Top Demek 2022
2022 Faves. |
| 40 |  | Willi Carlisle
Peculiar, Missouri
Folk/Americana. Saw this one a few months back, a fold record with pink cover, had to hit the play button. Not an expert of the genre but really enjoyed the directness and humour of these lyrics. |
| 39 |  | L.S. Dunes
Past Lives
Post-Hardcore. Don't know where this came from, but got hooked from first listen. |
| 38 |  | Imperial Triumphant
Spirit of Ecstasy
Avant-Garde Black Metal with Jazz elements. Their most complicated and 'difficult' release to date. Requires many listens. |
| 37 |  | Come to Grief
When the World Dies
Sludge Metal from the titans (with different name). |
| 36 |  | Bloodbath
Survival of the Sickest
Groovy Death Metal. Simple and to the point. |
| 35 |  | Stick to Your Guns
Spectre
Pop-Hardcore. A mixture of hardcore with poppy hooks. Enjoyed that one. |
| 34 |  | Boston Manor
Datura
Pop-Core. Catchy EP with songs to sing along to. |
| 33 |  | Bob Vylan
Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life
Punk/Grime. Modern and relevant to 'what's happening now' stuff. |
| 32 |  | Wunderhorse
Cub
Alt. Rock that takes you back to the 90's. If the second songs was missing (with the sweet home Alabama riff) WTF!) it would be much more consistent. |
| 31 |  | Abyssus
Death Revival
Obituary worship Death Metal. Groovy and to the point. Very enjoyable. |
| 30 |  | The Flex
Chewing Gum For The Ears
Violent and genuine Hardcore from Leeds, UK. Angry AF. |
| 29 |  | The Bobby Lees
Bellevue
Garage Rock/Post-Punk. Great release in a very crowded and repetitive genre. |
| 28 |  | Gnod
Hexen Valley
Psychedelic/Noise Rock. Music to suck you in, from the masters. |
| 27 |  | The Callous Daoboys
Celebrity Therapist
Mathcore. If you miss ''Dillinger...'', listen to this one. |
| 26 |  | Esoctrilihum
Consecration of the Spiritus Flesh
French Black Metal. His best release of the year. Furious and chaotic. No breaks on this one. Relentless from start to finish. |
| 25 |  | SpiritWorld
Deathwestern
Simplistic Slayer riffing with Hardcore style vocals. How this can go wrong when you have these 2 elements!? |
| 24 |  | Mindforce
New Lords
Furious Hardcore Punk. Really surprised with this one. |
| 23 |  | The Temple (GR)
Of Solitude Triumphant
Traditional Doom Metal with good pace (not too slow), and great riffs. |
| 22 |  | Candy
Heaven Is Here
Progressive and violent forward thinking Hardcore with electronic elements. Cool stuff. |
| 21 |  | Drug Church
Hygiene
Post-Hardcore. Never really got into their previous release ''CHEER'', but the opener on ''Hygiene'' got me from the first seconds and this album stuck in the player for long time. |
| 20 |  | Krause
The Art of Fatigue
Sludgy Noise Rock. On their third album Krause found their voice with a good balance between their influences and originality. Enjoyed this one (maybe too much!). |
| 19 |  | Revocation
Netherheaven
Technical Death Metal by the most underrated band of the genre. |
| 18 |  | Machine Head
Of Kingdom and Crown
Heavy Metal with Chugs! Gave it a listen with ''Catharsis'' in mind and I was pleasantly surprised. Vogg made the difference. Killer groovy riffs. Maybe Machine Head's best album after ''Unto The Locust''. |
| 17 |  | Meshuggah
Immutable
Progressive Metal by OG's. They really can't release anything bad. |
| 16 |  | Faceless Entity
The Great Anguish of Rapture
Claustrophobic and haunting Black Metal. Scary stuff! |
| 15 |  | Bunuel
Killers Like Us
Post-Hardcore/Noise Rock from Oxbow's Eugene Robinson's other band. You cant go wrong with this one. |
| 14 |  | Chat Pile
God's Country
Sludge/Noise/Post-Hardcore. First listen on this one will remind you of Daughter's ''You Won't Get What You Want'', especially the vocal style. However, the lyrics and whole atmosphere is exceptional on this one. |
| 13 |  | Trha
tálcunnana dëhajma tun dejl bënatsë abcul’han dlhenisë ëlh inagat..
Ambient/Dungeon Synth Black Metal. His best effort this year. One long track, with haunting melodies and screeching vocals. |
| 12 |  | Fleshwater
We're Not Here To Be Loved
Alt. Metal. 90's feeling all over the place with a bit of Deftones worship. Really enjoyable album that takes you down to memory lane (if you're old!). |
| 11 |  | Lorna Shore
Pain Remains
Metalcore/Deathcore for people that they don't listen to core. The classical elements are nice on this one, vocals are the highlight, different from other release of the genre. |
| 10 |  | Wiegedood
There's Always Blood at the End of the Road
Progressive Black Metal. Love this bands releases, but with this one they took it a step forward. Very forward thinking and modern black metal. |
| 9 |  | Worn Mantle
Worn Mantle
Drone/Black/Death Metal. Found this album by accident and stuck in my player with me throughout the year. Super massive and dense sound that sucks you in. |
| 8 |  | Cave In
Heavy Pendulum
I can't categorise Cave In's music. Heavy rock with progressive and sludge elements maybe is a good description. My favourite of them after they debut album, with awesome production (Kurt Balloo). |
| 7 |  | SOUL GLO
Diaspora Problems
Energetic up to date Hardcore. Bad Brains vibes all over the place on this one. Great album, looking forward to what they will offer next, cause the bar is set too high with this one. |
| 6 |  | Author and Punisher
Kruller
Industrial/Drone. This should have been the original soundtrack to Dune. Amazing original material with a great Portishead cover. |
| 5 |  | Birds in Row
Gris Klein
French Post-Hardcore. Emotional AF. Their best release so far and in a new label (Red Creek) run by the Cult of Luna guys. |
| 4 |  | Wormrot
Hiss
How can a band from Singapore reinvent Grindcore?! Well, Hiss is the answer to that question. |
| 3 |  | Boris
fade
Drone from the Japanese gods. Their best effort of the year in my opinion. |
| 2 |  | Ultha
All That Has Never Been True
High quality dense Black Metal with massive atmosphere, and some groove! Cover is a bit meh, but the music material is gold. |
| 1 |  | The Halo Effect
Days of the Lost
Proper 90's style Swedish Melodic Death Metal. Way better in comparison to the material that the big 3 (In Flames, Dark Tranquillity & At The Gates) have released in years. |
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