Best of 2023

July through September contained a massive amount of heavy metal – here’s our guide to the best of the past few months.

Kaptain Carbon delves in the best dungeon synth we’ve had the pleasure of seeing so far this year.

We gathered suggestions from our writers and came up with 22 recommendations for the best heavy music released in 2023 so far.

We’ve increased the granularity of our grindcore roundups in order to bring you the freshest, wildest grind out there.

We round up 14 top picks (and list out 25+ honorable mentions) from Q1 2023, including Lamp of Murmuur, Katatonia, and more.