The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales and digital downloads.

Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.7 JanuaryNevermindNirvanaUMC14 JanuaryUnplugged In New YorkGeffen21 JanuaryCaught on Stage - Live And AcousticThe Temperance MovementEarache28 JanuaryCircus of DoomBattle BeastNuclear Blast4 FebruaryAmazing ThingsDon BrocoSharpTone11 FebruaryRequiemKornLoma Vista18 February4SlashBMG25 FebruarySee Where the Night GoesGoodbye JuneEarache4 MarchA Tribute to Led ZeppelinBeth HartProvogue11 MarchAn Hour Before It's DarkMarillionEar Music18 MarchImperaGhostLoma Vista25 MarchTorpedoFeederBig Teeth1 AprilGreatest HitsFoo FightersRCA8 AprilImmutableMeshuggahAtomic Fire15 AprilThe Elephants of MarsJoe SatrianiEar Music22 AprilSlipknotSlipknotRoadrunner29 AprilRevelationStone BrokenSpinefarm6 MayZeitRammstein13 MayBack From the DeadHalestormParlophone20 MayIowaSlipknotRoadrunner27 MayZeit RammsteinSpinefarm3 JuneDiamond Star Halos Def LeppardUMC10 JuneSinners Never Sleep You Me At SixUMC/Virgin17 JuneDiamond Star Halos Def LeppardUMC24 JuneSupernova Nova TwinsMarshall1 JulyClosure/Continuation Porcupine TreeMusic For Nations8 JulyPlanet Zero ShinedownParlophone15 JulyGrit KutCriminal22 JulyVol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) SlipknotRoadrunner29 JulyNevermind NirvanaUMC5 AugustKickstart the Sun Cats in SpaceHarmony Factory12 AugustWestgate Under Fire Dub WarEarache19 AugustDeceivers Arch EnemyCentury Media26 AugustAfterlife Five Finger Death PunchBetter Noise2 SeptemberOf Kingdom and Crown Machine Head Nuclear Blast9 SeptemberThe Sick, the Dying... and the Dead! Megadeth UMC16 SeptemberPatient Number 9 Ozzy Osbourne Columbia23 SeptemberAnimals Pink Floyd Rhino30 SeptemberDirt Alice in Chains Columbia7 OctoberThe End, So Far Slipknot Roadrunner14 OctoberUnder the Midnight Sun The Cult Black Hill21 OctoberPawns & Kings Alter BridgeNapalm28 OctoberThe Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit Architects Epitaph4 NovemberTriggerred! Massive Wagons Earache11 NovemberLoud Without Noise Crawlers Polydor18 NovemberUse Your Illusion Guns N' Roses Polydor/UMR25 NovemberGet Rollin'Nickelback BMG2 December9 DecemberThe Dark Side of the MoonPink FloydRhino16 DecemberBrutalismIdlesPartisan23 DecemberThe Dark Side of the MoonPink FloydRhino30 December

See also List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2022

References

External links Official UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company The Official UK Top 40 Rock Albums at BBC Radio 1