2023 has been another stellar year for heavy metal with tons of great albums hitting the shelf.  It was hard to think that the previous two years could be matched in terms of awesomeness,  but life sure is unpredictable. From huge names to underdogs, these are my top 15 favourite metal albums of the year:

1. Periphery - Djent is not a genre (10/10l

2. Insomnium -Anno 1696 (10/10)

3. Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite (10/10)

4. Katatonia - Sky Void of Stars (10/10)

5. Ahab - The Coral Tombs (10/10)

6. Saturnus - The Storm Within (10/10)

7. Godflesh - Purge (10/10)

8. Avenged Sevenfold - Life is but a Dream (9.5/10)

9. Tesseract - War of Being (9.5/10)

10. Enslaved - Heimdal (9/10)

11. Metallica - 72 Seasons (8.8/10)

11. Metal Church - Congregation of Annihilation  (8.8)

12. Avatar - Dance Devil Dance (8.8/10)

13. In Flames - Foregone (8.5/10)

15. Haken - Fauna (8.5/10)