Let’s Eat Grandma - Two Ribbons Lorna Shore - Pain Remains Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You Fleshwater - We’re Not Here To Be Loved 070 Shake - You Can’t Kill Me Bad Omens - The Death Of Peace Of Mind Arctic Monkeys - The Car The list could go on but I'll cut myself off here, haha!
@@mollyesanborn What did you think of A Light for Attracting Attention by The Smile? Your tier ranking of Radiohead's albums was what introduced me to your channel, that was a fun video! It was nice to see that you also appreciate The King of Limbs 🙂 A lot of fans don't dig it.. I somewhat understand, it's a bit abstract. But I love the whole sound and vibe of that record. I went in with zero expectations, kinda liked it and it really grew on me over time. And it was nice to see that you also really like A Moon Shaped Pool!! For years, In Rainbows was my favourite album, but now it's probably AMSP. A brilliant record, it's a masterpiece. I also really liked the album by The Smile, it's so good!
I actually quite enjoyed A Light For Attracting Attention, really anything Thom Yorke is involved with I usually end up liking. I wasn't even aware of The Smile until the end of this year, I'll definitely be keeping my eyes out for future releases from them.
Edit: OK apparently I've seen a ton of his Deftones covers. They're incredibly well done. Appreciate the list! Never heard Dimphonic before but your description was spot-on. First track immediately reminded me of my most listened to album of 2022....which came out in 2021. 🤷 Wayside - "Shine Onto Me"
I'm so glad I've finally been introduced to their music! Really looking forward to hearing where they take their music next. I'll be keeping my eye on them, that's for sure.
Here's mine! Lots of good stuff this year 1. Asunojokei - Island (japanese postmetal/blackgaze) 2. Holy Fawn - Dimensional Bleed 3. Thornhill - Heroine 4. Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory 5. Elephant Gym - Dreams Excited to listen to your picks, lots of bands I've never heard of. Oh and shoutout to nightlife and strawberry hospital EP's. edit: forgot to ask, where Otherness sits among Alexisonfire's discography.
Thanks for sharing your list! I really enjoyed the Holy Fawn album too, just didn't quite make my top ten. As for Alexisonfire this is actually the first album I've heard from them! I'll have to give a listen to their other stuff now.
Man, somehow I missed your last few uploads. Thanks a ton for these suggestions! I'd never heard of them. Your reaction vids to all the 90s/00s bands us older kids are into have been great to watch, and now that I know you have good music taste, I dig your suggestions for new music! Callous Daoboys are really fun, and I've only listened to them so far from your list. I would've been stuck listening to the 90s/00s stuff still lol. It's great to see these new bands putting out sick music and it's awesome to hear about them from someone who likes the classics! Would love to see/hear more suggestions for new music from you in the future! Keep up the awesome channel, my friend!
Aight. Heres my top 10 album of the year: 1. Mizmor and Thou - Myopia 2. Fleshwater - We're Not Here to be Loved 3. Cult of Luna - The Long Road North 4. Aeviterne - The Ailing Facade 5. Knoll - Metempiric 6. Dream Unending - Song of Salvation 7. Vermin Womb - Retaliation 8. Imperial Triumphant - Spirit of Ecstasy 9. Primitive Man - Insurmountable 10. Cave In - Heavy Pendulum
Oh that's so awesome! I really loved Horriplex, it's got such a great atmosphere to it. I need to check out your other albums now, I'm looking forward to hearing those :)
A+ list, I'll definitely have to check out the Dimphonic and Tallah albums now! Beach House, Rolo Tomassi, and Alexisonfire were all in my top 20, but they got edged out by these 10: 1. Gatherers - ( mutilator. ) 2. Static Dress - Rogue Carpet Disaster 3. Counterparts - A Eulogy for Those Still Here 4. Callous Daoboys - Celebrity Therapist 5. Wormrot - Hiss 6. Silverstein - Misery Made Me 7. Emery - Rub Some Dirt on It 8. The Soft Moon - Exister 9. KEN Mode - NULL 10. Royal Coda - To Only a Few At First
@@mollyesanborn His top two are fantastic. That Gatherers album is amazing. I’d also like to personally thrown in Stargazer by Moodring. I think with your love of Deftones and dark, moody, but melodic and catchy, you’d really get into it
Great list. Really digging AlexisonFire, Thornhill, Rolo Tomassi and Beach House. If you don't already, I think you'd really like 2022's 'The Death of Peace of Mind' by BAD OMENS. All great, but stand-out tracks for me are "Just Pretend", "Concrete Jungle" and "Like a Villain". ... Keep up the great work!
Glad you enjoyed the list. I have heard The Death Of Peace Of Mind, great album! It just didn't quite make my top ten but I enjoyed a lot of the tracks on it. Bad Omens have such a fantastic sound to them, very talented band.
Im listening to Rolo Tomassi's album now on ur kinda recommendation and im speechless. Ur description is so spot on, its beautiful and brutal, melodic and catchy and will rip ur damn head off! I have listened to em before but not since Cosmology and this new album is just something else. So thank u so so much Molly, this will b on high rotation from now on. U have great taste. Take care :)
That is so awesome to hear! I'm new to Rolo Tomassi's music as well and am really looking forward to hearing the rest of their albums now, because Where Myth Becomes Memory was incredible. I love how they balance the softness with the brutality so well.
@@mollyesanborn Absolutely. Music that fluctuates between the light and dark moments has always been my fave. And, as I said, this is gonna b amongst the top faves I already know. Have a great day and thanks again 😊👍
They're such a fantastic discovery for me this year, they've got a great sound going. I will definitely be keeping my eye on any new music they release in the future.
Since your channel so dedicated to discovering old albums, a top discoveries of 2022 list would be cool too. Endless Scroll podcast does this and I enjoy that episode more than actual top ten of the year.
I love Cult of Luna though if I'm honest The Long Road North did not impress as thoroughly as Mariner or Dawn to Fear before it which got me into their music. Cold Burn was great. Otherwise my favorite albums of the year would be: Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There (album of the year in my opinion) black midi - Hellfire Brutus - Unison Life Lorna Shore - Pain Remains Ghost - Impera (not their best, but still my most frequently listened album of the year)
10. Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful 9. 50 Foot Wave - Black Pearl 8. Eddie Vedder - Earthling 7. Gnod - Hexen Valley 6. Pixies - Doggerel 5. Eels - Extreme Witchcraft 4. Jack White - Fear of the Dawn 3. Cate le Bon - Pompeii 2. Slipknot - The End, So Far 1. Suede - Autofiction
Great selection, I'm happy to see Alexisonfire in 2nd place! I'm definitely going to look into your choices, I'm excited to hear Tallah and Dimphonic. Check out the album "Feel it all Around" by Soul Blind it's a Silverchair-esque "grunge-daze" band I recently discovered and immediately liked.
Awesome list I really enjoyed most of your picks and wish I spent more time with some of them. Based on your listening, I’ll recommend a few for you - Darko US-Oni (deathcore with wild modern glitches), Pool Kids-self titled (female vocals, emo, very fun guitar, watery), Arms Length -Never before seen, never again found (emo heart on the sleeve,passionate angst), Brutus- Unison Life (female vocals done by drummer, powerful, cranberries if they were more aggressive,), Birds in Row- Gris Klein (screamo side of post hardcore but for adults, very hard hitting fast paced music with passionate yells), Gospel -The Loser (post hardcore for adults, very exciting, with a horn section), Cave In- Heavy Pendulum (legacy band revived, riff central like Black Sabbath with hardcore edge), Greyhaven- this bright and beautiful world (very chaotic mathcore with grunge influence, FFO Dillinger, ETID), Drug Church- Hygeine (punk at hear over huge grunge guitars and a one of a kind vocalist). These aren’t necessarily my favorite but they are all exciting albums in one way or another and should please an adventurous listener!
