best of 2022

We return with a devil's dozen of critical grindcore (broadly speaking) releases worth diving into for devout metalheads and the adventurous alike.

It's Time... To List Our Favorites Of 2022.

Ted Nubel concludes our individual favorites lists for 2022 with lots of heavy metal and doom - check back next week when we unceremoniously aggregate everything into a spreadsheet for our list of lists.

Our co-editor-in-chief submits an eclectic list which runs the gamut from raw black metal to nostalgic pop as he gathers his 2022 favorites.

Brandon Corsair's list is the only one that calls out the editors for not picking an album, but hey, maybe he has a point. Dive in for some killer heavy and death metal picks.

Death metal, black metal, and much more fill the ranks of writer Colin Dempsey's top albums from 2022.

Colin Williams taps into perhaps the most international releases of any of our lists as he examines his most-listened and most-loved albums from the year.

Addison Herron-Wheeler's favorites of 2022 highlights multiple bands who just keep improving over time, with black metal, post-metal, and more making the ranks.

The author of our recurring "Noise Pollution" column gives us his favorite records of the year.

Winter is indisputably an excellent season to get cozy and listen to dungeon synth, so check out our resident dungeon synth archivist Kaptain Carbon's top picks from this year's bountiful harvest.