Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2022

Published: November 10, 2022 15:00 Source

# 1

It's Time...To Rise from the Grave by Undeath

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Death Metal

# 2

Heavy Pendulum by Cave In

Album • May 20 / 2022 Alternative Metal

# 3

Loud Arriver by Sonja

Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Heavy Metal

# 4

Blackbraid I by Blackbraid

Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Melodic Black Metal

# 5

Acts Of God by Immolation

Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Death Metal

# 6

Diaspora Problems by Soul Glo

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk

# 7

Kanawha Black by Nechochwen

Album • May 13 / 2022 Pagan Black Metal Dark Folk

# 8

Hate Über Alles by Kreator

Album • Jun 10 / 2022 Thrash Metal

# 9

NULL by KEN mode

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 10

Upon Desolation by Mortuous

Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Death Metal

# 11

Starlight And Ash by Oceans of Slumber

Album • Jul 22 / 2022 Southern Rock Gothic Rock

# 12

Thought Form Descent by Wake

Album • Jul 22 / 2022 Black Metal

# 13

God's Country by Chat Pile

Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 14

Synchro Anarchy by Voivod

Album • Jan 26 / 2022 Progressive Metal

# 15

Pain into Power by Terror

Album • May 06 / 2022 Hardcore Punk

# 16

Dreamkiller by Sumerlands

Album • Sep 16 / 2022 US Power Metal Heavy Metal

# 17

The Pact by Negative Plane

Album • Apr 30 / 2022 Black Metal

# 18

Enveloping Absurdity by Phobophilic

Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Death Metal

# 19

Song of Salvation by Dream Unending

Album • Nov 11 / 2022 Death Doom Metal

# 20

Myopia by Mizmor + Thou

Album • Apr 23 / 2022 Doom Metal Atmospheric Sludge Metal

# 21

Earth Infernal by Satan

Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Heavy Metal

# 22

Legend by Vanum

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 23

Memory Theater by Escuela Grind

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Grindcore

# 24

DEATHWESTERN by SpiritWorld

Album • Nov 25 / 2022 Metalcore Thrash Metal Crossover Thrash

# 25

Tlazcaltiliztli by Tzompantli

Album • May 06 / 2022 Death Doom Metal

# 26

Legacy of Ruin by Eight Bells

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Post-Metal Doom Metal

# 27

Where the Shadows Adorn by Mother of Graves

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Death Doom Metal

# 28

劇變 (Jubian) by Ripped to Shreds

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Death Metal

# 29

Through Sheer Will and Black Magic… by Dæva

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Thrash Metal Black Metal

# 30

Defiled in Oblivion by Castrator

Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Death Metal

# 31

Electrified Brain by Municipal Waste

Album • Jul 01 / 2022 Crossover Thrash Thrash Metal

# 32

Regenesis by Black Anvil

Album • Nov 04 / 2022 Melodic Black Metal

# 33

Spirit Of Ecstasy by Imperial Triumphant

Album • Jul 22 / 2022 Avant-Garde Metal Dissonant Death Metal

# 34

Halo by Amorphis

Album • Feb 10 / 2022 Progressive Metal

# 35

The Knocking, Or The Story of the Sound that Preceded Their Disappearance by Doldrum

Album • May 27 / 2022 Black Metal

# 36

Let There Be Witchery by Midnight

Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Speed Metal

# 37

From the Rot Is a Gift by Stillform

Album • Aug 19 / 2022 Noise Rock

# 38

Shiki by Sigh

Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Progressive Metal Avant-Garde Metal

# 39

Mirage by Gaerea

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Black Metal

# 40

Summoning the Slayer by Temple of Void

Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Death Doom Metal