I heard the Rolo album too after not knowing their past work and really liked it. Good to see it on your list, they're one of my big discoveries of the year too
👍🏻 my taste in music changes with my mood, I like a lot of different styles, but recently I can’t stop listening to an AFI playlist I have on my RUclips channel.
YES! So glad to see Rolo Tomassi getting some recognition. I discovered them early last year with their previous release "Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It" and it absolutely blew me away. Highly recommend you check that out as well, maybe do a video on it :) Oh and also, you should check out the new release from a band called Brutus, I think you might enjoy it.
Yes, I will absolutely be diving further into Rolo Tomassi's music. Where Myth Becomes Memory was my introduction to their music and it impressed me so much. Definitely excited to hear more! Oh, and I'll have to give the Brutus record a listen, thanks for your suggestion :)
I only have one album recommendation: Polyphia - Remember That You Will Die. Chino features on the song Bloodbath if you haven't heard it yet. And if you like Polyphia check out Intervals and The Omnific as well. I don't have a good list of 2022 albums to list, but I have to say I discovered Thornhill this year and went on a big spree of finding more of those Deftones-core type bands to vibe to while at work. I went thru a big pop punk phase, then nu metal nostalgia, then exploring metalcore, then more Deftones' influenced metalcore bands once I started discovering them. I wanted to recommend some artists that I discovered/dived into more this year (I know most of them didn't release anything in 2022): Sleep Token. They have heavy Deftones influence with beautiful vocals and heavy breakdowns. Lots of electronic tinge too. My #3 artist this year after discovering them. I found Thornhill after finding them and Spiritbox. Future Static. I found them this week from ARTV's top 50 songs of the year video. They really blew me away. I think you will like them, they just got a new singer and she sounds AMAZING. Also I love their bassist Kira's tone and clean vocals. They are small, but worth checking out. Dayseeker. They are also heavy with lots of clean vox. Good collabs with Bilmuri who was my top Spotify artist this year. Bilmuri. Johnny Franks of Attack Attack's solo project. Has some Deftones influence, but really encompasses every genre. Bring Me the Horizon. Massive band right? But I never really sat down to listen to them until I read that one of Ollie's biggest influences is Deftones. Rain Paris. She does metal/rock versions of pop/rap songs. I went on a big metal/pop punk covers binge early in the year. Coming out of 4-5 years of listening to mostly instrumental music lol. Northlane. Another band I had heard of, but I really dived into their catalog more this year. I think they would have something you enjoy as well. Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! Pop punk with breakdowns; I think they do it the best Wage War. Stitch has one of the heaviest breakdowns I've ever heard in my life Bullet for My Valentine. Tears Don't Fall is a classic Killswitch Engage. Still love their old stuff Hope you enjoy some of these. Lots of potential for content.
This is awesome, thanks for the suggestions! Yeah Thornhill is pretty amazing aren't they? Arkangel sucked me in and then I got listening to The Dark Pool, pretty different stylistically but both impressive records. I'm familiar with maybe half of the bands you listed, I'll be sure to check the rest out!
I barely listen to new music anymore but I'm looking forward to those Mastodon reactions if you have the time to do them, sorry to be off topic haha I'll give some of these a listen, though. Have a nice weekend dude!
@@mollyesanborn Their stuff is super intense but strangely emotional and exhilarating in a non-melodramatic way. There isn't much in the way of traditional metal guitar solos with them, it's just primal brutal detuned American folk music with hardcore punk and sludge metal thrown in there for good measure. The members of the band are the most chill and lovely people you will ever listen to who make the most insanely heavy, fun music. oh and their drummer is one of the greatest metal drummers ever
Mastodon are a fantastic case study in the development of their vocals. With their first album they just bark random unintelligible words, self confessed to barely put any thought to their lyrics, then they write a concept record with slightly better vocals. Some 5 albums later they have 3 excellent singers with 3 very distinct voices and some extremely deep lyrics. Talk about an awesome evolution.
@@mollyesanborn I'd like to add a couple of my tops from 2022 for you to check out too! Skids and Angels by Tobacco and The Organic Band by Babe Rainbow ✌
I will absolutely recommend (as a lifelong metalhead) you listen to the band Helmet, especially their albums Meantime and Betty. They are fucking amazing, knowing how much you enjoyed Korn and Tool! 🤟
@@mollyesanborn hey Molly, one of the bands I didn't hear, in relation to the pretty much of my og comment, was the Dallas cowb...callous daoboys and gave em a listen and I just have a big smile on my face. The last track gave me miss machine vibes for some reason; could see it next to a track like unretrofied or something. On point thank you
im so happy seeing the callous daoboys on this list that album is definitely my favorite of the year i cannot stop listening to it since i first heard it wlkefj,, i procrastinated on listening to tallah and rolo tomassi way too long ill definitely be checking out these albums now !!
I fell in love with once twice melody. First listen. Haven't had a favorite album for a while now. And this one is just for me. even now, still finding new stuff, new hooks
I recommended Rolo Tomassi on here a while back. Glad you finally checked them out. Please listen to their other ones albums they have quite a wide ranging catalog.
Yeah I am so glad I finally got around to checking out their music! Such a talented band with an amazing sound. I'll certainly be listening to the rest of their albums now.
Cool it down by yea yea yeas gives me big arcade fire suburbs vibes; maybe some mgmt oracular spectacular as well. All for it man loved that album, love this album
Great list! And so glad you checked out Rolo Tomassi! Definitely my AOTY. I saw both them and The Callous Daoboys in Brooklyn in September and they both go HARD live. Eva's screams blew my mind. I also got a good laugh because after listening to her WAIL for the first few songs, she addressed the crowd in this sweet little British accent that sounds like it could belong to a polite librarian. Just more of that contrast you were talking about!
i have checked some music websites and I found some more well received albums in 2022: Elder - "Innate Passage" The Cult - "Under a Midnight Sun" Cave In - "Heavy Pendulum" Gospel - "The Loser" Disillusion - "Ayam" Pool Kids - "Pool Kids" City of Caterpillar - "Mystic Sisters" Deserta - "Every Moment, Everything You Need" Peregrine - "The Awful Things We've Done"
I remember a while back I left a comment asking you to check out Tallah for some modern nu-metal goodness, pretty chuffed that its your album of the year (TGoD is definitely my album of the year too) Its pretty incredible how Tallah simply don't miss, they haven't put out a single bad or even 'average' track yet.
Awesome list. I few albums I haven't heard, and one band I had never heard of, but what I have heard I love. Here are my top ten favorite albums of 2022. 1. Static Dress - Rouge Carpet Disaster (post-hardcore/emo pop/metalcore) 2. Nechochwen - Kanawha Black (blackened folk metal/progressive rock/death metal) 3. Marrasmieli - Martaiden mailta (atmospheric pagan black metal) 4. Anxious - Little Green House (emo/hardcore punk/pop punk) 5. Pool Kids - Pool Kids (math rock/post-hardcore/pop rock) 6. Metric - Formentera (synth-pop/new wave/indie rock) 7. Brutus - Unison Life (post-hardcore/math rock/post-metal) 8. Mossgiver - The Song Among Branches (atmospheric black metal) 9. Blackbraid - Blackbraid I (atmospheric black metal) 10. Darko US - Oni (progressive deathcore/nu metalcore/mathcore) Honorable mentions 1. White Ward - False Light (avant-garde post-black metal) 2. The Callous Daoboys - Celebrity Therapist (mathcore/post-hardcore/pop punk) 3. Wormrot - Hiss (grindcore) 4. The Wonder Years - The Hum Goes On Forever (pop punk/emo/alternative rock) 5. Ghost - Impera (hard rock/heavy metal/pop rock)
Alexisonfire AND Rolo Tomassi?? Hell yeah! Most of these I actually agree wholeheartedly, but these ones I wasn't really expecting, really nice to see that you already know these two great bands! Where Myths Become Memory is a great album, an enormous record by the band as always, hope you make some reactions of their discography or listen on your own, Eva's vocals are phenomenal and the enormous variety of experimentation and uniqueness, with all the great texturing and jazziness, is honestly pretty bonkers, it's fun as hell. Didn't heard (yet) the new Mars Volta project but the singles made me expect greatness all around. I'd probably pick False Light by White Ward in place of something else tho, it's a great display of emotion through aggressive sadness.
