Treble's 30 Best Metal Albums of 2022

As the year draws to a close, we kick off year-end proceedings with our list of the 30 best metal albums of 2022.

Published: November 30, 2022 15:01 Source

# 1

Threshold by Cloud Rat

Album • Oct 07 / 2022 Grindcore

# 2

Myopia by Mizmor + Thou

Album • Apr 23 / 2022 Doom Metal Atmospheric Sludge Metal

# 3

It's Time...To Rise from the Grave by Undeath

Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Death Metal

# 4

Song of Salvation by Dream Unending

Album • Nov 11 / 2022 Death Doom Metal

# 5

NULL by KEN mode

Album • Sep 23 / 2022 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 6

劇變 (Jubian) by Ripped to Shreds

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Death Metal

# 7

Heaven is Here by Candy

Album • Jun 24 / 2022 Metalcore

# 8

Keep This Be the Way by Helms Alee

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Sludge Metal Noise Rock

# 9

Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night by Devil Master

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Black Metal Deathrock

# 10

Hostile Architecture by Ashenspire

Album • Jul 21 / 2022 Avant-Garde Metal Progressive Metal

# 11

Body Prophecy by Black Magnet

Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Industrial Metal

# 12

Heavy Pendulum by Cave In

Album • May 20 / 2022 Alternative Metal

# 13

God's Country by Chat Pile

Album • Jul 29 / 2022 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 14

All That Was Promised by Hath

Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 15

DEATHWESTERN by SpiritWorld

Album • Nov 25 / 2022 Metalcore Thrash Metal Crossover Thrash

# 16

Monuments to Impermanence by Pyrithe

Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Sludge Metal Avant-Garde Metal

# 17

Through Sheer Will and Black Magic… by Dæva

Album • Oct 14 / 2022 Thrash Metal Black Metal

# 18

Close by Messa

Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Doom Metal

# 19

Crystalline Exhaustion by Krallice

Album • Jan 28 / 2022 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 20

Dreamkiller by Sumerlands

Album • Sep 16 / 2022 US Power Metal Heavy Metal

# 21

Thought Form Descent by Wake

Album • Jul 22 / 2022 Black Metal

# 22

All that has Never been True by Ultha

Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 23

The Knocking, Or The Story of the Sound that Preceded Their Disappearance by Doldrum

Album • May 27 / 2022 Black Metal

# 24

Aveilut by Scarcity

Album • Jul 15 / 2022 Atmospheric Black Metal Avant-Garde Metal Totalism

# 25

Gnosis by Russian Circles

Album • Aug 19 / 2022 Post-Metal

# 26

Memory Theater by Escuela Grind

Album • Sep 30 / 2022 Grindcore

# 27

No Life Forms by Critical Defiance

Album • Jul 18 / 2022 Thrash Metal

# 28

Blackbraid I by Blackbraid

Album • Aug 26 / 2022 Melodic Black Metal

# 29

Throes of Death from the Dreamed Nihilism by Bekor Qilish

Album • Jun 17 / 2022 Avant-Garde Metal Black Metal Dissonant Death Metal

# 30

Born into Chaos by Yatra

Album • Jun 10 / 2022 Death Metal