#aoty2023 — Public Fediverse posts

In this week's #TuneTuesday, @Kitty is asking about our #2024MusicDiscoveries, or music we found this year (but regardless of the release year).
I've listened to so many of the songs you good people have been kind enough to share and I'm really grateful for that. Unfortunately that prevents me to pick just one from the vast ocean of excellent music 😔
Ashen by #HumanitysLastBreath was my #AOTY2023, which made me discover the sound. Exploring the genre (some say it isn't one, nor is #Djent, but who cares) has put new bands onto my radar.
Curious about what I found? Check out #ThallNights. Happy listening 😁

Ich stolpere Gerade über meine #aoty2023 und stelle fest, dass ich von einigen nicht mal mehr einen Song in 2024 gehört habe. Was mir wieder einmal zeigt, wie krass kurz die Halbwertszeit eines herausragenden Albums heute ist ...

Ich habe mir erneut Entschleunigung vorgenommen für das kommende Jahr: Weniger dem neuen Shyze hinterherlaufen, mehr die Favoriten nach vorne holen und lieb gewonnene Scheiben auflegen. Das ist eigentlich eh mein Modus, aber in diesem Jahr hab ich ein wenig meinen Weg verlassen ... also back to oldschool, Freunde!

… gleich mal ein #aoty2023 nachlegen. 🤗
#CattleDecapitation #NowPlaying

My best of 2023 selection majorly consists of albums with some personal value (while also being top in terms of musical quality). Those who've followed me for a while might notice that my taste has gradually shifted over the last couple of years. A separate list for EPs, Demos and Splits shall follow sometime later as well as a couple more top releases grouped by similarity.

AOTY:
• Kiira - Iättömän Sanat ( Amor Fati Productions )

#aoty #aoty2023 #blackmetal #deathmetal #doommetal

(Still in descending order:)

14. Katatonia - Sky Void of Stars
15. Dwaal - Never Enough
16. Black Autumn - The Harvest of Our Bitter Labours
17. Morne - Engraved with Pain
18. Explosions in the Sky - End
19. Downfall of Gaia - Silhouettes of Disgust
20. Hammock - Love in the Void

2/2

#AOTY #AOTY2023

For 2023, my picks in descending order:

1. Рожь - Всё
2. Marthe - Further in Evil
3. Wolvennest - The Dark Path to the Light
4. None - Inevitable
5. Slowdive - everything is alive
6. Hellish Form - Deathless
7. Wayfarer - American Gothic
8. Sprain - The Lamb as Effigy
9. Health - Rat Wars
10. Vladimir Frith, nihil - 独居死
11. Wolves in the Throne Room - Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge
12. Föllakzoid - V
13. Árstíðir lífsins - Hermalausaz

1/2

#AOTY #AOTY2023

Oh my! Everyone who had this in their #AOTY2023 list was absolutely correct. It's soooo pretty. :blobaww:

https://firesinthedistance.bandcamp.com/album/air-not-meant-for-us

#FiresInTheDistance #MelodicDeath #metal

Welcome to 2024 everybody, may it be a #METAL year for ya.

On that note, I'll be deliverying a ton of options to your Metal Head Club Mastadon stream if you're inclined!

On that note, the following thread of toots will be an array of boosts to some great 2023 #AOTY #AOTY2023 lists! 🤘🏻

Here is a list of my favorite music released in 2023 #aoty2023 #indierock #music https://musicboard.app/list/10aa1ce0-26e7-4fec-bbb7-b90542ba2c23?rel=copy

For the #MetalAOTY . #AOTY2023

Tried to pick a little variety in different aspects / styles, I think probably 2 of these are going to be timeless.

