Whenever something heavy comes up out of the Heavy Underground of Greece, you know Ioannis Valiakos knows everything about it. Always there when an extra blurb is needed for the regular edition and always anxious to write another one for the Peroration Post, and he’s been doing that since November 2021. He also founded his very own Desert Vulture blog and we assume he is still a sort of creative member and wildcard from the band Dendrites. Desert Vulture, great name for a that little thing Ioannis does so well. But will we see any Greece bands on his list of Favorite albums of 2022? Go scroll down and find out!

1. THE SAME RIVER – WEIGHT OF THE WORLD
(Athens, Greece)

2. GROS MENE – PAX ET BONUM
(Montreal, Quebec)

3. EVERT SNYMAN AND THE AVIARY – PRUNING IN THE DARK
(Johannesburg, South Africa)

4. RIGHTEOUS FOOL – RIGHTEOUS FOOL
(San Ramon, California)

5. PSYCHONAUT – VIOLATE CONSENSUS REALITY
(Mechelen, Belgium)

6. CAUSTIC CASANOVA – GLASS ENCLOSED NERVE CENTER
(Washington, DC)

7. SOVEREIGN EAGLE – SOVEREIGN EAGLE
(USA)

8. WARLUNG – VULTURE’S PARADISE
(Houston, Texas)

9. GAUPA – MYRIAD
(Falun, Sweden)

10. ELDER – INNATE PASSAGE
(Berlin, Germany)

11. MAMMOCK – RUST
(Athens, Greece)

12. MOURA – AXEXAN, ESPREITAN
(A Coruna, Spain)

13. RUBY THE HATCHET – FEAR IS A CRUEL MASTER
(New Jersey, US)

14. VITSKAR SUDEN – THE FACELESS KING
(Los Angeles, California)

15. FOOT – YOU ARE WEIGHTLESS
(Melbourne, Australia)

16. MOTORPSYCHO – ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS
(Trondheim, Norway)

17. UMBILICUS – PATH OF 1000 SUNS
(Tampa, Florida)

18. ROBOT GOD – WORLDS COLLIDE
(Sydney, Australia)

19. TAVAT – TAVAT
(Finland)

20. WILD OX MOAN – WILD OX MOAN
(Aarhus, Denmark)