Best of 2023: Tom V.M.’s favorite captures of the year

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Here’s that “best of the year” time again… It’s always difficult to make a selection from your photos and then label them the ‘best of the year.’ What makes these photos better than others? Often it’s a matter of a certain feeling that an image gives you.

Sometimes it was because it was a beautiful moment, sometimes because of nice framing or the light that was just right (and you don’t get that very often).

Sometimes you see artists giving their best, and sometimes they just fully enjoy their own artistry themselves.

Regularly, they also grant the photographer a look straight into the lens.

I think these are the criteria I relied on to select the following images:


List of Pictures:

  • Arch Enemy – Hellfest Festival, Clisson (FR) – 17/06/2023
  • Arion – 013, Tilburg (NL) – 12/02/2023
  • Avatar – 013, Tilburg (NL) – 12/03/2023
  • Billy Sheehan (Winery Dogs) – 013, Tilburg (NL) – 5/11/2023
  • Biohazard – Alcatraz Festival, Kortrijk (BE) – 12/8/2023
  • Blackrain – Aütfest Festival, Bruay-la-Buissière (FR) – 30/09/2023
  • Bleed From Within – Alcatraz Festival, Kortrijk (BE) – 13/8/2023
  • Brutal Sphincter – Alcatraz Festival, Kortrijk (BE) – 13/8/2023
  • Brutus – Alcatraz Festival, Kortrijk (BE) – 13/8/2023
  • Charlotte Wessels – Mezz, Breda (NL) – 27/05/2023
  • Devin Townsend – Splendid, Lille (FR) – 05/03/2023
  • Doodseskader – Hellfest Festival, Clisson (FR) – 18/06/2023
  • Dream Theater – 013, Tilburg (NL) – 12/02/2023
  • Electric Callboy – Alcatraz Festival, Kortrijk (BE) – 13/8/2023
  • Extreme – Trix, Borgerhout (BE) – 14/12/2023
  • Ghost – Zénith Arena, Lille (FR) – 26/05/2023
  • Halestorm – Hellfest Festival, Clisson (FR) – 18/06/2023
  • I Prevail – Hellfest Festival, Clisson (FR) – 15/06/2023
  • Michael Angelo Batio – Asgaard, Ghent (BE) – 09/05/2023
  • Michael Schenker Group – Alcatraz Festival, Kortrijk (BE) – 11/8/2023
  • Mike Portnoy (Winery Dogs) – 013, Tilburg (NL) – 5/11/2023
  • Overdrivers – Aütfest, Bruay-la-Buissière (FR) – 30/09/2023
  • Powerwolf – Hellfest Festival, Clisson (FR) – 17/06/2023
  • Sepultura – Alcatraz Festival, Kortrijk (BE) – 12/8/2023
  • SKYND – Hellfest Festival, Clisson (FR) – 18/06/2023
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