In no particular order,

➕ Haken - Fauna

➕ Infidel - Lokust

➕ Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags

➕ Insomnium - Anno 1696

➕ King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse;

@Kitty

Ok, here we go: My top ten list of albums 2023 🔥🙌🏻 #metal
#AOTY2023 #AOTY #MetalAOTY2023

KATATONIA - Sky Void Of Stars
SLEEP TOKEN - Take Me Back To Eden
INSOMNIUM - Anno 1696
MAMMOTH WVH - Mammoth II
ENDSEEKER - Global Worming
PRONG - State Of Emergency
HELMET - Left
CATTLE DECAPITATION - Terrasite
FILTER - The Algorithm
METALLICA - 72 Seasons

… closely followed by OBITUARY, MARTHE, CODE ORANGE, STEVEN WILSON, HOST, THE OCEAN, MEMORIAM or even IN FLAMES … 😄 2023 was a great year musically 🙌🏻🔥🙏🏻

I always wait till the 31st of December to share my #AOTY #albumoftheyear. I don't feel comfortable doing it before😅

So, this 2023, I'd been hooked to this record since it was released (and was released in february!!!!) my favorite album of the year #AOTY2023 is

#Hellripper #WarlocksGrimAndWhiteredHags

https://songwhip.com/hellripper/warlocks-grim-and-withered-hags

My absolute favourite 2023 releases (in no particular order)
- so many aural treats this year 😍

Solace - Rezn
https://rezzzn.bandcamp.com/album/solace

Silent Future - Rezn/ Vinnum Sabbathi
https://rezzzn.bandcamp.com/album/silent-future

Miracle of Death - Vanishing Kids
https://vanishingkids.bandcamp.com/album/miracle-of-death-2

Dawn of the Dusk - Mars Red Sky
https://marsredsky.bandcamp.com/album/dawn-of-the-dusk

Beyond Vision - Acid King
https://acidking.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-vision

@Kitty
#AOTY #AOTY2023 #MetalAOTY

That said, my short little #MetalAOTY #AOTY2023 list would be:

1 Blackbraid - Blackbraid II
2 Lokust - Infidel
3 Graves Hollow - Thrones of Decay (@GravesHollow )
4 Enslaved – Heimdal

Blackbraid II in particular was a revelation, a tonic and an obsession in 2023.

#metal

Looking at the #MetalAOTY and #AOTY2023 lists coming through, two things are clear:

1. I need to listen to more new metal in 2024.

2. I need to listen to a few albums again - ones that didn't grab me in the first few listens but clearly have resonated strongly with other Fedimetal people.

#metal

Today's top ten tag trends:

10: #5人以上にリアされたら罰ゲームとして名前を変える
9: #私っぽい曲発掘して教えてくれませんか
8: #ScreenshotSaturday
7: #aoty2023
6: #Fensterfreitag
5: #shortenthemovieplot
4: #bikenite
3: #stilltodo2023bucketlist
2: #catsofmastodon
1: #caturday

#trendytoots 📈

I posted my #AOTY2023 list back on December 19, but everyone's posting theirs today so here's mine one more time 😀

https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2023/12/19/my-top-20-favorite-lps-of-2023

#AOTY #metal #punk #PunkRock #IndieRock #DeathMetal #BrutalDeathMetal #rap #hiphop #IndieMusic #PostPunk #SynthPunk #TheHives #GeeTee #HotOcean #MetalAOTY2023

#aoty2023 #aoty #metalaoty #metalaoty2023 @Kitty

5) King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse
4) Orbit Culture - Descent
3) Veil of Maya - [m]other
2) Resolve - Human
1) Periphery - Periphery V: Djent is not a genre

Honorable mentions
- Best non-metal album: Nothing But Thieves - Welcome to the DCC
- Best re-release/anniversary edition: Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance - Revisited

I still didn‘t listen to all the albums from 2023 thst I have on my "must listen to" list or that were recommended. So my #AOTY list isn‘t very long and there might be more in the future.
Also there are only albums on the list that I bought because I‘m not using streaming on a regular basis.

1) The Ocean - Holocene
2) Crypta - Shades Of Sorrow
3) Vomitory - All Heads Are Gonna Roll
4) Leper Colony - Leper Colony
5) Carnosus - Visions Of Infinihility

@Kitty

#AOTY2023 #MetalAOTY2023

#5人以上にリアされたら罰ゲームとして名前を変える is now trending across Mastodon

#AOTY2023 is now trending across Mastodon

#わたしの絵で1番印象に残ってるのはどれですか is now trending across Mastodon

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Okay, and extra last category, top EPs:

#Ufomammut – Crookhead (psychedelic metal)

#Marthe/The Lord – The Eye of Destiny (drone metal)

#WolvesInTheThroneRoom – Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge (atmospheric black metal)

