TOP WAVES GENERAL FÉVRIER 2023 The Progressive Metal band Haken takes the first place this month. HAKEN Fauna In second place, we find Katatonia's 13th album, which signs a melodic and powerful "Sky Void Of Stars" that sees them back in great form with a remarkable gift for making sadness beautiful and bright. KATATONIA Sky Void Of Stars And the podium is completed by Retrospective, a classy and intoxicating progressive rock band. RETROSPECTIVE Introvert The detailed ranking HAKEN: Fauna (Progressive Metal) 23 KATATONIA: Sky Void Of Stars (Atmospheric Rock) 16 RETROSPECTIVE: Introvert (Progressive Rock) 13 CROWNE: Operation Phoenix (Melodic Hard Rock) 10 LONG DISTANCE CALLING: Eraser (Alternative Rock) 9 AVATAR: Dance Devil Dance (Industrial Metal) 7 COMPASS: Theory Of Tides (Progressive Metal) 5 IN FLAMES: Foregone (Alternative Metal) 5 ELVIS COSTELLO: The Boy Named If (Rock) 5 LAURA COX: Head Above Water (Rock) 5 ONSÉGEN ENSEMBLE: Realms (Progressive Rock) 5 STEVE HACKETT: Genesis Revisited Live: Seconds Out & More (Progressive Rock) 4 YEAH YEAH YEAHS: Cool It Down (Pop) 3 MORGAN REID: Terran (Guitar Hero) 3 EMOLECULE: The Architect (Progressive Rock) 3 CREYE: Iii : Weightless (Melodic Hard Rock) 3 FIRST SIGNAL: Face Your Fears (Melodic Hard Rock) 1 PROTOGONOS: Silent Oppressor (Metalcore) 1 MATMATAH: Miscellanées Bissextiles (Rock) 1 KID KAPICHI: Here's What You Could Have Won (Rock) 1 SANTA CRUZ (FIN): The Return Of The Kings (Alternative Metal) 1 SKALD: Huldufólk (Pagan/Viking Metal) 1 SORTILÈGE: Apocalypso (Heavy Metal) 1 TOP WAVES METAL FÉVRIER 2023 the TOP WAVES METAL is of course overflown by Haken followed by the new metal sensation Avatar whose all concerts in France are sold out. AVATAR Dance Devil Dance The Metal podium is completed by In Flames who comes back with a fourteenth album between power and melody. IN FLAMES Foregone The detailed ranking HAKEN: Fauna (Progressive Metal) 26 AVATAR: Dance Devil Dance (Industrial Metal) 16 IN FLAMES: Foregone (Alternative Metal) 15 SORTILÈGE: Apocalypso (Heavy Metal) 8 COMPASS: Theory Of Tides (Progressive Metal) 6 THISQUIETARMY X AWAY: Machine Consciousness, Phase Iii (Extreme (Other)) 5 SANTA CRUZ (FIN): The Return Of The Kings (Alternative Metal) 4 SKALD: Huldufólk (Pagan/Viking Metal) 4 KAMPFAR: Til Klovers Takt (Black Metal) 3 MORGAN REID: Terran (Guitar Hero) 3 TOP WAVES ROCK FÉVRIER 2023 Like the Metal ranking, the TOP WAVES ROCK is also dominated by the last Katatonia, followed by Crowne who takes the second place to Retrospective. CROWNE Operation Phoenix The detailed ranking KATATONIA: Sky Void Of Stars (Atmospheric Rock) 29 CROWNE: Operation Phoenix (Melodic Hard Rock) 14 RETROSPECTIVE: Introvert (Progressive Rock) 13 LAURA COX: Head Above Water (Rock) 9 ONSÉGEN ENSEMBLE: Realms (Progressive Rock) 5 ELVIS COSTELLO: The Boy Named If (Rock) 5 EMOLECULE: The Architect (Progressive Rock) 4 EAGLE-EYE CHERRY: Back On Track (Rock) 4 LONG DISTANCE CALLING: Eraser (Alternative Rock) 4 STEVE HACKETT: Genesis Revisited Live: Seconds Out & More (Progressive Rock) 4 YEAH YEAH YEAHS: Cool It Down (Pop) 3 GENERATION RADIO: Generation Radio (A.O.R.) 3 KID KAPICHI: Here's What You Could Have Won (Rock) 3 CREYE: Iii : Weightless (Melodic Hard Rock) 3 FIRST SIGNAL: Face Your Fears (Melodic Hard Rock) 2 EVIL-MINDED: Lucy's Fate (Hard Rock) 1 MATMATAH: Miscellanées Bissextiles (Rock) 1 SLAVE TO SIN: Dead Inside (Rock) 1