1. Blackbraid – ‘Blackbraid II‘, Wolf Mountain Productions
  2. Metallica – ‘72 Seasons‘, Blackened
  3. Sleep Token – ‘Take Me Back To Eden‘, Spinefarm Records / Universal Music
  4. Myrkur – ‘Spine‘, Relapse Records
  5. Enslaved – ‘Heimdal‘, Nuclear Blast
  6. Fever Ray – ‘Radical Romantics‘, Rabid Records / Mute
  7. Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows – ‘Alone At Sam’s – An Evening With…‘, Apocalyptic Vision
  8. World / Inferno Friendship Society – ‘Valhalla, Definitely‘, Jack Terricloth Foundation
  9. Mitski – ‘The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We‘, Dead Oceans
  10. Sigur Rós – ‘Átta‘, Krúnk
  11. The Struts – ‘Pretty Vicious’, Big Machine Records
  12. Iris DeMent – ‘Workin’ On A World‘, Flariella Records
  13. Sarah and the Safe Word  – ‘The Book Of Broken Glass‘, Take This To Heart Records
  14. Cicada The Burrower – ‘Blight Witch Regalia‘, Blue Bedroom Records
  15. Nebulae Come Sweet – ‘De Lumière‘, Solids Music
  16. Queens Of The Stone Age – ‘In Times New Roman…‘, Matador
  17. Baroness – ‘Stone‘, Abraxan Hymns
  18. King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – ‘Petrodragonic Apocalypse; Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night: An Annihilation Of Planet Earth And The Beginning Of Merciless Damnation‘, KGLW
  19. Wednesday – ‘Rat Saw God‘, Dead Oceans
  20. Monte Palomar – ‘Nadir‘, Self-released

Previous picks by Debbie Maliotaki:

2022 Top 20 Albums

2021 Top 20 Albums

2020 Top 20 Albums

2019 Top 20 Albums

2018 Top 20 Albums

2017 Top 20 Albums

Compiled by: Debbie Maliotaki