Loudwire's 50 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2022

There were tons of new albums this year and these are the 50 best.

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# 1

Dread Reaver by Abbath

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Black Metal

# 2

DAMNUM by Allegaeon

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Technical Death Metal

# 3

Pawns & Kings by Alter Bridge

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Alternative Metal Hard Rock

# 4

Parrhesia by Animals As Leaders

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Djent Progressive Metal

# 5

Deceivers by Arch Enemy

Album • Aug 12 / 2022 Melodic Death Metal

# 6

the classic symptoms of a broken spirit by Architects

Album • Oct 21 / 2022 Alternative Metal Industrial Metal

# 7

THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND by Bad Omens

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Alternative Metal

# 8

Rakshak by Bloodywood

Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Rap Metal Nu Metal Folk Metal

# 9

A Eulogy for Those Still Here by Counterparts

Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Metalcore Melodic Metalcore

# 10

Lightwork by Devin Townsend

Album • Nov 04 / 2022 Progressive Rock Art Rock

# 11

Divisive by Disturbed

Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Alternative Metal

# 12

Gifts From The Holy Ghost by Dorothy

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Hard Rock

# 13

Earthling by Eddie Vedder

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Alternative Rock

# 14

TEKKNO by Electric Callboy

Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Trancecore

# 15

Oh What the Future Holds by Fit for An Autopsy

Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Deathcore

# 16

AfterLife by Five Finger Death Punch

Album • Aug 19 / 2022 Alternative Metal

# 17

Boombox by Fozzy

Album • May 06 / 2022 Alternative Metal Hard Rock

# 18

IMPERA by Ghost

Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Hard Rock AOR Soft Rock

# 19

Back From the Dead by Halestorm

Album • May 06 / 2022 Hard Rock Alternative Metal

# 20

Hammer of Dawn by HammerFall

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Power Metal Heavy Metal

# 21

TRUE POWER by I Prevail

Album • Aug 19 / 2022 Alternative Metal Metalcore

# 22

Fear Of The Dawn by Jack White

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Blues Rock Experimental Rock Art Rock

# 23

Liminal Rite by Kardashev

Album • Jun 10 / 2022 Post-Metal Deathcore

# 24

Requiem by Korn

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Nu Metal

# 25

Omens by Lamb of God

Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Groove Metal

# 26

Pain Remains by Lorna Shore

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Deathcore

# 27

Malicious Intent by Malevolence

Album • May 20 / 2022 Metalcore Groove Metal

# 28

The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! by Megadeth

Album • Sep 02 / 2022 Thrash Metal

# 29

Scoring The End Of The World by Motionless In White

Album • Jun 10 / 2022 Alternative Metal Industrial Metal Metalcore

# 30

Electrified Brain by Municipal Waste

Album • Jul 01 / 2022 Crossover Thrash Thrash Metal

# 31

Will Of The People by Muse

Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Alternative Rock Pop Rock

# 32

Get Rollin by Nickelback

Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Hard Rock Alternative Rock Post-Grunge

# 33

Supernova by Nova Twins

Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Rap Rock Industrial Rock Nu Metal

# 34

Luxury Disease by ONE OK ROCK

Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Alternative Rock Pop Rock

# 35

Patient Number 9 by Ozzy Osbourne

Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Hard Rock Heavy Metal

# 36

Ego Trip by Papa Roach

Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Rap Rock Alternative Rock

# 37

Remember That You Will Die by Polyphia

Album • Oct 28 / 2022 Math Rock Trap [EDM]

# 38

Zeit by Rammstein

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Neue Deutsche Härte

# 39

Unlimited Love by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Alternative Rock Pop Rock

# 40

Rock Believer by Scorpions

Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Hard Rock

# 41

Planet Zero by Shinedown

Album • Jul 01 / 2022 Hard Rock Alternative Rock

# 42

4 by Slash

Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Hard Rock

# 43

The End, So Far by Slipknot

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Alternative Metal Nu Metal

# 44

Diaspora Problems by Soul Glo

Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk

# 45

The Generation of Danger by Tallah

Album • Nov 18 / 2022 Nu Metal Metalcore

# 46

The Mars Volta by The Mars Volta

Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Art Pop

# 47

ERROR by The Warning

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Hard Rock Alternative Rock

# 48

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

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Death Metal

# 49

Erebos by Venom Prison

Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Melodic Death Metal Deathcore

# 50

Sometimes Y by Yelawolf + Shooter Jennings

Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Country Rock Southern Rock