The 50 best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by the readers of Metal Hammer By Rich Hobson published 13 December 23 From Metallica to Sleep Token, Avenged Sevenfold to Babymetal, these are the best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by you!
Ghost at Hellfest: more menacing and seductive than ever, despite the early finish By Olivier Badin published 21 June 22 Even with his voice failing, Tobias Forge managed to conjure up a triumphant headline set at Hellfest 2022
Napalm Death's Shane Embury and Absolute Power's Russ Russell project Tronos release star-studded new album By Olivier Badin published 11 April 19 The dynamic duo's new project, described as "ambient psych doom metal", release their debut record Celestial Mechanics
Cripple Bastards - The Outside World album review By Olivier Badin published 6 March 18 The noisiest, biggest grindcore boxset ever?
Atomwinter - Catacombs album review By Olivier Badin published 6 March 18 German Bolt Thower enthusiasts find their own horrific groove
Apostle Of Solitude - From Gold To Ash album review By Olivier Badin published 6 March 18 Indianapolis doom crew go awry in search of alchemy
Monolithe - Nebula Septem album review By Olivier Badin published 5 February 18 Parisian funeral doom explorers go in search of seventh heaven
Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram album review By Olivier Badin published 4 February 18 Sweden’s black/death overlords return to reclaim their throne
Genocide Pact - Order Of Torment album review By Olivier Badin published 4 February 18 Washington DC hardcore/punk crew join the cult of death
Summoning - With Doom We Come album review By Olivier Badin published 4 January 18 Middle Earth-immersed Austrians amble blithely into Mordor
Tribulation - Down Below album review By Olivier Badin published 4 January 18 Sweden’s gothic metallers sink their teeth in slowly
Obscure Burial - Obscure Burial album review By Olivier Badin published 4 January 18 Proto-black metal warriors leave little room to manoeuvre
Opium Warlords - Droner album review By Olivier Badin published 8 December 17 Former Reverend Bizarre frontman goes alone in drone
Taake - Kong Vinter album review By Olivier Badin published 8 December 17 Bergen’s man of the mountains continues to cut his own path
Acid Witch - Evil Sound Screamers album review By Olivier Badin published 8 December 17 Best listened to with a VHS of Tales From The Crypt and a bong
War Possession - Doomed To Chaos album review By Olivier Badin published 6 November 17 War-mongering Greeks bring their own armaments to the battlefield
Sorcerer - The Crowning Of The Fire King album review By Olivier Badin published 6 November 17 Sweden’s classic doom diehards finally prove their worth
Ram - Rod album review By Olivier Badin published 6 November 17 Sweden’s heavy metal firebrands prove a law unto themselves
Haemorrhage - We Are The Gore album review By Olivier Badin published 10 October 17 Madrid’s goremongers get a boost from some new blood
Exhumed - Death Revenge album review By Olivier Badin published 10 October 17 San Jose death/grind veterans come back up for air
Pagan Altar - The Room Of Shadows album review By Olivier Badin published 12 September 17 Cult NWOBHM crew offer up a stunning epitaph
Acephalix - Decreation album review By Olivier Badin published 12 September 17 West Coast, death-devoted crustpunks head back to the Grave
Attic - Sanctimonious album review By Olivier Badin published 16 August 17 King Diamond devotees ensure that nuns have no fun
With The Dead - Love From With The Dead album review By Olivier Badin published 16 August 17 Lee Dorrian and Leo Smee reunite for a tower of spite
Ursinne - Swim With The Leviathan album review By Olivier Badin published 22 July 17 A love letter to the former Bolt Thrower/Benediction frontman
