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Editorial · July 12, 2022 · George
Metalheads Podcast Top 25 Albums 2022 Midyear
It’s a midyear miracle! This episode we reveal our Top 25 metal albums released between January and June IN UNDER 5 HOURS! Pour a beer and prepare your ears for this aerodynamic countdown of the best metal recommendations around (and no one’s ever gonna keep em down). Plus, Will reads his old love letters from Jay.
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It’s a midyear miracle! This episode we reveal our Top 25 metal albums released between January and June IN UNDER 5 HOURS! Pour a beer and prepare your ears for this aerodynamic countdown of the best metal recommendations around (and no one’s ever gonna keep em down). Plus, Matt and John announce their new Sax in the City podcast.
- 25)Abbath - Dread Reaver
- 24)Undeath - It's Time...to Rise from the Grave
- 23)Saor - Origins
- 22)Nightfell - Never Comes the Storm
- 21)Ataraxy - The Last Mirror
- 20)The Chasm - The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow
- 19)Voivod - Synchro Anarchy
- 18)Wilderun - Epigone
- 17)Desolate Shrine - Fires of the Dying World
- 16)Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses
- 15)Kardashev - Liminal Right
- 14)WAIT - The End of Noise
- 13)Inanna - Void of Unending Depths
- 12)Arð - Take Up My Bones
- 11)Celeste - Assassine(s)
- 10)Abhoria - Abhoria
- 9)Kreator - Hate Über Alles
- 8)Falls of Rauros - Key to a Vanishing Future
- 7)Hath - All That Was Promised
- 6)White Ward - False Light
- 5)Temple of Void - Summoning the Slayer
- 4)Amorphis - Halo
- 3)Immolation - Acts of God
- 2)Cosmic Putrefaction - Crepuscular Dirge for the Blessed Ones
- 1)Cult of Luna - The Long Road North
- 25)Undeath - It's Time...to Rise from the Grave
- 24)Nechochwen - Kanawha Black
- 23)Monasterium - Cold are the Graves
- 22)Azaab - Summoning the Cataclysm
- 21)Luminous Vault - Animate the Emptiness
- 20)Wiegedood - There's Always Blood at the End of the Road
- 19)Ataraxy - The Last Mirror
- 18)Eucharist - I Am the Void
- 17)The Nest - Her True Nature
- 16)WAIT - The End of Noise
- 15)Kreator - Hate Über Alles
- 14)Abhoria - Abhoria
- 13)Misery Index - Complete Control
- 12)Immolation - Acts of God
- 11)White Ward - False Light
- 10)Werewolves - From the Cave to the Grave
- 9)Cosmic Putrefaction - Crepuscular Dirge for the Blessed Ones
- 8)The Chasm - The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow
- 7)Temple of Void - Summoning the Slayer
- 6)Voivod - Synchro Anarchy
- 5)Cult of Luna - The Long Road North
- 4)Amorphis - Halo
- 3)Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses
- 2)Arð - Take Up My Bones
- 1)Zeal and Ardor - Zeal and Ardor
- 25)Messa - Close
- 24)Khold - Svartsyn
- 23)Cave In - Heavy Pendulum
- 22)Satan - Earth Infernal
- 21)Temple of Void - Summoning the Slayer
- 20)Arð - Take Up My Bones
- 19)Feral Light - Psychic Contortions
- 18)Wilderun - Epigone
- 17)Saor - Origins
- 16)Black Fucking Cancer - Procreate Inverse
- 15)Kreator - Hate Uber Alles
- 14)Hath - All That Was Promised
- 13)Slaegt - Goddess
- 12)Negative Plane - The Pact
- 11)Amorphis - Halo
- 10)Graham Bonnet Band - Day Out of Nowhere
- 9)Cosmic Putrefaction - Crepuscular Dirge for the Blessed Ones
- 8)Kardashev - Liminal Light
- 7)Saxon - Carpe Diem
- 6)Nightfell - Never Comes the Storm
- 5)Scorpions - Rock Believer
- 4)Cult of Luna - The Long Road North
- 3)White Ward - False Light
- 2)Immolation - Acts of God
- 1)Abbath - Dread Reaver
- 25)Mutilatred - Determined to Rot
- 24)Midnight - Let There Be Witchery
- 23)Troglodyte - The Hierarachial Ecological Succession: Welcome to the Food Chain
