The 2023 End of Year music lists thread

MOJO’s Top 75 Albums of 2023

1. Blur – The Ballad of Darren
2. PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying
3. Lankum – False Lankum
4. Robert Forster – The Candle and the Flame
5. Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy
6. Lana Del Rey – Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
7. jaimie branch – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
8. Paul Simon – Seven Psalms
9. Everything But the Girl – Fuse
10. Julie Byrne – The Greater Wings
11. Wilco – Cousin
12. The Coral – Sea Of Mirrors
13. The Necks – Travel
14. Grian Chatten – Chaos For The Fly
15. BC Camplight – The Last Rotation of Earth
16. Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily – Love In Exile
17. boygenius – the record
18. James Holden – Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities
19. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Council Skies
20. Pretenders – Relentless
21. billy woods & Kenny Segal – Maps
22. John Cale – Mercy
23. Teenage Fanclub – Nothing Lasts Forever
24. Lisa O’Neill – All Of This Is Chance
25. Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World
26. ANOHNI and the Johnsons – My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross
27. Mozart Estate – Pop-Up! Ker-ching! and The Possibilities of Modern Shopping
28. Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko
29. Billy Nomates – CACTI
30. Sparks – The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte
31. Sufjan Stevens – Javelin
32. Bill Orcutt – Jump On It
33. Sarabeth Tucek – Joan Of All
34. Corinne Bailey Rae – Black Rainbows
35. Depeche Mode – Memento Mori
36. Shirley Collins – Archangel Hill
37. Sleaford Mods – UK GRIM
38. Gaz Coombes – Turn The Car Around
39. Slowdive – everything is alive
40. The Tubs – Dead Meat
41. Gina Birch – I Play My Bass Loud
42. Lloyd Cole – On Pain
43. Kassa Overall – Animals
44. Ian Hunter – Defiance, Pt. 1
45. Susanne Sundfør – blómi
46. Rickie Lee Jones – Pieces of Treasure
47. Animal Collective – Isn’t It Now?
48. Dexys – The Feminine Divine
49. Osees – Intercepted Message
50. Jana Horn – The Window Is The Dream
51. Rogê – Curyman
52. Hamish Hawk – Angel Numbers
53. King Krule – Space Heavy
54. Blake Mills – Jelly Road
55. Eddie Chacon – Sundown
56. Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
57. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes
58. Lonnie Holley – Oh Me Oh My
59. Róisín Murphy – Hit Parade
60. Iggy Pop – EVERY LOSER
61. Baaba Maal – Being
62. Gabriels – Angels & Queens
63. Mitski – The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
64. The Lemon Twigs – Everything Harmony
65. Public Image Ltd. – End of World
66. Jonathan Wilson – Eat the Worm
67. Cécile McLorin Salvant – Mélusine
68. Billy Valentine – Billy Valentine and The Universal Truth
69. bar italia – Tracey Denim
70. Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy – O Yinne!
71. Edgar Jones – Reflections of a Soul Dimension
72. Margo Cilker – Valley Of Heart’s Delight
73. Irreversible Entanglements – Protect Your Light
74. Say She She – Silver
75. Robert Finley – Black Bayou

Earlier and earlier

― Bee OK, Friday, November 11, 2022

but had not checked before today so maybe the 11th is still the date?

Blur have done it again!

