Top 20 live bands of 2022

[adamclark52]

I saw something like 170 bands this year, some multiple times. So a top ten is unfair. I'll do a top 20 instead. It's a toss up between MDF and Destroying Texas Fest but I think the edge has to go to Destroying Texas Fest since I remember most of it. Every band that weekend was awesome.

1. Antichrist Siege Machine (May 29th at MDF)
2. Human Effluence (May 29th at MDF)
3. Weregoat (July 3rd at Destroying Texas Fest)
4. Black Witchery (July 2nd at Destroying Texas Fest)
5. Nyogthaeblisz (July 3rd at Destroying Texas Fest)
6. Mortician (May 26th at MDF, September 10th and 11th at No Class, December 2nd at Jimmys Restaurant and Bar and December 3rd at St. Vitus Bar)
7. Ceremonial Bloodbath (May 22nd at Handlebar)
8. Carbuncle (September 10th at No Class)
9. Hexis (June 18th at Doors Pub)
10. Phantom High (October 7th at the Rockpile)
11. Maggots (November 25th at the Rockpile)
12. Venereal Baptism (July 2nd at Destroying Texas Fest)
13. Sepultura (I don't care, that was Sepultura) (May 28th at MDF)
14. Defeated Sanity (March 12th at the Montage Music Hall and March 26th at the Dive Bar)
15. Hemorrhoid ((July 3rd at Destroying Texas Fest)
16. Acid Shower (November 19th at Tail of the Junction)
17. Subserviant Prophecy ((July 2nd at Destroying Texas Fest)
18. Bowel Erosion (December 3rd at Saint Vitus)
19. Unholy Lust (July 3rd at Destroying Texas Fest)
20. Bile (May 28th at MDF)

FYI, MDF was in Baltimore, Destroying Texas Fest was in Houston, No Class is in Cleveland, Jimmys Restaurant and Bar is in New Jersey, St. Vitus is in Brooklyn, NY, Montage Music Hall is in Rochester and Dive Bar is in Las Vegas. Handlebar, Tail of the Junction and Rockpile are in Toronto. Doors Pub is in Hamilton.

[ravenheart]

Not sure I can order them right now, and I'll probably stick to a top ten, but:

Reef (April 16 at The Forum)
Rammstein (June 30 at Principality Stadium)
Septicflesh (October 5 at Islington Assembly Hall)
Lord of The Lost (December 17 at Edel Optics Arena)
Corky Laing (November 15 at The 100 Club)
The Black Crowes (September 26 at Brixton Academy)
The Poor (July 25 at Islington Assembly Hall)
Bryan Adams (May 11 at Royal Albert Hall and December 14 at O2 Arena)
Powerwolf (December 4 at Lotto Arena)
Band of Friends (March 2 at Powerhaus)

The Forum, Islington Assembly Hall, Powerhaus, Royal Albert Hall, Brixton Academy, O2 Arena, and The 100 Club are all in London, England.
Principality Stadium is in Cardiff, Wales.
Lotto Arena is in Antwerp, Belgium.
Edel Optics Arena is in Hamburg, Germany.