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

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Threshold Cloud Rat Oct-07-2022, Grindcore
#2 Myopia Mizmor, Thou Apr-23-2022, Doom Metal
#3 It's Time...To Rise from the Grave Undeath Apr-22-2022, Death Metal
#4 Song of Salvation Dream Unending Nov-11-2022, Death Doom Metal
#5 NULL KEN mode Sep-23-2022, Noise Rock
#6 劇變 (Jubian) Ripped to Shreds Oct-14-2022, Death Metal
#7 Heaven is Here Candy Jun-24-2022, Metalcore
#8 Keep This Be the Way Helms Alee Apr-29-2022, Sludge Metal
#9 Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night Devil Master Apr-29-2022, Black Metal
#10 Hostile Architecture Ashenspire Jul-21-2022, Avant-Garde Metal
#11 Body Prophecy Black Magnet Jul-29-2022, Industrial Metal
#12 Heavy Pendulum Cave In May-20-2022, Alternative Metal
#13 God's Country Chat Pile Jul-29-2022, Noise Rock
#14 All That Was Promised Hath Mar-04-2022, Death Metal
#15 DEATHWESTERN SpiritWorld Nov-25-2022, Metalcore
#16 Monuments to Impermanence Pyrithe Apr-29-2022, Sludge Metal
#17 Through Sheer Will and Black Magic… Dæva Oct-14-2022, Thrash Metal
#18 Close Messa Mar-11-2022, Doom Metal
#19 Crystalline Exhaustion Krallice Jan-28-2022, Atmospheric Black Metal
#20 Dreamkiller Sumerlands Sep-16-2022, US Power Metal
#21 Thought Form Descent Wake Jul-22-2022, Black Metal
#22 All that has Never been True Ultha Apr-01-2022, Atmospheric Black Metal
#23 The Knocking, Or The Story of the Sound that Preceded Their Disappearance Doldrum May-27-2022, Black Metal
#24 Aveilut Scarcity Jul-15-2022, Atmospheric Black Metal
#25 Gnosis Russian Circles Aug-19-2022, Post-Metal
#26 Memory Theater Escuela Grind Sep-30-2022, Grindcore
#27 No Life Forms Critical Defiance Jul-18-2022, Thrash Metal
#28 Blackbraid I Blackbraid Aug-26-2022, Melodic Black Metal
#29 Throes of Death from the Dreamed Nihilism Bekor Qilish Jun-17-2022, Avant-Garde Metal
#30 Born into Chaos Yatra Jun-10-2022, Death Metal
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Threshold | Cloud Rat | Album, Oct-07-2022, Grindcore |
| #2 | Myopia | MizmorThou | Album, Apr-23-2022, Doom Metal |
| #3 | It's Time...To Rise from the Grave | Undeath | Album, Apr-22-2022, Death Metal |
| #4 | Song of Salvation | Dream Unending | Album, Nov-11-2022, Death Doom Metal |
| #5 | NULL | KEN mode | Album, Sep-23-2022, Noise Rock |
| #6 | 劇變 (Jubian) | Ripped to Shreds | Album, Oct-14-2022, Death Metal |
| #7 | Heaven is Here | Candy | Album, Jun-24-2022, Metalcore |
| #8 | Keep This Be the Way | Helms Alee | Album, Apr-29-2022, Sludge Metal |
| #9 | Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night | Devil Master | Album, Apr-29-2022, Black Metal |
| #10 | Hostile Architecture | Ashenspire | Album, Jul-21-2022, Avant-Garde Metal |
| #11 | Body Prophecy | Black Magnet | Album, Jul-29-2022, Industrial Metal |
| #12 | Heavy Pendulum | Cave In | Album, May-20-2022, Alternative Metal |
| #13 | God's Country | Chat Pile | Album, Jul-29-2022, Noise Rock |
| #14 | All That Was Promised | Hath | Album, Mar-04-2022, Death Metal |
| #15 | DEATHWESTERN | SpiritWorld | Album, Nov-25-2022, Metalcore |
| #16 | Monuments to Impermanence | Pyrithe | Album, Apr-29-2022, Sludge Metal |
| #17 | Through Sheer Will and Black Magic… | Dæva | Album, Oct-14-2022, Thrash Metal |
| #18 | Close | Messa | Album, Mar-11-2022, Doom Metal |
| #19 | Crystalline Exhaustion | Krallice | Album, Jan-28-2022, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #20 | Dreamkiller | Sumerlands | Album, Sep-16-2022, US Power Metal |
| #21 | Thought Form Descent | Wake | Album, Jul-22-2022, Black Metal |
| #22 | All that has Never been True | Ultha | Album, Apr-01-2022, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #23 | The Knocking, Or The Story of the Sound that Preceded Their Disappearance | Doldrum | Album, May-27-2022, Black Metal |
| #24 | Aveilut | Scarcity | Album, Jul-15-2022, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #25 | Gnosis | Russian Circles | Album, Aug-19-2022, Post-Metal |
| #26 | Memory Theater | Escuela Grind | Album, Sep-30-2022, Grindcore |
| #27 | No Life Forms | Critical Defiance | Album, Jul-18-2022, Thrash Metal |
| #28 | Blackbraid I | Blackbraid | Album, Aug-26-2022, Melodic Black Metal |
| #29 | Throes of Death from the Dreamed Nihilism | Bekor Qilish | Album, Jun-17-2022, Avant-Garde Metal |
| #30 | Born into Chaos | Yatra | Album, Jun-10-2022, Death Metal |