The natural order of things has been followed as we have counted down our top #5 singles and EPs so now it’s time for the albums that made 2024 a great year on Planet Metal. As ever there are a few rules to this game, one of which is that the artists you see on
2024. Elections, Reunions, Anniversaries, Farewells, Births, Marriages and Deaths. The Metal World has has it all over the past twelve months. No one saw the “Celebrating Life Through Death” 40th anniversary world tour from Sepultura being their last run. No one thought that Kerry King would ditch his solo project King to bring back Slayer.
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