Uncut’s Top 75 Albums of 2023

1. Lankum – False Lankum
2. Paul Simon – Seven Psalms
3. Wilco – Cousin
4. PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying
5. Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World
6. Lana Del Rey – Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
7. Lonnie Holley – Oh Me Oh My
8. The National – First Two Pages of Frankenstein
9. Julie Byrne – The Greater Wings
10. John Cale – Mercy
11. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes
12. Slowdive – everything is alive
13. Blur – The Ballad of Darren
14. Corinne Bailey Rae – Black Rainbows
15. Margo Cilker – Valley Of Heart’s Delight
16. The Clientele – I Am Not There Anymore
17. Lisa O’Neill – All Of This Is Chance
18. The Rolling Stones – Hackney Diamonds
19. The Coral – Sea Of Mirrors
20. Hiss Golden Messenger – Jump For Joy
21. The Necks – Travel
22. Shirley Collins – Archangel Hill
23. Sam Burton – Dear Departed
24. Robert Forster – The Candle and the Flame
25. Kassi Valazza – Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing
26. boygenius – the record
27. Matthew Halsall – An Ever Changing View
28. Sarabeth Tucek – Joan Of All
29. Depeche Mode – Memento Mori
30. Wednesday – Rat Saw God
31. Baaba Maal – Being
32. jaimie branch – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
33. Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily – Love In Exile
34. Sunny War – Anarchist Gospel
35. Teenage Fanclub – Nothing Lasts Forever
36. Billy Valentine – Billy Valentine and The Universal Truth
37. Eddie Chacon – Sundown
38. ANOHNI and the Johnsons – My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross
39. Califone – villagers
40. Israel Nash – Ozarker
41. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – V
42. BC Camplight – The Last Rotation of Earth
43. Blake Mills – Jelly Road
44. Everything But the Girl – Fuse
45. Feist – Multitudes
46. Modern Nature – No Fixed Point In Space
47. Cian Nugent – She Brings Me Back To The Land Of The Living
48. Allison Russell – The Returner
49. Margo Price – Strays
50. Craven Faults – Standers
51. London Brew – London Brew
52. Dexys – The Feminine Divine
53. Tinariwen – Amatssou
54. Ryuichi Sakamoto – 12
55. Pretenders – Relentless
57. Kara Jackson – Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
58. Mary Lattimore – Goodbye, Hotel Arkada
59. Sparks – The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte
60. Setting – Shone a Rainbow Light On
61. Fatoumata Diawara – London Ko
62. Deer Tick – Emotional Contracts
63. Meg Baird – Furling
64. Osees – Intercepted Message
65. Dot Allison – Consciousology
66. Jim O’Rourke – Hands That Bind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
67. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
68. Sleaford Mods – UK GRIM
69. Alabaster DePlume – Come With Fierce Grace
70. Animal Collective – Isn’t It Now?
71. Steve Gunn & David Moore – Let the Moon Be a Planet
72. Sufjan Stevens – Javelin
73. Grian Chatten – Chaos For The Fly
74. Jim Ghedi And Toby Hay – Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay
75. Elijah McLaughlin Ensemble – Elijah McLaughlin Ensemble III

should i be surprised that lankum is getting such love from mainstream uk music mags?

they deserve it all, but still. i feel like they have zero profile in the u.s., didn't realize they were topping best of lists across the pond

mojo having blur at #1 is a 00s rolling stone-level pick

I actually liked that Blur record the one time I listened to it but haven't really gone back to it. Number one though?

Rough Trade UK Albums of the Year

https://blog.roughtrade.com/gb/uk-albums-of-the-year-2023/

Number 1
Nation of Language - Strange Disciple

I guess I should listen to this Blur album, huh?

Rough Trade UK Albums of the Year 2023

summary format of the Top 100

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/2102-rough-trade-uks-albums-of-the-year-2023/

Didn't know I needed more Wilco in my life, will give it a chance I guess.

Nice to see a rare appearance from Susanne Sundfør in the Mojo list.

I love Dexys but that new album is shocking and shouldn't be anywhere near any of these lists.

38. Gaz Coombes – Turn The Car Around

That's nothing, he's number one on Radio X's list!

https://www.radiox.co.uk/features/x-lists/best-albums-2023/

These are always the early bird dinner special lists. They like to get it over with so they can relax.

glad to see clientele place

can't help but think rating that aftab/iyer/ismaily is for people who missed vulture prince

before you think to yourself 'ooh I should reevaluate this album by comeback dinosaur x' please consider that most of these lists are written by extremely old and boring people

the blur album is wank

37. Sleaford Mods – UK GRIM
38. Gaz Coombes – Turn The Car Around

lock thread!

beautiful

Decibel's list:

