Your top 2022 list

2022 is coming to an end, and what a year it has been for metal.

Have you started working on your top list for the year?

I am still expecting about 7 studio albums before i start working on mine.

In the meantime, i am revisiting all 48 albums i have already picked up.

N.1 of the year almost confirmed.

I've been thinking about it. But haven't made it any type of definitive list yet.

Gilbert wrote:

Have you started working on your top list for the year?

No, ask me in like 2026.

In fact, I could probably start thinking about a top albums of 2017 or something soon enough.

I am just slow to both acquire all interesting releases in a year, and to actually digest them enough to come up with a solid opinion I can stand behind.

According to my RateYourMusic profile, I've only added nine 2022 releases to my collection this year... and of those, one was a reissue of an old album (Jones Street, Out Of The Gutter), I didn't particularly care for The Cult's Under The Midnight Sun, and the new Scorpions, while not terrible, was kinda "meh."

Therefore trying to compile a "best of" for this year would be a pointless exercise for me, cuz I didn't accumulate enough stuff to choose from.

For whatever it's worth, I probably listened to the new Queensryche, Stryper, and Megadeth more than any of the other 2022's I picked up.

Fat Freddy wrote:

According to my RateYourMusic profile, I've only added nine 2022 releases to my collection this year... and of those, one was a reissue of an old album (Jones Street, Out Of The Gutter), I didn't particularly care for The Cult's Under The Midnight Sun, and the  new Scorpions, while not terrible, was kinda "meh."

Therefore trying to compile a "best of" for this year would be a pointless exercise for me, cuz I didn't accumulate enough stuff to choose from.

For whatever it's worth, I probably listened to the new Queensryche, Stryper, and Megadeth more than any of the other 2022's I picked up.

Well, in this case, your favourite album of 2022 would do !

Thinkin' I only bought the Megadeth release.

James B. wrote:

Thinkin' I only bought the Megadeth release.

This one finally showed up in my mailbox. No clue what took it so long.

I haven't made my YouTube video yet (I will do that in February), but a few albums have been promised to make the list.

Detherous - Unrelenting Malevolence, Riot City - Electric Elite, and Schizophrenia - Recollections of the Insane will make the list for sure.

I purchased a total of 3 2022 releases this year, Vio-lence, Ghost and Megadeth.

007 wrote:

I purchased a total of 3 2022 releases this year, Vio-lence, Ghost and Megadeth.

You like Ghost? They've been on my radar for awhile. But I've yet to dive in. How is the new one?

Lari wrote:

007 wrote:

I purchased a total of 3 2022 releases this year, Vio-lence, Ghost and Megadeth.

You like Ghost? They've been on my radar for awhile. But I've yet to dive in. How is the new one?

I really like Ghost. Plenty of good releases and great in concert. As for the new release, I'd give 4 out of 5 stars.

007 wrote:

Lari wrote:

007 wrote:

I purchased a total of 3 2022 releases this year, Vio-lence, Ghost and Megadeth.

You like Ghost? They've been on my radar for awhile. But I've yet to dive in. How is the new one?

I really like Ghost. Plenty of good releases and great in concert. As for the new release, I'd give 4 out of 5 stars.

Haven't checked Ghost yet. Need to.

1. Voivod - Synchro Anarchy
2. No/Mas - Consume/Deny/Repent
3. Early Moods - S/T
4. Sumerlands - Dreamkiller
5. Amorphis - Halo
6. Blind Guardian - The God Machine
7. Saxon - Carpe Diem
8. Sonja - Loud Arriver
9. Eric Wagner - In The Lonely Light Of Mourning
10. Kreator - Hate Uber Alles

Still have 4 releases that i need to listen to properly.

My list should be ready by then.

Stryper- The Final Battle
Megadeth- The Sick, The Dying….and the Dead
Kreator- Hate Uber Alles
Municipal Waste- Electrified Brain
Skid Row-The Gangs all here

My top 2022 releases:

1- Leatherwolf: Kill The Hunted
2- Sword: III
3- Konquest: Time and Tyranny
4- Munroe's Thunder: The Black Watch
5- Joe Lynn Turner: Belly Of The Beast
6- Jack Starr's Burning Starr: Souls Of The Innocent
7- Destruction: Diabolical
8- Cloven Hoof: Time Assassin
9- Wolf: Shadowland
10- Stryper: The Final Battle

I just uploaded the video where I discuss my Top 10 of 2022 on my YouTube channel!

Required Fields wrote:

I just uploaded the video where I discuss my Top 10 of 2022 on my YouTube channel!

Put the camera closer to where you are. That video is like 85% white wall.

But never edit out the part where you frantically try to get in front of the camera. That is entertainment.

Nice list RF.

Gilbert wrote:

Nice list RF.

Thanks!

Destruction - Diabolical
Detherous - Unrelenting Malevolence
Fugitive - Maniac
Megadeth - The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!
Miscreance - Convergence
Municipal Waste - Electrified Brain
Tribal Gaze - The Nine Choirs
Undeath - It's Time... To Rise From the Grave
Vio-Lence - Let the World Burn
Xentrix - Seven Words

Late to the party, but here’s my top 10. Lots of killer releases this year.

1. Sabaton: The War to End All Wars
2. Civil War: Invaders
3. Preterist: Blood Moon Rising
4. Reign of Glory: All Will Bow
5. All Things Fallen: Shadow Way
6. Stryper: The Final Battle
7. Saint: Heaven Fell
8. Trinity: Memories of the Ancient Presence
9. Traitor: Exiled to the Surface
10. Mosh-Pit Justice: Crush the Demons Inside