Metallica are back with an absolute trad metal joy, we predict the albums of the year from metal's major outlets, and we open the official TNM Listener Album of the Year 2022 poll.

Releases:
Elder - Innate Passage
Jamie Lenman - The Atheist
In the Woods… - Diversum
Judicator - The Majesty of Decay
Trhä - endlh​ë​d​ë​haj q​á​shm​ë​na ëlh vim innivte
Tchornobog / Abyssal - Split
NOFX - Double Album
Amberian Dawn - Take a Chance - A Metal Tribute to ABBA
Isafjord - Hjartastaki
Hammers of Misfortune - Overtaker
Nihilist Death Cult - Death to All Tyrants
Other Half - Soft Action
Crosses - Permanent.Radiant