I'm new to Rolo Tomassi and Alexisonfire, I've only heard these two albums from them so I'm excited to dive further into both of their discographies now. I love what I've heard so far! And I'll have to go listen to False Light by White Ward now too.
@@mollyesanborn they're great! Rolo Tomassi has an all around DIY aesthetic and way of doing music, so it is wildly experimental and not at all standard in the early days, Histerics and Astraea being my personal favorites from them! Alexisonfire is also very great, this one got me so excited because it feels like something entirely new in the middle of early 2000s Screamo post-hardcore while still being very recognizable, being always very angry and personal in the vocals, highly recommend both of these.
Here are mine 1. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There 2. Chat Pile - God's Country 3. BLACK MIDI - Hellfire 4. Cloakroom - Dissolution Wave 5. Viagra Boys - Cave World 6. Health - DISCO4 :: PART II 7. OG Keemo - Mann Beisst Hund 8. Show Me The Body - Trouble The Water 9. Soft Kill - Canary Yellow 10. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
Nice list! I just discovered yesterday that HEALTH had a new album out this year.. not sure if it would have made my list or not but I've definitely been enjoying it.
I had to click on this one. Molly usually has really good tastes. I want to see her react to Poppy. I feel like that would make a very interesting video. Try Poppy's 'I disagree' album then dive into her metalcore EP 'Eat'
Haven't listened to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs album yet. Definitely gonna need some energy for the weekend so I'll give it a shot. Dope list all in all. Tallah is unbelievable 🔥
I'm about halfway through The Long Road North right now, and this album is absolutely amazing, I'd think it would be too soon to say it's one of my favorite albums this year, but I think it is! This year has had some of the best albums I've heard in a long time. The End, So Far by Slipknot, Requiem by Korn, Pain Remains by Lorna Shore, Suffer In Hell by Chelsea Grin, and some others. This year really has been a great year for metal (and music in general), I hope next year will do great too! Also I thought it was cool that Pain Remains was an honorable mention for you, that is my favorite album of all time :D
Oh I'm so glad you are enjoying The Long Road North! I'm not familiar with Cult Of Luna's discography but I saw they had a new album out this year so I decided to check it out, and that opening track had me floored. And then I just sat and listened to the whole thing in one sitting, it's just so impressive of an album. But yeah this year has been great, I'll be curious to hear the Korn album when I get to it in my reaction series.
NICE! Well thank you so much for the suggestion, because Celebrity Therapist was an amazing listen. I look forward to hearing more of their discography now.
Nice! We've certainly got some similar favorites. Dimensional Bleed was a great listen, it didn't make it on my list but Holy Fawn really delivered on that album.
yes tallah's the generation of danger was excellent! as someone who got into music during the nu-metal years (2002-2003) through korn , slipknot and linkin park that album was a very nice surprise!
I know, I've been getting really into the nu metal era bands here on my channel so discovering a current band that is keeping that sound going makes me so happy! They've got something very special, that's for sure.
I love end of year list time. These comments are gonna be a goldmine. There's a few in your list I'm gonna have to check out. Were there any contenders for your list that weren't released this year? Or maybe a top list of what you reacted to? I find there's so much music these days and so little time, so I do my top "what I heard" this year. 1. Soilwork - A Whisp of the Atlantic 2. Draconian - Under a Godless Veil 3. Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation 4. Rammstein - Zeit 5. Regurgitator - Dirty Pop Fantasy 6. Oceans of Slumber - Starlight & Ash 7. Malevolence - Malicious Intent 8. Weezer - White Album 9. Machine Head - Of Kingdom and Crown 10. Lamb of God - Omens HM: Arch Enemy - Deceivers, Billy Howerdel - What Normal Was, The Butterfly Effect - IV, Clutch - Sunrise on Slaughter Beach, Counterparts - A Eulogy for those still here, Slipknot - The End So Far, Vola - Inmazes, Spiritbox - Eternal Blue, (Hed)pe - Sandmine. Should've just done a top 20. Lol!
Nice list, I'll definitely have to check some of these out. It would be kinda fun to do a top ten albums out of every album I heard this year, regardless of its release date. I already struggle enough with picking ten from 2022 alone though so that might be too difficult, lol!
@@mollyesanborn Hahaha! Yeah I don't necessarily look for stuff outside of 2022, I just add anything I heard, sometimes there's none, sometimes a lot. Usually it's because I find so many albums during this 'end of year list' time that I order the cd and it doesn't arrive in time for my yearly list, but I want to shout it out the following year...or I discover a new band and my deep dive leads to older album.
My list of 10 Favorite Albums of 2022 are as follows (by the way This is a list, no rankings.) Korn- Requiem The Fixx- Every Five seconds Alter Bridge- Pawns and Kings Sabaton- The war to end all Wars Slipknot- The End so far Jack White- Entering Heaven alive Ozzy Osborne- Patient No. 9 Mark Tremonti- Sings Frank Sinatra Tears for fears- Tipping Point Disturbed- Divisive (this one was debatable because it wasn't as impressive as their other albums but it was either that, megadeth new album or Def Leppard new album. I chose Disturbed)
Thanks for sharing your list! Really looking forward to hearing Requiem, I was a bit sad I couldn't listen to it this year since I really want to keep going in order for Korn's albums.
I'd never heard Alexisonfire up until hearing Otherness, I randomly decided to listen to it because I thought the album cover was dope. And then I ended up loving the music. I will definitely check out the rest of their discography now!
@@mollyesanborn I actually recommended it in the comments a few times believe it or not. But alexisonfire and City and Colour (the guitarist band) are both great
Tallah and beach house blew me away this year! Out of curiosity, did you ever have a chance to listen to big thief’s dragon new warm mountain I believe in you this year? Truly a folk masterpiece! One of my favorites
Alexisonfire - Otherness A really underrated album. In fact, a really underrated band. They definitely transcend post-hardcore, which in my opinion is a very boring rock music subgenre.
@@mollyesanborn by the way, agreed a 100% with your #1 choice and the way you described it. Listened to it today for the first time and you were spot on. So… Thanks? 🤓
In my opinion, Heroine is better than The Dark Pool, although I love The Dark Pool's metalcore-ish sound, Heroine is just so good I can't stop loving it.
I'm completely split between the two as well, I keep going back and forth on which I prefer. I'd say from a technical standpoint I'd give it to The dark Pool but Heroine just has so many killer tracks on it, it's addictive!
you should give Alice In Chains "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" a listen or Jerry Cantrells solo album Degradation Trip 1 & 2. Layne Staley also had a small little group called Class Of 99" - Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2 you should that out
i really like: yeah yeah yeahs - wolf. I am so disappointed by the mix for thornhill - heroine as the songs are so good but the mix is terrible imo. what is your favorite alexisonfire album? kinda surprised you dont have: metric - formentera on your list. it's an excellent album. i also like the new billy howdrell album - what normal was (perfect circle guitarist songwriter) and also gospel - the loser. my favorite 2022 album is: humantone - a flourising fall in a grain of sand. i also like the new: septicflesh, catly rae jepson, aurora albums.
