METAL ALBUMS Of The YEAR 2022 (Death Metal / Black Metal)

It's that time of year again, the Album of the Year 2022 Metal Roundup video. A particularly strong year I thought, so the honourable mentions list is long.

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HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Ataraxy - The Last Mirror
Autophagy - Bacteriophage
Cadaveric Fumes - Echoing Chambers Of Soul
Chamber Of Unlight - Realm Of The Night
Chaotian - Effigies Of Obsolescence
Corpsessed - Succumb To Rot
Cryptivore - Celestial Extinction
Cryptworm - Spewing Mephitic Putridity
Egregore - The Word of his Law
Golgothan Remains - Adorned In Ruin
Grave Infestation - Persecution Of The Living
Heaving Earth - Darkness Of God
Innumerable Forms - Philosophical Collapse
Insineratehymn - Disembodied
Morbific - Squirm Beyond The Mortal Realm
Morgal - Nightmare Lord
Mortuous - Upon Desolation
Obscene - .​.​.​From Dead Horizon To Dead Horizon
Ravenous Death - Visions From The Netherworld
Sedimentum - Suppuration Morphogénésiaque
Sphinx - Deathstroke

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TOP 20 ALBUMS

20. Father Befouled - Crowned In Veneficum
   • FATHER BEFOULED 'Crowned In Veneficum...  

19. Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium (Undreamable Abysses)
   • Blut aus Nord - Disharmonium: Undream...  

18. Inanna - Void Of Unending Depths
   • Inanna - " Void of Unending Depths" [...  

17. Ripped To Shreds - 劇變 (Jubian)
   • RIPPED TO SHREDS - 劇變 (JUBIAN) [FULL ...  

16. Theriomorph - Diabolical Bloodswords
   • Theriomorph - Diabolical Bloodswords ...  

15. Blasphematory - The Lower Catacombs
   • Blasphematory (US) - The Lower Cataco...  

14. Nocturnal Triumph - Nocturnal Triumph
   • Видео  

13. Altars Ablaze - Life Desecration
   • ALTARS ABLAZE – Life Desecration FULL...  

12. Oferwintran - It Often Befalls Those
   • Oferwintran - It Often Befalls Those ...  

11. Ostots - Madarikazioa
   • Ostots - Madarikazioa (Full Album Pre...  

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SPECIAL ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Swartadauþuz, for his involvement in 2022 releases from:

Trolldom
   • Trolldom - I Nattens Sken (Full album...  

Beketh Nexehmu
   • Bekëth Nexëhmü - De Dunklas Sorgeakt ...  

Greve
   • Greve - Föllo af Svavel, Lifvets Dimr...  

Gnipahålan
   • Gnipahålan - I Nordisk Vredeslusta (F...  

Ars Hmu
   • Ars Hmu - Empire of Impurity (Full al...  

Nattfärd
   • Nattfärd - Forestrealm Eternal (Full ...  

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TOP 10 ALBUMS

10. Cosmic Putrefaction - Crepuscular Dirge For The Blessed Ones
   • COSMIC PUTREFACTION - Crepuscular Dir...  

9. Tzompantli - Tlazcaltiliztli
   • TZOMPANTLI - Tlazcaltiliztli (Full Al...  

8. Aara - Triade II: Hemera
   • Aara - Triade II: Hemera (Full Album)  

7. Doldrum - The Knocking, Or The Story Of The Sound That Preceded Their Disappearance
   • Doldrum (US) - The Knocking, Or the S...  

6. Vacuous - Dreams Of Dysphoria
   • Vacuous (UK) - Dreams of Dysphoria (A...  

5. Jade - The Pacification of Death
   • JADE "The Pacification Of Death" (Ful...  

4. Akolyytti - Akolyytti
   • AKOLYYTTI - Akolyytti OFFICIAL FULL A...  

3. Altars - Ascetic Reflection
   • ALTARS 'Ascetic Reflection' (Full Str...  

2. Eskhaton - Horracle
   • Eskhaton (Aus) - Horracle (EP 2022)  

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TOP EPs / DEMOS

Dodskvad - Kompendium - Krønike I & II
   • Dødskvad - Krønike II (Full EP, 2022)  

Ravenous Dusk - The Dead Of Night
   • Ravenous Dusk - The Dead of Night (Fu...  

Moonlight Sorcery - Piercing Through The Frozen Eternity
   • Moonlight Sorcery - Piercing Through ...  

Worm - Bluenothing
   • WORM - Bluenothing (Full Mini Album) ...  

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ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Faceless Burial - At the Foothills of Deliration
   • FACELESS BURIAL - At The Foothills Of...  

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0:00 Pre-amble
0:13 Honourable Mentions
0:36 TOP 20 - 11
5:15 Artist Spotlight
7:32 TOP 10 - 9
23:29 Things I Missed
25:10 ALBUM OF THE YEAR
27:00 EPs and Demos
28:02 Rounding Up