Here we are, last TOP WAVES of the year 2022 !
As usual, let's have an amused (or disillusioned, it's up to us) look at the official French ranking of the album sales for the month.
You have to go to the 16th place to find the boss Bruce Springsteen and "Only the Strong Survive"
"Will of the People" by Muse is 34th
"Mercury Act I" by Imagine Dragons is 42nd
"Return of the Dream Canteen" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is 66th
"The Car" by Arctic Monkeys is 77th
"Zeit" by Rammstein is 88th
TOP WAVES - GENERAL
The big winner is Disillusion (since that's who we're talking about), a band that hadn't given any sign of life since 2012 and the album "Gloria" when it came back to business in 2019 with "The Liberation".
"At a time when the genre has a tendency, more than reason, to move towards pure technique, Disillusion remains faithful to its postulate of privileging emotion, without sacrificing technique, but without making it an end in itself either. For this reason alone, this very beautiful album deserves the detour as much as the respect." (Newf)
DISILLUSION Ayam
Second place, second progressive metal band, the "frenetic" Teramaze in this case.
""Flight of the Wounded" will necessarily appeal to fans of melodic metal and to those nostalgic for a classic progressive metal that is not so outdated when written with so much foresight." (ProgRacer)
TERAMAZE Flight Of The Wounded
The podium is completed by BlackRain.
"After the excellent "Dying Breed", "Untamed" is a new flawless album which proves that BlackRain is a band whose scope should largely exceed our French borders" (Loloceltic)
BLACKRAIN Untamed
The detailed ranking
DISILLUSION: Ayam (Progressive Metal) 21
TERAMAZE: Flight Of The Wounded (Progressive Metal) 19
BLACKRAIN: Untamed (Hard Rock) 16
BJORN RIIS: A Fleeting Glimpse (Progressive Rock) 12
VERBAL DELIRIUM: Conundrum (Progressive Rock) 10
GALAHAD: The Last Great Adventurer (Progressive Rock) 9
WOLFHEART: King Of The North (Death Metal) 8
WUCAN: Heretic Tongues (Hard Rock) 8
MILLENIUM (POL): Tales From Imaginary Movies (Progressive Rock) 7
ROYAL HUNT: Dystopia Part Ii (Progressive Metal) 6
MAGOYOND: Necropolis (Alternative Metal) 5
RUSSIAN CIRCLES: Gnosis (Post Rock) 4
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Only The Strong Survive (Rock) 3
ARC OF LIFE: Don't Look Down (Progressive Rock) 3
AVATARIUM: Death Where Is Your Sting (Hard Rock) 3
POLYPHIA: Remember That You Will Die (Guitar Hero) 2
ROB MORATTI: Epical (A.O.R.) 1
CANDLEMASS: Sweet Evil Sun (Doom) 1
MY SLEEPING KARMA: Atma (Post Rock) 1
NAGUERE: Naguere (Rock) 1
BAZAR BELLAMY: Trompe La Mort (Rock) 1
AHASVER: Causa Sui (Death Metal) 1
INDUCTION: Born From Fire (Progressive Metal) 1
LEE O'NELL BLUES GANG: This Is Us (Blues) 1
TOP WAVES - METAL
This last TOP WAVES METAL will not reserve the surprises of last month. The first and second places go to Disillusion and Teramaze respectively. But a question arises: who will inherit the last place of the podium?
It's Royal Hunt who wins this third place with a remarkable "Dystopia", a subtle and harmonious album."
ROYAL HUNT Dystopia Part Ii
The detailed ranking
DISILLUSION: Ayam (Progressive Metal) 27
TERAMAZE: Flight Of The Wounded (Progressive Metal) 20
ROYAL HUNT: Dystopia Part Ii (Progressive Metal) 17
POLYPHIA: Remember That You Will Die (Guitar Hero) 10
WOLFHEART: King Of The North (Death Metal) 8
CANDLEMASS: Sweet Evil Sun (Doom) 7
FRIENDS OF HELL: Friends Of Hell (Doom) 5
INDUCTION: Born From Fire (Progressive Metal) 5
MAGOYOND: Necropolis (Alternative Metal) 5
NO RETURN: Requiem (Death Metal) 3
PITFLOOR: Karma One (Hardcore) 3
HEADKEYZ: The Cage & The Crown: Chapter I (Alternative Metal) 3
SAKIS TOLIS: Among The Fires Of Hell (Black Metal) 3
AHASVER: Causa Sui (Death Metal) 1
TOP WAVES - ROCK
Without surprise also the first place of the TOP WAVES ROCK goes to BlackRain who precedes Bjorn Riis.
"For the past fifteen years, whether with his original band Airbag or solo, Bjorn Riis has been distilling, album after album, a more or less sustained dose of his love for Pink Floyd. With this new EP, he takes the plunge by slipping into the skin of his inspirers, for four tracks with a magnificent smell of the past. (TonyB)
BJORN RIIS A Fleeting Glimpse
And it is another progressive band, Galahad, which completes this last podium.
"The method works, Galahad has reached a balance that allows him to link effective albums, tracks oscillating between friendly energy and sensitivity" (Abaddon)
GALAHAD The Last Great Adventurer
The detailed ranking
BLACKRAIN: Untamed (Hard Rock) 19
BJORN RIIS: A Fleeting Glimpse (Progressive Rock) 16
GALAHAD: The Last Great Adventurer (Progressive Rock) 14
ROB MORATTI: Epical (A.O.R.) 11
VERBAL DELIRIUM: Conundrum (Progressive Rock) 10
WUCAN: Heretic Tongues (Hard Rock) 10
MILLENIUM (POL): Tales From Imaginary Movies (Progressive Rock) 8
RUSSIAN CIRCLES: Gnosis (Post Rock) 7
AVATARIUM: Death Where Is Your Sting (Hard Rock) 6
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Only The Strong Survive (Rock) 5
NICKELBACK: Get Rollin' (Grunge) 4
LEE O'NELL BLUES GANG: This Is Us (Blues) 3
BAZAR BELLAMY: Trompe La Mort (Rock) 3
ARC OF LIFE: Don't Look Down (Progressive Rock) 3
NAGUERE: Naguere (Rock) 3
ONE RUSTY BAND: One More Dance (Rock) 2
MY SLEEPING KARMA: Atma (Post Rock) 1
LOREENA MC KENNITT: Under A Winter’s Moon (Atmospheric Rock) 1
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