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Genre
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2020
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2022

1.

Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
May 13, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
90
23 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
February 4, 2022
Art Rock
Critic Score
89
30 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Dark Funeral - We Are The Apocalypse
March 18, 2022
Black Metal
Critic Score
89
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Watain - The Agony & Ecstasy Of Watain
April 29, 2022
Black Metal
Critic Score
87
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter
May 12, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
87
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

ROSALÍA - MOTOMAMI
March 18, 2022
Neoperreo
Critic Score
87
16 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Immolation - Acts of God
February 18, 2022
Death Metal
Critic Score
87
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Fit For An Autopsy - Oh What the Future Holds
January 14, 2022
Deathcore
Critic Score
86
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Worm Shepherd - Ritual Hymns
January 14, 2022
Deathcore
Critic Score
86
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia
April 22, 2022
Post-Punk
Critic Score
86
30 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Amorphis - Halo
February 11, 2022
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
86
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory
February 4, 2022
Post-Metal
Critic Score
86
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Binker and Moses - Feeding the Machine
February 25, 2022
Post-Bop
Critic Score
86
10 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Kathryn Joseph - for you who are the wronged
April 22, 2022
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Kevin Morby - This Is A Photograph
May 13, 2022
Folk Rock
Critic Score
85
12 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
February 11, 2022
Indie Folk
Critic Score
85
32 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

deathcrash - Return
January 28, 2022
Slowcore
Critic Score
85
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Conway the Machine - God Don't Make Mistakes
February 25, 2022
Hardcore Hip Hop
Critic Score
84
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Hot Water Music - Feel The Void
March 18, 2022
Post-Hardcore
Critic Score
84
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
March 25, 2022
Hardcore Punk
Critic Score
84
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Cult of Luna - The Long Road North
February 11, 2022
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Critic Score
84
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Bob Vylan - Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life
April 22, 2022
Punk Rock
Critic Score
84
14 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Horace Andy - Midnight Rocker
April 8, 2022
Roots Reggae
Critic Score
84
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Hippo Campus - LP3
February 4, 2022
Indie Pop
Critic Score
84
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez, See Your Future
March 25, 2022
Conscious Hip Hop
Critic Score
84
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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