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20 best hard rock albums of 2022
From Ozzy to Fozzy, Skid Row to Stryper, Slash to Scorpions and more, these are the records we cranked the most over the past 12 months
10 best heavy albums of 2022
From Slipknot to Megadeth, Dead Cross to Meshuggah, this year gave us plenty of head-banging goodness
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Vault-clearing, goodie-packed collections from hard rock and metal's biggest, loudest and, in some cases, criminally overlooked acts
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