Justin "Witty City" Wittenmier's Top 25 doom metal albums of 2022.
December 23, 2022
No 25:
Band: Consecration
Album: Cinis
Genre: Death/Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2010
Label: Redefining Darkness Records
Riffs for days with a guitar tone straight out of hell. This is the band's best album so far and a deep dive into death/doom.
No 24:
Band: Omnia Moritur
Album: Ex Inferis
Genre: Symphonic Death/Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2014
Label: Crime Records
No 23:
Band: Lux Incerta
Album: Dark Odyssey
Genre: Gothic death/doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2000
Label: Independent
The overall sound of the album is somber, melancholic!the songs are ultra-focused, full embracing their style and harnessing that with a deft touch.
No 22:
Band: Temple Of Void
Album: Summoning The Slayer
Genre: Death/Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2013
Label: Relapse Records
With "Summoning The Slayer," TEMPLE OF VOID step into the next phase of their doomy death march. It is a welcome advancement I really feel like the next album has the possibility of truly putting them on that next level. I cannot wait.
No 21:
Band: Elegeion
Album: Plight of the Heretic
Genre: Atmopsheric Gothic Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 1997
Label: Independent
No 20:
Band: Gvorn
Album: Keeper Of Grief.
Genre: Death/Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2015
Label: Satanath Records
A massive album that brings in depth to each second of the music and vocals. The songs are long but never feel like it because the band isn't afraid to throw in melodic moments or stretch their sound beyond confines.
No 19:
Band: In Depths Of Winter
Album: In Depths Of Winter
Genre: Death/Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2021
Label: Endless Winter
This album checks off all the boxes that would be on a list of how to build a solid as hell melodic death/doom album. A cold and unforgiving yet there is a beauty once the warmth beneath is found.
No 18:
Band: Talsur
Album: Dark
Genre: Funeral/Atmospheric Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2015
Label: Independent
The amount of music and ideas contained within this album is nearly staggering but the it never falters once-it always remains engaging and interesting.
No 17:
Band: Druid Lord
Album: Relics Of the Dead
Genre: Death/Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2010
Label: Hells Headbangers Records
How about doom making you feel nervous with hints of trepidation? That's Druid Lord. This album will crush you while it rips out your nerves.
No 16:
Band: Celestial Season
Album: Mysterium I/Mysterium II
Genre: Gothic Death/Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 1991
Label: Burning World Records
Since their return, Celestial Season seems unstoppable. This is yet another grand slab of Gothic death/doom. Parts 1 and 2 (with a third to come) are separate releases but it feels right having them sharing the spot.
No 15:
Band: Patriarchs In Black
Album: Reach For The Scars
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2020
Label: MDD Records
PATRIARCHS IN BLACK's "Reach For The Scars," is a very strong debut that uses the talented people involved well. Dan's return to music has blessed the scene with many great albums and this one is among his best.
No 14:
Band: In Loving Memory
Album: The Withering
Genre: Death/Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2005
Label: Funere
What stands out on this album is that it is so musical!there is a lot of happening in each of these songs. It is depressing yet melodic and enlightened!a well composed album
No 13:
Band: Mares Of Thraces
Album: The Exile
Genre: Sludge/Doom/Post/Hardcore
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2009
Label: Sonic Unyon Records
A short but impressive listen that stays with you long after you've hit the replay button three times already. Noisy, insane, barbarous yet instantly tuneful and indelible.
No 12:
Band: Ferum
Album: Asunder/Erode
Genre: Death/Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2017
Label: Avantgarde Music/Unorthodox Emanations
I've been waiting on this debut full-length since I reviewed their debut EP back in 2018. It was worth the weight and then some. This is a truly crushing releases that is also captivating because despite its brutal nature, it has an eye on masterful songwriting.
No 11:
Band: Grand Harvest
Album: Consummatum Est
Genre: Death/Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2017
Label: Independent
GRAND HARVEST's "Consummatum Est," is a terrific, terror filled ride of doom horror that any fan of the genre needs to have on their watch list. And this is their first album? Their next one will probably take the doom world by storm.
No 10:
Band: Destroy My Brains
Album: Tormented
Genre: Sludge/Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2014
Label: Independent
Angry, violent, and filled with sludge riddled doom that is caustic to dangerous levels.
No 9:
Band: Soliloquium
Album: Soulsearching
Genre: Prog, Melodic Death/Doom, Post
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2011
Label: Naturmacht Productions
"Soulsearching," is an in depth album filled with variety and continues the band on their journey of emotional doom that isn't afraid to step outside of the box.
No 8:
Band: Morbid Evils
Album: Supernaturals
Genre: Sludge Doom/Death
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2014
Label: Transcending Obscurity Records
"Supernaturals," is an album that speaks about the human condition on a lot of levels, makes you think, but is also just one heavy and dark fucking album.
No 7:
Band: Messa
Album: Close
Genre: Doom Metal
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2014
Label: Svart Records
MESSA's "Close," is a truly stunning album that deserves all the success that it will surely bring the band. It might be a challenging listen for some people due to its unconventional doom sound and length but the rewards that a person will reap from the experience make it a worthy journey to travel upon
No 6:
Band: Assumption
Album: Hadean Tides
Genre: Doom/Death Metal
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2011
Label: Everlasting Spew Records
Assumption are one of the best death/doom bands in the modern age and Hadean Tides is disturbing and hellish but spacey. A true decent into lunacy.
No 5:
Band: Rise To The Sky
Album: Stay With Me When You're Gone
Genre: Atmospheric Doom/Death
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2019
Label: Tragedy Productions
This album weaves melodic tenderness and heavy doom in such a way that your heartstrings will be pulled as the darkness descends around you. Tragedy never sounded so good.
No 4:
Band: Drift Into Black
Album: Earthtorn
Genre: Progressive/Gothic/Melodic Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2017
Label: Black Lion Records
An album that embraces the tragedy of the human race but tells that tale in a dynamic way that will appeal to both doom fans and those who are unfamiliar with it. This band keeps getting better with each release.
No 3:
Band: Konvent
Album: Call Down The Sun
Genre: Death/Doom
General Information
Year of Formation: 2015
Label: Napalm Records
Unhuman vocals and a band that clearly has a love for the style, Call Down The Sun is a album that is so heavy, dense, and unforgiving that listening to it is like a nightmarish fevor dream.
No 2:
Band: Et Moriemur
Album: Tamashii no Yama
Genre: Atmospheric Death/Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2008
Label: Transcending Obscurity Records
I was not prepared for the journey my ears embarked upon when I reviewed this masterpiece.. This Japanese themed album is extremely diverse and filled to the brim with unique doom music that is unlike anything I've heard before.
No 1 Doom Album of the Year:
Band: Aphonic Threnody
Album: The Loneliest Walk
Genre: Funeral Doom
General Information:
Year of Formation: 2017
Label: Serpentine Music
My doom metal album of the year. How could it not be? Ultimately, the heart and soul that was poured into this creation has come out the other side as a defining master work of what doom metal is capable of. "The Loneliest Walk," may be a hard road to take but it is one well worth taking!hell it MUST be taken. I imagine most people will experience their own version of this journey so check this album out and drive into it so that you may better face the darkness when it eventually finds you.
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