Some great albums of 2022
There were a lot of really great albums released this year. So many that I am finding it hard to pick out a top 10. I listened to a lot of albums, and which are my favourites, or the ones I will keep coming back to, can very much depend on what I’m in the mood to listen to.
So instead of a top 10, I’ll just talk briefly about some of the great albums I’ve listened to this year. These are not necessarily my most listened to, but they are some I want to highlight.
Graceless - Chants from Purgatory - This album is just a fun, crushing death metal album. It’s one that I love putting on when I want to get in a fun groove at work.
Kvaen - The Great Below - I didn’t get into their last album as much as this one, but it’s also great. This one is fast and furious and a great listen when that’s what you’re in the mood for.
Inexorum - Equinox Vigil - One of my favourite melodic black metal albums of the year.
Freedom of Fear - Carpathia - A late(r) in the year release that I didn’t find out about until November. But I listened to it a whole ton of times (for me) since then. Highly recommended.
Void Dancer - Prone Burial - This came out in April, and I kept playing it all year long. Every time I put it on, I find myself nodding my head to the music.
The Devils of Loudun - Escaping Eternity - Another one that came out early in the year and I listened to all year long. Great melodic symphonic death metal.
Pillaging Villagers - Pillaging Villagers - Great, fun, punk folk metal. This was one I loved cranking during the summer and drinking a beer.
Grand Harvest - Consummatum Est - Want to listen to some death/doom? One of my favourites in the style this year.
Kardashev - Liminal Rite - Post/black metal that combines a bunch of vocal styles and crushing atmosphere.
Revocation - Netherheaven - More fantastic death metal.
Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor is a band that I’ve loved for a long time, and they do an amazing live show. I don’t know if this album is my favourite of theirs, but I’ve listened to it the most of any album this year.
Some albums from not-2022 I listened to a lot
- 1914 - Where Fear and Weapons Meet - I listened to this album more than almost any album that came out this year. I loved it in 2021, and I still loved it this year.
- Black Sites - Untrue - Another one I kept coming back to this year from 2021. Easy to toss on and play it through.
- Earth Rot - Black Tides of Obscurity - I didn’t find out about this until this year, and I wish I had heard it sooner. Such a great album.
- Stormkeep - Tales of Othertime
Want some more?
Here are some more albums that I loved this year. All fantastic, and I’ll likely be coming back to all of these.
Hath - All That Was Promised, Nite - Voices of the Kronian Moon, Maul - Seraphic Punishment, De Profundis - The Corruption of Virtue, Sonja - Loud Arriver, Sacrilegion - From Which Nightmares Crawl