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
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| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Lovecraftian Echoes | Blut Aus Nord | Sep-30-2022, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #2 | Darkness of God | Heaving Earth | May-27-2022, Technical Death Metal |
| #3 | House of Falling Ash | Chrome Ghost | Oct-28-2022, Doom Metal |
| #4 | Partida | Luces Lejanas | Nov-04-2022, Blackgaze |
| #5 | Loud Arriver | Sonja | Sep-16-2022, Heavy Metal |
| #6 | Void of Unending Depths | INANNA | May-25-2022, Death Metal |
| #7 | Island | Asunojokei | Jul-27-2022, Blackgaze |
| #8 | The God Machine | Blind Guardian | Sep-02-2022, Power Metal |
| #9 | Black Fellflower Stream | Sunrise Patriot Motion | Jun-10-2022, Gothic Rock |
| #10 | Immutable | Meshuggah | Mar-31-2022, Djent |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Lovecraftian Echoes | Blut Aus Nord | Album, Sep-30-2022, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #2 | Darkness of God | Heaving Earth | Album, May-27-2022, Technical Death Metal |
| #3 | House of Falling Ash | Chrome Ghost | Album, Oct-28-2022, Doom Metal |
| #4 | Partida | Luces Lejanas | Album, Nov-04-2022, Blackgaze |
| #5 | Loud Arriver | Sonja | Album, Sep-16-2022, Heavy Metal |
| #6 | Void of Unending Depths | INANNA | Album, May-25-2022, Death Metal |
| #7 | Island | Asunojokei | Album, Jul-27-2022, Blackgaze |
| #8 | The God Machine | Blind Guardian | Album, Sep-02-2022, Power Metal |
| #9 | Black Fellflower Stream | Sunrise Patriot Motion | Album, Jun-10-2022, Gothic Rock |
| #10 | Immutable | Meshuggah | Album, Mar-31-2022, Djent |