Metal Injection's Top 25 Stories Of 2023

The top news stories of 2023 include everything from the serious threat artists face in the current economic climate to someone ripping an absolute screamer of a fart during a Sleep Token show. It's been a real mixed bag for sure. It's also worth noting that posts about someone in the rock and metal community dying have been excluded from this list, as not to rank the popularity of the deceased. That feels pretty shitty.

The top 25 stories of 2023 (based on traffic) are:

1. REFUSED's Frontman: "You Will See A Lot Of Bands Stop Touring Because It Is Almost Impossible To Make A Living Playing Music"
2. JAY WEINBERG Breaks His Silence On Getting Fired From SLIPKNOT
3. Nobody Wanted To See GODSMACK In South America
4. Fans Rioted After BRING ME THE HORIZON Cancelled Their Show Midway Through
5. METALLICA Calls Out Fan Being A Dick About A Bagpipes Cover
6. KERRY KING Says DAVE MUSTAINE With METALLICA "Was Way More Extreme Than What I Thought Metal Was Or Could Be"
7. Original METALLICA Bassist Says DAVE MUSTAINE Crushed The Whole Band Musically On No Life 'Til Leather
8. Someone Ripped A Savage Fart During SLEEP TOKEN's Show And Everyone Heard It
9. Producer STERLING WINFIELD On PANTERA Fans Complaining About ZAKK WYLDE: "It Blows My Mind That People Are That Picky"
10. COREY TAYLOR On STONE SOUR's Hiatus: "I Refuse To Compromise My Vision And My Art Because Of Certain People's Hindrances"
11. GHOST's PAPA EMERITUS IV Seems To Have Played His Final Show
12. THY ART IS MURDER Splits With Vocalist CJ MCMAHON, Removed Him From Their New Album
13. Rapper LIL PUMP Released A Heavy Metal Song And It's Bad
14. This New PANTERA Song Sure Isn't PANTERA
15. STEVE HARRIS Seems To Think IRON MAIDEN's Days Are Numbered
16. DAVE MUSTAINE On METALLICA Not Taking MEGADETH On Tour: "Why Won't Those Guys Play With Us? What Are They Afraid Of?"
17. CHARLIE BENANTE Says The Best Thrash Record Of All Time Wasn't One From The Big Four
18. FOO FIGHTERS Announces New Drummer
19. MICK MARS Sues MÖTLEY CRÜE Over Financials, Says NIKKI SIXX's Bass Tracks Live Were All Pre-Recorded
20. PANTERA Considered YouTuber KAYLA KENT As Their New Guitarist
21. NCAA Bans Virginia Tech From Playing METALLICA's "Enter Sandman," Fans Chant It Anyway
22. JOHN DOLMAYAN Says SERJ TANKIAN Should've Quit SYSTEM OF A DOWN In 2006, Dumps On Everyone's Side Projects
23. Here's One Of The Final Looks At VINNIE PAUL's Legendary House
24. Former LOSTPROPHETS Vocalist IAN WATKINS Stabbed & Beaten In Prison, Is Currently In "Life-Threatening" Condition
25. SEPULTURA Announces A Farewell Tour For Their 40th Anniversary