They say that all good things must come to an end and with that in mind it is time for the final chapter of our Listmania Awards Season. It’s been an absolute pleasure going back over the year that was 2023 and picking out the songs, the EPs, the albums and the live shows that
2023 was a phenomenal year for Metal Noise and another record breaking one, so it’s time we said a HUGE thank you to an awful lot of people who make it all possible. It has always been all about the bands first and foremost. Without them making the soundtrack to our lives there would be
The fifth category in our Listmaina Awards Season is dedicated to those bands who bring the heat to the stage, the one place where there is absolutely no hiding place. So of all the bands we’ve witnessed from all the shows and festivals we’ve reviewed in the past year, who stood out enough to make
Waking up from a dream like sugar induced coma in which the lyric “Just one Cornetto, give it to me, delicious ice cream, of Italy, creamy vanilla and chocolate dream, Give me Cornetto, from Walls ice cream” was sung by Lacuna Coil vocalist Cristina Scabbia isn’t a good look when you’ve got to write an article about
How do you go about solving a problem like picking your top #5 EPs of 2023? Like any puzzle you break it down into smaller, easier to digest pieces and we do so by creating a few rules. It has to have been released in the year 2023, reviewed in the year 2023 and stick
Now that our teeth have rotted out from all the sugary Christmas treats we’ve consumed over the past week or so it’s time to turn to our most anticipated releases of 2024. Another incredibly hard fought category with albums and EPs already scheduled as far as May that we’re aware of, this one has been
Like a boomerang every year our listmania awards season between Christmas and New Year comes around again and after six years the question “when will it stop?” is one that can only be answered with “how long is a piece of string?“. So now that the hangover and the Bailey’s is gone (other Irish cream
Just before Gingerbread John McClane gets put back in his box for another year, it’s time said thank you to a few people for another fantastic year of Metal Noise. Breaking out of the lockdown of what we’ve affectionately called the plague years live shows were in full effect and we were able to bring
Unlike our Most Anticipated Releases of 2023 category, this final entry in Listmania Awards Season is dedicated to Underground Metal bands who may or may not have a record lined up for the coming year. It’s about bands who we recommend you keep your eyes and ears peeled for news, shows and material from to
While our previous entries in this years incarnation of Listmania season have been in no particular order, our most anticipated releases of 2023 are in a very specific order, a chronological one. For no other reason than one rarely does the chaser before the beer so while you’re tucking into what hopefully is the final