There's definitely a different sound to Heroine vs The Dark Pool, I got the impression they intentionally mixed Heroine that way to give it a sort of muddy, distorted sound. I guess it worked for my ears. And I really enjoyed the Metric album and Aurora's album as well! They just didn't quite make my top ten.
Tallah’s ‘Matriphagy’ is definitely right up there. They only do concept albums, TGOD was about a scientist who has all these accomplishments go mad because the company he works for take all the credit.. Matriphagy is about a kid who was emotionally and physically abused to the point where he kills his mother, consumes her and reflects on it.
Can you maybe react to metallica, pantera or iron maiden albums sometime in the future? Would be cool Or bullerslug would also be very cool, they only have one album to my knowledge named cheer up goth, it would also be very awesome if you could react to them sometime
Surprised to see rolo on here, theyre unbelievably underrated, but such an amazing band ive been following for a decade now. Still awaiting their US tour lol. Also shocked to see AOF so high up, I thought it was poo, lyrics are just god awful cringe. TMV was one of my tops of the year as well though
Yard Act The Overload British neo-new wave, droll, good A Sam Prekop - John McEntire Sons Of Super super deep chill. When you went too hard and need to really come down. A- Lee Bains + The Glory Fires Old-Time Folks Honky-American good lyrics A- Cuco Fantasy Gateway Psychadelic dreamy pop A- Ezra Furman All Of Us Flames Solid rocker, good lyrics, not as outrageous as usual B+ Alex G God Save The Animals Indie singer B+ Soul Glo Diaspora Problems Edge edge edgy power punk B+ Fontaines D.C. Skinty Fia Irish post-punk, melodic B+ Wet Leg Wet Leg lo fi girl alt rock B+ Weyes Blood And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow Sweet pop singer, 70s vibe B+
Wormrot - Hiss was probably my #1 this year. It's rare to find a grindcore album where every song has its own distinct flavor. Other than that, I couldn't say. No top 10.
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Do you have any honourable mentions?
Let’s Eat Grandma - Two Ribbons
Lorna Shore - Pain Remains
Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Fleshwater - We’re Not Here To Be Loved
070 Shake - You Can’t Kill Me
Bad Omens - The Death Of Peace Of Mind
Arctic Monkeys - The Car
The list could go on but I'll cut myself off here, haha!
New sound of animals fighting ep came out very recently and it's also amazing
@@sawyeratkinson I love Wolf
@@mollyesanborn What did you think of A Light for Attracting Attention by The Smile?
Your tier ranking of Radiohead's albums was what introduced me to your channel, that was a fun video! It was nice to see that you also appreciate The King of Limbs 🙂 A lot of fans don't dig it.. I somewhat understand, it's a bit abstract. But I love the whole sound and vibe of that record. I went in with zero expectations, kinda liked it and it really grew on me over time.
And it was nice to see that you also really like A Moon Shaped Pool!! For years, In Rainbows was my favourite album, but now it's probably AMSP. A brilliant record, it's a masterpiece.
I also really liked the album by The Smile, it's so good!
I actually quite enjoyed A Light For Attracting Attention, really anything Thom Yorke is involved with I usually end up liking. I wasn't even aware of The Smile until the end of this year, I'll definitely be keeping my eyes out for future releases from them.
Edit: OK apparently I've seen a ton of his Deftones covers. They're incredibly well done.
Appreciate the list! Never heard Dimphonic before but your description was spot-on.
First track immediately reminded me of my most listened to album of 2022....which came out in 2021. 🤷
Wayside - "Shine Onto Me"
Nice Dimphonic shout. Found them through the singers clone covers. Dope band.
I'm so glad I've finally been introduced to their music! Really looking forward to hearing where they take their music next. I'll be keeping my eye on them, that's for sure.
Here's mine! Lots of good stuff this year
1. Asunojokei - Island (japanese postmetal/blackgaze)
2. Holy Fawn - Dimensional Bleed
3. Thornhill - Heroine
4. Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory
5. Elephant Gym - Dreams
Excited to listen to your picks, lots of bands I've never heard of. Oh and shoutout to nightlife and strawberry hospital EP's.
edit: forgot to ask, where Otherness sits among Alexisonfire's discography.
Thanks for sharing your list! I really enjoyed the Holy Fawn album too, just didn't quite make my top ten. As for Alexisonfire this is actually the first album I've heard from them! I'll have to give a listen to their other stuff now.
Man, somehow I missed your last few uploads. Thanks a ton for these suggestions! I'd never heard of them. Your reaction vids to all the 90s/00s bands us older kids are into have been great to watch, and now that I know you have good music taste, I dig your suggestions for new music! Callous Daoboys are really fun, and I've only listened to them so far from your list. I would've been stuck listening to the 90s/00s stuff still lol. It's great to see these new bands putting out sick music and it's awesome to hear about them from someone who likes the classics! Would love to see/hear more suggestions for new music from you in the future! Keep up the awesome channel, my friend!
Had to add, Dimphonic is sick too! :)
Aight. Heres my top 10 album of the year:
1. Mizmor and Thou - Myopia
2. Fleshwater - We're Not Here to be Loved
3. Cult of Luna - The Long Road North
4. Aeviterne - The Ailing Facade
5. Knoll - Metempiric
6. Dream Unending - Song of Salvation
7. Vermin Womb - Retaliation
8. Imperial Triumphant - Spirit of Ecstasy
9. Primitive Man - Insurmountable
10. Cave In - Heavy Pendulum
Thanks for sharing your list, I'll have to give some of these a listen.
@@mollyesanborn most of this list are just straight extreme brutality music (except for Fleshwater, Cult of Luna and Cave In)
Someone on our Instagram sent me this video. I’m honored that our band made your list 🤘🥹 I’m glad you enjoyed Horriplex!
Oh that's so awesome! I really loved Horriplex, it's got such a great atmosphere to it. I need to check out your other albums now, I'm looking forward to hearing those :)
A+ list, I'll definitely have to check out the Dimphonic and Tallah albums now! Beach House, Rolo Tomassi, and Alexisonfire were all in my top 20, but they got edged out by these 10:
1. Gatherers - ( mutilator. )
2. Static Dress - Rogue Carpet Disaster
3. Counterparts - A Eulogy for Those Still Here
4. Callous Daoboys - Celebrity Therapist
5. Wormrot - Hiss
6. Silverstein - Misery Made Me
7. Emery - Rub Some Dirt on It
8. The Soft Moon - Exister
9. KEN Mode - NULL
10. Royal Coda - To Only a Few At First
Oh nice, I haven't heard of a lot of these. I'll have to check them out!
@@mollyesanborn His top two are fantastic. That Gatherers album is amazing. I’d also like to personally thrown in Stargazer by Moodring. I think with your love of Deftones and dark, moody, but melodic and catchy, you’d really get into it
Great list. Really digging AlexisonFire, Thornhill, Rolo Tomassi and Beach House. If you don't already, I think you'd really like 2022's 'The Death of Peace of Mind' by BAD OMENS. All great, but stand-out tracks for me are "Just Pretend", "Concrete Jungle" and "Like a Villain". ... Keep up the great work!
Glad you enjoyed the list. I have heard The Death Of Peace Of Mind, great album! It just didn't quite make my top ten but I enjoyed a lot of the tracks on it. Bad Omens have such a fantastic sound to them, very talented band.
Im listening to Rolo Tomassi's album now on ur kinda recommendation and im speechless. Ur description is so spot on, its beautiful and brutal, melodic and catchy and will rip ur damn head off! I have listened to em before but not since Cosmology and this new album is just something else. So thank u so so much Molly, this will b on high rotation from now on. U have great taste. Take care :)
That is so awesome to hear! I'm new to Rolo Tomassi's music as well and am really looking forward to hearing the rest of their albums now, because Where Myth Becomes Memory was incredible. I love how they balance the softness with the brutality so well.
