The year ended up with tons of killer releases, way more than I thought. Many of those won't be on the list but still decided to do 40 for 2022. These my not be on your list but they are my favorites for the year. I don't care to explain why each made the list.
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Don't see your favorite on the list? FUCK OFF!!
"Best of" 2022 Part 1 Here
January 17th "Best of" 2022 (Part 2)
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40. Gravelust
"Passage to the End"
(Drakkar Productions)
39. Writhing Shadows
"S/T"
(Gurgling Gore)
38. Sequestrum
"The Epitome of Putridity"
(Extremely Rotten Productions)
37. Sépulcre
"Cursed Ways of Sheol"
(Invictus Productions)
36. Damnation Lust
"Lords of Evil Power"
(Nuclear War Now! Productions)
35. Poisonous
"Doomed Pillars"
(Independent)
34. Critical Defiance
""No Life Forms"
(Unspeakable Axe Records)
33. Cruentation
"S/T"
(Independent)
32. Heinous
"Ritual, Blood and Mysterious Dawn"
(Nuclear War Now! Productions)
31. Below the Graves
"Death is Always Hungry"
(Independent)
30. Sacrilegia
"Sold Under Sin"
(Invictus Productions)
29. Church of Disgust
"Weakest Is the Flesh"
(Hells Headbangers Records)
28. White Rune
"Dawn of the White Rune"
(Hammer of Hate Records)
27. Tormentador
"Morte Negra"
(Nuclear War Now! Productions)
26. Mournful Moon
"Rose Velvet Dynasty"
(Independent)
25. Graveater
".​.​.of Harrowing Remains"
(Headsplit Records)
24. Morbus Grave
"Lurking into Absurdity"
(Chaos Records)
23. Konquest
"Time and Tyranny"
(No Remorse Records)
22. Nocturnal Graves
""An Outlaw's Stand"
(Season of Mist Underground Activists)
21. Black Beast
"Arctic Darkness"
(Primitive Reaction)
20. Behead
"Choose Your Death"
(Burning Coffin Records)
19. Necromutilator
"Oath of Abhorrence"
(Osmose Productions)
18. Devouror
"Diabolos Brigade"
(Listenable Records)
17. Thulsa Doom
"A Fate Worse than Death"
(Invictus Productions)
16. Daeva
"Through Sheer Will and Black Magic"
(20 Buck Spin)
15. Dead Head
"Slave Driver"
(Hammerheart Records)
14. Sickness
"Daemones Sub Terra"
(Nuclear Abominations Records)
13. Schizophrenia
"Recollections of the Insane"
(Redefining Darkness Records)
12. Abysmal Lord
"Bestiary of Immortal Hunger"
(Hells Headbangers Records)
11. Disma
"Earthendium"
(Necroharmonic Productions)
10. Ares Kingdom
"In Darkness at Last"
(Nuclear War Now! Productions)
9. Sadistic
"Rotting Eternal"
(Apocalyptic Productions)
8. Ymir
"Aeons of Sorrow"
(Werewolf Records)
7. Necromante
"XI"
(Iron Bonehead Productions)
6. Detherous
"Unrelenting Malevolence"
(Redefining Darkness Records)
5. Trenchant
"Commandoccult"
(Godz ov War Productions)
4. Protector
"Excessive Outburst of Depravity"
(High Roller Records)
3. Imprecation
"In Nomine Diaboli"
(Dark Descent Records)
2. Omegavortex / Pious Levus
"Split"
(Invictus Productions)
1. Blood Storm
"Cursedness of the Cinder Witch"
(Barbarian Wrath)
Here's 5 bonus releases that
didn't make the list worth mentioning.
click on band name for bandcamp link