40 Dødheimsgard, Black Medium Current, Peaceville
39 Kommodus, Wreath of Bleeding Snowfall, GoatowaRex
38 Street Tombs, Reclusive Decay, Carbonized
37 Obituary, Dying of Everything, Relapse
36 Fires in the Distance, Air Not Meant for Us, Prosthetic
35 Witching, Incendium, Translation Loss
34 Circle of Ouroborus, Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset, His Wounds
33 Cattle Decapitation, Terrasite, Metal Blade
32 Final Gasp, Mourning Moon, Relapse
31 Spirit Adrift, Ghost at the Gallows, Century Media
30 Krigsgrav, Fires in the Fall, Wise Blood
29 Will Haven, VII, Minus Head
28 Smoulder, Violent Creed of Vengeance, Cruz del Sur
27 Kruelty, Untopia, Profound Lore
26 Night Demon, Outsider, Century Media
25 Incantation, Unholy Deification, Relapse
24 Filth Is Eternal, Find Out, MNRK
23 Cannibal Corpse, Chaos Horrific, Metal Blade
22 Great Falls, Objects Without Pain, Neurot
21 Krieg, Ruiner, Profound Lore
20 Rid of Me, Access to the Lonely, Knife Hits
19 Mizmor, Prosaic, Profound Lore
18 Autopsy, Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts, Peaceville
17 Cruciamentum, Obsidian Refractions, Profound Lore
16 Tribunal, The Weight of Remembrance, 20 Buck Spin
15 The Night Eternal, Fatale, Ván
14 Enslaved, Heimdal, Nuclear Blast
13 Gel, Only Constant, Convulse
12 Enforced, War Remains, Century Media
11 Blackbraid, Blackbraid II, Self-released
10 The Keening, Little Bird, Relapse
9 Thantifaxath, Hive Mind Narcosis, Dark Descent
8 Frozen Soul, Glacial Domination, Century Media
7 Lamp of Murmuur, Saturnian Bloodstorm, Argento
6 Panopticon, The Rime of Memory, Bindrune
5 Godthrymm, Distrortions, Profound Lore
4 Jesus Piece, …So Unknown, Century Media
3 Wayfarer, American Gothic, Profound Lore
2 Tomb Mold, The Enduring Spirit, 20 Buck Spin
1 Horrendous, Ontological Mysterium, Season of Mist

Fun fact: four of those were on the top 10 list I submitted to The Wire!

Uncut 31. Baaba Maal – Being

Yay

Uproxx just sent out their email to music critics to submit their ballots by November 28. They have a list of included artists but you can write in an act not already on their list

Phillip dot cosores at uproxx dot com is in charge

So glad the Horrendous album won that, it's just so wonderful. I can hear bits of Voivod, Lightning-era Metallica, early Opeth, Yes... to name a few. It's totally unpredictable, little ECM vibe bass tons will just pop in for 20 seconds, little flourishes of mellotron fading in and out. Just hits on so many things i love, I can hear a hundred influences in it but it still sounds totally cohesive. Also maybe the best rhythm sections in heavy music right now? I can hear the Bass on this entire metal record!!(!)!

also doesn't outstay its welcome, 37 minutes and none of it wasted.

PopMatters' Best Metal Albums of 2023 includes one of my releases, Diego Caicedo's Seis Amorfismos!

paste's top 50 albums of the year: https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums/50-best-albums-of-2023

Bbc6, bleep and glide also released lists

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/lists.php

And here’s the aggregate so far

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2023/

aoty aggregate

Let’s try that again I think the / breaks it

idk really have much idea what will be the consensus picks this year, it's felt like a pretty light year for big critical consensus albums albums. sufjan (very deservedly) and caroline polachek will end up being way up there. boygenius too i guess. the olivia rodrigo album is good but i expect it will end up overrated in these lists. the uk press seems to really love lankum?

Sufjan seems to be a good bet for a consensus pick. Jessie Ware maybe?

I didn’t even know Sufjan still made music lmfao

I was thinking Lana Del Rey would be high in the consensus but it’s not that high atm

Oh wait it’s at #8 on the aggregate it will surely climb a few places

Spotify Wrapped has dropped in the UK.

BBC Radio 6 Music announces its Albums of the Year
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2023/6-music-albums-of-the-year

BBC Radio 6 Music announces its Albums of the Year
Over the next five weeks Matt Everitt’s weekly New Album Fix show will be an Albums of the Year special

New Album Fix: Albums of the Year - Episode 1

On BBC Sounds now and broadcast on Friday 1 December, 3am-4am

the record by boygenius (selected by Chris Hawkins)
Ladders by The Loving Paupers (Don Letts)
UK Grim by Sleaford Mods (Iggy Pop)
Gentle Confrontation by Loraine James (Mary Anne Hobbs and SHERELLE)
New Album Fix: Albums of the Year - Episode 2

On BBC Sounds from Monday 4 December and broadcast on Friday 8 December, 3am-4am

The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski (selected by Lauren Laverne)
The Last Rotation of Earth by BC Camplight (Marc Riley)
In the End It Always Does by The Japanese House (Nathan Shepherd)
Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities by James Holden (Tom Ravenscroft)
Nails by Benefits (Tom Robinson)
New Album Fix: Albums of the Year - Episode 3

On BBC Sounds from Monday 11 December and broadcast on Friday 15 December, 3am-4am

