Top 50 Albums of 2023

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Top 50 Albums of 2023
  1. Lunar Chamber – Shambhallic Vibrations
    Progressive, dissonant & melodic extreme metal
  2. Camila Fernández – Camila Fernández
    Modern mariachi
  3. Dominic Fike – Sunburn
    Gen-Z genre-fluid indie rock
  4. VoidCeremony – Threads of Unknowing
    Progressive, dissonant & melodic extreme metal
  5. Sarmat – Determined To Strike
    Avant death metal with…trumpet! 
  6. Sampha – Lahai
    Electro-soul
  7. Fleshvessel – Yearning: Promethean Fates Sealed
    Avant extreme metal
  8. Jamila Woods – Water Made Us
    RnB/soul
  9. Horrendous – Ontological Mysterium
    Progressive death thrash
  10. Meshell Ndegeocello – The Omnichord Real Book
    RnB/Jazz/Rock/
  11. Hayden Pedigo – The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored
    Lush, instrumental, acoustic guitar music. My go-to relax/sleep music.
  12. Kara Jackson – Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
    Devastatingly beautiful, stark and vulnerable indie folk
  13. Chiiild – Better Luck In The Next Life
    RnB/Soul
  14. Vertebra Atlantis – A Dialogue With The Eeriest Sublime
    Dissonant progressive death metal
  15. Squid – O Monolith
    Post-punk
  16. Bekor Qilish – The Flesh Of A New God
    Dissonant, thrashy black metal
  17. Genevieve Artadi – Forever Forever
    Jazz/RnB/Rock
  18. Ahab – The Coral Tombs
    Doom metal
  19. Dot Allison – Consciousology
    Lush, chill, orchestral indie folk
  20. Dødheimsgard – Black Medium Current
    Avant extreme metal
  21. Water From Your Eyes – Everyone’s Crushed
    Post-punk
  22. Yussef Dayes – Black Classical Music
    Jazz, etc
  23. Corto.alto – Bad with Names
    Electro jazz fusion
  24. Locate S,1 – Wicked Jaw
    Indie rock
  25. Thantifaxath – Hive Mind Narcosis
    Avant black metal
  26. Mahalia – IRL
    RnB
  27. Enslaved – Heimdal
    Progressive black metal
  28. Marina Herlop – Nekkuja
    Avant electronic
  29. ML Buch – Suntub
    Spacey indie rock
  30. Linda May Han Oh – The Glass Hours
    Jazz
  31. The Zenith Passage – Datalysium
    Tech death
  32. Lil Yachty – Let’s Start Here.
    Psychedelic indie rock
  33. East of the Wall – A Neutral Second
    Progressive rock/metal
  34. Sufjan Stevens – Javelin
    Progressive folk
  35. Wormhole – Almost Human
    Tech slam death
  36. Purr – Who Is Afraid of Blue?
    Indie rock
  37. Daniel Caesar – NEVER ENOUGH
    RnB/soul
  38. Dominique Fils-Aimé – Our Roots Run Deep
    Rnb/Soul/Jazz
  39. Cautious Clay – KARPEH
    Rnb/Soul/Jazz
  40. Kassa Overall – ANIMALS
    Jazz/Hip-Hop
  41. Kamaal Williams – Stings
    Jazz/Hip-Hop/Electronic/Soul
  42. Léon Phal – Stress Killer
    Jazz/Electronic/Hip-Hop/Soul
  43. Balimaya Project – When the Dust Settles
    West African soul jazz
  44. Ben Lumsdaine – Murmuration Without End
    Hypnotic electronic soul jazz
  45. Meernaa – So Far So Good
    Chill, groovy indie soul rock
  46. Oromet – Oromet
    Doom metal
  47. Oneohtrix Point Never – Again
    Experimental electronic
  48. Fire-Toolz – I am upset because I see something that is not there.
    Retro futuristic progressive electronic jazz fusion metal. Yeah, just listen.
  49. Harp – Albion
    Indie folk
  50. Liturgy – 93696
    Avant black metal