Terra Relicta Dark Music Awards 2023

TERRA RELICTA DARK MUSIC AWARDS 2023

Terra Relicta's annual competition for the 2023's best dark music album is over! The winning album of the jubilee tenth edition of Terra Relicta Dark Music Awards was chosen - by you, dear voters! Thank you for voting and making this competition not only valid - but also popular! Special thanks to you (nominated) musicians/bands who, in any way, promoted Terra Relicta Dark Music Awards 2023s! We've nominated 50 full-lengths that we found the best releases in 2023, although it wasn't easy to choose among that many good albums released in the past year. The voting started on Monday, 15 January, and by the end, on Monday, 29 January, 3608 votes were given - a new record again.

The title Dark Album Of The Year 2023 goes to:
MONO INC. - Ravenblack

Congratulations also to the second-placed Danish legendary doom outfit SATURNUS for The Storm Within and third-placed Swedish meritorious masters of melancholic metal KATATONIA for Sky Void Of Stars. Finally, congratulations to all nominated musicians/bands for their superb releases. The full results and number of votes are listed below.

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Band/Artist: 1476
Album title: In Exile
Label: Prophecy Productions
Country: USA 
Genre: Dark Rock, Occult Rock
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Band/Artist: Aeon Sable
Album title: Aenigma
Label: Solar Lodge
Country: Germany
Genre: Gothic Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Aeonian Sorrow
Album title: Katara
Label: Self-Released
Country: Finland, Greece
Genre: Atmospheric Doom/Death Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Beyond The Black
Album title: Beyond The Black
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Country: Germany
Genre: Symphonic Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Blutengel
Album title: Un:Sterblich - Our Souls Will Never Die
Label: Out Of Line Music
Country: Germany
Genre: Darkwave, Dark Electro
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Band/Artist: Bosco Sacro
Album title: Gem
Label: Avantgarde Music
Country: Italy
Genre: Dark Folk, Ambient Doom
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Band/Artist: Deathstars
Album title: Everything Destroys You
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Country: Sweden
Genre: Industrial Metal, Gothic Metal
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Band/Artist: Décembre Noir
Album title: Your Sunset | My Sunrise
Label: Lifeforce Records
Country: Germany
Genre: Doom Metal, Death Metal
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Band/Artist: Diary Of Dreams
Album title: Melancholin
Label: Accession Records
Country: Germany
Genre: Darkwave, Gothic
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Band/Artist: Dymna Lotva
Album title: The Land Under The Black Wings Blood
Label: Prophecy Productions
Country: Belarus
Genre: Doom Metal, Post-Black Metal
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Band/Artist: Genus Ordinis Dei
Album title: The Beginning
Label: Eclipse Records
Country: Italy
Genre: Dark Metal, Symphonic Death Metal
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Band/Artist: Ghosts Of Atlantis
Album title: Riddles Of The Sycophants
Label: Hammerheart Records
Country: UK
Genre: Extreme Metal, Symphonic Metal
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Band/Artist: Girls Under Glass
Album title: Backdraft
Label: Dependent
Country: Germany
Genre: Gothic Rock, Electro
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Band/Artist: Hanging Garden
Album title: The Garden
Label: Agonia Records
Country: Finland
Genre: Atmospheric Doom Metal, Gothic Metal
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Band/Artist: Her Own World
Album title: Tales From Another Life
Label: darkTunes Music Group
Country: Poland
Genre: Dark Electro, Industrial Rock
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Band/Artist: Host
Album title: IX
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Country: UK
Genre: Gothic Rock, Dark Electro
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Band/Artist: Ison
Album title: Stars And Embers
Label: Avantgarde Music
Country: Sweden
Genre: Doomgaze, Drone
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Band/Artist: Joachim Witt
Album title: Der Fels in der Brandung
Label: Warner Music
Country: Germany
Genre: Dark Rock, Industrial
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Band/Artist: Katatonia
Album title: Sky Void Of Stars
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Sweden
Genre: Progressive Rock, Gothic Metal
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Band/Artist: Lord Of Shadows
Album title: Echoes Of Yore
Label: Meuse Music Records, Tragedy Productions
Country: International
Genre: Doom Metal, Gothic Metal
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Band/Artist: Marianas Rest
Album title: Auer
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Finland
Genre: Melancholic Doom/Death Metal
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Band/Artist: Mildreda
Album title: Blue-Devilled