Slugs of Love by Little Dragon (AFRODEUTSCHE)
Rare Birds: Hour of Song by The Bug Club (Cerys Matthews)
Silver by Say She She (Huey Morgan)
Appaloosa Bones by Gregory Alan Isakov (Mark Radcliffe)
New Album Fix: Albums of the Year - Episode 4

On BBC Sounds from Monday 18 December and broadcast on Friday 22 December, 4am-5am

I've Got Me by Joanna Sternberg (Deb Grant)
All Of This Is Chance by Lisa O'Neill (Gideon Coe)
Bunny by Willie J Healey (Guy Garvey)
Javelin by Sufjan Stevens (Huw Stephens)
Black Classical Music by Yussef Dayes (Jamz Supernova)
New Album Fix: Albums of the Year - Episode 5

On BBC Sounds from Monday 25 December and broadcast on Friday 29 December, 4am-5am

Good Living Is Coming For You by Sweeping Promises (Amy Lamé)
Angels & Queens by Gabriels (Craig Charles)
Protect Your Light by Irreversible Entanglements (Gilles Peterson)
Chaos For The Fly by Grian Chatten (Steve Lamacq)
Sea of Mirrors by The Coral (Stuart Maconie)

popmatters THE 10 BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUMS OF 2023
https://www.popmatters.com/the-10-best-global-music-albums-of-2023

1. WITCH – Zango (Desert Daze Sound)

Jessie Ware maybe?

it was pretty forgettable in the end so i hope not

popmatters - THE 20 BEST POP ALBUMS OF 2023
https://www.popmatters.com/the-20-best-pop-albums-of-2023/2
popmatters - THE 20 BEST POP ALBUMS OF 2023 AOTY Summary
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/2114-popmatters-20-best-pop-albums-of-2023/

Number 1: Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good!

the olivia rodrigo album is good but i expect it will end up overrated in these lists.

overrated in comparison to how *you* feel about the album, it should be noted.

Spotify Wrapped 2023: team behind much-anticipated music moment share their story
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2023/11/29/spotify-wrapped-2023-team-behind-much-anticipated-music-moment-share-their-story

Another first for this year is the ‘Sound Town’ feature. “We know that listening habits are shared in really surprising ways across communities around the world,” explains Emily Galloway, head of personalization design at the streaming platform. “To celebrate that, we are bringing you Sound Town, which matches you to a city and is based on your listening and shared artists affinity.” This means that users can go check out a new place that they might not have considered visiting before and meet like-minded people.

Loud And Quiet Albums of the Year 2023
https://www.loudandquiet.com/short/loud-and-quiet-albums-of-the-year-2023/

overrated in comparison to how *you* feel about the album, it should be noted.

it's pretty common these days for pop albums which are merely good, solid, decent, etc. to be received by the critical consensus as instant classics. but at least their standards there are higher than they often still are with indie rock lol

Guts is currently #50 in the aggregate list (1 top 25; 2 other); not looking like much danger of it being "overrated."

it's pretty common these days for pop albums which are merely good, solid, decent, etc. to be received by the critical consensus as instant classics. but at least their standards there are higher than they often still are with indie rock lol

who says Guts is "merely good, solid, decent"?

“It” referring to “gyac as Valued Poster,” not to gyac herself.

Spotify Wrapped 2023: team behind much-anticipated music moment share their story
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2023/11/29/spotify-wrapped-2023-team-behind-much-anticipated-music-moment-share-their-story🕸

Another first for this year is the ‘Sound Town’ feature. “We know that listening habits are shared in really surprising ways across communities around the world,” explains Emily Galloway, head of personalization design at the streaming platform. “To celebrate that, we are bringing you Sound Town, which matches you to a city and is based on your listening and shared artists affinity.” This means that users can go check out a new place that they might not have considered visiting before and meet like-minded people.

Weird, I also got Burlington

turns out if you listen to more than two milwaukee rap mixtapes your sound town becomes milwaukee

yard barker list is the first (i think) to include that gorgeous hayden pedigo album

Digging yard barker list, it has albums at the top that I don’t think I’ll see anywhere else and even though it’s very eclectic the ones from genres or artists I follow are good selections. I assume the same is true for the genres I don’t follow.

