Top 20 Best Albums of 2023 [Audience Poll]

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This mixtape consists of tracks from the top 20 most-voted albums of 2023 from a list of 100 in our annual audience polls. A big shoutout to the 1,000+ awesome folks who participated in our poll and showed us so much love and support throughout 2023. You guys rock!
The most-voted albums will be announced during the premiere of this video on January 7 at 2 PM UTC (3 PM CET / 9 AM EST). Stay tuned!
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Tracklist:
#20 00:00 Night Verses - Rose Wire [105 Votes]
Album: Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night: Part 1
BC: nightversesofficial.bandcamp....
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/6JVvP0...
#19 03:33 ISON - Embers [109 Votes]
Album: STARS & EMBERS
BC: ison444.bandcamp.com/album/st...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/18Bpru...
#18 20:27 ṘO - H​ü​mean H​ü​meko [112 Votes]
Album: Baiagoan
BC: rosoinuak.bandcamp.com/album/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/6tlKwA...
#17 29:57 Hope The Flowers - Anahata [117 Votes]
Album: Sonorous Faith PT. 2
BC: hopetheflowers.bandcamp.com/a...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/6VOaMT...
#16 34:28 Bear The Mammoth - Unserene [122 Votes]
Album: Purple Haus
BC: bearthemammoth.bandcamp.com/a...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/4t5t3w...
#15 41:06 Vaudlow - What You Want [128 Votes]
Album: A Language Unspoken
BC: vaudlow.bandcamp.com/album/a-...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/321vko...
#14 45:32 Maven - Global Warming [131 Votes]
Album: Aelys
BC: maventheband.bandcamp.com/alb...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/2xNOdV...
#13 52:10 Wolfredt - Skeleton Key [135 Votes]
Album: IIII
BC: wolfredt.bandcamp.com/album/iiii
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/5lXeQh...
#12 59:19 Soars - Grow [139 Votes]
Album: Repeater
BC: soarsmusic.bandcamp.com/album...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/0fQ4sE...
#11 1:06:49 where mermaids drown - Apophenia [141 Votes]
Album: Reminisce
BC: wheremermaidsdrown.bandcamp.c...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/0YHgMS...
#10 1:12:12 Ropes Inside A Hole - Loss and Grief [149 Votes]
Album: A Man And His Nature
BC: ropesinsideahole.bandcamp.com...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/3Bhshy...
#09 1:18:51 Hammock - Love in the Void [157 Votes]
BC: hammock.bandcamp.com/album/lo...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/1zlinQ...
#08 1:18:57 Shipwreck Karpathos - SCENE XII Being Human [159 Votes]
Album: Being Human
BC: shipwreckkarpathos.bandcamp.c...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/0IwXO9...
#07 1:25:14 Sigur Rós - ÁTTA [168 Votes]
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/4QHM0M...
#06 1:25:21 RANGES - Shekhinah [171 Votes]
Album: 33
BC: ranges.bandcamp.com/album/33
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/6z1nx6...
#05 1:31:02 Spurv - Til en ny v​å​r [178 Votes]
Album: Brefj​æ​re
BC: spurv.bandcamp.com/album/bref...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/1MUTIJ...
#04 1:41:05 Din of Celestial Birds - Launch [188 Votes]
Album: The Night is for Dreamers
BC: dinofcelestialbirds.bandcamp....
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/5ZFIbh...
#03 1:46:29 L.O.E - All That Glitters Is Not Gold [197 Votes]
Album: The World & Everything In It
BC: weareloemusic.bandcamp.com/al...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/5HC8Tb...
#02 1:52:43 Explosions In The Sky - End [212 Votes]
BC: explosionsinthesky.bandcamp.c...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/5hUWEi...
#01 1:52:49 Hubris. - Of Light [257 Votes]
Album: The One Above
BC: hubrisband.bandcamp.com/album...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/5aOkkQ...

