoriam - Rise To Power
14. Mélancolia - HissThroughRottenTeeth
13. Malice Divine - Everlasting Ascendancy
12. Krieg - Ruiner
11. King - Fury And Death
10. Hinayana - Shatter And Fall
9. Henget - Beyond North Star
8. Grá - Lycaon
7. Foretoken - Triumphs
6. Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us
5. Fange - Privation
4. Chronicle - Where Chaos Thrives
3. Carnifex - Necromanteum
2. ...And Oceans - As In Gardens, So In Tombs
1. Alkaloid - Numen

RAPHAEL'S TOP 23 ALBUMS OF 2023

23. Vastum - Inward To Gethsemane
22. Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph)
21. Smoulder - Violent Creed Of Vengeance
20. Svalbard - The Weight Of The Mask
19. Sorcerer - Reign Of The Reaper
18. Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars
17. Kalmah - Kalmah
16. Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
15. Xoth - Exogalactic
14. Dawn Of Ouroboros - Velvet Incandescence
13. Alkaloid - Numen
12. Ne Obliviscaris - Exul
11. Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium
10. Crypta - Shades Of Sorrow
9. Vintersea - Woven Into Ashes
8. Enslaved - Heimdal
7. Blackbraid - Blackbraid II
6. Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
5. Myrkur - Spine
4. Sanguine Glacialis - Maladaptive Daydreaming
3. Insomnium - Anno 1696 / Songs Of The Dusk
2. Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
1. TesseracT - War Of Being

BREXAUL'S TOP 23 ALBUMS OF 2023

23. In Flames - Foregone
22. Flight - Echoes Of Journey's Past
21. Immortal - War Against All
20. Tanith - Voyage
19. Tower Hill - Death Stalker
18. Receiver - Whispers Of Lore
17. Mdxx - Mdxx
16. Jag Panzer - The Hallowed
15. Heavy Load - Riders Of The Ancient Storm
14. Gatekeeper - From Western Shores
13. Legendry - Time Immortal Wept
12. The Night Eternal - Fatale
11. Angra - Cycles Of Pain
10. Blood Star - First Sighting
9. Protean Shield - Protean Shield
8. Lamp Of Murmuur - Saturnian Bloodstorm
7. Solitary Sabred - Temple Of The Serpent
6. Wytch Hazel - Sacrament
5. Wings Of Steel - Gates Of Twilight
4. Triumpher - Storming The Walls
3. Air Raid - Fatal Encounter
2. Cirith Ungol - Dark Parade
1. Sacred Outcry - Towers Of Gold

ONENEVERSEEN'S TOP 23 ALBUMS OF 2023

23. Suffocation - Hymns From The Apocrypha
22. Cannibal Corpse - Chaos Horrific
21. Lankester Merrin - Dark Mother Rises
20. Theocracy - Mosaic
19. Begotten - To The Dreary End
18. Autopsy - Ashes, Organs, Blood And Crypts
17. Median Omega - Insolence
16. None - Inevitable
15. Xasthur - Inevitably Dark
14. Sorry… - Self Inflicted Razor Cutting
13. Necrotted - Imperium
12. Mental Cruelty - Zwielicht
11. Geistaz'ika - Midnatsbøn Ved Djævelens Port
10. Scars Of Oblivion - Misanthropy
9. Mutual Hostility - Inhuman Anguish
8. Nordicwinter - This Mournful Dawn
7. Austere - Corrosion Of Hearts
6. Gyrdleah - Spellbinder
5. Lotan - Lotan
4. Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
3. Tardigrade Inferno - Burn The Circus
2. Aara - Triade III: Nyx
1. Dying Fetus - Make Them Beg For Death

AREK'S TOP 23 ALBUMS OF 2023

23. False Fed - Let Them Eat Fake
22. Primal Fear - Code Red
21. Kaunis Kuolematon - Mielenvalta
20. Sermon - Of Golden Verse
19. Apotheus - Ergo Atlas
18. Phlebotomized - Clouds Of Confusion
17. Karras - We Poison Their Young
16. Ershetu - Xibalba
15. Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns And Seven Seals
14. Vomitory - All Heads Are Gonna Roll
13. Cruciamentum - Obsidian Refractions
12. Embr - Embr
11. Godflesh - Purge
10. Gravefields - Tetragrammaton
9. Popiór - Pomarlisko
8. Rotten Sound - Apocalypse
7. Totenmesse - Fiktionlust
6. Aset - Astral Rape
5. Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current
4. Bodyfarm - Ultimate Abomination
3. Shining - Shining
2. Angerot - The Profound Recreant
1. Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

FERNANDO'S TOP 23 ALBUMS OF 2023

23. House Of Harm - Playground
22. ††† (Crosses) - Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.
21. Grave Pleasures - Plagueboys
20. Raspberry Bulbs - The World Is Empty, The Heart Is Full
19. Maggot Heart - Hunger
18. Foreign Body - Fixed
17. Fotocrime - Accelerated
16. Malokarpatan - Vertumnus Caesar
15. Sól An Varma - Sól An Varma
14. False Fed - Let Them Eat Fake
13. Valravn - The Awakening
12. Mortuary Drape - Black Mirror
11. Taake - Et Hav Av Avstand
10. Veriluola - Cascades Of Crimson Cruor
9. Varathron - The Crimson Temple
8. Spirit Possession - Of The Sign...
7. Xalpen - The Curse Of Kwányep
6. The Magus - Βυσσοδομώντας
5. Häxanu - Totenpass
4. Korgonthurus - Jumalhaaska
3. Uada - Crepuscule Natura
2. Minenwerfer - Feuerwalze
1. Lathe Of Heaven - Bound By Naked Skies

ADAM'S TOP 23 ALBUMS OF 2023

23. Beyond the Black - Beyond The Black
22. Tribunal - The Weight Of Remembrance
21. Hypno5e - Sheol
20. Soen - Memorial
19. Primordial - How It Ends
18. The Ocean - Holocene
17. Enslaved - Heimdal
16. Periphery - Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre
15. Shores Of Null - The Loss Of Beauty
14. Anachronism - Meanders
13. ...And Oceans - As In Gardens, So In Tombs
12. Delain - Dark Waters
11. Alase - A Matter Of Time
10. Pronostic - Chaotic Upheaval
9. Carnosus - Visions Of Infinihility
8. Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us
7. Obituary - Dying Of Everything
6. Insomnium - Anno 1696
5. Haken - Fauna
4. Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars
3. Riverside - ID.Entity
2. Sermon - Of Golden Verse
1. Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

VES'S TOP 23 ALBUMS OF 2023

23. TDK - Nemesta
22. Afterbirth - In But Not Of
21. Odz Manouk - Bosoragazan (Բոսորագազան)
20. Trhä - Rhejde Qhaominvac Tla Aglhaonamëc
19. Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle
18. Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium
17. Aara - Triade III: Nyx
16. Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
15. Gridlink - Coronet Juniper
14. 兀突骨 (Gotsu Totsu Kotsu) - 黄泉ガヘリ (Back From The Underworld)
13. Autopsy - Ashes, Organs, Blood And Crypts
12. Afsky - Om Hundrede År
11. Quasarborn - Novo Oružje Protiv Bola
10. King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse; Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night: An Annihilation Of Planet Earth And The Beginning Of Merciless Damnation
9. Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Nahab
8. Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current
7. Valdrin - Throne Of The Lunar Soul
6. Lathe Of Heaven - Bound By Naked Skies
5. Majesties - Vast Reaches Unclaimed
4. Panopticon - The Rime Of Memory
3. Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
2. Morkera - Aggravations
1. Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis