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The 50 best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by the readers of Metal Hammer

From Metallica to Sleep Token, Avenged Sevenfold to Babymetal, these are the best metal albums of 2023 - as voted by you!

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Vote for the best metal song of 2023

From Sleep Token to Metallica, Ghost to Babymetal, 2023 has seen some massive new songs. But now we need your help to crown the best metal songs of the year.

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The new issue of Metal Hammer is a massive celebration of 2023 starring Metallica, Iron Maiden, Ghost, Babymetal, Avenged Sevenfold and more – and it comes with five exclusive gifts!

Get a Metallica patch and art print, a Ghost badge, an Iron Maiden poster and a 2024 calendar!

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Babymetal's 2023 World Tour comes to the UK: seldom has metal seemed more joyous, triumphant and utterly groundbreaking

Almost a decade on from their self-titled debut album, Babymetal are leading lights for the next generation of metal star

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Vote for the best metal album of 2023

Metallica? Babymetal? Sleep Token? We need you to tell us which metal albums have excited you the most in 2023

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The best metal albums of 2023 so far

From Metallica to Babymetal, Cattle Decapitation to Sleep Token, these are the best metal albums of the year to date

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Download 2024 lineup announced: Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold to headline, plus Royal Blood, The Offspring, Corey Taylor, Machine Head, Babymetal, Bad Omens and dozens more bands also confirmed

Download's 2024 lineup is officially here

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The 20 greatest Download festival sets ever

For two decades, Download has been the premiere rock and metal festival in the UK. These are its finest moments

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Gossamer tremolo picking and the stuff of Phrygian nightmares: This week's essential guitar tracks

Unmissable new songs from Fiddlehead, HotWax, Guns N’ Roses, Emily Wolfe, Born of Osiris, Babymetal ft. Tom Morello, CLT DRP, and more

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Within Temptation, Babymetal and Corey Taylor are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Videogames, office rage and, erm, sweets: inside the wild and colourful world of Hanabie, Japan's next metal superstars in waiting

Mashing furious, stomping metalcore with dizzy electronica and fun, colourful aesthetics, Hanabie are the breath of fresh air metal needs

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Hanabie's colourful, genre-mashing Reborn Superstar! has confirmed the arrival of Japan's next great crossover metal stars

Mixing a tongue-in-cheek kawaii image with pummelling metalcore, propulsive edm and hyper-pop, Hanabie's new album is unlike anything else you'll hear this year

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People are losing their minds over Lil Uzi Vert's bizarre cover of System Of A Down's Chop Suey

Featuring collaborations with Babymetal and Bring Me The Horizon, rapper Lil Uzi Vert's new album is indulging their love of rock music - but their cover of Chop Suey is something else

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The best metal albums of 2023 so far

Metallica, Babymetal and Sleep Token are among the best albums of 2023 so far - and there's more to come

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The Hu: "There's no doubt we'll work with Babymetal again"

The Hu brought Mongolian folk metal to the masses, but bandleader Gala reveals the band still have plans for everything from a Babymetal collab to a concept album

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Sabaton took over a Swedish island in the dead of winter and it was as crazy as it sounds

What happened when the world's biggest power metal band invaded a tiny Swedish island?

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"A Michael Bay wet dream": How Sabaton, Babymetal and Lordi conquered Wembley Arena

Monsters, tanks and massive anthems - Sabaton's The Tour To End All Tours represents everything brilliant about metal in 2023

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Inside Babymetal's ambitious new chapter: "there have been times I felt unsure if I could continue"

Metal Hammer went to Japan to uncover the mysteries behind Babymetal's new concept album The Other One

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Babymetal announce 2023 North American tour with Dethklok

Babymetal are heading to the US for a run of dates with Dethklok, billed as the Babyklock 2023 tour

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Babymetal officially reveal new third member, Momometal

Babymetal welcome Girls Planet 999 contestant Momoko Okazaki as the band’s third new member, Momometal

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Here's what Babymetal fans think of The Other One: "Any metal band that chucks sax on a song deserves an 8/10"

We asked Babymetal fans to give their verdict on new album The Other One - and they answered in style

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"It's almost auto-tuned": watch this vocal coach react to a fiery Babymetal performance

Opera singer and voice coach, Elizabeth Zharoff serves up an in-depth analysis of Babymetal's Akatsuki as she listens to it for the first time

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From Infinity Pool to Succession: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s an icky shocker from a body-horror scion or a warring dynasty of uber-rich media scumbags, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear this week

Linkin Park, Babymetal and Nita Strauss (feat. Alice Cooper) are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Rate Babymetal's new album The Other One

We want to know your thoughts on Babymetal's ambitious new concept album, The Other One

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