The Best Rock Albums Of 2022
We're ranking the best rock albums of 2022 for your enjoyment (and also because it's our moral obligation as music junkies to provide you with this year's hottest rock records). From the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Unlimited Love to the Scorpions' Rock Believer, 2022's top rock albums feature diverse bands across six decades and countless subgenres, including alternative rock, heavy metal, indie rock, pop rock, new wave, punk rock, country, folk rock, CCM, blues rock, and Americana. Classic rock legends Eddie Vedder, John Mellencamp, Slash, Elvis Costello, Tears For Fears, and Bryan Adams released their umpteenth studio albums this year, and millennial punk royalty Avril Lavigne and Machine Gun Kelly dropped their latest records Love Sux and Mainstream Sellout while also collaborating on each other's albums.
Which 2022 rock album will win a Grammy next year? Will any of these full-length projects surpass a billion streams across Spotify and Apple Music? Vote below for your favorite new rock albums, and feel free to check out these artists' discography lists afterwards if you'd like to discover more of their greatest studio LPs.
- 1Ghost
- Genres (Music): Hard rock, Arena rock, Glam metal, Heavy metal, Pop rock
IMPERA is the fifth studio album by the Swedish rock band Ghost. It was released on March 11, 2022 and was produced by Klas Åhlund, who also produced the band's 2015 album, Meliora. It was preceded ...more - 2Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Genres (Music): Funk rock, Alternative rock
Unlimited Love is the twelfth studio album by the American rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released through Warner Records on April 1, 2022. Produced by Rick Rubin, the album reunites the band ...more - 3Def Leppard
- Genres (Music): Glam rock
Diamond Star Halos is the twelfth studio album by the English rock band Def Leppard. It was released on May 27, 2022 through Bludgeon Riffola and Mercury Records. The album takes its name from the ...more - 4Scorpions
- Genres (Music): Heavy metal, Hard rock
Rock Believer is the nineteenth studio album by German rock band Scorpions, released on February 25, 2022. This is the band's first studio album with drummer Mikkey Dee, who replaced James Kottak in ...more - 5Jack White
- Genres (Music): Blues rock, Experimental rock
Fear of the Dawn is the fourth studio album by American rock musician Jack White, released on April 8, 2022, through Third Man Records. The album was written in Nashville and recorded throughout 2021 ...more - 6Porcupine Tree
- Genres (Music): Progressive rock
Closure/Continuation is the eleventh studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. The album is their first since 2009's The Incident. Despite public uncertainty of the band's future ...more
