French extremists Benighted unleashed a brutal anthem of psychedelic horror with the single ‘Nothing Left To Fear’, featuring Oli Peters from Archspire, a track from their upcoming album ‘Ekbom’, set for release in April via Season of Mist!

American grindcore outfit Full of Hell will release their new album ‘Coagulated Bliss’ in April via Closed Casket Activities and shared a first single/video ‘Doors to Mental Agony’!

Finnish grindcrust outfit Unborn Generation released second single ‘Rattus’ from their upcoming album to be released via Inverse Records!

French extremists Benighted shared the video single ‘Scars’ from their upcoming album ‘Ekbom’, set for release in April via Season of Mist!

New Orleans deathgrind/hardcore outfit Brat announced their debut album ‘Social Grace’ to be released in March via Prosthetic Records and shared another single with ‘Hesitation Wound’!

Italian grindcore trio NEID signed to Time To Kill Records for the release of their upcoming cover EP ‘Still Offensive’ and shared the single ‘Rebels Today…’!

Today, Hellsinki Metal Festival confirmed the last 8 names for the 2024 line-up with Meshuggah, Abbath (performs Immortal), Soen, Emmure, Gutalax, Crownshift, Wolfheart, and Barathrum! Get your tickets as soon as you can!

Fast-rising Italian deathgrind outfit Slug Gore have joined forces with Time To Kill Records for the release of their debut full-length ‘They Slime! They Ooze! They Kill!’ in the next few months!

While we are still regularly looking back at what 2023 brought us, we of course also need to look forward. So here is the first edition of our 2024 series of articles where we bring the editorial team’s most anticipated releases with Escuela Grind, Green Day, The Empire Strikes, Saxon, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, Static-X, The Gems, Lucifer, Manticora and Hiraes in January!

Best Of 2023 Tom VM

Our Benelux and France head of accreditation and most active photographer in that region, Tom VM, made his own selection of favorite pictures he took in 2023, including some new stuff that wasn’t shared on our site before with Biohazard, Bleed From Within, Brutal Sphincter, Brutus, Electric Callboy, Michael Schenker Group, Sepultura, Arion, Blackrain, Overdrivers, Avatar, Winery Dogs, Charlotte Wessels, Devin Townsend, Dream Theater, Extreme, Ghost, Michael Angelo Batio, Arch Enemy, Doodseskader, Halestorm, I Prevail, Powerwolf and SKYND!