The 25 BEST Heavy Metal Album Covers of 2023

2023 was an amazing year for Heavy Metal. There was a constant stream of new music, artwork and tours, and it doesn't seem like it's going to slow down any time soon!

It was cool to see so much fantastic album artwork this year, from new comers to shifting artistic styles from the old guard, it was next to impossible to narrow it down to the best of the best since art is subjective, but here is our Top 25 Favourite album covers from 2023!

Thanks for watching and we'll see you in 2024!

0:00 - Intro
0:19 - No. 25
0:37 - No. 24
1:03 - No. 23
1:17 - No. 22
1:49 - No. 21
2:21 - No. 20
2:48 - No. 19
3:18 - No. 18
3:37 - No. 17
4:01 - No. 16
4:31 - No. 15
5:04 - No. 14
5:34 - No. 13
5:53 - No. 12
6:22 - No. 11
6:49 - No. 10
7:16 - No. 9
7:43 - No. 8
8:06 - No. 7
8:45 - No. 6
9:24 - No. 5
9:54 - No. 4
10:30 - No. 3
11:03 - No. 2
11:30 - No. 1
12:16 - Outro

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Artists:
25 - Cannibal Corpse 'Chaos Horrific' - Vince Locke
24 - Blackbraid 'Blackbraid II' - Adrian Baxter
23 - Wretched Fate 'Carnal Heresy' - Skadvaldur
22 - Cattle Decapitation 'Terrasite' - Wes Benscotter
21 - Majesties 'Vast Reaches Unclaimed' - Juanjo Castellano
20 - Drain 'Living Proof' - Silvio Capoferri
19 - Hellripper 'Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags' - Adam Burke
18 - Celestial Sanctuary 'Insatiable Thirst for Torment' - James Bausema
17 - Chained To The Bottom of the Ocean 'Obsession Destruction' - Mariusz Lewandowski
16 - Ahab 'The Coral Tombs' - Sebastian Jerke
15 - Ov Sulfur 'The Burden Ov Faith' - MM Fabrications & Blaq Rabbit
14 - Haken 'Fauna' - Dan Goldsworthy
13 - Memoriam 'Rise to Power' - Dan Seagrave
12 - Tomb Mold 'Enduring Spirit' - Jesse Jacobi
11 - Ulthar 'Anthronomicon / Helionomicon' - Ian Miller
10 - Nightmarer 'Deformity Adrift' - Jeanne Comateuse
9 - ...And Oceans 'As In Gardens, So In Tombs' - Adrien Bousson
8 - End 'Sin of Human Frailty' - Alex Eckman-Lawn
7 - Enforcer 'Nostalgia' - Adam Burke
6 - Incantation 'Unholy Deification' - Eliran Kantor
5 - Bell Witch 'Future's Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate' - Jordi Diaz Alama
4 - Obituary 'Dying of Everything' - Mariusz Lewandowski
3 - In Flames 'Forgone' - Blake Armstrong
2 - Lurk 'Aegis' - Paolo Girardi
1 - Fuming Mouth 'Last Day of Sun' - Stefan Todorovic

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