STEAK 2023
My 2023 felt lacking in quantity as opposed to other years, I barely jammed anything in the second half but was able to hit some things I wanted to. Same shizz as usual, small blurbs and then AOTY gets a bigger one (maybe) |
| 55 |  | Exhibition
The Last Laugh
Hardcore Punk/Thrash
Some Hardcore thrashy punk shit with solos |
| 54 |  | Eyes (DK)
Congratulations
Metallic Hardcore/metalcore
Cool metalcore that is kinda mathy at times and almost gives me daughters vibes instrumentally |
| 53 |  | Scalp
Black Tar
Grindcore
Some brutal feral stuff |
| 52 |  | The Brokedowns
Maximum Khaki
Punk Rock/Pop Punk
Just some good punk rock |
| 51 |  | Ulthar
Anthronomicon
Crusty death/black metal
They actually dropped two albums at the same time I just forgot to jam the other one lol |
| 50 |  | 3mouth
...using the back of the shovel
Hardcore Breaks/Breakcore
Some good ol breaks |
| 49 |  | Ahab
The Coral Tombs
Funeral Death Doom
Ahoy land lubbers! |
| 48 |  | Sermon
Of Golden Verse
Prog Metal
Prog Metal! |
| 47 |  | Jessie Ware
That! Feels Good!
Dance Pop/Disco I guess
This was fun dancey pop, made me wonder why I never checked her other stuff (still haven't lol) |
| 46 |  | Yune Pinku
BABYLON IX
Progressive Breaks/Progressive House
Very rad stuff I probably should've jammed this more |
| 45 |  | Portrayal of Guilt
Devil Music
Black Metal Chamber Music lmao
This was wacky |
| 44 |  | Thulcandra
Hail The Abyss
Melodic Black Metal
Surely nothing you haven't heard before from the genre but still good |
| 43 |  | Rebecca Black
Let Her Burn
Electropop/Dance Pop
haha friday |
| 42 |  | Lotus Eater Machine
Prisoner to Seven Demons
Mathy Deathgrind I think
Pixel Tits! |
| 41 |  | Dispirited Spirits
The Redshift Blues
Artsy fartsy Indie Emo
This was neat, really great vocalist |
| 40 |  | Blood Incantation
Luminescent Bridge
Prog Tech Death Space Ambient lol lmao!
This was great, showcase of their talents at both sounds they like to do now |
| 39 |  | midxna
control is an illusion
Atmo Drum and Bass/Breakcore
Really atmospheric breaks that can get wild at a moments notice |
| 38 |  | Cliffside
Deeper Water
Progressive Metalcore
Progcore junk food that I like, these guys REALLY like post Augment Erra lol |
| 37 |  | Chat Pile/Nerver
Brothers In Christ
Noise Rock
My Brother In Christ |
| 36 |  | Atavistia
Cosmic Warfare
Melodeath
This is just Wintersun |
| 35 |  | Johnny Booth
Moments Elsewhere
Metalcore
JohnaldoftheBooth |
| 34 |  | Karmanjakah
Ancient Skills
Djenty Progressive Metal
These guys have a cool sound, and this condensed version of them is great |
| 33 |  | Great Falls
Objects Without Pain
Sludgy Noisy Hardcore
Beat you with a hammer-core |
| 32 |  | Svalbard
The Weight of the Mask
Blackgaze Hardcore
At times very beautiful, at times very ferocious |
| 31 |  | Jeromes Dream
The Gray In Between
Skramz
Old fellas back again and this time with good vocals! |
| 30 |  | Afterdusk
FATALIZE
Progressive Metalcore
More progcore junk food but this one tries to form more of its own identity instead of aping something else egregiously |
| 29 |  | Metaroom
Oxidized Archive
IDM/Hardcore Breaks
Supremely cool breaks with intense synths all over |
| 28 |  | Ran Cap Duoi Collective
*1
Glitchy DnB Ambient I guess
This was rad, and maybe if I spent more time with it it could've been higher here |
| 27 |  | Kinoteki
Dawn of the Final Hour
Jungle Atmo DnB Breaks
This was a collage of different sounds that came together brilliantly |
| 26 |  | ShadowStrike
Traveler's Tales
Power Metal/Symphonic Metal
Extremely righteous |
| 25 |  | Night Verses
Every Sound Has a Color in the Valley of Night...
