2023 : THE YEAR IN HEAVY

We close out 2023 with our annual playlist highlighting the best metal/hard rock/punk/rock'n'roll tracks of the year. Here's hoping for another great year in metal for 2024. Horns high!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Blood, Bone and Fire": DESTRUCTOR - Blood, Bone and Fire (4:07) "Torment": BODYFARM - Ultimate Abomination (7:35) "No One Wins": BLOOD STAR - First Sighting (10:11) "Sonic Rites of Rock'N'Roll": DOG ATTACK - Sonic Rites of Rock'N'Roll (12:15)  "Golden Light": URIAH HEEP - Chaos & Colour (17:22) "Uuden Ajan Tuhoon": VICTIMARUM - Demo 2023 (22:00) "Lolly Willows": BLOOD CEREMONY - The Old Ways Remain (25:32) "Shake This Feelin'": LOVE GANG - Meanstreak Side 2 (29:12) "Obsidian": BLESSED BLACK - Seasons: Vol. 1 (33:24) "End of Meaning": TYSTVAR - Tystvar (34:35) "Keep Drippin' Down": DIAMOND DOGS - About the Hardest Nut To Crack (37:34) "Gunnin' For You": DEATH RIDGE BOYS - Too Much Bullshit (39:38) "Angel of Light": WYTCH HAZEL - IV:Sacrament (44:29) "On Tenebrous Wings": SHAKMA - On Tenebrous Wings (49:21) "Salvage What You Can of the Night": BLAZON RITE - Wild Rites and Ancient Songs (53:59) "Hacked Humanity": EMISSARIES OF SYN - The Core Assumptions of Human Insecurity (55:20) "Maxine (Witch Queen)": GREEN LUNG - This Heathen Land (58:37) "Overpopulation": THE DOOMERS - Demo 2023