[@9EricCN3]

Lots of bands I have not heard of on here but that's a good thing. It warms my heart to see this genre still going strong. I've been out of the loop for too long, thanks a bunch WPRD and the community for introducing me to all these great artists and of course to the artists themselves for your incredible music. 💜💜

[@9EricCN3]

btw, you know I'm all about #9 😉

[@romeo1771]

It's to be expected tbh. most post-rock bands I listen to have less than 100 monthly listeners on spotify lol

[@delayedschedules]

The competition was tough!💪 Congrats to all the bands making it in the TOP 20👏👏👏

[@Wolfredt]

Wolfredt is very thankful to all the voters! Suur tänu from Estonia! 🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@dancsontos]

Tuned in and thought there’s no way hubris doesn’t take the top prize here for The One Above - glad to see them get the well deserved recognition

[@sasakanjuh7660]

I missed a LOT of post releases last year, so this is an excellent way to get some insight into which artists/albums are worth checking out.. As always, thanks for bringing new and awesome music to my attention, your efforts are always greatly appreciated! :)

[@Nocuadra66]

Ranges is one of my new absolute favorite bands now. Thank you for introducing me to so many great bands.

[@Kyle-jv6wy]

A great mixtape full of superb music made by talented and professional musicians. 2023 was a strong year for post-rock/metal - here’s to 2024 being even better. Thanks to WPRD for organising the poll and compiling the mixtape. 😀👍🏻

[@James-ju1wb]

My top ten (alphabetical): Arctic Rise - A Species With Amnesia Arhios - Miscible ARKITECT[S] FAILURE - (RE​)​BIRTH Empires of Light - Aberrations Follow - Old Haunts LOE - The World & Everything In It Ocean Districts - Phantom Islands ṘO - Baiagoan Six Days of Calm - My Little, Safe Place Vaudlow - A Language Unspoken It was Hard to choose just 10 this year!

[@weareloemusic]

Thanks so much James. An honour to make anyone’s Top 10. Thank you for the support. So glad you enjoy the record 🖤

[@rosoinuak7589]

🖤

[@andrewsmart9076]

Man that ṘO track is some journey 👌

[@Kyle-jv6wy]

Can’t wait - interested to see where my faves landed. Thanks WPRD for the compilation. 😀👍🏻

[@strongcamel5355]

If only post-rock were more broadly accepted. Great compilation, @WherePostRockDwells

[@ShipwreckKarpathos]

Whhooaaaaaa first time hearing Night Verses 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@theamnesiacycle]

There are some amazing artists here!

[@RootEight]

Not easy to put only ten albums but this Is mine 10 Brave Arrows- Mourning Underground 09 Tempus- Vida Colorida 08 SPURV- Brefjære 07 OK Wait- Signal 06 Hubris- The One Above 05 The Color of Cyan- Egress 04 Nyos- Waterfall Cave Fantasy, Forever 03 Dreare- Foregone 02 ISON- Stars & Embers 01 Night Verses- Every Sound Has a Color in The Valley of Night Part 1 Happy New Year WherePostRockDwells 😎🤘

[@wherepostrockdwells]

40% of your list is in this mixtape ;)

[@RootEight]

​​​​@@wherepostrockdwellsThanks 😀🤘 Now that I saw the top 20, nice top 🧐👌 RÖ, Soars and Wolfredt was on my top but like a say, too hard for decide wich bands or albums to put 🙁... this year was a great year of Post-Rock/Post-Metal music 😎🤘 And RANGES of course... I miss it cause Is very new 😔

[@nestorcalabia2062]

I haven't been actively listening to music. Just stopping by whatever called my attention and definitely SPURV, OK wait and Hubris did so this year. I will listen to the others that I probably missed!

[@RootEight]

@@nestorcalabia2062 OK WAIT they release a great album not only the last year but in 2022... If you like ISON, SPURV if for you, melodic voices and drone vibes, and Hubris you have to listen that band, there's a lot of music of Hubris waiting 😎🤘

[@Wolfredt]

Thank you, on behalf of Wolfredt! @@RootEight

[@piousl]

Some great stuff here. What a way to learn about n enjoy new music!

[@321takk]

thank you very much for uploading this audience poll. great choice-thanks to all the voters. and to all the bands for such great music.

[@pictures_on_silence]

great best of .. Lots of many awesome bands

[@Uni-Ver-Sun]

Wie immer. : *T O P* 🕶👌

[@cal7957]