#AOTY #AOTY2023

Category 10: The Nottingham Twang

#MaȟpíyaLúta – Wowahwala (Indigenous black metal)

#SQÜRL – Silver Haze (experimental/drone)

#MongTong – Tao Fire 道火 (experimental/electronic)

#DonnyMcCaslin – I Want More (electronic jazz)

#AOTY #AOTY2023

Category 9: Prettiest albums of the year

#vvilderness – Path (atmospheric black metal)

#JoQuail – Invocation and Supplication (neoclassical)

#ARCHE – Transitions (funeral doom)

#MarinaHerlop – Nekkuja (experimental/avant garde electronic)

#AOTY #AOTY2023

Category 8: Experimental eclectic awesomeness

#JaimieBranch – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) (free jazz)

Ky – Power Is The Pharmacy (experimental noise)

#AllHandsMakeLight – “Darling The Dawn” (experimental art rock)

#LonnieHolley – Oh Me Oh My (blues/soul/folk)

#Sanam – Aykathani Malakon صنم – أيقظني ملاكٌ (postfolk/postrock/free jazz/krautrock)

#AOTY #AOTY2023

Category 7: Peter, Paul, and Not Mary

#PeterGabriel – i/o (rock)

#PaulSimon – Seven Psalms (folk)

#BlindGuardian – The God Machine (power metal) (2022 release, but I didn't hear it until after 2022 list season)

#AOTY #AOTY2023

2/2 #AOTY2023 #AOTY #MetalAOTY2023 #MetalAOTY

5 Moonlight Sorcery – Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle
4 Blackbraid - Blackbraid II
3 Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
2 Рожь – В​с​ё
1 Bell Witch – Future's Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate

Category 6: Angriest albums of the year

#Ragana – Desolation’s Flower (blackened doom/blackened screamo)

#BigBrave – nature morte (postmetal)

#Ushangvagush – Pestmo’qon (Indigenous black metal)

#AOTY #AOTY2023

Category 5: Most hell(fire and brimstone)ish albums of the year

#RASánchez – L’ottava Sfera (doom jazz/funeral jazz)

#ReverendKristinMichaelHayter – SAVED! (experimental)

#Khanate – To Be Cruel (doom/drone metal)

#AOTY #AOTY2023

Category 4: Longest albums of the year

#BellWitch – Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate (doom)

#André3000 – New Blue Sun (ambient/new age/soul jazz)

#Eremit – Wearer of Numerous Forms (doom)

Honorable mention: #DollyParton – Rockstar

#AOTY #AOTY2023

Category 3: Pure fun

#Blackbraid – Blackbraid II (Indigenous black metal)

#Marthe – Further In Evil (black metal/crust punk)

#ÁrstíðirLífsins – Hermalausaz (pagan black metal)

#Mizmor – Prosaic (black metal/blackened doom)

#JalenNgonda – Come Around And Love Me (soul)

#AOTY #AOTY2023

Category 2: Most chill albums of the year

#AcidKing – Beyond Vision (stoner metal/doom)

Midwife & Vyva Melinkolya – Orbweaving (shoegaze)

#SigurRós – ÁTTA (postrock)

#Zoon – Bekka Ma’iingan (moccasin gaze)

#AOTY #AOTY2023

Okay, here's my list in list form. I did 10 categories to get away from ranking them all though, so here's my 40ish "Top 10", with one category per toot. Bandcamp links are in blog post. :ablobdj:

Category 1: Most intense albums of the year

Rye – Всё (atmospheric black metal/blackgaze)

#JeremyDutcher – Motewolonuwok (neo-Indigenous/neoclassical)

#ANOHNI and the Johnsons – My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross (pop soul/art pop)

#SufjanStevens – Javelin (indie)

#AOTY #AOTY2023

#aoty2023
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#AOTY2023 #AOTY with apologies to Creeper, who were fifth, but then the new Crosses album really took hold of me over the last few weeks.

1. Grave Pleasures - Plagueboys
2. Teenage Wrist - Still Love
3. Heavenward - Pyrophonics
4. Spanish Love Songs - No Joy
5. Crosses - Goodnight, God Bless U, I Love U, Delete.

Of course, if you look at my Last.fm, my top seven most-listened-to albums for the past year are all Silversun Pickups and Brutus from pre-2023 😄