- 22)Creeping Flesh - ...And Then the Bombs Came
- 21)Ataraxy - The Last Mirror
- 20)Ectoplasma - Inferna Kabbalah
- 19)Werewolves - From the Cave to the Grave
- 18)Konvent - Call Down the Sun
- 17)Azaab - Summoning the Cataclysm
- 16)Pike vs. The Automaton - Pike vs. The Automaton
- 15)Night Hag - Phantasmal Scourge
- 14)The Chasm - The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow
- 13)Brood of Hatred - The Golden Age
- 12)Desolate Shrine - Fires of the Dying World
- 11)Pharmacist - Flourishing Extremities on Unspoiled Mental Grounds
- 10)Undeath - It's Time...to Rise from the Grave
- 9)Druid Lord - Relics of the Dead
- 8)Abhoria - Abhoria
- 7)Saor - Origins
- 6)Firebreather - Dwell in Fog
- 5)Hundred Yeard Old Man - Sleep in the Light
- 4)Temple of Void - Summoning the Slayer
- 3)Cosmic Putrefaction - Crepuscular Dirge for the Blessed Ones
- 2)Immolation - Acts of God
- 1)Kreator - Hate Uber Alles
- 25)Abhoria - Abhoria
- 24)Arð - Take Up My Bones
- 23)Final Light - Final Light
- 22)Haunter - Discarnate Ails
- 21)Hath - All That Was Promised
- 20)Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses
- 19)Shape of Despair - Return to the Void
- 18)Vass/Katsionis - Ethical Dilemma
- 17)Temple of Void - Summoning the Slayer
- 16)Voivod - Synchro Anarchy
- 15)Desolate Shrine - Fires of the Dying World
- 14)Ataraxy - The Last Mirror
- 13)Bekor Qilish - Throes of Death from the Dreamed Nihilism
- 12)Epitaphe - II
- 11)Inanna - Void of Unending Depths
- 10)Marrasmieli - Martaiden mailta
- 9)Zero Hour - Agenda 21
- 8)Artificial Brain - Artificial Brain
- 7)Cosmic Putrefaction - Crepuscular Dirge for the Blessed Ones
- 6)Michael Romeo - War of the Worlds // Pt. 2
- 5)White Ward - False Light
- 4)Wilderun - Epigone
- 3)Amorphis - Halo
- 2)WAIT - The End of Noise
- 1)Cult of Luna - The Long Road North
- 25)Sanhedrin - Lights On
- 24)Arð - Take Up My Bones
- 23)Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses
- 22)Pyrithe - Monuments to Impermanence
- 21)Amorphis - Halo
- 20)Desolate Shrine - Fires of the Dying World
- 19)Magnatar - Crushed
- 18)Sentient Horror - Rites of Gore
- 17)Undeath - It's Time...to Rise from the Grave
- 16)Wiegedood - There's Always Blood at the End of the Road
- 15)Vital Spirit - Still as the Night, Cold as the Wind
- 14)Cosmic Putrefaction - Crepuscular Dirge for the Blessed Ones
- 13)White Ward - False Light
- 12)Feral Light - Psychic Contortions
- 11)Abhoria - Abhoria
- 10)In Aphelion - Moribund
- 9)Yatra - Born Into Chaos
- 8)Come to Grief - When the World Dies
- 7)Hath - All That Was Promised
- 6)Aara - Triade II: Hemera
- 5)Temple of Void - Summoning the Slayer
- 4)Cult of Luna - The Long Road North
- 3)Falls of Rauros - Key to a Vanishing Future
- 2)Celeste - Assassine(s)
- 1)Immolation - Acts of God
- 25)Norna - Star is Way Way is Eye
- 24)Feral Light - Psychic Contortions
- 23)Messa - Close
- 22)Fer de Lance - The Hyperborean
- 21)Ataraxy - The Last Mirror
- 20)Arð - Take Up My Bones
- 19)Dir en Grey - Phalaris
- 18)Diminished Empires - Dawn of Failure
- 17)Nightfell - Never Comes the Storm
- 16)Hangman's Chair - A Loner
- 15)Sarkany - Vernal Despair
- 14)Amorphis - Halo
- 13)Cave In - Heavy Pendulum
- 12)Cirkeln - A Song to Sorrow
- 11)Kardashev - Liminal Right
- 10)Ultha - All That Has Never Been True
- 9)Hath - All That Was Promised
- 8)Astronoid - Radiant Bloom
- 7)Celeste - Assassine(s)
- 6)Ante-Inferno - Antediluvian Dreamscapes
- 5)Dark Millennium - Acid River
- 4)Ancesthor - White Terror
- 3)Mountaineer - Giving up the Ghost
- 2)Inanna - Void of Unending Depths
- 1)Falls of Rauros - Key to a Vanishing Future