The Top 20 Best Metal Albums of 2022 by BeMetalways Editor
It's that time of the year again! 35.Elder - Innate Passage 34.Misery Index - Complete Control 33.Magnum - The Monster Roars 32.Axel Rudi Pell - Lost XXIII 31.Avatarium - Death, Where Is Your Sting 30.Watain - The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain 29.Long Distance Calling - Eraser 28.Wilderun - Epigone 27.Candlemass - Sweet Evil Sun 26.Therion - Leviathan II 25.Joe Satriani - The Elephants of Mars 24.Saxon - Carpe Diem 23.Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One - Revel In Time 22.Bloodbath - Survival of the Sickest 21.Lamb of God - Omens ------------------------------------ Honorable Mentions: Krisiun - Mortem Solis Queensrÿche - Digital Noise Alliance Amorphis - Halo Megadeth - The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead! Amon Amarth - The Great Heathen Army Stratovarius - Survive Audrey Horne - Devil´s Bell Scorpions - Rock Believer HammerFall - Hammer of Dawn Biggest Disappointments: Parkway Drive - Darker Still Architects - The Classic Symptoms Of A Broken Spirit Favorite Album Cover Art: Axel Rudi Pell - Lost XXIII Dark Funeral - We Are The Apocalypse Evergrey - A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament) Saxon - Carpe Diem Stratovarius - Survive Favorite Guitar Solos: Little Pretty by Steve Vai from Inviolate Hybrids by Michael Romeo from War Of The Worlds, Pt. 2 Sahara by Joe Satriani from The Elephants of Mars We'll Be Back by Kiko Loureiro from Megadeth's The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead! Top 10 songs: Passenger by Wilderun from Epigone Cold Burn by Cult Of Luna from The Long Road North Master of Illusion by Battle Beast from Circus of Doom Candlepower by Steve Vai from Inviolate Deceiver, Deceiver by Arch Enemy from Deceivers Electric Again by Soilwork from Övergivenheten Övergivenheten by Soilwork from Övergivenheten Slaughter the martyr by Machine Head from Of Kingdom And Crown The Abysmal Eye by Meshuggah from Immutable Spillways by Ghost from IMPERA Favorite Shows: Mercyful Fate Iron Maiden Helloween Zeal & Ardor Battle Beast Disappointing Shows: None, after COVID...I think a concert will never be disappointing again in my life.
