Top 10 Metal Albums of 2023

[@xkxysinx_6625]

finding out he's a metal head and PV IS NUMBER ONE MY LOVE FOR YOU WENT SKYHIGH LMAO

[@hayesblake]

Great content man. Love your honestly and musical knowledge. Was surprised to see you have less than 300 subs. I’m sure that won’t last long and I look forward to seeing your future videos for further inspiration.

[@JacobAndrsn]

Very much appreciated homie ❤️❤️

[@DudeFromWisco]

Have watched a dozen or so of the Top 10/Top 5 AOTY videos and this is the first one I've seen mention Polaris. I was introduced to Polaris with their Fatalism album shortly after it released and its slowly become one of my favorite metal albums and is my personal AOTY. Great video, definitely agree with most of your comments.

[@JacobAndrsn]

I think longtime fans of Polaris got spoiled with their early releases being so good that any modern releases might feel to some like they’re always playing catch-up. Fatalism still slaps, but I can get why it wouldn’t top some people’s charts. Glad you like it!

[@wapiti89]

Hey Jacob it's really nice to see you talking about music and metalcore. I have been watching your r6 channel since the beginning and it's time to see in the background or your Video your guitars and some periphury album and I'm really interested to hear you talking about metal and here we are super cool that happened

[@JacobAndrsn]

Thanks for popping over from the esports stuff my dude ❤️

[@giorgiobertoldo]

Great list!!! You managed to put everything I feel about these albums into words. All bangers, lets hope '24 lives up to it Also your videos are really well made, keep up the good work!

[@joshuadxlee]

Could somebody direct me to that cozy metal epic atmospheric at 0:33 pleasee

[@davidgood1205]

I believe he's referring to Aviations here, that's exactly what that band is. He gives their album Luminara an honorable mention.

[@maxgilstrap8492]

I FEEL THE EXACT SAME WAY ABOUT VEIL OF MAYA DUDE I LOVE THE 2019-21 SINGLES MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE

[@alexanderfortier5488]

Never ran across your channel before, big Siege fan tho and was like "Yo is that CaliberJacob in the thumbnail?" Stellar picks, dude. Had atmo BM like Mare Cognitum make mine. Kanashimi was a great DSBM release. Liturgy album was super maximalist and ended up being my favorite metal release of the year.

[@JacobAndrsn]

indeed it me

[@p.marotta2783]

Man I'm so happy I don't know half of these albums, cause the other half are my favorites! Thanks man!

[@paalkyrkjeboe1191]

Can’t believe your channel doesn’t have more views. Love you takes, disagree with some parts like Tender (I really like the switch up and makes sense cus they’re prog) but love the video

[@JacobAndrsn]

Fair play, Tesseract is quite a beast to unravel as it is haha

[@alexistaylor9092]

How have I never found your channel, your taste is so identical to mine! Subscribed

[@horizoniki]

everything youve said about P5 stuck the landing in my head. same reason this album to me is the best piece of music since Juggernaut saga. Such an important album

[@robert2108]

Hell yeah goodluck with the new channel

[@playmesomething]

Really good video, and a solid list! There are a handful of albums I haven't checked out, despite my best efforts to listen to as much as I possibly could. Excited to give some of these a listen!

[@xbigjeffe]

crazy good list (I know it’s good because like half of it is the same as mine and all of these are in my wider list to some extent)

[@wesleytrott6397]

Check out In Flames 2023 release Foregone. That album is banger man! It's my 2023 album of the year. In Flames returns to form and captures the energy and awesomeness of their early to mid 2000's sound, but modernized. Start with the track "Meet Your Maker".

[@cyrollan]

man, you are a born KZbinr. seems like most commenters can agree. now it would be silly of me to yuck anyone else's yum (unless it's Kid Rock or Tom MacDonald) so i'll skip discussing *opinions* about metal genres. but i do take umbrage with Periphery's album title "Djent Is Not a Genre" because i gotta say all of the bands you pointed out here sound like they're in the exact same sub-genre of metal. i can't really tell a difference among them; but to be fair, a person could easily claim that my top 10 albums of the year (death metal) are guilty of the same thing. the content is great, i wish you nothing but success, and if you ever dip your toes into death metal or some of the other sub-genres, i will be right here watching.

