Top Metal Albums of 2023: Reader's Choice and Critics' Picks

Metal Hammer has released the list of the 50 best metal albums of 2023, as voted by their readers. The list includes albums from well-known bands like Metallica and Avenged Sevenfold, as well as rising stars like Sleep Token. Creeper's "Sanguivore" topped the critic's poll, but the reader's poll crowned Sleep Token's "Take Me Back To Eden" as the best metal album of the year.