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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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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As is the case with my other lists, this is for my own organizational purposes and is designed purely to help me keep track of all the many black metal bands and albums that I enjoy, since I can't keep all of this information in my head. It has no other benefit whatsoever and will likely result in tantrums should anyone else see it. I'm aware that I haven't listened to every black metal album that I should have. I only went down to the 6s on this list, so it's possible that I have listened to your favorite black metal album that you desperately need to suggest and I thought it was terrible. There are a lot of heinously incompetent black metal bands out there.

On the off-chance that you've found this and actually care about what I think (you shouldn't), be advised that my favorites come first. Some are favorites in the general sense; some are favorites within black metal. The first few of those are in some order and not so much after that.

Because this is for my own purposes and not intended to be a definitive list of pure black metal, there are some black metal-adjacent bands, or albums by black metal bands that may not themselves be black metal. That's why you'll find so much Sigh clogging up the top of the list. I prefer to keep whole discographies together on one list. I used to include Primordial, Forefather, and other such bands, but a while back I created a list for folk and I decided that those artists would fit better there.

I update these lists very infrequently. This was last updated December 7, 2022.

1.Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape

2.Sigh - Graveward

3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

4.Sigh - Heir To Despair

5.The Meads Of Asphodel - The Murder Of Jesus The Jew

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These are my top 100 favorite new releases of 2022

Genre stats:
Black: 22
Death: 18
Doom: 15
Stoner: 9
Sludge: 8
Heavy: 7
Post: 5
Thrash: 5
Prog / Avant-garde: 4
Alternative: 2
Gothic: 1
Folk: 1
Drone: 1
Hardcore: 1

1.Lune - Hymns To The Lunar Realm

2.Famyne - II: The Ground Below

3.Umbra Conscientia - Nigredine Mundi

4.Angrrsth - W Czeluść

5.Devil Master - Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night

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Merry Christmas, my fellow metalheads!

Inspired by Qualeen's list, I meticulously kept track of how often I listened to every album this year. I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to albums of the year 2022, ordered by number of full listens.

In other words, here are the albums that I've been most obsessively addicted to over the past year!

1.Slayer - Show No Mercy

2.Mercyful Fate - Melissa

3.Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked

4.Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh

5.Autopsy - Severed Survival

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Hey, I'm back since late September. I'm probably only going to go to 50 albums this time around but that may change depending on how many metal (in some shape or form) albums I get to. So far I'm starting the list off with 20. I haven't checked anyone's list yet but will do so once I get through RYM's most popular metal albums. Check back frequently as I suspect I will update this list daily.

1.Licho - Ciuciubabka

2.Heltekvad - Morgenrødens Helvedesherre

3.Grave Pilgrim - Molten Hands Reach West

4.Crown of Ascension - Transmission Errors

5.Devil Master - Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night

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Albums that share their name with a song usually have only one title track. However, there are also examples of albums where several songs contribute to the album name.

Please feel free to suggest more examples for albums with multiple title tracks.

1.Alpinist - Lichtlærm

2.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

3.Black Flag - Damaged

4.Blindead - Absence

5.Bolt Thrower - Honour - Valour - Pride

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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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So much music yet so little time!

These are all the 2022 albums that I've been able to check out so far.

1.Messa - Close

2.Shape Of Despair - Return To The Void

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

4.Brutus (BEL) - Unison Life

5.Vanhävd - Vila

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1.Polyphia - Remember That You Will Die

2.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor

3.Behemoth - Opvs Contra Natvram

4.Saidan - Onryō II: Her Spirit Eternal

5.Veiled In Scarlet - Reincarnation

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These my top 50 albums for 2022

1.Fer De Lance - The Hyperborean

2.Messa - Close

3.Decapitated - Cancer Culture

4.Lorna Shore - Pain Remains

5.Immolation - Acts Of God

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Thanks to MS for providing me with a place to list these albums. I only add the music i enjoyed (7+) to my lists.

1.Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems

2.Cloud Rat - Threshold

3.Chat Pile - God's Country

4.Knoll - Metempiric

5.Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory

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My very subjective ranking of all heard metal and metal-adjacent albums 2022.

1.Mamaleek - Diner Coffee

2.Wilderun - Epigone

3.Disillusion - Ayam

4.Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture

5.Cavernlight - As I Cast Ruin Upon The Lens That Reveals My Every Flaw

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1.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

2.Gaerea - Mirage

3.Andy Gillion - Arcade Metal

4.Early Moods - Early Moods

5.Sadness (USA) - Tortuga

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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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