
These are the records we heard and liked a lot in 2022, a year when music took a distant backseat to the critical problems facing the UK and the world. Records are listed in no particular order.

Meshuggah - IMMUTABLE. Atomic Fire

The Pixies - DOGGEREL. Warner Classics

Marketa Irglova - LILA. Overcoat Recordings

Behemoth - OPVS CONTRA MATVRAM. Nuclear Blast

Lamb Of God - OMENS. Epic Records

Messa - CLOSE. Svart Publishing

Bill Callahan - YTILAER. Drag City
Jacob Banks - LIES ABOUT THE WAR. Nobody Records

Fit For An Autopsy - OH WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. Nuclear Blast

Conjuror - PATHOS. Holy Roar Records