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.
Source
| 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 |