Terra Relicta Dark Music Awards 2022

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TERRA RELICTA DARK MUSIC AWARDS 2022

Terra Relicta's annual competition for the best dark music album of 2022 is over! The winning album of, already, the ninth edition of Terra Relicta Dark Music Awards was chosen - by you, dear voters! Thank you for voting and making this competition not only valid - but also popular! Special thanks to you (nominated) musicians/bands who promoted Terra Relicta Dark Music Awards 2022 in many ways! We've nominated 50 full-length albums that we thought were the best releases in 2022. Unfortunately, we had to skip many, since a lot of good albums got released last year. The voting started on Monday, 16 January, and by the end, on Monday, 30 January, 3599 votes were given, which is a new record. This time the results were tighter than last year, and here they are:

The title Dark Album Of The Year 2022 goes to:
GOTHMINISTER - Pandemonium

Congratulations also to the second-placed German dark rock/metal visionaries LORD OF THE LOST for Blood & Glitter (who placed in the same position as last year with the album Judas) and third-placed PLACEBO for Never Let Me Go. Thumbs up to all nominated musicians/bands for their great releases. The full results and number of votes are listed below.

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Band/Artist: (Echo)
Album title: Witnesses
Label: Black Lion Records
Country: Italy  
Genre: Atmospheric Doom Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Amorphis
Album title: Halo
Label: Atomic Fire Records
Country: Finland
Genre: Dark Metal, Progressive Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Antimatter
Album title: A Profusion Of Thought
Label: Just For Kicks Music
Country: UK
Genre: Atmospheric Rock, Darkwave, Prog Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Avatarium
Album title: Death, Where Is Your Sting
Label: AFM Records
Country: Sweden
Genre: Doom Metal, Doom Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Beauty In Chaos
Album title: Behind The Veil
Label: 33.3 Music Collective
Country: USA
Genre: Darkwave, Dark Rock, Dream Pop
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Black Angel
Album title: The Black Rose
Label: Solid Recordings
Country: UK
Genre: Gothic Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Blooding Mask
Album title: Autopsy Of A Dream
Label: Society Records
Country: UK
Genre: Electronic, Neoclassical, Darkwave
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Band/Artist: Cadaveria
Album title: Emptiness
Label: Time To Kill Records
Country: Italy
Genre: Gothic Metal, Dark Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Candlemass
Album title: Sweet Evil Sun
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Sweden
Genre: Doom Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Charlotte Wessels
Album title: Tales From Six Feet Under Vol II
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Netherlands
Genre: Modern Metal, Progressive Dark Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Child Of Caesar
Album title: Spirit & Liberation
Label: Dr. Music Records
Country: Germany
Genre: Gothic Metal, Gothic Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Crematory
Album title: Inglorious Darkness
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Germany
Genre: Gothic Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Crone
Album title: Gotta Light?
Label: Prophecy Productions
Country: Germany
Genre: Dark Rock, Post Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Darkher
Album title: The Buried Storm
Label: Prophecy Productions
Country: UK
Genre: Post-Doom, Dark Folk, Ethereal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Dawn Of Solace
Album title: Flames Of Perdition
Label: Noble Demon
Country: Finland
Genre: Gothic Metal, Doom Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Deathless Legacy
Album title: Mater Larvarum
Label: Scarlet Records
Country: Italy
Genre: Dark Metal, Gothic Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Denigrate
Album title: Blackguard
Label: Inverse Records
Country: Finland
Genre: Gothic Metal, Dark Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Disillusion
Album title: Ayam
Label: Prophecy Productions
Country: Germany
Genre: Avant-garde Metal, Dark Metal
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Band/Artist: Esoterik
Album title: Alchemy
Label: Trisol Music Group
Country: USA
Genre: Pagan Synth, Darkwave
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Band/Artist: Gothminister
Album title: Pandemonium
Label: AFM Records
Country: Norway
Genre: Gothic Rock, Industrial Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Her Shadow
Album title: The Ghost Love Chronicles
Label: Svart Records
Country: Finland
Genre: Dream Pop, Dark Pop
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: In The Woods...
