The albums released in 2022 that I listened to the most.

Best EP: Bergfried - Romantik I
Best demo: Roots Of The Old Oak - Blot
Best video: Judicator - “The High Priestess”
Best album artwork: Might -…

1.Darkest Era - Wither On The Vine

2.Messa - Close

3.Fer De Lance - The Hyperborean

4.Satan - Earth Infernal

5.Iron Griffin - Storm Of Magic

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I've played somewhere in the region of 1200 albums this year - there's been a lot of great stuff among them, so this will not be an easy list to narrow down - I'd like to say I can be stricter…

1.Psychonaut - Violate Consensus Reality

2.Disillusion - Ayam

3.Persefone - Metanoia

4.Kardashev - Liminal Rite

5.Shadow Of Intent - Elegy

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A bit late. May some places they have summer, some places winter. I just chose some birch forest pick randomly. Neverminded. First 3 could be best albums of the year, following 3 are killers, latest 3…

1.Horn - Verzet

2.Quartz - On The Edge Of No Tomorrow

3.Lord Belial - Rapture

4.Cadaveria - Emptiness

5.Gengis Khan - Possessed By The Moon

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Snow starts to smelt, ice starts to crumble, its vårvinter time.

1.Dreamtale - Everlasting Flame

2.Månegarm - Ynglingaättens Öde

3.Axel Rudi Pell - Lost XXIII

4.SheWolf - SheWolf

5.Midas - Midas

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The best records of the first decade of Hardcore Crossover Thrash-Punk…

1.Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies

2.Stormtroopers Of Death - Speak English Or Die

3.Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing

4.D.R.I. - 4 Of A Kind

5.Attitude Adjustment - American Paranoia

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1.Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark

2.Satan - Earth Infernal

3.Messa - Close

4.Elder - Innate Passage

5.Arð - Take Up My Bones

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I keep saying it's one of my least favorite metal genres, nevertheless I still managed to make a little list of the bands I enjoy listening to every once in a while.

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1.Witcher - Lélekharang

2.Jani Liimatainen - My Father's Son

3.Civil War - Invaders

4.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

5.Evergrey - A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament)

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Another year, another list. My favorite DM from 2021, listed alphabetically by band name with subgenres. Some notable omissions include: Altarage, Asphyx, At The Gates, Be'lakor, Deviant Process,…

1.200 Stab Wounds - Slave To The Scalpel

2.1914 - Where Fear And Weapons Meet

3.Abiotic - Ikigai

4.Aborted - ManiaCult

5.Abscession - Rot Of Ages

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Bands almost unknown for the most, Cds or Vinyls out of print or never print, Sometimes record production sucks, thats why I love US power metal. An original style Classic and Epic Heavy Metal Mixed With…

1.Manilla Road - Crystal Logic

2.Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction

3.Riot - ThunderSteel

4.Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire

5.Omen - Warning Of Danger

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Here’s my list of Russian extreme metal bands worth checking out. It’s mostly black and death metal, with some post-black and blackened crust thrown in. The bands are in alphabetical order. I’ll add more…

1.Accidental Death Benefit - Венец Творения Природы

2.Amber Tears - Revelations Of Renounced

3.Argishrot - Plague From Parallel Worlds

4.Bitter Loss - Oblivion In Ceremonial Void

5.Buicide - Escaping From Yourself

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This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…

1.X Japan - Blue Blood

2.Xandria - Neverworld's End

3.Xanthochroid - Of Erthe And Axen: Act II

4.Xasthur - To Violate The Oblivious

5.Xeno - Sojourn

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This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…

1.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

2.Wachenfeldt - The Interpreter

3.Wake - Devouring Ruin

4.Waldgeflüster - Femundsmarka - Eine Reise In Drei Kapiteln

5.Walknut - Graveforests And Their Shadows

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To me, an EP is a release of original music under 30m in length.

Score is an average of each EP's song ratings, full list located here (only new original songs included).

If you discovered any…

1.Nine Inch Nails - Broken

2.Galneryus - 絆

3.Insomnium - Songs Of The Dusk

4.As I Lay Dying - Decas

5.Necromantia - Ancient Pride

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This time around I'm only including albums rating 78.2% or higher to ensure only quality albums by my standards. This year is the first time I'm including a small description for each album rated…

1.Sol Kia - Zos Ethos

2.Victory Over The Sun - Nowherer

3.Peste Noire - Le Retour Des Pastoureaux

4.Chaos Echœs - Ecstasy With The Nonexistents

5.Dipygus - Bushmeat

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