Ah, the sweet aroma of mid-year lists are in the air again. It’s been an unquestionably great first half to 2022, and as usual, the guys have been busy keeping note of the albums that raised the bar over the last 6 months. It’s never an easy task, but hey, that’s why we get paid the big bucks (mwahahah). From the crafty vets to the fresh blood, from death metal to industrial, as always, our lists are varied throughout, and we hope you enjoy our full-length videos discussing each of our lists in more detail.
So here they are…Dave, Duncan and Kyle’s Top 10 Albums of 2022 (so far). Please check out the YouTube videos (Pt.1 & Pt.2) for a more detailed breakdown of each album on our lists.
Dave
1. Hangman’s Chair – A Loner (Spotify/Bandcamp)
2. Mountaineer – Giving Up the Ghost (Spotify/Bandcamp)
3. Rolo Tomassi – Where Myth Becomes Memory (Spotify/Bandcamp)
4. Conjurer – Páthos (Spotify/Bandcamp)
5. Ithaca – They Fear Us (Spotify/Bandcamp)
6. Soreption – Jord (Spotify/Bandcamp)
7. Big Muff 68 – Swing Metal (Bandcamp)
8. Cancer Bats – Psychic Jailbreak (Spotify)
9. Beyond the Styx – Sentence (Spotify/Bandcamp)
10. Author & Punisher – Krüller (Spotify/Bandcamp)
Duncan
1. Author & Punisher – Krüller (Spotify/Bandcamp)
2. Mountaineer – Giving Up The Ghost (Spotify/Bandcamp)
3. Rolo Tomassi – Where Myth Becomes Memory (Spotify/Bandcamp)
4. Conjurer – Páthos (Spotify/Bandcamp)
5. Ithaca – They Fear Us (Spotify/Bandcamp)
6. Mantar – Pain Is Forever and This Is the End (Spotify/Bandcamp)
7. Cave In – Heavy Pendulum (Spotify/Bandcamp)
8. Without Waves – Comedian (Spotify/Bandcamp)
9. Blood Command – Praise Armageddonism (Spotify/Bandcamp)
10. Cult of Luna – The Long Road North (Spotify/Bandcamp)
Kyle
1. Author and Punisher – Krüller (Spotify/Bandcamp)
2. Rolo Tomassi – Where Myth Becomes Memory (Spotify/Bandcamp)
3. Heriot – Profound Morality (Spotify/Bandcamp)
4. Venom Prison – Erebos (Spotify/Bandcamp)
5. Zeal & Ardor – Zeal & Ardor (Spotify/Bandcamp)
6. Magnatar – Crushed (Spotify/Bandcamp)
7. Kadavermarch – Into Oblivion (Spotify/Bandcamp)
8. Row of Ashes – Bleaching Heat (Spotify/Bandcamp)
9. SepticFlesh – Modern Primitive (Spotify/Bandcamp)
10. Meshuggah – Immutable (Spotify/Bandcamp)
