And we're off! With just a week to go until the new album from (one of) this month's Hammer cover stars Babymetal, a new album from Metallica and the very welcome return of Avenged Sevenfold, it feels like 2023 is really taking shape for the top-tier metal acts. But, as ever, we're not only looking at the biggest, but the very best metal bands around for our weekly round-up.
First, the results of last week's vote! In an appropriate turn of events for Saint Patrick's Day, it was Northern Irish heroes Therapy? who took the top spot, beating Dez Fafara's returning groove metallers Devildriver and German power metal heroes Mystic Prophecy, who took a very admirable second and third place.
