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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Rank Album Artist Info
#1 The Ailing Facade Aeviterne Mar-18-2022, Dissonant Death Metal
#2 Shiki Sigh Aug-26-2022, Progressive Metal
#3 God's Country Chat Pile Jul-29-2022, Noise Rock
#4 Hostile Architecture Ashenspire Jul-21-2022, Avant-Garde Metal
#5 Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses Blut Aus Nord May-20-2022, Atmospheric Black Metal
#6 They Fear Us Ithaca Jul-29-2022, Metalcore
#7 NULL KEN mode Sep-23-2022, Noise Rock
#8 Gateways to Resplendence Abhorrent Expanse Apr-08-2022, Death Metal
#9 Artificial Brain Artificial Brain Jun-03-2022, Dissonant Death Metal
#10 The Majesty of Decay Judicator Nov-25-2022, Power Metal
#11 Krüller Author & Punisher Feb-11-2022, Industrial Metal
#12 Gnavhòl Nordjevel Sep-23-2022, Black Metal
#13 Monuments to Impermanence Pyrithe Apr-29-2022, Sludge Metal
#14 Consecration of the Spiritüs Flesh Esoctrilihum Jun-17-2022, Black Metal
#15 Adumbration of the Veiled Logos Verberis Jun-17-2022, Black Metal
#16 04 Negativa Jan-28-2022, Atmospheric Black Metal
#17 Aveilut Scarcity Jul-15-2022, Atmospheric Black Metal
#18 Liminal Petbrick Sep-23-2022, Noise Rock
#19 New Catastrophism Locrian Aug-12-2022, Dark Ambient
#20 Heavy Rocks Boris Aug-12-2022, Noise Rock
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | The Ailing Facade | Aeviterne | Album, Mar-18-2022, Dissonant Death Metal |
| #2 | Shiki | Sigh | Album, Aug-26-2022, Progressive Metal |
| #3 | God's Country | Chat Pile | Album, Jul-29-2022, Noise Rock |
| #4 | Hostile Architecture | Ashenspire | Album, Jul-21-2022, Avant-Garde Metal |
| #5 | Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses | Blut Aus Nord | Album, May-20-2022, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #6 | They Fear Us | Ithaca | Album, Jul-29-2022, Metalcore |
| #7 | NULL | KEN mode | Album, Sep-23-2022, Noise Rock |
| #8 | Gateways to Resplendence | Abhorrent Expanse | Album, Apr-08-2022, Death Metal |
| #9 | Artificial Brain | Artificial Brain | Album, Jun-03-2022, Dissonant Death Metal |
| #10 | The Majesty of Decay | Judicator | Album, Nov-25-2022, Power Metal |
| #11 | Krüller | Author & Punisher | Album, Feb-11-2022, Industrial Metal |
| #12 | Gnavhòl | Nordjevel | Album, Sep-23-2022, Black Metal |
| #13 | Monuments to Impermanence | Pyrithe | Album, Apr-29-2022, Sludge Metal |
| #14 | Consecration of the Spiritüs Flesh | Esoctrilihum | Album, Jun-17-2022, Black Metal |
| #15 | Adumbration of the Veiled Logos | Verberis | Album, Jun-17-2022, Black Metal |
| #16 | 04 | Negativa | Album, Jan-28-2022, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #17 | Aveilut | Scarcity | Album, Jul-15-2022, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #18 | Liminal | Petbrick | Album, Sep-23-2022, Noise Rock |
| #19 | New Catastrophism | Locrian | Album, Aug-12-2022, Dark Ambient |
| #20 | Heavy Rocks | Boris | Album, Aug-12-2022, Noise Rock |