#1 Raising ravens- leaving with the halflight Jess Finalayson does it all! She writes, plays guitar and sings on this beautifully done album!! 2 Any given sin- war 3 Gideon- more power more pain 4 Motive black- auburn 5 Cold stares- voices 6 Pop evil- skeletons 7 Phil Campbell- kings of the asylum 8 Saul -this is it..the end of everything 9 Buckcherry-10 10 Tyler Bryant- dirty work 11 Red- rated R 12 Lift the curse- suffer and survive 13 Throw the fight- strange world 14 Another day dawns- finding peace through all the noise 15 Blak29 16 Trashy Annie- sticks and stones 17 When rivers meet- aces are high 18 Post profit- self defeaterEP 19 War curse- confession 20 Texas hippie coalition- the name lives on 21 Saliva- revelation 22 Laura cox- head above water 23 Woyote- mother of the universe 24 Screaming eagles- high class rock n roll 25 Jesse James Dupree- breathing fire 26 Vera bloom- it’s meEP 27 King mountain- wrath of the gods 28 Duskwood- the last voyage 29 Fuzzrider- S/T 30 Fortune child- - ST ep 31 Deadly vices- dead insideEP 32 Tygers of pan tang- bloodlines

[@colla1985]

Love it.

[@zejerkush7869]

All amazing albums here!

[@carniceriaortega9656]

Excelente trabajo, gracias y buen año 2024🎉👌👍

[@destroyerofstupid7073]

Such a great community. You all have great taste in music. WPRD is the best channel on KZbin. Thanks for the years of great music

[@maskdesk]

Esta recopilación va estar weno

[@phatcharlie4313]

No way 2023 could have ended better, phenomenal choices, keep on rockin 🤟🏽🤘🏿🤘

[@EdgarMetal4ever]

Buenísimas las bandas, pero no puedo creer que no estuviera AMALUNGA 😓. L.O.E era obvio que estaría en los primeros lugares.... Excelente!!!

[@weareloemusic]

Thank you so much Edgar 🖤

[@vrombo]

Glad I've bought the AOTY instantly in February :)

[@ShipwreckKarpathos]

FUCK YEAH BEAR THE MAMMOTH

[@viniciusbrito7512]

the first one already rocks my socks off

[@metalhead744]

Still Mountains - Artemis should have made this list!

[@mikeg0007]

Til en ny v​å​r got me goin

[@filipcamerman3473]

I assume this poll was held on Discord? Would have been nice to announce this poll on KZbin, so more of us could have participated.

[@Kyle-jv6wy]

The poll was announced via this channel approx two weeks ago. It appears you may have missed it. 👍🏻

[@filipcamerman3473]

@@Kyle-jv6wy How was it announced then? I still don't see any video announcing it.

[@Kyle-jv6wy]

@@filipcamerman3473Hi, the poll wasn’t announced via video but via a written article with details of how to vote. This has probably been deleted now as the poll deadline has passed and the playlist published. This is what I - and no doubt 1,000+ others (WPRD subscribers?) - used at the time. Sorry if this is a poor description of what I think has happened. Take care. 👍🏻 Later: the details are held in a post in the Community area of the WPRD channel. 👍🏻

[@filipcamerman3473]

@@Kyle-jv6wy Thanks for the explanation. I'm subscribed to the channel but don't see any such announcements. I see it on the Community tab now, but I assume you don't all check that tab manually every day to see if there's something new. How do you get notifications of Community posts?

[@Kyle-jv6wy]

@@filipcamerman3473 Hi, Community posts just appear in my WPRD KZbin channel feed along with other posts, videos etc. As I don’t know how this works for me and not you, I can’t offer an explanation or help further. 👍🏻

[@TheSeensca]

❤再過幾年 你且看他 還未有報應 實乃其人本身福報未盡之故，待福報用盡，報應就來了 也說不定他的報應在你看不到的地方

[@patriceg6811]

🙄 Where's Explosions In the Sky ?

[@wherepostrockdwells]

It's #2 most voted (see video description) but I couldn't have them on the mixtape due to copyright issues

[@patriceg6811]

@@wherepostrockdwells 🤘thanks nice happy new year ! I like your job ♥️

[@PhysEdReview]

Number 2??? 6 seconds.

[@fuckyougoogleforchangingit]

Copyright issues. Was an explosions in the sky song.

[@vilmantasulcickas2980]

👍👍💙💙💙💎💎👂👂

[@fuckyougoogleforchangingit]

First time hearing L.O.E All that glitters....WOW. "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there-on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."

[@weareloemusic]

So glad you enjoyed the track my friend. It is such a fantastic passage of words. All we can ever hope is that we do them justice in some way. Thank you for the kind words. Wishing you the best for 2024 🖤

[@fingerlessdrummer]

Nice

[@fuckyougoogleforchangingit]

@@weareloemusic The crescendo you guys hit after the words nailed it perfect. Sends shivers down my spin hearing the rifts and rhythm while listening to Mr Sagan. Kudos.