PopMatters' 20 Best Metal Albums of 2022

This has proved a fantastic year for extreme music and metal, and the new wave is masterfully progressing. These are the best metal albums of 2022.

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# 1
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Dissonant Death Metal Avant-Garde Metal
# 2
Shiki by Sigh
Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Progressive Metal Avant-Garde Metal
# 3
Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Noise Rock Sludge Metal
# 4
Album • Jul 21 / 2022 Avant-Garde Metal Progressive Metal
# 5
Album • May 20 / 2022 Atmospheric Black Metal
# 6
Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Metalcore
# 7
Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Noise Rock Sludge Metal
# 8
Gateways to Resplendence by Abhorrent Expanse
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Death Metal Avant-Garde Metal
# 9
Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Dissonant Death Metal
# 10
Album • Nov 25 / 2022 Power Metal Progressive Metal
# 11
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Industrial Metal Drone Metal
# 12
Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Black Metal
# 13
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Sludge Metal Avant-Garde Metal
# 14
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Black Metal Death Metal
# 15
Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Black Metal
# 16
Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Atmospheric Black Metal Depressive Black Metal
# 17
Album • Jul 15 / 2022 Atmospheric Black Metal Avant-Garde Metal Totalism
# 18
Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Noise Rock Industrial Metal
# 19
Album • Aug 12 / 2022 Dark Ambient Drone
# 20
Album • Aug 12 / 2022 Noise Rock Stoner Metal