Stereogum's 10 Best Metal Albums of 2022

Welcome to the Black Market’s 2022 favorite metal albums extravaganza. As always, we’re sponsored by sleep deprivation, depression, and an insatiable need to hear heavy metal to make it all go away. We have 10 of the finest slabs of steel released this year on the docket for you today. But first, an intro that neatly sums up the state of metal and the years ahead.

Published: December 12, 2022 19:00 Source

# 1
Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Atmospheric Black Metal
# 2
Album • May 27 / 2022 Technical Death Metal
# 3
Album • Oct 28 / 2022 Doom Metal Post-Metal
# 4
Album • Nov 04 / 2022 Blackgaze
# 5
Album • Sep 16 / 2022 Heavy Metal
# 6
Album • May 25 / 2022 Death Metal Progressive Metal
# 7
Album • Jul 27 / 2022 Blackgaze Post-Hardcore
# 8
Album • Sep 02 / 2022 Power Metal
# 9
Album • Jun 10 / 2022 Gothic Rock Post-Punk
# 10
Album • Mar 31 / 2022 Djent