Label: Dependent
Country: Belgium
Genre: Dark Electro
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Band/Artist: Mono Inc.
Album title: Ravenblack
Label: NoCut Entertainment
Country: Germany
Genre: Dark Rock, Gothic Metal
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Band/Artist: Myrkur
Album title: Spine
Label: Relapse Records
Country: Denmark
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal, Nordic Folk
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Band/Artist: Pretty Addicted
Album title: We, The Broken Children Of Hell
Label: Self-Released
Country: UK
Genre: Industrial, Electro Punk
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Rave The Reqviem
Album title: Ex-Eden
Label: Out Of Line Music
Country: Sweden
Genre: Industrial Metal, Modern Metal
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Band/Artist: Rome
Album title: Gates Of Europe
Label: Trisol Music Group
Country: Luxembourg
Genre: Neo-Folk, Dark Rock
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Band/Artist: Saigon Blue Rain
Album title: OKO
Label: Icy Cold Records
Country: France
Genre: Darkwave, Synthwave
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Band/Artist: Saturnus
Album title: The Storm Within
Label: Prophecy Productions
Country: Denmark
Genre: Melodic Doom/Death Metal
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Band/Artist: SDH
Album title: Fake Is Real
Label: Avant! Records
Country: Spain
Genre: Synthpop, Darkwave
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Band/Artist: Secret Discovery
Album title: Fake Is Real
Label: Artists & Acts
Country: Germany
Genre: Gothic Rock, Gothic Metal
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Band/Artist: Shores Of Null
Album title: The Loss Of Beauty
Label: Spikerot Records
Country: Italy
Genre: Doom Metal, Gothic Metal
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Band/Artist: Sierra
Album title: A Story Of Anger
Label: Virgin Music
Country: France
Genre: Dark Electro, Synthwave
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Band/Artist: Silence In The Snow
Album title: Ghost Eyes
Label: Prophecy Productions
Country: USA
Genre: Post-Punk, Dark Rock
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Band/Artist: Sirenia
Album title: 1977
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Norway
Genre: Gothic Metal, Symphonic Metal
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Band/Artist: Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows
Album title: Alone At Sams - An Evening With...
Label: Apocalyptic Vision
Country: Germany
Genre: Darkwave, Neoclassical
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Band/Artist: Still Patient?
Album title: Love And Rites Of Rage
Label: Alice In...
Country: Germany
Genre: Gothic Rock
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Band/Artist: Strange New Dawn
Album title: New Nights Of Euphoria
Label: Svart Records
Country: Norway
Genre: Progressive Metal, Doom Metal
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Band/Artist: Stridulum
Album title: Paradigm
Label: Manic Depression Records
Country: Poland
Genre: Darkwave, Synthwave
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Band/Artist: The 69 Eyes
Album title: Death Of Darkness
Label: Atomic Fire Records
Country: Finland
Genre: Gothic Rock, Hard Rock
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Band/Artist: The Bellwether Syndicate
Album title: Vestige And Vigil
Label: Sett Records
Country: USA
Genre: Gothic Rock, Post-Punk
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Band/Artist: The Crawling
Album title: All Of This For Nothing
Label: Grindscene Records
Country: North Ireland
Genre: Doom Metal, Death Metal
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Band/Artist: Third Realm
Album title: Into Oblivion
Label: Distortion Productions
Country: USA
Genre: Darkwave, Industrial
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Band/Artist: Todomal
Album title: A Greater Good
Label: Ardua Music
Country: Spain
Genre: Dark Metal, Doom Metal
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Band/Artist: VNV Nation
Album title: Electric Sun
Label: Anachron Sounds
Country: Ireland
Genre: EBM, Synthpop
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Band/Artist: Vulture Industries
Album title: Ghosts From The Past
Label: Dark Essence Records
Country: Norway
Genre: Avant-garde Metal, Dark Metal
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Band/Artist: VV
Album title: Neon Noir
Label: Universal Music Group
Country: Finland
Genre: Gothic Rock, Pop Metal
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Band/Artist: Wayfarer
Album title: American Gothic
Label: Century Media Records
Country: USA
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal, Folk Metal
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Band/Artist: Whispers In The Shadow
Album title: Ghosts
Label: Solar Lodge
Country: Austria
Genre: Gothic Rock, Post-Punk
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Band/Artist: Within Temptation
Album title: Bleed Out
Label: Force Music Recordings
Country: Netherlands
Genre: Symphonic Metal, Modern Metal
Listen HERE