Rock + Metal songs that went viral on TikTok in 2022

He is Tik Tok The future of the music industry? Perhaps so, since few songs have gone viral and reached charts they’ve never touched before thanks to the video platform, the sixth most popular social media app in the world based on average monthly users. [via DemandSage].

All it takes is one video to go viral, and the song that was used in it can explode in a big way, as was the case with metallicaPuppet Master during the summer. The 1986 track was featured in the fourth season finale of Weird thingsAnd the As a result, it became a hit song on TikTok. After that, the song landed on the Spotify Viral 50 and Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time36 years after its debut.

TikTok has become an essential marketing tool for artists and record labels to promote music, and they sometimes even work with influencers and other personalities with large followings to push songs into the mainstream. According to MRC data, 67 percent of TikTok users are more likely to play songs on streaming services after hearing them on the video app. [via Business Insider]so there is a symbiotic relationship between the music industry and the social platform.

A handful of rock and metal songs have had their moments in the spotlight thanks to TikTok this year as well, so we’ve put together some of them in a gallery to take you on a trip down 2022 memory lane. Along with some major artists you’ll definitely know, we’ve tried to highlight some up-and-coming artists from the whole world.

Scroll below for a handful of the rock and metal songs that have gone viral on TikTok this year. Did you catch any new TikTok artists this year that we missed?