We are still wrapping up all the goodness of 2022 with some fun guest posts. Check out this list from Merlock! The Stoner Doom/Psych band from The Pacific Northwest has a new record, Onward Strides Colossus, releasing soon on February 24th, 2023; so stay tuned for new music here. In the meantime, check out Merlock’s list of Top Releases from fellow Tru Z0inked Warriors:
Awesome Metal Band from Western Canada Arrival of Autumn, the band who made the “mapleogram” famous, has been prepping new music for 2023, which we hope to hear about soon! In the meantime, drummer Ty Fox shared his Top 10 Albums of 2022 with our readers! Continue reading
Denver gore-obsessed Death Metallers Angelic Desolation, not only make great extreme metal, they are students of the game as well! Their new album Orchestrionic Abortion is dropping on March 31st, 2023, and includes seven originals that slap and a sick Cattle Decapitation cover. Check outr their music and merch here. The band has blessed (cursed?) us to know their Top 10 Albums of 2022.
Press on, intrepid reader, to find out our top albums of 2022, as voted for by the cast, crew and hangers-on of the good ship Ghost Cult. Over 275 albums were nominated (including one stray and errant vote for Stryper… we’ve had words), some people lauded albums as the greatest of all time that no one else noticed, other albums picked up a steady stream of votes across the board without tickling the top of anyone’s charts, but through it all, we’ve been able to compile our team list of the best 75 albums of the year. And there are some absolute corkers, here. 75 of them, to be exact…
As we move into the meaty part of the Ghost Cult albums of the year for 2022 (as chosen solely by the team that dedicate their time to promote, analyse and share the love for the great alternative music that we exist to talk about), we find a mix of old favourites and a sprinkling of new rising and shining stars…Continue reading
After a false start, someone (naming no names) got rather over-excited about a new Power Metal band that promptly disappeared out of the collective consciousness, it wasn’t until mid-January, and a new 40 Watt Sun album, that alternative, rock and metal really got out of the starting blocks for 2022.Continue reading
