THE BEAST

Best Of 2023 - End Of The Year Special - The Zach Moonshine Show, We play songs from some of our favorite underground metal albums and ep's from 2023 in a countdown fashion and talk about some of the releases this year, the fest, the interviews and much more!

As a bonus Carl Webb from Webb Of Deceit joins us for chat looking back on the Tennessee Metal Devastation music Fest 2023. This episode features music from Backbone, Eiriel, Honoris Causa, Thronehammer, Inhuman Condition, Traitor, Bloodshot, Antania, Tribe Of Pazuzu, CATEGORY VI, Mansion, Gravehuffer, Helms Deep, Macabre Demise, The Convalescence, Sarah Halter, Lenax, Ancestral Blood, Paracrona, Smoulder, Chief City, Never Reborn, Gravethorn, EMBR, Cryophilic, GUT RIPPER, Eaten By Sharks, CRAZY MAD RIDE, White City Graves, Colony Drop, GOSFORTH, Plague Bearer, Medicine Horse, Krigsgrav, Serpents Oath, The Band Repent, SPILLAGE, Cloak, and Fires in the Distance!

Track List:

Battle Of The Bands Winners top three from this week:

1 - Backbone - THE FEELING OF RUST AGAINST MY FINGERS
2 - eiriel - The Kiss of Death
3 - Honoris Causa - Waiting to Die

4 - The Zach Moonshine Show Intro

5 - Thronehammer - Kingslayer
6 - Inhuman Condition - Godzilla
7 - Traitor - Total Thrash (live)
8 - Bloodshot - Sacramental Gore
9 - Antania - Angels And Demons
10 - Tribe Of Pazuzu - Blasphemous Prophecies
11 - CATEGORY VI - Barracuda (Heart)
12 - Mansion - Heathen Hole
13 - Gravehuffer - Blueprint For An Early Grave
14 - Helms Deep - Medusa's Requiem
15 - Macabre Demise - House by the Cemetery
16 - The Convalescence - Reaper
17 - Sarah Halter - Bad Touch
18 - Lenax - Beneath the Chapel
19 - Ancestral Blood - Forged in the Fires of Hephaestos
20 - Paracrona - Carry The Cross
21 - Smoulder - Violent Creed of Vengeance
22 - Chief City - Jazz Apple
23 - Never Reborn - Children of Fire
24 - Gravethorn - Vengeance From Beyond
25 - EMBR - The Conlict
26 - Cryophilic - Unleashed
27 - GUT RIPPER - Born To Rot
28 - Eaten By Sharks - Megalodon
29 - CRAZY MAD RIDE - Bayou Bounty
30 - White City Graves - Burn It All Down
31 - Colony Drop - Fantasize The Beast
32 - GOSFORTH - Funeral Lust

33 - Webb Of Deceit - Live Chat/Interview

34 - Plague Bearer - Summoning Apocalyptic Devastation
35 - Medicine Horse - Turning Tide
36 - Krigsgrav - The Black Oak
37 - Serpents Oath - Blood Covenant
38 - The Band Repent - Rebel Song
39 - SPILLAGE - Nail Biter
40 - Cloak - Seven Thunders

Band Of the Year 2023

41 - Fires in the Distance - Harbingers

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Super massive thanks to the 18,411 metal maniacs from around the world that joined us for the live broadcast of the countdown on Friday night!

Top 60 Albums/E.P.'s Of 2023 you should check out!

1. Fires In the Distance - Air Not Meant For Us
2. Cloak - Black Flame Eternal
3. Spillage - Phase Four
4. The Band Repent - The Reckoning
5. Serpents Oath - Revelation
6. Krigsgrav - Fires in the Fall
7. Medicine Horse - Medicine Horse
8. Plague Bearer - Summoning Apocalyptic Devastation
9. Never Reborn - Ashes of Our Past
10. Chief City - (Self Titled EP)
11. Dread Witch - Tower of the Severed Serpent
12. Smoulder - Violent Creed Of Vengeance
13. Blood Stained Dusk - Deadlights Beckon Me
14. Lenax - Purity
15. The Convalescence - Harvesters of Flesh and Bone
16. Helms Deep - Treacherous Ways
17. Gravehuffer - .​.​.​Depart From So Much Evil
18. Beltfed Weapon - Darkened Demise
19. Blue Dawn - Reflections From An Unseen World
20. Mansion - Second Death
21. Gutted Christ - Hail and Kill
22. Motherslug - Blood Moon Blues
23. Mean Green - Mean Green
24. 72 Legions - What A God Could Be
25. Tabahi – Thrash for Justice
26. BÜDDAH - The Curse Of Ferrius
27. Exorcizphobia - Spiritual Exodus
28. TRAITOR - Teutonic Slaughter (Live)
29. Category VI - Firecry
30. WyndRider - WyndRider
31. EMBR - EMBR
32. Eaten by Sharks - Eradication
33. GOSFORTH - Scourge of Dark Dominion
34. The Uneven - Flight Out of The Hollow
35. Colony Drop - Brace For Impact
36. White City Graves - Canary's Dead
37. Infestation - The Vermin Within
38. Gut Ripper - Necrowork
39. Crazy Mad Ride - Life, Liberty, Death
40. Okrütnik - Krwawy Pontyfikat
41. Jord - Tundra
42. Stone of Duna - Moonsplitter
43. Hegeroth - Disintegration
44. Beyond Shadows - Self Titled
45. Nattsjäl (Sweden) - I marors djup
46. Cryophilic - Damned and Decayed
47. Sulfuric Storm - Hell on Earth
48. Gravethorn - Underground Rituals of Those Unseen
49. Antania - Lividity
50. Paracrona - Sun God
51. Ancestral Blood - Forgotten Myths and Legends Chapter 1
52. Inhuman Condition - Panic Prayer
53. Sarah Halter - The Doom That Binds Us
54. Macabre Demise - Grave​(​y​)​art Gallery
55. TRIBE OF PAZUZU - BLASPHEMOUS PROPHECIES
56. Chris Maragoth - Gatherer of Souls
57. Bloodshot - Sacramental Gore
58. Thronehammer - Kingslayer
59. Under A Spell - Freya
60. Sullvation - The Beginning of the End

Honorable mentions:

Best New Singles:

The Red Mountain - Your Decay

Pontifex - From the Pale Mist

Evil Incarnate - Great Dragon of Thunder

Necrotion - Son of Dog