0:25-6:37 CARRION VAEL (IN) Savage Messiah — In my Best of 2022, this is more excellence. Slaughtering vocal in an explosive tech death with undulating guitars and a raging drummer.  The sweet clean vocals add to the dynamic mix. 

7:34-16:58 DÖDSRIT (Sweden) As Death Comes Reaping — Playing both sides of folk-oriented harmonizing melodic and brutal epic.

17:24-21:48 COFFINS (Japan) Forced Disorder — Winding, buzzed guitars in a stalking sludge and death, horror and groove.

22:13-29:44 VORGA (GER) Terminal — Plenty of heartstrings pulled with chilling notes in hypnotic arrangements, and cool spacy synth creating beautiful melodies.

30:32-35:32 ULTERROR (Finland) Death Aegis Exhumation — Technical proggy death and raspy black create suffocating layers.

35:57-43:07 DECEPTION (Norway) Dhariyan — Melodic death metal with theatrical and carnivalesque elements that throw this off-kilter.

43:36-53:38 VERBERIS (New Zealand) Labyrinthine Privation — Poetic singer in meditative refrains within dynamic progressions, all of it a strange psychedelic dream. 

54:05-1:08:45 OFFERNAT (Denmark) Grief — A duo creating long songs create sumptuous melodies, torn into a chomping noisy chaos and shrieking desperation.   1:09:18-END VERWOED (Netherlands) The Child — Tribal pace and a melancholy sullen style perfect for grumpy brains.