A heavy rock band are actually up for the Mercury Music Prize for once, we pick the best riffs of 2022 and the best songs to test your headphones with, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are back at it again.

Releases:
Ithaca - They Fear Us
Dune Rats - Real Rare Whale
Stick to Your Guns - Spectre
Bastions - Majestic Desolation
Dance Gavin Dance - Jackpot Juicer
Beach Rats - Rat Beat
Unwritten Law - The Hum
Anberlin - Silverline
Funeral Chic - Roman Candle
Krisiun - Mortem Solis
Triumvir Foul - Onslaught to Seraphim