We are a little past the halfway point of 2023 so, why not put together a list of a bunch of my favorite releases of the year… so far!

*This List Is In No Particular Order EXCEPT For Number 1

01) Iress- Solace EP
02) Loma Prieta- Last
03) Will Haven- VII
04) Better Lovers- God Made Me An Animal EP
05) The Ocean- Holocene
06) Metallica- 72 Seasons
07) Turbid North- The Decline
08) Deathgrave- It’s Only Midnight
09) Unearth- The Wretched / The Ruinous
10) Dave Lombardo- Rites Of Percussion
11) Rancid- Tomorrow Never Comes
12) Creeping Death- Boundless Domain
13) Queens Of The Stone Age- In Times New Roman
14) Tunic- Wrong Dream
15) Common Wounds- Common Wounds EP
16) Jerome’s Dream- The Gray In Between
17) Vanishment- No More Torture
18) The Smashing Pumpkins- ATUM
19) Year Of The Knife- Dust To Dust
20) Thrice- The Artist and The Ambulance (2023 Version)