Ghost Cult’s Chris Small (aka Smallz, Papa Smallz) has been an essential member of our live coverage team this year and chipped in a few other types of reviews over the years as well. When he is not voraciously consuming heavy music, he is also a dad, documents underground rap shows, and streams on Twitch. Here are his top 20 albums of 2022 list! Peace and Chicken grease, as Chris would say…

20) Kirk Hammett – Portals

 

19) Dead Cross – II 

 

18) Animals As Leaders – Parrhesia 

 

17) Coheed and Cambria – Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind

 

16) Motionless In White – Scoring the End of the World 

 

15) Architects – The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit  

 

14) Greg Puciato – Mirrorcell

 

13) Goatwhore – Angels Hung from Arches of Heaven 

 

12) King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Omnium Gatherum 

 

11) Meshuggah – Immutable 

 

10) Steve Vai – Inviolate 

 

9) Devin Townsend – Lightwork 

 

8) Hollywood Undead – Hotel Kalifornia  

 

7) Electric Callboy – Tekkno  

 

6) Moon Tooth – Phototroph 

 

5) Shinedown – Planet Zero 

 

4) Slipknot – The End, So Far 

 

3) Lorna Shore – Pain Remains 

 

2) Polyphia – Remember That You Will Die 

 

1) Lamb of God – Omens 

 

 

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