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As in most years, I have compiled several yearend lists to form an aggregated list. This year I got a hold of 24 lists (see description for the list). They are all metal or rock related. If you have others, please let me know in the comments. I avoid individual lists, so I prefer already aggregated lists from publications. I took the top 10 of each list and assigned ten points to number 1 and 1 point to number 10. And distribute accordingly in between. There were two lists that did not feature a ranking so I divided the 55 points equally among their chosen albums. Tiebreakers were first number of lists, and then highest position in a list. Only number 20 was a complete tie so the list features 21 bands.
Without further ado let's look into it.
The 24 publications:
- Revolver
- Metal Hammer UK
- Metal Injection
- Kerrang
- Stereogum
- Decibel
- BRAVEPICKS
- MetalHammer Germany
- https://consequence.net/2023/12/best-metal-albums-of-2023-hard-rock-list/2/
- laut.de
- Rolling Stones
- treblezine
- Classic Rock Magazine
- Pop Matters
- https://heavymusichq.com/2023-best-heavy-metal-albums/
- Guitar World
- Total Guitar
- Metal Sucks
- Loudwire
- https://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-rock-albums-2023/
- https://metalinsider.net/columns/top-15/metal-insiders-combined-top-15-albums-of-2023/2
- Angry Metal Guy
- https://www.iopages.nl/
- https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2024/01/03/heavy-blog-is-heavys-top-25-albums-of-2023/
