Metal Hammer's Top 50 Best Albums of 2022

Metal Hammer’s brand new all-star end of year issue out now – and in it, we run down the 50 best albums of 2022 as voted by Hammer’s writers.Ghost’s majestic Impera was rig

Published: December 09, 2022 15:07 Source

# 1
Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Hard Rock AOR Soft Rock
# 2
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Avant-Garde Metal Alternative Metal
# 3
Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Metalcore
# 4
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Atmospheric Sludge Metal
# 5
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Neue Deutsche Härte
# 6
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Melodic Death Metal Deathcore
# 7
Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Post-Metal
# 8
Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Stoner Rock Hard Rock
# 9
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk
# 10
Album • Jul 01 / 2022 Sludge Metal Atmospheric Sludge Metal
# 11
Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Groove Metal
# 12
Album • Mar 31 / 2022 Darksynth
# 13
Album • May 20 / 2022 Alternative Metal
# 14
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Black Metal
# 15
Album • Jul 08 / 2022 Grindcore
# 16
Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Alternative Metal Nu Metal
# 17
Album • Sep 02 / 2022 Mathcore
# 18
Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Alternative Rock Progressive Rock
# 19
Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Black Metal
# 20
Album • May 20 / 2022 Metalcore Groove Metal
# 21
Album • Feb 18 / 2022 Rap Metal Nu Metal Folk Metal
# 22
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Post-Metal
# 23
Album • Jul 22 / 2022 Avant-Garde Metal Dissonant Death Metal
# 24
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Post-Industrial
# 25
Album • Aug 19 / 2022 Post-Metal
# 26
Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Melodic Metalcore
# 27
Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Death Metal
# 28
Album • Jul 22 / 2022 Southern Rock Gothic Rock
# 29
Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Darkwave Post-Metal Electronic
# 30
Album • Feb 25 / 2022 Space Ambient
# 31
Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Deathcore
# 32
Album • Aug 19 / 2022 Neo-Pagan Folk
# 33
Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Hard Rock Heavy Metal
# 34
Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Groove Metal
# 35
Album • May 27 / 2022 Technical Death Metal
# 36
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Rap Rock Industrial Rock Nu Metal
# 37
Album • Sep 16 / 2022 US Power Metal Heavy Metal
# 38
Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Trancecore
# 39
Album • Sep 02 / 2022 Thrash Metal
# 40
Album • Sep 09 / 2022 Alternative Metal
# 41
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Sludge Metal Metalcore
# 42
Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Power Metal
# 43
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Post-Hardcore Alternative Metal
# 44
Album • Jul 01 / 2022 Post-Hardcore
# 45
Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Deathcore
# 46
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Nu Metal
# 47
Album • Jun 10 / 2022 Thrash Metal
# 48
Album • May 06 / 2022 Concerto
# 49
Album • Apr 15 / 2022 Ethereal Wave Dark Folk
# 50
Album • Mar 31 / 2022 Djent