1.White Ward - False Light

2.Gaerea - Mirage

3.Dream Unending - Song Of Salvation

4.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

5.Voivod - Synchro Anarchy

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Taken around 8:30 pm GMT
There was no write-in for djent so I voted for one.
Not totally clean (trolls in last categories are kept for fun),
Thanks to the person who curated most of the write-is since yesterday, it really reduced the work to do!

PS : I cleaned the list listening to The Testament by Seventh Wonder, so I was particularly unhappy to see it in the biggest letdowns at the end

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2.A.A. Williams - As The Moon Rests

3.Disturbed - Divisive

4.Dog Fashion Disco - Cult Classic

5.Fleshwater - We're Not Here To Be Loved

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Looks like we get to go around the sun for another year. So far...not off to a great start, but may as well continue this decade of garbage with another list. As always, recommendations welcome.

1.Arizmenda - Spiders Lust In The Dungeon’s Dust

2.Djevel - Naa Skrider Natten Sort

3.Imperial Triumphant - Spirit Of Ecstasy

4.Artificial Brain - Artificial Brain

5.Negative Plane - The Pact

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Ratings go from:

WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe not fitting my tastes.

I've decided to stop rating albums with a numerical value as I tend to feel uncomfortable with that. This list has a minimalistic, subjective and visceral approach, based purely on sensations and personal tastes. Mainly for personal use and doesn't pretend to be a serious ranking, but emerges from the need to remember which bands and albums I enjoyed and the ones I disliked. I constantly revisit new releases so first impressions may change over time. It usually takes 8-10 spins for me to get completely sure of a rating.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot

2.Abhoria - Abhoria

3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

4.Agrypnie - Metamorphosis

5.Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function

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1.Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark

2.Satan - Earth Infernal

3.Messa - Close

4.Elder - Innate Passage

5.Arð - Take Up My Bones

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Ratings go from:

WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe not fitting my tastes.

I've decided to stop rating albums with a numerical value as I tend to feel uncomfortable with that system. This list has a minimalistic, subjective and visceral approach, based purely on sensations and personal tastes. I constantly revisit new releases so first impressions may change over time. It usually takes 3-4 spins for me to get completely sure of a rating.

1.Vehemence - Ordalies

2.The Mist From The Mountains - Monumental: The Temple Of Twilight

3.Allegaeon - Damnum

4.Fit For An Autopsy - Oh What The Future Holds

5.Vanaheim - Een Verloren Verhaal

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All my top 2022 albums ranked in order that I have listened to completely. No EP's included only full length albums.

1.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

2.Psychonaut - Violate Consensus Reality

3.Panzerfaust - The Suns Of Perdition - Chapter III: The Astral Drain

4.Aenaon - Mnemosyne

5.Djevel - Naa Skrider Natten Sort

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1.Witcher - Lélekharang

2.Jani Liimatainen - My Father's Son

3.Civil War - Invaders

4.White Ward - False Light

5.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

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Only including albums I've listened to the whole way through.

1.Persefone - Metanoia

2.Ode And Elegy - Ode And Elegy

3.Non Est Deus - Impious

4.Confess - Revenge At All Costs

5.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor

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A list of albums released in 2022 that I've listened to and thought "Hmmm, hey, ya, I'll probably listen to that again." I try to keep it in order of personal ranking.

1.Show Me The Body - Trouble The Water

2.Meshuggah - Immutable

3.Soreption - Jord

4.Smoke - Groupthink

5.Messa - Close

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My Top 70 Metal Albums Of 2022 (35 ~ 1) - Part 1 >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K0ZCCxGQfo&ab_channel=%C3%9CmidAraman

My Top 70 Metal Albums Of 2022 (70 ~ 36) - Part 2 >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=802-q5JAhRY&ab_channel=%C3%9CmidAraman

1.Kardashev - Liminal Rite

2.Fit For An Autopsy - Oh What The Future Holds

3.Shadow Of Intent - Elegy

4.Lorna Shore - Pain Remains

5.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

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2022 Best of list. In order of rating then in order of listening.

1.Blackbraid - Blackbraid I

2.Rammstein - Zeit

3.Exhumed - To The Dead

4.OAR - The Blood You Crave

5.Oshiego - Jaljalut

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1.White Ward - False Light

2.Hath - All That Was Promised

3.Sidus Atrum - Spiral Of Life

4.Immolation - Acts Of God

5.Disillusion - Ayam

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Honestly curious to see if I get anywhere near 2021's ludicrous album count (~900) this year; should hopefully be some very high-scoring albums in the first couple of months, but otherwise let's hope for some good stuff this year!

Edit: Somehow managed to reach the list character limit, so going to delete some of the comments

1.Persefone - Metanoia

2.Hath - All That Was Promised

3.Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory

4.Playgrounded - The Death Of Death

5.Kardashev - Liminal Rite

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All listened albums chart

1.Wilderun - Epigone

2.Disillusion - Ayam

3.Sylvaine - Nova

4.Soundgarden - Live At The Paramount Theatre - Seattle 1992

5.Lamentations - Passion Of Depression

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