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AOTY
2023
List Aggregate
Year End Lists
Critic Ratings
User Ratings
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Best Albums
New Releases
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Heavy Metal
Critics' Highest Rated Heavy Metal Albums of 2023
Green Lung
This Heathen Land
85
critic score
(7)
Spirit Adrift
Ghost At The Gallows
84
critic score
(6)
Hellripper
Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
81
critic score
(5)
Wytch Hazel
IV: Sacrament
80
critic score
(5)
Ghost
Phantomime
76
critic score
(5)
Metallica
72 Seasons
74
critic score
(28)
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Users' Highest Rated Heavy Metal Albums of 2023
Hellripper
Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
74
user score
(145)
Green Lung
This Heathen Land
70
user score
(105)
Malokarpatan
Vertumnus Caesar
69
user score
(25)
Spirit Adrift
Ghost At The Gallows
65
user score
(28)
Ghost
Phantomime
64
user score
(171)
Metallica
72 Seasons
58
user score
(1,581)
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Recent Heavy Metal Albums
Ghost
13 Commandments
Green Lung
This Heathen Land
85
critic score
(7)
Sorcerer
Reign Of The Reaper
70
critic score
(3)
Malokarpatan
Vertumnus Caesar
Legendry
Time Immortal Wept
Cirith Ungol
Dark Parade
83
critic score
(3)
Tyranex
Reasons for the Slaughter
70
critic score
(1)
By Fire And Sword
Glory
70
critic score
(1)
Vórtize
Desde bajo tierra
Faceless Man
Insanity
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Critics' Top Heavy Metal Artists
Black Sabbath
Ghost
Darkthrone
Iron Maiden
Motörhead
Black Label Society
The Sword
Metallica
Judas Priest
Ozzy Osbourne
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By Year
1969
1
1970
8
1971
4
1972
6
1973
3
1974
1
1975
1
1976
7
1977
5
1978
4
1979
9
1980
22
1981
18
1982
24
1983
37
1984
46
1985
45
1986
44
1987
31
1988
43
1989
32
1990
28
1991
21
1992
20
1993
21
1994
19
1995
25
1996
23
1997
19
1998
17
1999
12
2000
13
2001
17
2002
16
2003
13
2004
21
2005
9
2006
12
2007
20
2008
21
2009
16
2010
35
2011
9
2012
13
2013
29
2014
19
2015
31
2016
30
2017
41
2018
39
2019
58
2020
63
2021
89
2022
80
2023
45
1,336 releases
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