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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.

All the new metal releasing between January 30th 2022 and February 5th, 2022 — spin (or skip) new music from Venom Prison, Saxon, Abysmal Dawn, and more.

The Belarusian black metal act’s debut full-length, titled “X,” contains eight incrementally-numbered chapters of gripping and forward-thinking black metal. Stream the penultimate track “XVII” here.