I never like to think in such definitive terms as “these are the best songs of 2022,” but as I see it, these tunes are may favorites and several are yours from the comments I had received too. So no ‘list’ as it were, or countdown, just some of my favorite tunes from the past year. Not a year for albums for sure, but some great songs on mediocre albums in many cases. Hopefully you agree with some, discover a few and complain about all of them and keep listening in ’23 for more metal. Thank you for being metal my friends, Happy New Year
| HOUR ONE | ||
| artist | song title | album title |
| Slipknot | The Chapeltown Rag | The End…So Far |
| Municipal Waste | Grave Dive | Electrified Brain |
| Revocation | Re-Crucified | Netherheaven |
| Arch Enemy | The Watcher | Deceivers |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Degradation Rules | Patient Number 9 |
| Hoaxed | The Call | Two Shadows |
| Sigh | Shoujahitsumetsu | Shiki |
| KEN Mode | But They Respect My Tactics | Null |
| Megadeth | We’ll Be Back | The Sick, The Dying and the Dead |
| Goatwhore | Voracious Blood Fixation | Angels Hung From the Arches of Heaven |
| Lamb of God | Grayscale | Omens |
| Exhumed | Drained of Color | To The Dead |
| Glassing | Sulk | Dire and Sulk |
| HOUR TWO | ||
| artist | song title | album title |
| Slayer | Epidemic | Reign in Blood |
| Spiritworld | Relic of Damnation | Deathwestern |
| Astronoid | Eyes | Radiant Bloom |
| Metallica | Lux AEterna | 72 Seasons |
| Cave In | Floating Skulls | Heavy Pendulum |
| Fallujah | Eden’s Lament | Empyrean |
| Zeal & Ardor | Gotterdamerung | Zeal & Ardor |
| Dead Cross | Christian Missile Crisis | II |
| Allegaeon | Into Embers | Damnum |
| Clutch | We Strive for Excellence | Sunrise on Slaughter Beach |
| Lorna Shore | Sun//Eater | Pain Remains |
| Fugitive | Hell’s Half Acre | Maniac |
| Spirit Adrift | Hollow | 20 Centuries Gone |
