Month: December 2023

2023 End Of The Year List: Best Albums

The 2023 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists now end with the list for Best Album/EP. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2023.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

Albums 1-10 are in order, the rest are in no particular order. Also, these are just my favorite albums of 2023. I’m sure I missed some that came out. If I did, drop me a message and I’ll be sure to check out your album! Thanks for reading!



2023 Best Albums:

01) Iress- Solace EP
02) Filth Is Eternal- Find Out
03) Loma Prieta- Last
04) Turbid North- The Decline
05) Will Haven- VII
06) Baroness- Stone
07) Better Lovers- God Made Me An Animal EP
08) Ex Everything- Slow Change Will Pull Us Apart
09) Harm’s Way- Common Suffering
10) Crosses- Good Night, God Bless, I Love You, Delete.
11) Venera- Venera
12) Mutoid Man- Mutants
13) Depeche Mode- Memento Mori
14) Arc Angles- Daisy
15) Lived In- Everything Is Just Money Anyway
16) MAL- Come To Light
17) Common Wounds- Common Wounds EP
18) END- The Sin Of Human Frailty
19) Dave Lombardo- Rites Of Percussion
20) The Ocean- Holocene
21) Metallica- 72 Seasons
22) Rival Cults- Indoctrination
23) Full Of Hell & Nothing- When No Birds Sang
24) Rancid- Tomorrow Never Come
25) Unearth- The Wretched / The Ruiness
26) Stress Positions- Harsh Reality
27) Great Falls- Objects Without Pain
28) The Smashing Pumpkins- ATUM
29) Spotlights- Alchemy For The Dead
30) Noel Gallagher- Council Skies

2023 End Of The Year List: Best Vocalist

The 2023 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Vocalist. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2023.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Lis Di Angelo- Filth Is Eternal
02) Michelle Malley- Iress
03) Greg Puciato- Better Lovers
04) Grady Avenell- Will Haven
05) John Baizley & Gina Gleason- Baroness
06) Dave Gahan- Depeche Mode
07) Chino Moreno- Crosses
08) Nick Forkel- Turbid North
09) Sean Leary- Loma Prieta
10) Andre Sanabria- Ex Everything

2023 End Of The Year Lists: Best Guitarist


The 2023 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Guitarist. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2023.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Brian McClelland- Filth Is Eternal
02) Nick Forkel- Turbid North
03) Nick Bradford- Arc Angles
04) Jon Howell- Ex Everything
05) James “Munky” Shaffer- Venera
06) Stephen Brodsky- Mutoid Man
07) Martin Gore- Depeche Mode
08) Noel Gallagher- Noel Gallgher’s High Flying Birds
09) Shaun Lopez- Crosses
10) Bryan Aiken- The Armed

2023 End Of The Year Lists: Best Producer/Mixer


The 2023 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Producer/Engineer/Mixer. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2023.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Alex Estrada- Iress: Solace
02) Will Yip- Harm’s Way: Common Suffering
03) Nick Forkel- Turbid North: The Decline
04) Baroness & Joe Baressi- Baroness: Stone
05) Scott Evans- Ex Everything: Slow Change Will Pull Us Apart
06) Will Putney- Better Lovers: God Made Me An Animal
07) Jack Shirley- Loma Prieta: Last
08) Will Haven & Joe Johnston- Will Haven: VII
09) Paul Fig- Filth Is Eternal: Find Out
10) Shaun Lopez- Crosses: Good Night, God Bless, I Love You, Delete.

2023 End Of The Year List: Best Guitar Duo

The 2023 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Guitar Duo/Trio. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2023.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) John Baziley & Gina Gleason- Baroness
02) Jordan Buckley & Will Putney- Better Lovers
03) Sean Leary & Brian Kanagaki- Loma Prieta
04) Will Putney & Gregory Thomas- END
05) Jeff Irwin & Anthony Paganelli- Will Haven
06) Bo Lueders & Nick Gauthier- Harms Way
07) Michelle Malley & Graham Walker- Iress
08) Ian Lanspeary & Corey Rial- Common Wounds
09) Rodrigo Ibieta, Brandon & Kirby Ditto- Lived In
10) Robin Staps & David Ramis Ahfeldt- The Ocean

2023 End Of The Year List: Best Bassist

The 2023 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Bassist. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2023.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Michael Maldonado- Iress
02) Nick Jost- Baroness
03) Chris Matalone- Arc Angles
04) Stephen Micciche- Better Lovers
05) Chris O’Toole- Turbid North
06) Jay Pepito- END
07) Rah Davis- Filth Is Eternal
08) Adrien Contreras- Will Haven
09) Robert Trujillo- Metallica
10) James Siboni- Loma Prieta

2023 End Of The Year Lists: Best Drummer

The 2023 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Drummer. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2023.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Sebastian Thomson- Baroness
02) Clayton “Goose” Holyoak- Better Lovers
03) Valeriano Saucedo- Loma Prieta
04) Glenn Chu- Iress
05) Jono Garrett- Turbid North
06) Mitch Wheeler- Will Haven
07) Emily Salisbury- Filth Is Eternal
08) Brian Hollenbeck- Arc Angles
09) Matt Guglielmo- End
10) Dave Lombardo- Dave Lombardo

Against The Grain: Stress Positions

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been in quite the heavy music mood. I’ve been on the look out for bands that really strike a nerve and low and behold I got an email to check out a band and I’m glad I did. Recently I was introduced to Chicago based Stress Positions and it’s just what I was looking for. Their hardcore punk is infectious and blistering. Their new album, Harsh Reality is 9 songs of no holds barred hardcore punk with an attitude that can hammer nails in. When you listen to the album, not only do you get that classic hardcore punk feel, there are other little twists and turns and surprises to find throughout, which makes it quite the fun listen. Stress Positions new album, Harsh Reality, is set to be released THIS FRIDAY, December 8th on Three One G Records.

Stress Positions- Harsh Reality:

Flaming Swords:

How To Get Ahead: