Metallica, Rammstein, Guns N' Roses
Year-End Top Grossing Tours, RIAA Certifications, Album Lists
In This Issue:
Metallica, Rammstein, Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard / Motley Crue, Muse, blink-182, Pearl Jam, Queen + Adam Lambert, Iron Maiden, Paramore, Disturbed, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, and this year’s top-grossing worldwide tours.
This year’s highest grossing hard rock and metal-leaning festivals.
New RIAA certifications for Kurt Vile and Lindsey Stirling.
New Album Of The Year lists from Stereogum and Toilet Ov Hell.1
New Signings ✍🏻
Psychlona w/ Magnetic Eye
Unto Others w/ Century Media
Voidgazer w/ Atomic Fire
News You Can Use 📰
Luminate Changing How Indie Record Store Sales Count on Billboard Charts
Napalm Records promotes Sebastian Münch to Senior AR.
The different writers at Toilet Ov Hell collected some of their favorite albums of 2023, including records from Hellripper, Tomb Mold, and Quasarborn.
No Clean Singing collected a massive number of albums into their 2023 Year In Review (broken down by sub-genre), including records from Alkaloid, Blackbraid, Cannibal Corpse, Creeping Death, and Wayfarer.
New RIAA Certifications 🇺🇸
KURT VILE
“Pretty Pimpin”
Matador (2015)
GOLD SINGLE
LINDSEY STERLING
“Shatter Me” ft. LZZY HALE
Lindseystomp Music (2014)
PLATINUM SINGLE
Stereogum
The 10 Best Metal Albums of 2023
Blut Aus Nord Disharmonium - Nahab
Imperium Dekadenz Into Sorrow Evermore
Great Falls Objects Without Pain
Nithing Agonal Hymns
Summer Haze ’99 Inevitable
Jute Gyte Unus Mundus Patet
Trichomoniasis Makeshift Crematoria
Kostnatění Úpal
Shadows Out for Blood
Anachronism Meanders
Stereogum
The 10 Best Hardcore Albums of 2023
Militarie Gun Life Under the Gun
Pain Of Truth Not Through Blood
Fiddlehead Death is Nothing to Us
Zulu A New Tomorrow
Mil Spec Marathon
GEL Only Constant
Restraining Order Locked in Time
Drain Living Proof
Initiate Cerebral Circus
Incendiary Change The Way You Think About Pain
Year-End Top Worldwide Tours
Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish)
By Average Attendance
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