2023 Around the World   country sampler   genre sampler  
The new or newly released music that defined, united and distinguished fan communities of place and interest around the world in 2023.
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#43 nwothm
#43nwothm
#44neo-trad metal
#49german heavy metal
#58swedish heavy metal
#79new wave of speed metal
#82nwobhm
#85us power metal
2023 in NWOTHM   playlist
#trackscore
1Blood Star "Wait to Die"441
2Air Raid "One By One"409
3Amethyst "Stormchild"397
4Gatekeeper "Twisted Towers"388
5Century "The Fighting Eagle"373
6Sintage "Midnight Evil"325
7Megaton Sword "Raikaszi"323
8Tyrann "Knytnäve Från Underjorden"320
9Smoulder "Spellforger"309
10Screamer "Burn It Down"308
11Blazon Rite "Salvage What You Can of the Night"279
12The Night Eternal "Between The Worlds"273
13ROADWOLF "Savage Child"266
14TRIUMPHER "The Thunderer"258
15Enforcer "White Lights in the USA"251
16Haunt "Fight the Good Fight"251
17Wytch Hazel "A Thousand Years"247
18Tanith "Snow Tiger"238
19Firmament "Firmament"236
20Black Viper "Ride Of The Icarus"233
21Medieval Steel "War Cry"220
22Flight "Path to Nowhere (Elysian Fields)"219
23Night Demon "The Last Day (Bonus Track)"216
24Cruel Force "At The Dawn Of The Axe"209
25Kerrigan "Eternal Fire"201
26Iron Kobra "Malicious Magician"199
27HIGH SPIRITS "In the Moonlight"193
28Freeroad "Rock Chaser"192
29Wings of Steel "Liar in Love"186
30Jag Panzer "Stronger Than You Know"184
31Phantom Spell "The Phantom's Spell"164
32Iron Curtain "RattleSnake"158
33ANIMALIZE "Chainsaw & boomstick"156
34Cirith Ungol "Velocity (S.E.P.)"155
35Intranced "La Fuerza Negra"145
36TAILGUNNER "Futures Lost"139
37Spectre "Hero Of The Illusion"137
38Legendry "Warrior of Space and Time"136
39Shadows "The Ripper"132
40Witchtower "Voyeur - Extended Version"131
41Stray Gods "Out of Nowhere"124
42Acid Blade "Shooting Star"124
43Midnight Vice "Strike In The Night"123
44Fifth Angel "When Angels Kill"121
45Knife "Heaven Into Dust"121
46Heavy Load "Ride the Night"118
47Crom "Into the Glory Land"118
48Sacred Outcry "A Midnight Reverie"113
49Glacier "Spears of the Empire"110
50Unto Others "The Fire Of Youth"103
51Lucifuge "Before the Altar of Famine and Desire"103
52Diabolic Night "The Sacred Scriptures"102
53Helms Deep "Fight or Flight"101
54Owlbear "Fiend of Fire"100
55MEURTRIERES "Rubicon"97
56Spirit Adrift "I Shall Return"93
57Hellripper "Goat Vomit Nightmare"93
58Bergfried "May The Devil Pull Me Under"92
59Raven "Go For The Gold"91
60Hitten "Mr. Know It All"87
61The Scepter "Shadows in the Tower"87
62Savage Grace "Barbarians At The Gate"86
63Thelemite "NWO"85
64Tytus "The March of the Unwilling"85
65Impending Triumph "The Invisible Fortress"84
66Thriller "Iron Goddess"84
67Hellcrash "Volcanic Outburst"84
68IRONFLAME "Across the Seas of Time"80
69Tower Hill "Deathstalker"78
70Atom Smasher "The Law"78
71Metal Church "Another Judgement Day"78
72Satan's Fall "Garden of Fire"76
73Sorcerer "Thy Kingdom Will Come"76
74Ouijabeard "The Light"76
75By Fire and Sword "Tithe (The Money Song)"75
76Midnight Prey "Black Cat"72
77Vypera "Hey You"72
78The Lightbringer of Sweden "The beast is rising"71
79Claymorean "Arioch, Knight of the Swords"69
80SAVAGE "Glory Riders"66
81Tygers Of Pan Tang "Fire On The Horizon"66
82Tyranex "Rise from the Dead"63
83Cathalepsy "We Are the Warriors"63
84Black & Damned "Dreamhunter"63
85SPEEDER "Speed Metal Militia"62
86Fernando Herrera "Primitive Desired"61
87Malokarpatan "Vertumnus Caesar"61
88Virgin Steele "Spiritual Warfare"59
89Rapid "Manticore"59
90Altar Of Oblivion "Burning Memories"59
91KK's Priest "Reap The Whirlwind"58
92Lord Mountain "The Giant"57
93Frenzy "The Doomsday"57
94Evilcult "Speed Metal Fire"57
95Schizophrenia "Bullet"56
96Mob Rules "Hymn Of The Damned"56
97Vengeance "Attack from the Gutter"55
98Majesties "The World Unseen"54
99Zach Schottler "Highway in the Sky"53
100Receiver "Starchaser"53



















 
 
alchemy by glenn mcdonald / @everynoise for Spotify, listening by the world
 
These lists compile the collective 2023 new-music listening of music fans in every country where people use Spotify, and in the fan communities for 6000+ genres and other genre-shaped distinctions. The songs in each list are scored and ranked by a combined weighting of a) their absolute popularity with those fans and b) the share of the song's global listening that those fans account for. (And then filtered to one song per artist.) This means, for example, that The Sound of Ukraine 2023 is the music that defines, unites and distinguishes Ukrainian fans, whether that music comes from Ukraine or not. Likewise, 2023 in Drift Phonk is the music that fans of Drift Phonk loved, whether it's Drift or Phonk or not. To be eligible, a song must have been released on or after 2022-12-01, as best our data can tell, so that's why no "Cruel Summer".
 
In addition to exploring by country or metagenre, you can click any artist to see all the lists on which they appear.
 
You are allowed to fall in love with things you did not know even existed until now. It is not too late.
 
It is never too late.
 
 
(PS: It's not even too late for 2022, 2021, 2020 or 2019.)