Let's face it: 2023 has been absolutely packed year for new music. From the return of Ville Valo in January with Neon Noir right up to this week's HEALTH record, with some of metal's heaviest hitters - Ghost, Avenged Sevenfold, Metallica - bringing us a veritable bounty of new singles, EPs and albums to feed a voracious music-loving appetite throughout the year.
And we've been with you (almost) the whole way, each week pulling together some of the biggest and best new songs from across the metal and alternative spectrum, covering everything from thrash and death metal to goth and hardcore and asking you to vote for the best song each week, pulling in over 150,000 votes throughout the year [and if you're wondering what song got the most individual votes, that would be Germany's Lord Of The Lost with Shock To The System, pulling just shy of 4600 in a single week!].