@@mollyesanborn Absolutely. Music that fluctuates between the light and dark moments has always been my fave. And, as I said, this is gonna b amongst the top faves I already know. Have a great day and thanks again 😊👍
I love their new album but “time will die and love will bury it” is a masterpiece imo
@@bonnibella2003 ill definitely give it a spin. something tells me im gonna love it. thanks :)
Glad you enjoyed Dimphonic, they are great and deserves more attention! 🤘🏽
They're such a fantastic discovery for me this year, they've got a great sound going. I will definitely be keeping my eye on any new music they release in the future.
Thank You for sharing! Dimphonic are really cool, havent heard them before) 🤘
Thanks for watching, and glad you discovered Dimphonic!
Since your channel so dedicated to discovering old albums, a top discoveries of 2022 list would be cool too. Endless Scroll podcast does this and I enjoy that episode more than actual top ten of the year.
Cool idea! I'll have to consider that.
Very happy to see Rolo Tomassi on here! Shot a show of theirs (and Callous Daoboys!) earlier this year and they were incredible. Also lovely people!
I love Cult of Luna though if I'm honest The Long Road North did not impress as thoroughly as Mariner or Dawn to Fear before it which got me into their music. Cold Burn was great. Otherwise my favorite albums of the year would be:
Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There (album of the year in my opinion)
black midi - Hellfire
Brutus - Unison Life
Lorna Shore - Pain Remains
Ghost - Impera (not their best, but still my most frequently listened album of the year)
Oh nice list! Pain Remains was real close to being in my top ten.
Thank you for telling me about Tallah. I've been listening to both of their albums non-stop now!
Oh that's so awesome! I'm new to their music too but I'm so glad I discovered them, such a great band.
10. Spiritualized - Everything Was Beautiful
9. 50 Foot Wave - Black Pearl
8. Eddie Vedder - Earthling
7. Gnod - Hexen Valley
6. Pixies - Doggerel
5. Eels - Extreme Witchcraft
4. Jack White - Fear of the Dawn
3. Cate le Bon - Pompeii
2. Slipknot - The End, So Far
1. Suede - Autofiction
I'm gonna have to go check some of these out!
@@mollyesanborn cannot recommend Autofiction enough. As good as any record.
loving the eddie vedder album that i didn't know existed. going to check out some more from your list.
@@spaceghost27 right? It's so much more involved than I would have guessed, really not to be slept on!
I love to see different perspectives on music lists. Found a couple I didn't know about, and I look forward to fully checking them out. Thank you!
I'm really happy to hear that! Hopefully you'll enjoy some of my picks for the year :)
Great selection, I'm happy to see Alexisonfire in 2nd place! I'm definitely going to look into your choices, I'm excited to hear Tallah and Dimphonic. Check out the album "Feel it all Around" by Soul Blind it's a Silverchair-esque "grunge-daze" band I recently discovered and immediately liked.
Yeah definitely give the Tallah and Dimphonic records a listen, both are great! And thanks for your suggestion, sounds pretty cool.
Awesome list I really enjoyed most of your picks and wish I spent more time with some of them. Based on your listening, I’ll recommend a few for you - Darko US-Oni (deathcore with wild modern glitches), Pool Kids-self titled (female vocals, emo, very fun guitar, watery), Arms Length -Never before seen, never again found (emo heart on the sleeve,passionate angst), Brutus- Unison Life (female vocals done by drummer, powerful, cranberries if they were more aggressive,), Birds in Row- Gris Klein (screamo side of post hardcore but for adults, very hard hitting fast paced music with passionate yells), Gospel -The Loser (post hardcore for adults, very exciting, with a horn section), Cave In- Heavy Pendulum (legacy band revived, riff central like Black Sabbath with hardcore edge), Greyhaven- this bright and beautiful world (very chaotic mathcore with grunge influence, FFO Dillinger, ETID), Drug Church- Hygeine (punk at hear over huge grunge guitars and a one of a kind vocalist). These aren’t necessarily my favorite but they are all exciting albums in one way or another and should please an adventurous listener!
Thanks for the suggestions! I'm not familiar with any of these, I look forward to checking them out.
@@mollyesanborn awesome! Would love to hear your thoughts
I heard the Rolo album too after not knowing their past work and really liked it. Good to see it on your list, they're one of my big discoveries of the year too
👍🏻 my taste in music changes with my mood, I like a lot of different styles, but recently I can’t stop listening to an AFI playlist I have on my RUclips channel.
Oh I feel that, my taste in music changes COMPLETELY based on my mood as well.
I was not aware the Mars Volta had a new album, so thanks for that :)
Oh cool, definitely give it a listen when you get the chance! It's a really great album.
So happy Cult of Luna made the list. They consistently release outstanding albums. absolutely flawless. Easily one of favourite bands right now.
Yes, they're amazing!
YES!
So glad to see Rolo Tomassi getting some recognition. I discovered them early last year with their previous release "Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It" and it absolutely blew me away. Highly recommend you check that out as well, maybe do a video on it :)
Oh and also, you should check out the new release from a band called Brutus, I think you might enjoy it.
Yes, I will absolutely be diving further into Rolo Tomassi's music. Where Myth Becomes Memory was my introduction to their music and it impressed me so much. Definitely excited to hear more! Oh, and I'll have to give the Brutus record a listen, thanks for your suggestion :)
If you loved The Generation of Danger, you should do a reaction to their first album titled "Matriphagy."
I will definitely have to consider doing that! The Generation Of Danger was such a wild ride.
I only have one album recommendation:
Polyphia - Remember That You Will Die. Chino features on the song Bloodbath if you haven't heard it yet.
And if you like Polyphia check out Intervals and The Omnific as well.
I don't have a good list of 2022 albums to list, but I have to say I discovered Thornhill this year and went on a big spree of finding more of those Deftones-core type bands to vibe to while at work. I went thru a big pop punk phase, then nu metal nostalgia, then exploring metalcore, then more Deftones' influenced metalcore bands once I started discovering them.
I wanted to recommend some artists that I discovered/dived into more this year (I know most of them didn't release anything in 2022):
Sleep Token. They have heavy Deftones influence with beautiful vocals and heavy breakdowns. Lots of electronic tinge too. My #3 artist this year after discovering them. I found Thornhill after finding them and Spiritbox.
Future Static. I found them this week from ARTV's top 50 songs of the year video. They really blew me away. I think you will like them, they just got a new singer and she sounds AMAZING. Also I love their bassist Kira's tone and clean vocals. They are small, but worth checking out.
Dayseeker. They are also heavy with lots of clean vox. Good collabs with Bilmuri who was my top Spotify artist this year.
Bilmuri. Johnny Franks of Attack Attack's solo project. Has some Deftones influence, but really encompasses every genre.
Bring Me the Horizon. Massive band right? But I never really sat down to listen to them until I read that one of Ollie's biggest influences is Deftones.
Rain Paris. She does metal/rock versions of pop/rap songs. I went on a big metal/pop punk covers binge early in the year. Coming out of 4-5 years of listening to mostly instrumental music lol.
Northlane. Another band I had heard of, but I really dived into their catalog more this year. I think they would have something you enjoy as well.
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! Pop punk with breakdowns; I think they do it the best
Wage War. Stitch has one of the heaviest breakdowns I've ever heard in my life
Bullet for My Valentine. Tears Don't Fall is a classic
Killswitch Engage. Still love their old stuff
Hope you enjoy some of these. Lots of potential for content.
This is awesome, thanks for the suggestions! Yeah Thornhill is pretty amazing aren't they? Arkangel sucked me in and then I got listening to The Dark Pool, pretty different stylistically but both impressive records. I'm familiar with maybe half of the bands you listed, I'll be sure to check the rest out!
I barely listen to new music anymore but I'm looking forward to those Mastodon reactions if you have the time to do them, sorry to be off topic haha I'll give some of these a listen, though. Have a nice weekend dude!
