1.Insomnium - Anno 1696

2.Atavistia - Cosmic Warfare

3.Night Crowned - Tales

4.Marianas Rest - Auer

5.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

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1.Hanging Garden - The Garden

2.Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars

3.Obituary - Dying Of Everything

4.Runemagick - Beyond The Cenotaph Of Mankind

5.Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current

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2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015

1.Prognan - Naši Životi Više Ne Postoje

2.Non Est Deus - Legacy

3.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

4.Hypno5e - Sheol

5.Aara - Triade III: Nyx

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1.Omnerod - The Amensal Rise

2.Hypno5e - Sheol

3.Sermon - Of Golden Verse

4.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

5.Haken - Fauna

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1.Insomnium - Anno 1696

2.Nospūn - Opus

3.Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars

4.Ironmaster - Weapons Of Spiritual Carnage

5.Sleep Token - Take Me Back To Eden

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My top to bottom list of everything from 2022 I've spent time with and have also purchased either physically or digitally (which is why most of them have high ratings). Releases featured on MS only. Whole number ratings out of 10 and my personal opinions included.

UPDATE: I am no longer updating this list. Unsure if a 2024 list will happen at this time...

1.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

2.Thy Catafalque - Alföld

3.Gravesend - Gowanus Death Stomp

4.Sermon - Of Golden Verse

5.Nightmarer - Deformity Adrift

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1.Marianas Rest - Auer

2.Soen - Memorial

3.Saturnus - The Storm Within

4.Bloodred Hourglass - How's The Heart?

5.Deathstars - Everything Destroys You

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1.Soen - Memorial

2.Immortal Guardian - Unite And Conquer

3.Vulture Industries - Ghosts From The Past

4.Sacred Outcry - Towers Of Gold

5.Bjørkø - Heartrot

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1.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

2.Alkaloid - Numen

3.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

4.Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns And Seven Seals

5.Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium

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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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Best from what I heard in this month. Based on first impressions - re-listens often make me change my mind.

1.Insomnium - Anno 1696

2.Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars

3.For I Am King - Crown

4.Faun - Ylfa Spere

5.Delain - Dark Waters

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1.Saturnus - The Storm Within

2.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II

3.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

4.Tenhi - Valkama

5.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

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I've been meaning to start a 2023 list for quite a while, just trying to keep up, so here is the start of it. These are the albums that impressed me. I will update the list, obviously a work in progress.

1.Riverside - ID.Entity

2.Klone - Meanwhile

3.Zopp - Dominion

4.All My Shadows - Eerie Monsters

5.The Enigma Division - The Enigma Division

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New releases - albums, EPs and singles

1.Haavard - Haavard

2.Insomnium - Anno 1696

3.Killing Joke - Full Spectrum Dominance

4.Hanging Garden - The Garden

5.Gggolddd - I Let My Hair Grow

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1.Thantifaxath - Hive Mind Narcosis

2.Gravenchalice - Messiah

3.Blackbraid - Blackbraid II

4.Fleshvessel - Yearning: Promethean Fates Sealed

5.Hasard - Malivore

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