At least with the New Yorker list it clearly comes across as one person's taste (Amanda Petrusich, right?), even if it doesn't jibe w/ my own--I personally prefer those sorts of lists to a consensus/tabulated one

Crack The Top 25 Tracks of the Year
https://crackmagazine.net/article/list-article/best-songs-2023/

"The 25 best songs of 2023, according to Crack Magazine. From viral singles and chart-climbing hits to summer sizzlers, synergistic fusions and club anthems with pop sensibilities, these are the tracks we just couldn’t shake this year."

Number 1
Hudson Mohawke, Nikki Nair, Tayla Parx
Set the Roof
Warp

Rosy Overdrive Top 100 Albums of 2023
https://rosyoverdrive.com/tag/best-of-year/

putting this here bc RO seems to be the last music blog left that seems to actually listen to all submissions and give exposure to bands without publicist/label support. it's pretty indie rock-oriented so not for everyone but at least it's a largely different list from everyone else. (also my band is on the list ;))

also it's named after a Loud Family song (that I listened to earlier today) so I'm instantly well-disposed lol

which band is yours, NA?

#25

yup

Pitchfork Best Rock Albums of 2023
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-rock-albums-2023/

37 albums listed

"The year in indie rock, punk, singer-songwriter and solo guitar music, shoegaze, metal, and everything in between."

Uncut Magazine

The Best Albums Of 2023 – the Editor’s picks
By
Michael Bonner

https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/blogs/the-best-albums-of-2023-the-editors-picks-144523/

Congrats NA, didn’t know and will listen!

that's awesome NA!

thanks dudes

Billboard Top 50 Albums of 2023
https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-albums-2023/

Number 1
Olivia Rodrigo, Guts

Should Billboard even be publishing a "Best" Albums of 2023 list? Shouldn't their list be 100% sales-based? Or sales plus streaming stats, whatever? They're Billboard; they're not supposed to be about judging artistic quality.

KCRW

broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, where the station is licensed. KCRW airs original news and music programming in addition to programming from NPR and other affiliates.

KCRW Best Albums of 2023
https://www.kcrw.com/best-of-2023/best-of-2023/best-albums

23 Albums

Number 1
Say She She - Silver

p4k has a very broad definition of rock this year

part 3

bandcamp Best Albums of 2023 L- R
https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2023/the-best-albums-of-2023-l-r

Pleased to see that the Craven Faults lp is included in the Uncut editor's pick

Who's running the 2023 ILM polls? I'm assuming Moka and?

Going by history it should be close to opening.

seandalai too but that part is a given.

JF is gone so I guess it’s only seandalai and me this year… I’ll start a thread tomorrow, let me check with seandalai if he’s in too!

Oh wait seandalai is the one who usually starts the noms and voting threads… let me get in touch.

You should ask the board for help? It's seems like a lot for one person and there has always been two, or at least since I have been here.

Thanks Moka You're amazing!

If seandalai is in with his ballot hoodoo voodoo magic I think we can run it… I might need some help with the spotify/tidal/whatever playlists as those tend to get massive and take a lot of time to have every nom added… we’ll see…

ilx mailed too, but lmk if i can help

This is what I'm saying. I think one person for tracks and one person for albums is the way to go. Each person has brought their own personality and forksclovetofu are some Big shoes to fill. No offense to what you brought to the table Moka.

Just more please

Textura’s EoY lists (Classical, Jazz and Ambient categories), as ususal there’s zero overlap with anyone else:

https://www.textura.org/archives/articles/2023picks.htm

For the country fans, Holler's Top 25

https://holler.country/lists/hollers-albums-of-the-year-2023

#1 søn of dad - Stephen Wilson Jr.

AOTY summary

The Wire's Releases of the Year 2023
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/2156-the-wires-releases-of-the-year-2023/

It's not Pitchfork, but my album is in this nice Canadian person's best-of blog:

https://musicregular.substack.com/p/issue-332-dec-2023

Also Eddie Chacon, ML Buch (which I've been seeing pop up a lot lately, need to give it a real listen), and some other records that look interesting.

Ty Austin! Seandalai hasn’t wrote back… let me wait with him and I’ll write you to organize how we can work it out!

Sean’s Said the Gramophone”100 best songs of 2023” is out and is great as usual

https://www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/best_songs_of_2023.php

Great #1. Love how that song fits within the album, too.

I haven’t really been following ANOHNI’s career, didn’t expect to hear such a groovy song coming from her.

Did we ever compile the top 50 albums lists? Like is there a spreadsheet or something?