I'll try and get to Mastodon in January, I can't wait to dive into their albums!
@@mollyesanborn Their stuff is super intense but strangely emotional and exhilarating in a non-melodramatic way. There isn't much in the way of traditional metal guitar solos with them, it's just primal brutal detuned American folk music with hardcore punk and sludge metal thrown in there for good measure. The members of the band are the most chill and lovely people you will ever listen to who make the most insanely heavy, fun music.
oh and their drummer is one of the greatest metal drummers ever
Mastodon are a fantastic case study in the development of their vocals. With their first album they just bark random unintelligible words, self confessed to barely put any thought to their lyrics, then they write a concept record with slightly better vocals. Some 5 albums later they have 3 excellent singers with 3 very distinct voices and some extremely deep lyrics. Talk about an awesome evolution.
thanks for this! just lumped em all into a playlist to check out in time.. already had the mars volta and beach house albums in that playlist.
Cool! Hope you enjoy them :)
@@mollyesanborn I'd like to add a couple of my tops from 2022 for you to check out too! Skids and Angels by Tobacco and The Organic Band by Babe Rainbow ✌
Cool, thanks for the suggestions!
I will absolutely recommend (as a lifelong metalhead) you listen to the band Helmet, especially their albums Meantime and Betty. They are fucking amazing, knowing how much you enjoyed Korn and Tool! 🤟
Helmet is very high up on my list of bands I NEED to do reactions to. Can't wait to hear their music!
Pretty much listened to almost everything on your list, fairly eclectic...2022 had some pretty great albums come out compared to some other years.
This was a really good year, it started off kinda slow but we ended up getting some pretty awesome new music!
@@mollyesanborn hey Molly, one of the bands I didn't hear, in relation to the pretty much of my og comment, was the Dallas cowb...callous daoboys and gave em a listen and I just have a big smile on my face. The last track gave me miss machine vibes for some reason; could see it next to a track like unretrofied or something. On point thank you
im so happy seeing the callous daoboys on this list that album is definitely my favorite of the year i cannot stop listening to it since i first heard it wlkefj,, i procrastinated on listening to tallah and rolo tomassi way too long ill definitely be checking out these albums now !!
I'm new to the Callous Daoboys and that album was such a great listen! I'm so glad I discovered them.
I fell in love with once twice melody. First listen. Haven't had a favorite album for a while now. And this one is just for me. even now, still finding new stuff, new hooks
It's a really gorgeous album, isn't it? It just gets better and better the more I listen to it.
I recommended Rolo Tomassi on here a while back. Glad you finally checked them out. Please listen to their other ones albums they have quite a wide ranging catalog.
Yeah I am so glad I finally got around to checking out their music! Such a talented band with an amazing sound. I'll certainly be listening to the rest of their albums now.
Cool it down by yea yea yeas gives me big arcade fire suburbs vibes; maybe some mgmt oracular spectacular as well. All for it man loved that album, love this album
Oh now that you mention it I can really hear that as well! Definitely some similarities with Arcade Fire.
Great list! And so glad you checked out Rolo Tomassi! Definitely my AOTY. I saw both them and The Callous Daoboys in Brooklyn in September and they both go HARD live. Eva's screams blew my mind. I also got a good laugh because after listening to her WAIL for the first few songs, she addressed the crowd in this sweet little British accent that sounds like it could belong to a polite librarian. Just more of that contrast you were talking about!
I know, I've watched a few interviews and her speaking voice is SO different from those screams she does. Her voice can just do so much, I love it.
i have checked some music websites and I found some more well received albums in 2022:
Elder - "Innate Passage"
The Cult - "Under a Midnight Sun"
Cave In - "Heavy Pendulum"
Gospel - "The Loser"
Disillusion - "Ayam"
Pool Kids - "Pool Kids"
City of Caterpillar - "Mystic Sisters"
Deserta - "Every Moment, Everything You Need"
Peregrine - "The Awful Things We've Done"
These are all new to me, I'll have to check them out.
@@mollyesanborn cool :-)
I remember a while back I left a comment asking you to check out Tallah for some modern nu-metal goodness, pretty chuffed that its your album of the year (TGoD is definitely my album of the year too) Its pretty incredible how Tallah simply don't miss, they haven't put out a single bad or even 'average' track yet.
Yeah Tallah is amazing! So glad I've finally heard some of their music.
Awesome list. I few albums I haven't heard, and one band I had never heard of, but what I have heard I love. Here are my top ten favorite albums of 2022.
1. Static Dress - Rouge Carpet Disaster (post-hardcore/emo pop/metalcore)
2. Nechochwen - Kanawha Black (blackened folk metal/progressive rock/death metal)
3. Marrasmieli - Martaiden mailta (atmospheric pagan black metal)
4. Anxious - Little Green House (emo/hardcore punk/pop punk)
5. Pool Kids - Pool Kids (math rock/post-hardcore/pop rock)
6. Metric - Formentera (synth-pop/new wave/indie rock)
7. Brutus - Unison Life (post-hardcore/math rock/post-metal)
8. Mossgiver - The Song Among Branches (atmospheric black metal)
9. Blackbraid - Blackbraid I (atmospheric black metal)
10. Darko US - Oni (progressive deathcore/nu metalcore/mathcore)
Honorable mentions
1. White Ward - False Light (avant-garde post-black metal)
2. The Callous Daoboys - Celebrity Therapist (mathcore/post-hardcore/pop punk)
3. Wormrot - Hiss (grindcore)
4. The Wonder Years - The Hum Goes On Forever (pop punk/emo/alternative rock)
5. Ghost - Impera (hard rock/heavy metal/pop rock)
Thanks for sharing, nice to see Formentera on your list! It didn't make it into my top ten but I really did enjoy that album quite a bit.
You should check out Devin Townsend - Lightwork/Nightwork. My personal AOTY! Great list tho!!
Alexisonfire AND Rolo Tomassi?? Hell yeah!
Most of these I actually agree wholeheartedly, but these ones I wasn't really expecting, really nice to see that you already know these two great bands! Where Myths Become Memory is a great album, an enormous record by the band as always, hope you make some reactions of their discography or listen on your own, Eva's vocals are phenomenal and the enormous variety of experimentation and uniqueness, with all the great texturing and jazziness, is honestly pretty bonkers, it's fun as hell. Didn't heard (yet) the new Mars Volta project but the singles made me expect greatness all around.
I'd probably pick False Light by White Ward in place of something else tho, it's a great display of emotion through aggressive sadness.
I'm new to Rolo Tomassi and Alexisonfire, I've only heard these two albums from them so I'm excited to dive further into both of their discographies now. I love what I've heard so far! And I'll have to go listen to False Light by White Ward now too.
@@mollyesanborn they're great! Rolo Tomassi has an all around DIY aesthetic and way of doing music, so it is wildly experimental and not at all standard in the early days, Histerics and Astraea being my personal favorites from them! Alexisonfire is also very great, this one got me so excited because it feels like something entirely new in the middle of early 2000s Screamo post-hardcore while still being very recognizable, being always very angry and personal in the vocals, highly recommend both of these.
Oh yeah, on that note, White Ward is also incredible, it's in the veins of the sound of Deafheaven so you're in for a treat.
Here are mine
1. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
2. Chat Pile - God's Country
3. BLACK MIDI - Hellfire
4. Cloakroom - Dissolution Wave
5. Viagra Boys - Cave World
6. Health - DISCO4 :: PART II
7. OG Keemo - Mann Beisst Hund
8. Show Me The Body - Trouble The Water
9. Soft Kill - Canary Yellow
10. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
Nice list! I just discovered yesterday that HEALTH had a new album out this year.. not sure if it would have made my list or not but I've definitely been enjoying it.