Album title: Diversum
Label: Soulseller Records
Country: Norway
Genre: Avant-garde Metal, Dark Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Isafjørd
Album title: Hjartastjaki
Label: Svart Records
Country: Iceland
Genre: Dark Folk, Melancholic Post-Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Je T'Aime
Album title: Passive
Label: Icy Cold Records
Country: France
Genre: Post-Punk, Cold Wave
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: League Of Distortion
Album title: League Of Distortion
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Germany
Genre: Modern Metal, Industrial Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Lord Of The Lost
Album title: Blood & Glitter
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Germany
Genre: Dark Rock, Gothic Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Merciful Nuns
Album title: Kvltan
Label: Solar Lodge
Country: Germany
Genre: Gothic Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Mortemia
Album title: The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions
Label: Self-Released
Country: Norway
Genre: Dark Metal, Gothic Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Nino Sable
Album title: Sedate ⊚ Seduce
Label: Equinoxé Records, Bat-Cave Productions
Country: Germany
Genre: Gothic Rock, Post-Punk, Synth-Wave
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Ofdrykkja
Album title: After The Storm
Label: AOP Records
Country: Sweden
Genre: Dark Folk, Post-Black Metal, Dark Pop
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Placebo
Album title: Never Let Me Go
Label: So Recordings
Country: UK
Genre: Alternative Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Principe Valiente
Album title: Barricades
Label: Metropolis Records
Country: Sweden
Genre: Gothic Rock, Shoegaze
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Rammstein
Album title: Zeit
Label: Universal Music
Country: Germany
Genre: Industrial Metal, NDH
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Remina
Album title: Strata
Label: Avantgarde Music
Country: Germany
Genre: Cosmic Doom, Gothic Metal, Doom Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Rome
Album title: Hegemonikon
Label: Trisol Music Group
Country: Luxembourg
Genre: Dark Folk, Post-Punk, Synth-Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Sakis Tolis
Album title: Among The Fires Of Hell
Label: Self-Released
Country: Greece
Genre: Dark Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Shape Of Despair
Album title: Return To The Void
Label: Season Of Mist
Country: Finland
Genre: Atmospheric Doom Metal, Funeral Doom
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Sidus Atrum
Album title: Spiral Of Life
Label: Kvlt und Kaos Productions
Country: Ukraine
Genre: Post-Black Metal, Doom Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Sylvaine
Album title: Nova
Label: Season Of Mist
Country: Norway
Genre: Atmospheric Metal Doomgaze, Post-Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: The Awakening
Album title: The Passage Remains
Label: Intervention Arts
Country: USA
Genre: Gothic Metal, Gothic Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: The Birthday Massacre
Album title: Fascination
Label: Metropolis Records
Country: Canada
Genre: Electronic Rock, Alternative Rock, Synth-Pop
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: The Cult
Album title: Under The Midnight Sun
Label: Black Hill Records
Country: UK
Genre: Alternative Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: The Devil & The Universe
Album title: GOATopia
Label: Solar Lodge
Country: Austria
Genre: Goat-Wave, Electronic, Darkwave
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: The Gathering
Album title: Beautiful Distortion
Label: Psychonaut Records
Country: Netherlands
Genre: Atmospheric Rock, Trip Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: The Sade
Album title: Nocturna
Label: Go Down Records
Country: Italy
Genre: Gothic Rock, Death Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Then Comes Silence
Album title: Hunger
Label: Nexilis, Metropolis Records
Country: Sweden
Genre: Post-Punk, Gothic Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Therion
Album title: Leviathan II
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Country: Sweden
Genre: Symphonic Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Venus Principle
Album title: Stand In Your Light
Label: Prophecy Productions
Country: Sweden, UK
Genre: Dark Psychedelic Rock, Prog Art Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Vermilia
Album title: Ruska
Label: Self-Released
Country: Finland
Genre: Pagan Metal, Black Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: WitcheR
Album title: Lélekharang
Label: Filosofem Records, Beverina Productions
Country: Hungary
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Listen HERE