Matt’s Top of 2023 (in no particular order)
Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite – Metal Blade
Dying Fetus – Make Them Beg For Death Relapse
Haken – Fauna – InsideOut
In Flames – Forgone – Nuclear Blast
Kk’s Priest – The Sinner Rides Again – Napalm Records
Obituary – The Dying of Everything – Relapse
Prong – State of Emergency – SPV
The Zenith Passage – Datalysium — Metal Blade
Warmen – Here For None — Reaper Entertainment
Winery Dogs – 3 – Three Dogs Music

Mike’s Picks Top 10
Legion Of The Damned – The Poison Chalice – Napalm
Angelus Apatrida – Aftermath – Century Media
Kk’s Priest – The Sinner Rides Again – Napalm Records
Moonlight Sorcery – Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle – Avantgarde Music
Gross Reality – Return To Ruin – Divebomb
Crystal Coffin – The Curse Of Immortality – A Beast In The Field
Ne Obliviscaris – Exul – Season Of Mist
Cattle Decapitation – Terrasite – Metal Blade
Alkaloid – Numen – Season Of Mist
Sadus – The Shadow Inside – Nuclear Blast Records

Mike Local:
Squidhammer – Drowning In Flames Ft. Kyle Fawley Of Digital Remains – Self-Release
Cast In Fire – Self Immolation – Self
The Faith Hills Have Eyes – The Riffth Element – Self
Yotuma – Otherworldly Incarnate – Self Released
Skintones – Coming to Collect – Crustacean

Matt Local:
Cast In Fire – Self Immolation – Self
The Faith Hills Have Eyes – The Riffth Element – Self
Yotuma – Otherworldly Incarnate – Self Released
Vermillion – Tales of the Dead – Self Released

Matt’s Honorable Mentions:
Legion Of The Damned – The Poison Chalice – Napalm
Angelus Apatrida – Aftermath – Century Media
Scar Symmetry – The Singularity (Phase Ii – Xenotaph) – Nuclear Blast
Ancestral Curse – In Dreams Of Endless Darkness – Jumpscare Records 3:19
Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific – Metal Blade
Frozen Soul – Glacial Domination – Century Media Records
Overkill – Scorched – Nuclear Blast
Ne Obliviscaris – Exul – Season Of Mist
Redemption – I Am The Storm – Afm Records
Kamelot – The Awakening – Napalm
Night Demon – Outsider – Century Media Records
Temic – Terror Management Theory – Season Of Mist
Metallica – 72 Seasons – Blackened
Dethklok- Dethalbum IV – Watertower Music
Exmortus – Necrophony – Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Power Trio – Wet Ass Plutonium – Metal Blade Records
Tegmentum – Evolvement – M-Theory Audio
Blessed Curse — Pray for Armageddon — M-Theory Audio
Sadus – The Shadow Inside – Nuclear Blast Records
Werewolves – My Enemies Look And Sound Like Me – Prosthetic Records
Mystic Prophecy – Hellriot – Rock Of Angels Records

Mike’s Honorable Mentions Picks:
Xoth – Exogalactic – Dawnbreed Records
Night Verses – Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night: Part 1 – Equal Vision Records
Kim Dracula – A Gradual Decline In Morale – Order Of The Snake
Obituary – The Dying of Everything – Relapse
Cannibal Corpse – Chaos Horrific – Metal Blade
Metallica – 72 Seasons – Blackened
In Flames – Forgone – Nuclear Blast
Hellripper – Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags – Peaceville
Insomnium – Anno 1696 – Century Media
Enforced – War Remains – Century Media
Frozen Soul – Glacial Domination – Century Media Records
Thy Catafalque – Alföld – Season Of Mist
Crypta – Shades Of Sorrow – Napalm
Werewolves – My Enemies Look And Sound Like Me – Prosthetic Records
Uada – Crepuscule Natura – Eisenwald
Prong – State of Emergency – SPV
Mystic Prophecy – Hellriot – Rock Of Angels Records
Stortregn – Finitude – The Artisan Era