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It's that time of the year again - 2023 is off to a roaring tear towards 2024 but the good news...a boat load of GREAT heavy music dropped so far this year.  How does your favorite release of the year so far stack up on Phil and Alex's respective lists?

If you want the full spoiler - the lists are below

Alex (aka better list)

1. Isole - Anesidora
2. Ne Obliviscaris - Exul
3. Haken - Fauna
4. In Flames - Foregone
5. Hanging Garden - the Garden

Honorable mentions: Condenados – El Camino de la Serpiente; Soothsayer orchestra - The Last Black Flower; Enisum - Forgotten Mountains; ...and Oceans - As in Gardens, So in Tombs; Sermon - Of Golden Verse

Phil (aka trash)

1. Carnosus - Visions of Infinihility
2. Sermon - Of Golden Verse
3. Frozen Dawn - The Decline of the Enlightened Gods
4. Suotana - Ounas I
5. ...and Oceans - As in Gardens, So in Tombs

Honorable mentions: Bury Tomorrow - The Seventh Sun