The big reveal! Keefy is joined by Ghost Cultist and Twitch affiliate Tim Ledin to reveal the #1 album of the year, as voted on by our staff!

Even Tim didn't know!

Ghost Cult has reviewed (almost) 600 albums in 2023 and our global staff of writers, and photographers voted on the best records released across every genre of Rock and Metal (and some other stuff)! Our incredible senior editor Steve Tovey compiled the list.

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In the third episode of our 2023 Album of The Year Countdown, we chat it up with Ghost Cult scribe Gary Alcock. We cover Gary's year in metal albums and reviews and then we ran down the list from 20-2!

Ghost Cult has reviewed (almost) 600 albums in 2023 and our global staff of writers, and photographers voted on the best records released across every genre of Rock and Metal (and some other stuff)!

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In our second 2023 Album Of The Year countdown episode in our series of four, Ghost Cult-ist Tom Osman, a fine writer and musician in his own right, joins Keefy to talk about his thoughts on the year in music, and cover our list in depth from entries 40-21!

Ghost Cult has reviewed (almost) 600 albums in 2023 and our global staff of contributors voted on the best records released across every genre of Rock and Metal (and some other stuff)! Our incredible senior editor Steve Tovey compiled the list.

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Kicking off our Album of the Year countdown week with this podcast! Ghost Cult has reviewed (almost) 600 albums in 2023 and our global staff of writers, and photographers voted on the best records released across every genre of Rock and Metal (and some other stuff)! Our incredible senior editor Steve Tovey compiled the list and we chopped it up about the first batch on the countdown, 75- 41, with a special emphasis on 50-41! Stay tuned all week for podcasts, website posts, YouTube videos, and special social media content too!

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and Keefy (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/ghostcultkeefy)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Twitter works for those too (we will not call it X, yet!)

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Ghost Cult Keefy was joined by a cavalcade of metal personalities for a debate surrounding the final shows ever from KISS! In this video, we'll be debating whether or not we think the KISS farewell tour was a successful or a controversial exit. Was it a perfect ending to an iconic band, or did they go too far? We will also discuss the bands' place in Classic Rock lore, the best and worst moments in the band's history, and what their legacy is. Let us know what you think in the comments below!

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Gail Worley of The Worleygig.com Blog 

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Peter Wilson of Four Trips Ahead and solo music -  @FourTripsAhead  

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Mark Morris of Mark's Metal Minute

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Ken Pierce of  @PiercingMetal  and  @kenpiercemedia   

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Don de Leaumont of Southeast of Heaven -  @southeastofheaven3535  

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Nik Cameron of The Glacially Musical Pouredcast  @glaciallymusical355  

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Victor Ruiz of Signals From Mars Podcast -  @Signalsfrommars  

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Keefy caught up with Gabriel Palacio of AntiMozdeBeast! The Industrial Metal artist breaks down his recently released album "Land of Nod!" Gabe discussed a plethora of topics surrounding his songwriting, lyrical inspirations, and more!