TOP NEW HEAVY SONGS OF October 2022

The spookiest month of the year of course brings new heavy music with spooky themes. So naturally, you’ll find some music from this list of the top heavy songs of October 2022 also on my Heavy Halloween playlist, along with some other spooky metal classics. 

But this edition of New Music Monthly also brings us a wide variety of new songs to headbang to, whether it’s new Lamb of God, Gojira, or one of the other amazing bands on this month’s list. 

As always, some songs and/or bands from this month’s playlist have also been added to some of my other playlists like Underground Metal and Metal Women. 

Listen to my New Music Monthly playlist and check out the Monthly Highlights below for more details on some of these new and noteworthy releases. And don’t forget to vote for your favorite heavy new tracks of the month at the bottom of the page! Voting will end just before next month’s edition, at 12am EST on November 29th. The songs with the most votes at that time will be added to our Best Songs of 2022 list at the end of the year.

NEW HEAVY SONGS OF October 2022: MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS

“From The Depths” – Krypt

If you’re looking some vicious, headbanger approved thrash, Krypt’s new single “From The Depths” is what you’ve been waiting for. The death and doom elements in this add a deeper, more intense and spine tingling feel to those wildly heavy, classic thrash sounds. And of course, that made me immediately add it to my Heavy Halloween playlist. One of my favorite parts of this track, though, is the swooning riff just before the song ends.

Needless to say, this new Krypt single is everything I could want in a song and then some. And I’m super pumped that it’s the first of even more new music from Krypt that we can expect later this year when their new album Ripe With Sun Drops on November 11th. In the meantime, pre-order or pre-save Krypt’s upcoming album here.

“Messianic Collapse” – Haute&Court.

Speedy and extreme, “Messianic Collapse”  exudes nothing short of pure viciousness. Haut&Court. holds nothing back on this wild and intense beast of a track. So I hope you’re ready to headbang, because there’s no way you can’t to this one. “Messianic Collapse” is the second song the band had unveiled from their upcoming album Collapse. That release doesn’t drop until November 10th. But pre-orders are available here in the meantime. 

“Crocus” – Boston Manor

Some of you may be a little shocked to hear this mainstreaming sounding of a song on my playlist. But from the moment I heard “Crocus” by Boston Manor I was just like, “damn where did this come from?” It’s a song I could feel in my bones. Still, I contemplated not including it since I wasn’t sure if it fit the theme of NMM. (After all, I listen to various types of music and not all of its included on VV.) But I went back and listened to it a few more times. And before I knew it I was listening back to back because this song just felt that good. So judge me all you want but I love “Crocus”. And I definitely think some of you will too! “Crocus” comes from Boston Manor’s newly released album, Datura. Listen to the album or pick up a physical copy here.

VOTE FOR YOUR TOP 10 NEW SONGS OF October 2022!

Vote for your top 10 favorite heavy new songs of the month below! The 10 songs with the most votes by 12am EST on November 29th will be added to our Best Songs of 2022 list at the end of the year. Last month you chose:

• “Fortune Teller” – Blessings of Mara
• “Falling Through The Sky” – Fit For A King
• “Season of the Damned II” – Get The Shot
• “Versvs Christvs” – Behemoth
• “Gloria” – Irist
• “Wraith” – Half Me 
• “Circles” – Varials 
• “Harley Darling – Acoustic” – The Pretty Reckless
• “RE-Animate” – For The Fallen Dreams 
• “The Cast-Out” – Figure of Speechless 

Songs marked with an asterisk (*) resulted in a tie and as such, all of them will be on our Best Songs of 2022 list at the end of the year. 

Think you may have missed some of the songs listed below? Then make sure to listen along with my New Music Monthly playlist here on Spotify and check the Monthly Highlights above for songs not on Spotify yet.

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