Metacritic Aggregate: 2022 New Music: Metal

Notes

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Voivod: Synchro Anarchy (Century Media) {6}: AM:*, ClR:*, Ex:*, K:*, NT:*, Spk:* -- A:(82/9)
  2. Ghost: Impera (Loma Vista) {5}: AM:*, K:*, NME:*, PM:*YF:* -- A:(80/14)
  3. Rolo Tomassi: Where Myth Becomes Memory (MNRK) {5}: DIY:*, K:*, NT:*, Spk:*, Ups:* -- A:(86/11)
  4. Korn: Requiem (Loma Vista) {4}: AM:*, DIY:*, K:*, NME:* -- A:(76/12)
  5. Cloakroom: Dissolution Wave (Relapse) {3}: NR:*, NT:*, Spk:* -- A:(78/7)
  6. Cult of Luna: The Long Road North (Metal Blade) {3}: BPM:*, K:*, NT:* -- A:(84/8)
  7. Deaf Club: Productive Disruption (Three One G) {3}: NN:*, NT:*, Spk:* -- A:(85/3)
  8. Immolation: Acts of God (Nuclear Blast) {3}: K:*, NT:*, Spk:* -- A:(86/6)
  9. Soul Glo: Diaspora Problems (Epitaph) {3}: AM:*, BPM:*, Ex:* -- A:(85/5)
  10. Underoath: Voyeurist (Fearless) {3}: AM:*, K:*, Ups:* -- A:(81/5)
  11. Earthless: Night Parade of One HUndred Demons () {2}: NN:*, Spk:* -- A:(80/4)
  12. Eight Bells: Legacy of Ruin (Prophecy) {2}: NN:*, Spk:* -- A:(90/2)
  13. Foxtails: Fawn (Skeletal Lightning) {2}: Ne:*, Spk:* -- A:(80/2)
  14. Modern Error: Victim of a Modern Age () {2}: K:*, Ups:* -- A:(83/3)
  15. Napalm Death: Resentment Is Always Seismic: A Final Throw of Throes (Century Media -EP) {2}: AD:*, ClR:* -- A:(83/6)
  16. Venom Prison: Erebos (Century Media) {2}: K:*, Ups:* -- A:(84/8)
  17. Aeviterne: The Ailing Facade (Profound Lore) {1}: Spk:* -- A:(80/2)
  18. Amorphis: Halo (Atomic Fire) {1}: Spk:* -- A:(86/5)
  19. Author & Punisher: Kruller (Relapse) {1}: LBF:* -- A:(79/7)
  20. Bad Omens: The Death of Peace of Mind (Sumerian) {1}: Spk:* -- A:(70/3)
  21. Bitter Branches: Your Neighbors Are Failures (Equal Vision) {1}: NN:* -- A:(85/2)
  22. Bloodywood: Rakshak (self-released) {1}: K:* -- A:(78/6)
  23. Circa Survive: A Dream About Death (Rise -EP) {1}: K:* -- A:(80/1)
  24. Comeback Kid: Heavy Steps (Nuclear Blast) {1}: K:* -- A:(79/6)
  25. Crowbar: Zero and Below (MNRK Heavy) {1}: NN:* -- A:(77/5)
  26. Dark Funeral: We Are the Apocalypse (Century Media) {1}: NN:* -- A:(90/5)
  27. Eliminator: Ancient Light () {1}: RC:* -- A:(80/1)
  28. E-L-R: Vexier (Prophecy) {1}: NN:* -- A:(90/1)
  29. Falls of Rauros: Key to a Vanishing Future (Gilead Media/Eisenwald) {1}: Spk:* -- A:(85/2)
  30. Fit for an Autopsy: Oh What the Future Holds (Nuclear Blast) {1}: NN:* -- A:(86/5)
  31. Friends of Hell: Friends of Hell (Rise Above) {1}: K:* -- A:(80/1)
  32. Hath: All That Was Promised (Willowtip) {1}: Spk:* -- A:(85/4)
  33. Infected Rain: Ecdysis () {1}: NN:* -- A:(77/4)
  34. Krallice: Crystalline Exhaustion () {1}: Ne:* -- A:(70/2)
  35. Kurokuma: Born of Obsidian () {1}: K:* -- A:(85/2)
  36. Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One: Revel in Time (Inside Out Music) {1}: RC:* -- A:(83/3)
  37. Mass Worship: Portal Tombs (Century Media) {1}: NN:* -- A:(80/4)
  38. Mechina: Venator (self) {1}: Spk:* -- A:(80/1)
  39. Messa: Close (Svart) {1}: NN:* -- A:(78/4)
  40. Midnight: Let There Be Witchery (Metal Blade) {1}: NN:* -- A:(87/3)
  41. Oh Hiroshima: Myriad (Napalm) {1}: Spk:* -- A:(80/2)
  42. Once Human: Scar Weaver (EarMusic) {1}: K:* -- A:(83/3)
  43. Pridelands: Light Bends (Resist/SharpTone) {1}: -- NN:*
  44. Purple Dawn: Peace & Doom Session Vol II (Electric Valley) {1}: NN:* -- A:(80/2)
  45. Sanhedrin: Lights On (Metal Blade) {1}: NN:* -- A:(70/2)
  46. Saxon: Carpe Diem (Silver Lining) {1}: ClR:* -- A:(75/5)
  47. Scorpions: Rock Believer (Vertigo Berlin) {1}: ClR:* -- A:(75/4)
  48. Shapeshifter: Dark Ritual (-EP) {1}: Spk:* -- A:(80/1)
  49. Slaegt: Goddess (Century Media) {1}: K:* -- A:(85/2)
  50. Slowbleed: The Blazing Sun, a Fiery Dawn (Creator-Destructor) {1}: NN:* -- A:(85/2)
  51. Som: The Shape of Everything (Pelagic) {1}: NN:* -- A:(70/3)
  52. Sylvaine: Nova (Season of Mist) {1}: NN:* -- A:(86/3)
  53. Thank: Thoughtless Cruelty (Exploding in Sound) {1}: -- NN:*
  54. Tusgar: Matriarch (Church Road) {1}: K:* -- A:(90/2)
  55. Vein.fm: This World Is Going to Ruin You (Nuclear Blast) {1}: K:* -- A:(78/9)
  56. Wiegedood: There's Always Blood at the End of the Road (Century Media) {1}: K:* -- A:(85/4)
  57. Without Waves: Comedian (Prosthetic) {1}: NN:* -- A:(92/3)
  58. Worm Shepherd: Ritual Hymns (Unique Leader) {1}: NN:* -- A:(86/5)
  59. Wounded Touch: Americanxiety (Smartpunk) {1}: NN:* -- A:(85/2)
  60. Zeal and Ardor: Zeal & Ardor (MVKA) {1}: K:* -- A:(73/8)