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To kick off 2024, here’s our final piece of year-end coverage for 2023: a ‘best of’ our staff’s ‘best ofs’.

Luke Jackson packs in some excellent black metal recommendations and more in his top picks for 2023.

Brandon’s list packs in some of the best heavy metal you’ll find from this year, plus a few other treats.

Colin Williams’s favorites from 2023 venture into the weird realms that black and death metal gave us this year – and beyond.

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

Everything you need to know about this year’s Roadburn: notable surprises, expected triumphs, and how the festival has changed. Plus, check out tons of photos.