[@JacobAndrsn]

Nothing wrong with a little tongue-in-cheek silliness for an album title, honestly it eventually grew on me lol

[@minecraftsteve2504]

Im surprised you think that Heavener isn't memorable To me, its riffs and vocals, lyrics, make each song distinct. It's interesting to see you have such a different take! I personally dont agree with its lack of memorability. To me, it has many memorable moments, even outside of the singles (absence persistent, that intro is so feely. Emberglow, that breakdown and chorus is too heavy. reverie, is soft with vocals that are easy to repeat, not to mention it's lead in to Immolation of Night. Purity Weeps and False Meridian with their beautiful choruses, beautiful vocals, and that hard hitting ending in False Meridian) Heavener is insane. My personal AOTY, and interesting seeing your opinion on it, even if i dont inherently agree. Also, Heavener was released after because it was made after the album, with their new drummer. Heavener grows stronger with time, as even now i keep it on repeat. Much love to Vik and lyricism, Lyrics so great im sure even Garret Russel would blush.

[@JacobAndrsn]

I didn’t say it wasn’t memorable. I said it wasn’t *as memorable* as Greyview to my ears.

[@minecraftsteve2504]

​@@JacobAndrsn Ohhh, fair enough My apologies for misunderstanding your point Still, I respectfully disagree, but that's because I adore the ambiance that Heavener goes for, over what Greyview consisted of Still nice to see differing view points!

[@affensterben]

why only metalcore dude? have you listened to new suffocation or dying fetus?

[@bjelven217]

Yet another W Jacob moment

[@nitroflux_o1040]

Brought to you by Dewey Belong! Periphery V is awesome

[@Verus..]

Definitely agree with you about Unprocessed. Saw them live on their tour with Polyphia and they’ve improved a lot since then and I think this album is a step in the right direction.

[@JacobAndrsn]

It's unique and unapologetically wild, honestly really excited for where it takes them next

[@SkinnyCharlie1]

BRO! I would love if you checked out Datalysium from The Zenith Passage.

[@Ramennoodlekilla]

No mention of In Flames?

[@JacobAndrsn]

Haven't given them a proper listen before, but I've been circling around them for years at this point so it might be time to give then a shot lmao

[@kakao6125]

as soon as i saw that periphery isnt the honorable mentions or top 10 and top 5, i already went "welp yea their album is kinda underwhelming this time but theyre pretty dang good, ig not as good as juggernaut doe". But then i forgot theyre periphery.

[@wolverine669]

Humanity's Last Breath is EPIC!!!!

[@sarang8207]

Ayy it's that R6 caster guy

[@grantgochnauer]

Also suggest Rise to Fall - they are an amazing metal band from Spain. They released a great album in 2023 but their best is "End vs Beginnings" IMO

[@JacobAndrsn]

We love some melodeath in this household

[@redactedredacted6095]

TesseracT's War of being album also plays into the game that they made for this album

[@giffinpoopoo]

Dude, I have watched a few videos of yours now and I really don't know how I'm just now finding your channel, and how do you not have more subscribers?? your channel is sick. so im gonna sub

[@JacobAndrsn]

Appreciate you boss 🙏🏻

[@AtrueDjentleman]

I have so much i want to say, but absolutely no time to type it all out. So I'll just leave it at: Excellent video, I couldn't agree more with everything on this list. I do have 1 question, though! What bands do you hope to hear new albums from this next year?

[@JacobAndrsn]

While She Sleeps, Caligula's Horse and Darkest Hour are the only bands confirmed with albums out next year, but I need Make Them Suffer to finally drop a new one because the singles have been that good

[@henriquecslopes]

I'm returning to this video everyday, one record a day, flawless so far 😂

[@joshlattire7268]

Started listening to Humanity's Last Breath after watching this. Loving them!! Do you like Between the Buried and Me? They are one of my favorite bands of all time.