Concrete Islands: https://concreteislands.com/concrete-islands-albums-of-the-year-2023/

^ the first list i've seen with the incredible chief adujah album

thanks moka!!

long running music blog,

mapped by what surrounded them - 2023 Favorite songs
https://mappedbywhatsurroundedthem.blogspot.com/2023/12/2023-favorite-songs.html?m=1

many choices that align with ilm. how many of these 50 will make the ilm top 77.

a Spotify playlist link is included.

includes tracks from:

jesse ware, slowdive, depeche mode, eartheater, kylie, carly rae jepson, tinashe, lloyd cole, blondshell, art school girlfriend, shygirl, alison goldfrapp.

RA 2023 in Review: What's pop got to do with it?
https://ra.co/features/4027

"Love them or hate them, pop edits were present on the dance floor (and the timeline) this year. We round up some of the best."

Pitchfork - Best Electronic Music of 2023
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-electronic-music-2023/

electronic / dance music

beatportal the 50 best tracks of 2023
https://www.beatportal.com/features/the-50-best-tracks-of-2023/

"With the help of our contributors, we celebrate the 50 best tracks of 2023.
So, how did we compile this list? None of the songs chosen are based on sales. Instead, we reached out to Beatportal contributors from across the world, and they helped our editorial staff pick the 50 best tracks of 2023, which are listed below in no particular order."

music blogger, Absymal Hymns provides many genre top 10s, including this one covering punk

the Top 10 Punk Albums of 2023

https://abysmalhymns.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-top-10-punk-albums-of-2023.html?m=1

including Final Gasp who meld metal, hardcore and goth together. The vocalist at times sounds exactly like Jaz Coleman. Highly recommended.

3-Final Gasp- "Mourning Moon"

"This Boston band, falls back into the late 80s when bands like TSOL and Die Kruzen took a darker turn in a more shadow-drenched direction. They are more aggressive than most bands going in this direction and take me back to a place in music that I hold close to my black heart. "

bandcamp:

Final Gasp - Mourning
https://finalgasp.bandcamp.com/album/mourning-moon

Metal Injection Top 20 Albums of 2023

https://metalinjection.net/lists/best-of-2023/metal-injections-top-20-albums-of-2023

UK music website/ magazine DIY

DIY’S ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2023

https://diymag.com/feature/diy-albums-of-the-year-2023

Number 1

CAROLINE POLACHEK - DESIRE, I WANT TO TURN INTO YOU

^ the first list i've seen with the incredible chief adujah album
― kissinger on my list (voodoo chili), Friday, December 8, 2023 12:24 AM (eleven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Listening now, very nice, a similar voice and soul to Lonnie Holley, but more energetic.

Creeper's Sanguivore is Metal Hammer's album of the year

https://www.loudersound.com/news/c?utm_content=louder&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com

Metal Hammer's 50 best albums of 2023
1. Creeper - Sanguivore
2. Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream...
3. Code Orange - The Above
4. Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden
5. Metallica - 72 Seasons
6. Svalbard - The Weight Of The Mask
7. Tesseract - The War Of Being
8. Green Lung - This Heathen Land
9. Baroness - Stone
10. Royal Thunder - Rebuilding The Mountain
11. Myrkur - Spine
12. Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
13. Urne - A Feast For Sorrow
14. Empire State Bastard - Rivers Of Heresy
15. VV - Neon Noir
16. Godflesh - Purge
17. Wytch Hazel - IV: Sacrament
18. Skindred - Smile
19. Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars
20. Primordial - How It Ends
21. Vexed - Negative Energy
22. Twin Temple - God Is Dead
23. Obituarty - Dying Of Everything
24. Blood Command - World Domination
25. Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current
26. Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
27. Enslaved - Heimdal
28. Pupil Slicer - Blossom
29. Periphery - V: Djent Is Not A Genre
30. Grave Pleasures - Plagueboys
31. Oxbow - Love's Holiday
32. Blackbraid - Blackbraid II
33. Ken Mode - Void
34. Within Temptation - Bleed Out
35. Sylosis - A Sign Of Things To Come
36. Maggot Heart - Hunger
37. Voyager - Fearless In Love
38. Zulu - A New Tomorrow
39. Mutoid Man - Mutants
40. Orbit Culture - Descent
41. KK's Priest - The Sinner Rides Again
42. Khanate - To Be Cruel
43. Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
44. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
45. Spirit Adrift - Ghost At The Gallows
46. Ahab - The Coral Tombs
47. Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium
48. Burner - It All Returns To Nothing
49. Cannibal Corpse - Chaos Horrific
50. Blood Ceremony - The Old Ways Remain