Get ready to rawk with our next contributor, the prolific Matt Hartnett of the Aftershocks TV show and Heavy Galaxy blog! Dealing in stoner, doom, thrash, and heavy metal, Matt’s got you covered no matter what your poison. Dig into the galaxy of rock and metal below.

We’re honored to present another list of Favorite Albums of 2023 by one of the Doom Charts Contributors… There are many as you might know; and many already posted their list of Favorite Albums of 2023 on their own sites or the sites they write for. Some of those lists will be published here as well. And for all the others we advise you to check out all of their personal sites… Cause it might just contain your next very favorite album!

Matt Hartnett- Aftershocks TV/Heavy Galaxy

1. RESTLESS SPIRIT – ‘Afterimage’

https://restlessspirit.bandcamp.com/album/afterimage

2. WITCHSKULL – ‘The Serpent Tide’

3. FORMULA 400 – ‘Divination’

https://formula400.bandcamp.com/album/divination-5

4. THUNDER HORSE – ‘After The Fall’

https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-fall

5. LIE HEAVY – ‘Burn To The Moon’

https://lieheavy.bandcamp.com/album/burn-to-the-moon

6. HOWLING GIANT – ‘Glass Future’

https://howlinggiant.bandcamp.com/album/glass-future

7. PATRIARCHS IN BLACK – ‘My Veneration’

https://patriarchsinblack.bandcamp.com/album/my-veneration

8. MARGARITA WITCH CULT – ’S/T’

https://margaritawitchcult.bandcamp.com/album/margarita-witch-cult

9. LÜGER – ‘Revelations Of The Sacred Skull’

https://lugerband.bandcamp.com/album/revelations-of-the-sacred-skull

10. DOMKRAFT – ‘Sonic Moons’

https://domkraft.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-moons

11. WARP – ‘Bound By Gravity’

https://warptlv.bandcamp.com/album/bound-by-gravity

12. DANAVA – ’Nothing But Nothing’

13. BARONESS – ’Stone’

https://baroness.bandcamp.com/album/stone

14. DOZER – ‘Drifting In The Endless Void’

https://dozerofficial.bandcamp.com/album/drifting-in-the-endless-void

15. BORRACHO – ‘Blurring The Lines of Reality’

https://borracho.bandcamp.com/album/blurring-the-lines-of-reality

16. BLOOD LIGHTNING – ‘S/T’

https://bloodlightning.bandcamp.com/album/blood-lightning

17. KIND – ‘Close Encounters’

https://kindrocks.bandcamp.com/album/close-encounters

18. GOZU – ‘Remedy’

https://gozu.bandcamp.com/album/remedy

19. GRAVEYARD – ‘6’

20. TURNED TO STONE: CHAPTER 8: – THE WAKE (HIGH DESERT QUEEN/BLUE HERON)

https://blueheronabq.bandcamp.com/album/turned-to-stone-chapter-8-the-wake

21. ASTRODEATH – ‘Vol. II’

https://heavypsychsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/astrodeath-vol-ii

22. CHURCH OF MISERY – ‘Born Under A Mad Sign’

23. EMBR – ’S/T’

https://embrband.bandcamp.com/album/embr

24. VOID KING – ‘The Hidden Hymnal’

https://voidking.bandcamp.com/album/the-hidden-hymnal

25. RAINBOWS ARE FREE – ‘Heavy Petal Music’

https://rainbowsarefree.bandcamp.com/album/heavy-petal-music

26. STONE NOMADS – ‘…at the Gates of Solitude’

https://stonenomads.bandcamp.com/album/at-the-gates-of-solitude

27. HIGH LEAF – ‘Vision Quest’

https://highleaf.bandcamp.com/album/vision-quest

28. THE FREEKS – ‘Miles Of Blues’

https://thefreeks.bandcamp.com/album/miles-of-blues

29. GLITTER WIZARD – ‘Kiss The Boot’ (EP)

https://glitterwizard.bandcamp.com/album/kiss-the-boot

30. GREY STAG – ‘Call Of The Mountain’

https://greystag.bandcamp.com/album/call-of-the-mountain