@@mollyesanborn Love Health! Saw them im vienna a few weeks back, they are so fucking heavy live.
I had to click on this one. Molly usually has really good tastes. I want to see her react to Poppy. I feel like that would make a very interesting video. Try Poppy's 'I disagree' album then dive into her metalcore EP 'Eat'
Ahh I love Poppy! I've already heard I Disagree and Eat but I did do a reaction to Flux back when she released that album if you're interested :)
Haven't listened to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs album yet. Definitely gonna need some energy for the weekend so I'll give it a shot. Dope list all in all. Tallah is unbelievable 🔥
Oh yeah definitely give it a listen, it's such a great album! and yes, Tallah is amazing.
Have only heard of a few of these albums but very excited to delve into them more.
Grateful you brought them to my attention.
Nice, hopefully you'll enjoy them :)
Korn - Requiem
Slipknot - The end so far
Machine Head - Of Kingdom & Crown
Spiritbox - Rotoscope (EP)
🎼 Greetings from Portugal 🇵🇹
Can't wait to hear the Korn album when I get to the end of their discography in my react series.
@@mollyesanborn 😁😁😁 yeah, I saw all of them and I will see all the next ones. Merry Xmas Molly 🎄
I absolutely loved all of these picks! I’d recommend the new holy fawn album gives me Rolo Tomassi vibes.
Glad you liked my list! I really enjoyed the Holy Fawn album as well, just didn't quite make my top ten.
I'm about halfway through The Long Road North right now, and this album is absolutely amazing, I'd think it would be too soon to say it's one of my favorite albums this year, but I think it is! This year has had some of the best albums I've heard in a long time. The End, So Far by Slipknot, Requiem by Korn, Pain Remains by Lorna Shore, Suffer In Hell by Chelsea Grin, and some others. This year really has been a great year for metal (and music in general), I hope next year will do great too!
Also I thought it was cool that Pain Remains was an honorable mention for you, that is my favorite album of all time :D
Oh I'm so glad you are enjoying The Long Road North! I'm not familiar with Cult Of Luna's discography but I saw they had a new album out this year so I decided to check it out, and that opening track had me floored. And then I just sat and listened to the whole thing in one sitting, it's just so impressive of an album. But yeah this year has been great, I'll be curious to hear the Korn album when I get to it in my reaction series.
Yo I suggested Celebrity Therapist! I’m so glad you enjoyed it it’s my favorite album of the year!
NICE! Well thank you so much for the suggestion, because Celebrity Therapist was an amazing listen. I look forward to hearing more of their discography now.
I've never even heard of most of these bands, but hey, we're alway introducing you to new music, so it's nice to see you returning the favor! :D
Yeah you guys always introduce me to so much great music! Hopefully you'll enjoy some of the albums on my list :)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs! Also in my top 10. ✌🏼 Cult of Luna was very good!
Nice! Both are such great records.
My personal list:
10. Beach House - Once Twice Melody
9. Artificial Brain - Artificial Brain
8. Moon Tooth - Phototroph
7. Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory
6. Imperial Triumphant - Spirit of Ecstasy
5. Holy Fawn - Dimensional Bleed
4. The Callous Daoboys - Celebrity Therapist
3. Ian Noe - River Fools & Mountain Saints
2. The Warning - Error
1. Ghost - Impera
Nice! We've certainly got some similar favorites. Dimensional Bleed was a great listen, it didn't make it on my list but Holy Fawn really delivered on that album.
yes tallah's the generation of danger was excellent! as someone who got into music during the nu-metal years (2002-2003) through korn , slipknot and linkin park that album was a very nice surprise!
I know, I've been getting really into the nu metal era bands here on my channel so discovering a current band that is keeping that sound going makes me so happy! They've got something very special, that's for sure.
The Generation of Danger is AOTY for me all day. Absolutely slamming. Had it on repeat since it came out...
Yep yep yep! Such a fantastic album.
I love end of year list time. These comments are gonna be a goldmine. There's a few in your list I'm gonna have to check out. Were there any contenders for your list that weren't released this year? Or maybe a top list of what you reacted to?
I find there's so much music these days and so little time, so I do my top "what I heard" this year.
1. Soilwork - A Whisp of the Atlantic
2. Draconian - Under a Godless Veil
3. Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation
4. Rammstein - Zeit
5. Regurgitator - Dirty Pop Fantasy
6. Oceans of Slumber - Starlight & Ash
7. Malevolence - Malicious Intent
8. Weezer - White Album
9. Machine Head - Of Kingdom and Crown
10. Lamb of God - Omens
HM: Arch Enemy - Deceivers, Billy Howerdel - What Normal Was, The Butterfly Effect - IV, Clutch - Sunrise on Slaughter Beach, Counterparts - A Eulogy for those still here, Slipknot - The End So Far, Vola - Inmazes, Spiritbox - Eternal Blue, (Hed)pe - Sandmine. Should've just done a top 20. Lol!
Nice list, I'll definitely have to check some of these out. It would be kinda fun to do a top ten albums out of every album I heard this year, regardless of its release date. I already struggle enough with picking ten from 2022 alone though so that might be too difficult, lol!
@@mollyesanborn Hahaha! Yeah I don't necessarily look for stuff outside of 2022, I just add anything I heard, sometimes there's none, sometimes a lot. Usually it's because I find so many albums during this 'end of year list' time that I order the cd and it doesn't arrive in time for my yearly list, but I want to shout it out the following year...or I discover a new band and my deep dive leads to older album.
Yesss Heroine by Thornhill!❤️ Got to see it performed live last summer. Underrated band. Love them.
Thornhill is such a fantastic band!
Love to see Rolo Tomassi on here!
Yeah they're awesome! Where Myth Becomes Memory is my introduction to them, I'll definitely be checking out more of their music now.
Once twice melody lives rent free in my head since it's release
Fantastic album, so many amazing songs on that record!
My list of 10 Favorite Albums of 2022 are as follows (by the way This is a list, no rankings.)
Korn- Requiem
The Fixx- Every Five seconds
Alter Bridge- Pawns and Kings
Sabaton- The war to end all Wars
Slipknot- The End so far
Jack White- Entering Heaven alive
Ozzy Osborne- Patient No. 9
Mark Tremonti- Sings Frank Sinatra
Tears for fears- Tipping Point
Disturbed- Divisive (this one was debatable because it wasn't as impressive as their other albums but it was either that, megadeth new album or Def Leppard new album. I chose Disturbed)
Thanks for sharing your list! Really looking forward to hearing Requiem, I was a bit sad I couldn't listen to it this year since I really want to keep going in order for Korn's albums.
I'm glad you took a listen to otherness. Such a great album as with all their work
I'd never heard Alexisonfire up until hearing Otherness, I randomly decided to listen to it because I thought the album cover was dope. And then I ended up loving the music. I will definitely check out the rest of their discography now!
@@mollyesanborn I actually recommended it in the comments a few times believe it or not.
But alexisonfire and City and Colour (the guitarist band) are both great
Would love you to start a meshuggah haul. Start from there debut album. Happy new year
I will definitely consider doing some Meshuggah reactions in the future!
Nice! Thank you for sharing! I will check it out for sure! As a Deftones fan I’m intrigued…
Nice! The Dimphonic and Thornhill records are probably the most Deftones sounding projects on my list. Hope you enjoy them :)
Nice picks and thanks for your work Molly👍
Thanks as always for watching ❤
Dimphonic? What a surprise🤯
So glad I found out about them this year! Great band.
@@mollyesanborn Definitely👌🏾
Tallah and beach house blew me away this year!
Out of curiosity, did you ever have a chance to listen to big thief’s dragon new warm mountain I believe in you this year? Truly a folk masterpiece! One of my favorites
I did listen to Big Thief's record as well, gorgeous album! It almost made it on my list.
