Dead Metal 2023 Top Ten


01 Hell's Coronation ‎– Transgression Of A Necromantical Darkness (Godz Ov War)
02 Static Abyss - Aborted From Reality (Peaceville)
03 Incantation - Unholy Deification (Relapse)
04 Autopsy - Ashes, Organs, Blood And Crypts (Peaceville)
05 Metallica - 72 Seasons (Blackened)
06 Worm - Starpath (20 Buck Spin)
07 Old Tower - Draconic Synthesis (Hospital)
08 Blood Incantation - Luminescent Bridge (Century Media)
09 None - Inevitable (Hypnotic Dirge)
10 Obituary - Dying Of Everything (Relapse)

*edit* Malformed - Uncontrollable Malformity should have made this list

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