| XX's Top Albums of 2022 |
| 1 |  | Black Country, New Road
Ants From Up There
Indie Rock, Post Punk |
| 2 |  | King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
Omnium Gatherum
Indie Rock, Psychedelic |
| 3 |  | Conjurer (UK)
Pathos
Sludge Metal, Post Metal |
| 4 |  | Pool Kids
Pool Kids
Emo, Math Rock, Pop Punk |
| 5 |  | JID
The Forever Story
Hip Hop |
| 6 |  | White Ward
False Light
Black Metal, Jazz |
| 7 |  | Chat Pile
God's Country
Noise Rock, Sludge Metal |
| 8 |  | The Callous Daoboys
Celebrity Therapist
Metalcore, Math Rock |
| 9 |  | Birds In Row
Gris Klein
Post Hardcore |
| 10 |  | nouns
While of Unsound Mind
Emo, Noise Pop, Punk |
| 11 |  | Big Thief
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
Indie Folk, Indie Rock |
| 12 |  | Wake
Thought Form Descent
Black Metal, Post Metal, Death Metal |
| 13 |  | Alvvays
Blue Rev
Indie Rock |
| 14 |  | SOUL GLO
Diaspora Problems
Hardcore, Punk |
| 15 |  | Denzel Curry
Melt My Eyez See Your Future
Hip Hop |
| 16 |  | Alex G
God Save The Animals
Indie Rock, Indie Folk |
| 17 |  | Messa
Close
Doom Metal w/ clean female vocals and an oud |
| 18 |  | Counterparts
A Eulogy for Those Still Here
Metalcore, Hardcore |
| 19 |  | The Beths
Expert in a Dying Field
Indie Rock, Indie Pop |
| 20 |  | Hath
All That Was Promised
Death Metal |
| 21 |  | Prince Daddy and The Hyena
Prince Daddy And The Hyena
Pop Punk |
| 22 |  | Toledo
How It Ends
Indie Rock |
| 23 |  | Wormrot
Hiss
Grind, Hardcore, Punk |
| 24 |  | Billy Woods
Aethiopes
Hip Hop |
| 25 |  | Orville Peck
Bronco
Country |
| 26 |  | Danger Mouse and Black Thought
Cheat Codes
Hip Hop |
| 27 |  | Dream Unending
Song of Salvation
Doom Metal, Death Metal |
| 28 |  | Ethel Cain
Preacher's Daughter
Indie Folk, Folk |
| 29 |  | Artificial Brain
Artificial Brain
Death Metal |
| 30 |  | Cult of Luna
The Long Road North
Post Metal |
| 31 |  | Fontaines D.C.
Skinty Fia
Post Punk |
| 32 |  | CMAT
If My Wife New I'd Be Dead
Country |
| 33 |  | Pinegrove
11:11
Indie Rock |
| 34 |  | Weyes Blood
And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
Country, Psychedelic |
| 35 |  | Wild Pink
ILYSM
Indie Rock |
| 36 |  | City of Caterpillar
Mystic Sisters
Post Hardcore, Post Rock |
| 37 |  | Peregrine (USA-MA)
the awful things we've done
Emo |
| 38 |  | Rolo Tomassi
Where Myth Becomes Memory
Metalcore, Post Hardcore |
| 39 |  | Logic
Vinyl Days
Hip Hop |
| 40 |  | MJ Lenderman
Boat Songs
Indie Rock |
| 41 |  | Gospel
The Loser
Post Hardcore, Progressive Rock |
| 42 |  | Zach Bryan
American Heartbreak
Country |
| 43 |  | Kendrick Lamar
Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers
Hip Hop |
| 44 |  | Invalids
Permanence
Math Rock |
| 45 |  | Greyhaven
This Bright and Beautiful World
Metalcore |
| 46 |  | Revocation
Netherheaven
Death Metal |
| 47 |  | Massa Nera
Derramar | Querer | Borrar
Post Hardcore |
| 48 |  | Honey Harper
Honey Harper and the Infinite Sky
Country |
| 49 |  | Falls of Rauros
Key to a Vanishing Future
Black Metal |
| 50 |  | Gang of Youths
Angel in Realtime
Indie Rock |
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