@@mollyesanborn it’s like musical therapy right?? Same as beach house. Anyways, looking forward to your next list!
OMG I’M SO GLAD TO SEE YOURE ALSO A TALLAH FAN!! 🤘🤘🤘😁😁😁
I'm a very new member, but YES I LOVE THEM haha! Definitely gonna have to give Matriphagy a listen now.
This year I enjoyed listening to Ice Nine Kills - The Silver Scream 2 Welcome To Horrorwood ngl
Nice, I'll have to check it out!
Oh man, Rolo Tomassi is a fun one. Their album, Cosmology, is one of my favorite albums ever.
I'm definitely gonna have to do a deeper dive into their whole discography now!
Alexisonfire - Otherness
A really underrated album. In fact, a really underrated band. They definitely transcend post-hardcore, which in my opinion is a very boring rock music subgenre.
Tallah broke every mold with their new record. Incredible.
Absolutely, they're really bringing something fresh to metal music.
Interesting list, I have to catch up with a couple there! Have you listened to Bad Omens’ Death of Peace of Mind?
Huge album.
Yeah, I loved the Bad Omens album too! A lot of great tracks on that one. It definitely would have been in my top 20.
@@mollyesanborn by the way, agreed a 100% with your #1 choice and the way you described it. Listened to it today for the first time and you were spot on. So… Thanks? 🤓
@@frankov_83 oh that is SO awesome! Glad you loved Tallah as much as I did. They're such a talented band.
@@mollyesanborn i knew of them because of their drummer being Mike Portnoy’s kid, the former drummer for Dream Theater.
In my opinion, Heroine is better than The Dark Pool, although I love The Dark Pool's metalcore-ish sound, Heroine is just so good I can't stop loving it.
I'm completely split between the two as well, I keep going back and forth on which I prefer. I'd say from a technical standpoint I'd give it to The dark Pool but Heroine just has so many killer tracks on it, it's addictive!
You may like this one album, Animal Magic by Bonobo. Real chill out type of style, came out in 2000 though however 😜
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have to add that one to my list!
Excited to see this one!
Nice! Hope you like my top ten :)
Tallah deserves top those people are my fucking family great to see it!
Tallah is AMAZINGGGGGG! I still haven't heard Matriphagy, might have to do a video for that album.
@@mollyesanborn both are absolute masterpieces
@@mollyesanborn I will share this with the lead singer, me and him are good friends.
I agree with so many of these!
Glad to hear that! :)
you should give Alice In Chains "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" a listen or Jerry Cantrells solo album Degradation Trip 1 & 2. Layne Staley also had a small little group called Class Of 99" - Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2 you should that out
I'll definitely try and get to some more Alice In Chains soon, I'll have to keep these in mind for the future :)
i really like: yeah yeah yeahs - wolf. I am so disappointed by the mix for thornhill - heroine as the songs are so good but the mix is terrible imo. what is your favorite alexisonfire album?
kinda surprised you dont have: metric - formentera on your list. it's an excellent album. i also like the new billy howdrell album - what normal was (perfect circle guitarist songwriter) and also gospel - the loser. my favorite 2022 album is: humantone - a flourising fall in a grain of sand. i also like the new: septicflesh, catly rae jepson, aurora albums.
There's definitely a different sound to Heroine vs The Dark Pool, I got the impression they intentionally mixed Heroine that way to give it a sort of muddy, distorted sound. I guess it worked for my ears. And I really enjoyed the Metric album and Aurora's album as well! They just didn't quite make my top ten.
Here we go!
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Tallah, so good!
Mine are Requiem by Korn and Rakshak by Bloodywood.
I'm so pumped to hear Requiem eventually when I get to it in my Korn reaction series.
Tallah’s ‘Matriphagy’ is definitely right up there. They only do concept albums, TGOD was about a scientist who has all these accomplishments go mad because the company he works for take all the credit.. Matriphagy is about a kid who was emotionally and physically abused to the point where he kills his mother, consumes her and reflects on it.
I got some albums to listen to tomorrow, I’m looking forward to it!
Yeah I've gotta give Matriphagy a listen now!
Lets Go Thanks for the Reviews
I love doing them! Thanks for watching :)
Deftones is awesome
I love this comment
Check out "Gillian Carter - Salvation Through Misery" , I think they would make the list. :)
Noted, I'll have to give it a listen!
Brutus - Unison Life is absolutly worth checking out,a mix of paramore and BJORK🎉
Someone else suggested this one as well, sounds like a very interesting record. I'll check it out!
I love TMV's album!
Yay, me too! Such an entertaining album.
Tallah in no.1? Damn you’re the dream girl
Haha, yeah Tallah are amazing! Glad I finally discovered them this year.
Can you maybe react to metallica, pantera or iron maiden albums sometime in the future? Would be cool
Or bullerslug would also be very cool, they only have one album to my knowledge named cheer up goth, it would also be very awesome if you could react to them sometime
I will keep all of these bands in mind! Thanks for the suggestions :)
@@mollyesanborn thanks for reading my comment :)
@@chaesfreak yeah of course! I think I'm gonna try and start a Metallica series in January, I've been so excited to get into their music.
@@mollyesanborn i'm very excited to watch that :)
You should check out a Russian 80's band called Kino. They're one of my favourite bands atm.
I'll be sure to add them to my list, thanks :)
RELATIONSHIP OF COMMAND BY AT THE DRIVE IN
I've got that album on my list of ones to check out! :)
Tallah big W
Hell yeah!
I dont really follow very recent music but I heard that last Dream Unending's album is really good.
Cool, I'll have to check that one out.
@@mollyesanborn :-)
love me some rolo tomassi
They're pretty great, aren't they?
Surprised to see rolo on here, theyre unbelievably underrated, but such an amazing band ive been following for a decade now. Still awaiting their US tour lol. Also shocked to see AOF so high up, I thought it was poo, lyrics are just god awful cringe. TMV was one of my tops of the year as well though
Glad you agree about The Mars Volta record, I hardly heard anyone talking about it but I thought it was pretty great.
Going back to smashing pumpkins 90s work myself
Reminds me I've still got some Smashing Pumpkins reactions to get to! Can't wait to finally hear their music.
@@mollyesanborn there 90s stuffs going to blow you mine, truly. Siamese dream is a perfect album. I cant wait to see your reaction to soma😯
My #1 this year was "Hollow the Numbers" by Mojave Phone Booth.
Never heard of that album, I'll have to give it a listen.
@@mollyesanborn If you like them, you should also check out Snake River Conspiracy. Older band, same vocalist.
Yard Act
The Overload
British neo-new wave, droll, good
A
Sam Prekop - John McEntire
Sons Of
Super super deep chill. When you went too hard and need to really come down.
A-
Lee Bains + The Glory Fires
Old-Time Folks
Honky-American good lyrics
A-
Cuco
Fantasy Gateway
Psychadelic dreamy pop
A-
Ezra Furman
All Of Us Flames
Solid rocker, good lyrics, not as outrageous as usual
B+
Alex G
God Save The Animals
Indie singer
B+
Soul Glo
Diaspora Problems
Edge edge edgy power punk
B+
Fontaines D.C.
Skinty Fia
Irish post-punk, melodic
B+
Wet Leg
Wet Leg
lo fi girl alt rock
B+
Weyes Blood
And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
Sweet pop singer, 70s vibe
B+
Nice list! I'll have to go check some of these out.
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Aurora - The Gods We Can Touch
Oh nice pick, I really enjoyed Aurora's record, it just didn't quite make it into my top ten for the year.
@@mollyesanborn that is all about magic norvegian sound
Wormrot - Hiss was probably my #1 this year. It's rare to find a grindcore album where every song has its own distinct flavor. Other than that, I couldn't say. No top 10.
I'll have to give that one a listen!