This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2022.
Bands formed
Angus McSix
Elegant Weapons
Ibaraki
Bands disbanded
Battlecross (hiatus) Blessthefall Every Time I Die Mary's Blood (hiatus) Necronomidol (hiatus) Nuclear Assault Okilly Dokilly The Sword Tristania Twelve Foot Ninja (indefinite hiatus)
Bands reformed
A Skylit Drive
Becoming the Archetype
Biohazard
Botch
Coal Chamber
Divine Heresy
Gates of Ishtar
God Forbid
Northern Kings
Pantera
Prayer for Cleansing (one-off show) Symphony in Peril Watchtower With Blood Comes Cleansing Woe, Is Me Zero Hour
Deaths
January 4 – Andrzej Nowak, guitarist of TSA, died from a long-term illness at the age of 62. January 10 – Burke Shelley, vocalist and bassist of Budgie, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 71. January 10 – Gérard Drouot, promoter of numerous rock and metal bands including Deep Purple and Alice Cooper, died from leukemia at the age of 69. January 20 – Michael Lee Aday, singer and actor better known as Meat Loaf, died from COVID-19 complications at the age of 74. January 25 – Fredrik Johansson, former guitarist of Dark Tranquillity, died from cancer at the age of 47. January 26 – Kit Woolven, producer and engineer for albums by numerous rock and metal bands including Thin Lizzy, UFO, Cradle of Filth, Tony Iommi, Cathedral, and Steelheart, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 71. February 1 – Jon Zazula, co-founder of Megaforce Records, died from complications of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and osteopenia at the age of 69. February 6 – Bruce Greig, former guitarist of Misery Index and Dying Fetus, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 54. February 10 – Roman Kostrzewski, vocalist of Kat & Roman Kostrzewski and former vocalist of Kat, died from cancer at the age of 61. March 8 – Joe Moore, former drummer of Blood Feast, died from undisclosed reason at the age of 55. March 22 – Jayson Holmes, former vocalist and guitarist of Eso-Charis and former vocalist of The Handshake Murders, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 42. March 24 – Didier Séverin, former vocalist of Knut, died from undisclosed reasons. March 25 – Taylor Hawkins, former session drummer of Coheed and Cambria, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 50. April 5 – Adam Whited, former bassist of King Conquer, died from undisclosed reasons. April 12 – Ronnie Deo, former bassist of Incantation, died from undisclosed reasons. April 26 – Randy Rand, bassist of Autograph, died from undisclosed reasons. April 30 – Gabe Serbian, drummer of The Locust and Head Wound City, former drummer and guitarist of Cattle Decapitation and former vocalist of Dead Cross, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 44. May 1 – Ric Parnell (also known as Mick Shrimpton), former drummer of Spinal Tap, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 70. May 4 – Howie Pyro, former bassist of Danzig, died from complications due to COVID-related pneumonia at the age of 61. May 11 – Trevor Strnad, vocalist of The Black Dahlia Murder, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 41. May 24 – Guillaume Bideau, former vocalist of Mnemic and Scarve, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 44. May 30 – Henrik "Hempo" Hildén, former drummer of John Norum, Don Dokken and Glenn Hughes, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 69. June 3 – Lohy Fabiano, vocalist and bassist of Rebaelliun, died from cardio-respiratory arrest at the age of 44. June 5 – Alec John Such, former bassist of Bon Jovi, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 70. June 19 – Brett Tuggle, former keyboardist of David Lee Roth, died from cancer at the age of 70. July 1 – Andrew LaBarre, former vocalist and guitarist of Impaled and Ghoul, died from ALS at the age of 43. July 5 – Manny Charlton, founding member and former guitarist of Nazareth, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 80. July 24 – Bob Heathcote, former bassist of Suicidal Tendencies, died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident at the age of 58. July 27 – Kaleb Luebchow, drummer of War of Ages, died from undisclosed reasons. July 29 – Michael Bloodgood, bassist of Bloodgood, died from a hemorrhagic stroke. August 3 – Nicky Moore, former vocalist of Samson, died from Parkinson's disease at the age of 75. August 15 – Steve Grimmett, vocalist of Grim Reaper, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 62. August 19 – Ted Kirkpatrick, drummer of Tourniquet, died from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 62.