Between Creeper winning Metal Hammer's coveted 2023 critics poll, Classic Rock naming Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds the best rock album of the year and our recent look inside the best electronic albums of the last twelve months, it's that time of year when best-of lists are flying at you thick and fast as we look back over the year that was.
Well, guess what? We've got another for you! Hooray! This time, however, rather than some big, complex voting system or an in-depth look at any particular genre, we've just asked Team Louder - that's our core staff and our most trusted freelance contributors - to pick their ten favourite albums of 2023, and tell us a little bit about the record that meant more to them than any other. That's it. Any genre. Any artist. No messing about. From indie to EDM to metal to hip hop, it's all covered. Here's what they came up with.