[@JacobAndrsn]

They've been on the outskirts of my listening bubble for a long time, but people keep hyping Colors II to the moon and back so I might have to pull the trigger soon lol

[@joshlattire7268]

@JacobAndrsn Colors II is great! Colors I though... one of my favorite albums ever. It's so fucking good.

[@timberwolf2468]

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[@oldnjoyer]

Here from the discord 💪

[@hectorThechilldudeonacouch]

Good top 10

[@steeleemedia9417]

i think a good way to describe unprocessed is a combination of periphery and polyphia. especially with their most recent album

[@die-no-mite]

honestly i think Lumenaria beat out P5 for me, Aviations QUICKLY jumping up to be in my top 3 favorite bands along side BTBAM and Periphery

[@nehemiasgonzalez6989]

yeah you are out your damn mind for thinking greyview is more memorable than heavener

[@JacobAndrsn]

Except I’m not, because I thought it, so it’s still in…my…mind…?

[@nehemiasgonzalez6989]

@@JacobAndrsn damn……now im out of my mind LMAOOO 🤝

[@jaswanthcs]

I haven't listened to newer stuff, there's so many albums to catch up (Periphery, END, VOM, Silent Planet, Abyssal Mouth, etc) Godammn

[@JacobAndrsn]

Treat yoself man

[@TheCoverUpsLondonUK]

Lovely channel dude, I am watching all your videos from start to finish! Did you check out the Medieval Death LP + DVD and the Mordicus “Rights ‘n Trials” LP on Yperano Records! What is your opinion on these two 2023 releases?

[@JacobAndrsn]

Not a black metal aficionado but I hope they both slap

[@300-blkout]

Caliber Fantano

[@JacobAndrsn]

shut

[@300-blkout]

@@JacobAndrsn TheSeigeledrop

[@jaswanthcs]

Antony Calibertano

[@xtrafe5953]

or Mic the Snare?

[@БогданПавленко-ж6э]

Holy Nolly...) You are type of Periphery fans, who can find all references and looking like Charlie conspiracy meme and enjoy it

[@JacobAndrsn]

Periphery lore is top tier memes

[@willpark9266]

Please make a best singles of 2023 too

[@JacobAndrsn]

I probably could, but is it illegal to release a year-end list after the year’s already over? 😳

[@aaronvilla3824]

U jsut put me on to moments else where and 🤯wow

[@JacobAndrsn]

ITS SO GOOD

[@technickn9n3]

take my like a nd subscribe with that nolly snip lollll

[@jp2503]

Tesseract is the Dune of metalcore.

[@michaeleisenhauer8897]

EVIL INCARNATE-LUCIFERS CROWN

[@kakao6125]

about the heavener one, i gotta say for me the albun didnt blend aswell as greyview, i prefer to listen to the songs in the album just by their own and not shuffle through the album, they just dont match, its like IA made every song in them a banger and if were just looking at albums worth on the amount of bangers in it, then it is the best album of 2023, but yea if were talking about longevity, its one i can forget real soon as opposed to greyview. Now greyview is a fucking masterpiece. Its hard to top that and now it makes even more sense that it is a masterpiece after heavener came out. Greyview is still the best. Altho yea just my opinion everyone is entitled to their own and music is subjective.

[@Cod23012]

I just watched all your vids I’m sad now

[@andrearabar3252]

I don't see metal in this video

[@Count_Deangeli]

Djent and metalcore nonsense

[@JacobAndrsn]

YEP

[@Puppet33]

yea nothing on this list was actual metal haha. Just popcore/metalcore

[@JacobAndrsn]

@@Puppet33 Do…do you even realize what you just said?

[@yemartini5443]

@@JacobAndrsnfound the elitists. This is modern Metal whether you like it or not.

[@Cpmnk]

My top 3 are p5, take me back to eden and mother