Prog Metal/Post Rock
The instrumental group back again finally and delivered a fantastic album, can't wait for part 2 |
| 24 |  | Yeule
softscars
Dream Pop and various other things like shoegaze and noise pop and others
Yeule! (Yea way better than glitch princess lol) |
| 23 |  | Olivia Rodrigo
Guts
Singer Songwriter pop rock
Tiktok music queen is back and has more songs with more bite which is rad |
| 22 |  | TURQUOISEDEATH
Se Bueno
Atmo DnB/Jungle/Dream Pop/Shoegaze
This album is VERY cool, and impressive for a 15 year old to make lol |
| 21 |  | Polaris
Fatalism
Metalcore
The boys are back and finally make an LP I consider above a 3.5 good job fellas (RIP Ryan, still gutted about that) |
| 20 |  | August Burns Red
Death Below
Metalcore
It was like a trend for bands who were coasting to then drop a great album, and ABR did just that. They feel alive again with this one |
| 19 |  | Balmora
With Thorns of Glass and Petals of Grief
Melodic Metalcore/Melodeath
These guys kick ASS I can't wait to hear more from them |
| 18 |  | Hellripper
Warlocks Grim and Withered Hags
Speed Metal/Black Metal
This thing fuckin rips, riffs galore on this beast |
| 17 |  | END
The Sin of Human Frailty
Metalcore/Hardcore
I wasn't completely sold on their debut album but this one kicks ass. Much more variety in the tracklist works wonders for them |
| 16 |  | Jesus Piece
...So Unknown
Beatdown Metalcore
This stomps face |
| 15 |  | Soulkeeper
Holy Design
Glitchy Mathcore
What a rad sound, they go hard as hell |
| 14 |  | Silent Planet
Superbloom
Metalcore/Alt Metal
Their most *different* album to date that's for sure, still got that Silent Planet feel to it while also not letting their sound get stale. First two albums still superior tho lol |
| 13 |  | Dayshell
PEGASUS
Alt Metal/Metalcore/Post Hardcore
Shayley back for round 2 all on his own, and this time with much greater and consistent results. He sounds more focused, and the songs themselves are far more driven and back to utilizing his strengths like the first two albums (I almost wrote a review for this, may still do it who knows) |
| 12 |  | Paramore
This Is Why
Post Punk/Pop I guess
This album was very controversial for what appears to be no reason lol, it still sounds like fun paramore to me |
| 11 |  | Spiritbox
The Fear of Fear
Metalcore/Alt Metal
After doing a super weird mid industrial EP they come back with this much better EP, hurray! |
| 10 |  | fromjoy
fromjoy
Metalcore/Breakcore
Mixing metalcore and breakcore together is a surefire way for me to love you |
| 9 |  | Underneath
Nothing Here is Held Sacred
Metalcore/Deathcore
This was a mean record, I was pretty obsessed with it when it dropped and it still rules after revisiting |
| 8 |  | Haxanu
Totenpass
Melodic Black Metal
This thing rules, my buddy does the vocals for this which is sick |
| 7 |  | MSPAINT
Post-American
Synth Punk/Post Hardcore
This album is very cool, love the style all over it |
| 6 |  | Andrea
Due In Color
Breakbeat/Ambient DnB/Techno
Thank you based Ryus for making me aware of this, this shit is ace |
| 5 |  | Twilight Force
At the Heart of Wintervale
Power Metal/Symphonic Metal
I am killing evil dragon lords with my party of buddies |
| 4 |  | Hail the Sun
Divine Inner Tension
Post Hardcore/Math Rock
The fellas are back with the first album to ever attempt to rival Wake imo (tho it doesn't beat it still lol) |
| 3 |  | Invent Animate
Heavener
Atmo Progressive Metalcore
The fellas are back [2] with their second album starring vocalist Marcus Vik, and he feels right at home now. His singing has gotten more angelic somehow, and man oh man are his screams sick. Pump the Immolation of Night main riff into my veins |
| 2 |  | Young Lions
Make a Rainbow and Put It in the Sky
Alt Rock/Post Hardcore
The aussie boys finally returned after 2017's Mr. Spaceman, and boy did they have a glorious return. Zach sounds as good as ever, I will always love this man's work |
| 1 |  | The Amity Affliction
Not Without My Ghosts
Metalcore
Here we are, the Steak aoty 2023 winner. My past with Amity is near and dear to me, so when they started showing signs of having their fire back it excited the hell out of me. This album hit me so well that it spurred a review out of me which hadn't happened in like 6 years lmao. I really love this album and it's such a great return to form for one of the most important bands in my life. |
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