50 Most Anticipated Albums of 2022
Revolver's list of most anticipated albums this year.
Some I am looking forward to and in some cases already pre-ordered.
Animals as Leaders
Title: Parrhesia
Release Date: March 22
It's been six years since their last LP, The Madness of Many, but new Animals as Leaders is finally coming down the pike. The wizardly Tosin Abasi and his fellow instrumental sorcerers summoned their elixir of mind-bending technicality and spiritual grooves on the first couple singles from Parrhesia — and we know that's just skimming the surface of what lies within the full album.
Coheed & Cambria
Title: TBA
Release Date: TBA
Like many records from the last two years, the new Coheed and Cambria album was borne of pandemic weirdness. Finding himself off the road and with exorbitant amounts of time to mull over the finer details, Claudio Sanchez said that he "approached it in a way where I tried to keep all limitations out," which yielded a sound that's "a little different" than what Coheed fans are used to. The first two singles are catchy as f***, so that's a good sign.
Halestorm
Title: TBA
Release Date: TBA
Hard-rock stalwarts Halestorm gave fans a taste of their upcoming album over the summer with the triumphant single "Back From the Dead." But according to frontwoman Lzzy Hale, listeners would be wrong to judge the full LP — the follow-up to 2018's Vicious — based on that sample alone. "I'm so proud of this album," she enthused on social media in December. "It was the most difficult, maddening, and rewarding process yet. Y'all ain't ready for this beast."
Megadeth
Title: The Sick, The Dying… The Dead!
Release Date: spring
The new Megadeth album hasn't been formally announced, but Dave Mustaine has let us all know it's coming. The thrash pioneers' 16th LP, their first in six years — and their first in over a decade without longtime bassist David Ellefson — is titled The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!, which plays on its grimly appropriate theme about the many plagues throughout world history, not to mention Mustaine's fight against cancer. When Megadeth go dark, it's usually damn good.
Ozzy Osbourne
Title: TBA
Release Date: TBA
Coming just two years after his last solo album, 2020's Ordinary Man, Ozzy Osbourne's next LP (produced again by Andrew Watt) looks to be a similarly star-studded affair. Ordinary Man featured Elton John, Slash, Post Malone, Chad Smith and more; its follow-up boasts Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Robert Trujillo. But for true fans of the Prince of Darkness, the biggest names may be two longtime Ozzy collaborators: Zakk Wylde, and Tony f***ing Iommi for the Sabbath reunion of our heavy-metal dreams.
Revolver's list of most anticipated albums this year.
Some I am looking forward to and in some cases already pre-ordered.
Animals as Leaders
Title: Parrhesia
Release Date: March 22
It's been six years since their last LP, The Madness of Many, but new Animals as Leaders is finally coming down the pike. The wizardly Tosin Abasi and his fellow instrumental sorcerers summoned their elixir of mind-bending technicality and spiritual grooves on the first couple singles from Parrhesia — and we know that's just skimming the surface of what lies within the full album.
Coheed & Cambria
Title: TBA
Release Date: TBA
Like many records from the last two years, the new Coheed and Cambria album was borne of pandemic weirdness. Finding himself off the road and with exorbitant amounts of time to mull over the finer details, Claudio Sanchez said that he "approached it in a way where I tried to keep all limitations out," which yielded a sound that's "a little different" than what Coheed fans are used to. The first two singles are catchy as f***, so that's a good sign.
Halestorm
Title: TBA
Release Date: TBA
Hard-rock stalwarts Halestorm gave fans a taste of their upcoming album over the summer with the triumphant single "Back From the Dead." But according to frontwoman Lzzy Hale, listeners would be wrong to judge the full LP — the follow-up to 2018's Vicious — based on that sample alone. "I'm so proud of this album," she enthused on social media in December. "It was the most difficult, maddening, and rewarding process yet. Y'all ain't ready for this beast."
Megadeth
Title: The Sick, The Dying… The Dead!
Release Date: spring
The new Megadeth album hasn't been formally announced, but Dave Mustaine has let us all know it's coming. The thrash pioneers' 16th LP, their first in six years — and their first in over a decade without longtime bassist David Ellefson — is titled The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!, which plays on its grimly appropriate theme about the many plagues throughout world history, not to mention Mustaine's fight against cancer. When Megadeth go dark, it's usually damn good.
Ozzy Osbourne
Title: TBA
Release Date: TBA
Coming just two years after his last solo album, 2020's Ordinary Man, Ozzy Osbourne's next LP (produced again by Andrew Watt) looks to be a similarly star-studded affair. Ordinary Man featured Elton John, Slash, Post Malone, Chad Smith and more; its follow-up boasts Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Robert Trujillo. But for true fans of the Prince of Darkness, the biggest names may be two longtime Ozzy collaborators: Zakk Wylde, and Tony f***ing Iommi for the Sabbath reunion of our heavy-metal dreams.
