Albums Of The Year 2022
2022 has been a brilliant year for music. Here, we present a collection of our favourite releases of the year across a wide spectrum of musical genres.
2022 has been a brilliant year for music. Here, we present a collection of our favourite releases of the year across a wide spectrum of musical genres.
Damnation Festival returns to Manchester for the first time in a long time and is set to take place at Bowlers Exhibition Centre on 5th November 2022.
Lamb Of God are back with Omens; another fine slice of heavy metal from the veteran Virginian rockers.
Swapping the sunshine of California for a rainy autumnal night in Manchester, stoner rock pioneers Fu Manchu visit Manchester Club Academy on their European tour.
Slipknot return for another blast of the extreme on The End, So Far…the closing of a chapter and the beginning of a new one? The signs are here.
Crippled Black Phoenix take the stage in Manchester on the release day of their new record; Banefyre. MØL & Impure Wilhelmina offer support.
News of the newly polished Lightning To The Nations album from Heavy Metal national treasures, Diamond Head.
Arch Enemy unleash Deceivers; the bands’ latest…their 11th… long player. Could this be a career high for the heavy metal outfit?
Soulfly continue to stand the test of time and the brothers Cavalera continue to thrive.
Amon Amarth invade our aural senses once again with their twelfth studio album of valorous Viking metal. Hail, The Great Heathen Army.
Download Festival makes its full return after 2021’s Pilot event with a stacked bill that featured the biggest and best in hard rock and metal.
Malevolence return to take 2022 by the scruff of the neck with their third long player; Malicious Intent.
Tailgunner have just released their latest single, Shadows Of War. They join us to write in our Why I Love column about German power metallers, Helloween.
Download Festival returns with another stacked and varied rock/metal bill for three of the finest days of the summer.
Ghost aka Papa Emeritus IV and his Nameless Ghouls, descend on Manchester to deliver another demonic ritual.