1.Blackbraid - Blackbraid I

2.Mist Of Misery - Severance

3.Stormruler - Sacred Rites & Black Magick

4.Kvaen - The Great Below

5.Amon Acid - Cosmogony

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This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

3.Slipknot - Iowa

4.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

5.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

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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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1.Electric Callboy - Tekkno

2.Venom Prison - Erebos

3.Shadow Of Intent - Elegy

4.Wormrot - Hiss

5.Comeback Kid - Heavy Steps

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Better late than never! I tried to be thorough and listened to anything I thought I might be remotely interested in order to create this list.

1.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

2.Blind Guardian - The God Machine

3.Wilderun - Epigone

4.Brymir - Voices In The Sky

5.Immolation - Acts Of God

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Shieeet, here we go again...
Best death metal AD 2022 according to myself, listed alphabetically by band name with subgenres. Some notable omissions include: Amon Amarth, Behemoth, Decapitated, Fallujah, Lorna Shore, Omophagia, Paganizer and Temple Of Void. These left me a bit disappointed so I chose not to include them on the list proper, even though I enjoyed all the bands' newest albums. I'm also still catching up on a lot of records so this list will be updated semi-regularly. Hopefully you will find something you haven't heard here. Feel free to recommend stuff in the comments. Enjoy!

Oh and as a side note, none of the genre descriptors are meant as derogative, I obviously enjoy all these bands and albums. Caverncore (or cavernous death) for example is meant as familiar in sound/style to a band like Cruciamentum or Chthe'ilist.

1.Abysmal Dawn - Nightmare Frontier

2.Acephalix - Theothanatology

3.Aeternam - Heir Of The Rising Sun

4.Aethereus - Leiden

5.Allegaeon - Damnum

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Collected thanks to Last.fm. Looks like there's been an odd mixture of brutal death metal, symphonic deathcore, old school death metal and... power metal (among others) because i'm a fantasy enjoyer.

1.Infant Annihilator - The Battle Of Yaldabaoth

2.Immolation - Acts Of God

3.Shadow Of Intent - Elegy

4.Meshuggah - Immutable

5.Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath

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Well, here I put my personal top with which to me have been the best albums of 2022. They are not all they are, but if they all are.

1.Exocrine - The Hybrid Suns

2.Allegaeon - Damnum

3.Tómarúm - Ash In Realms Of Stone Icons

4.Lorna Shore - Pain Remains

5.Inexorum - Equinox Vigil

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I ordered them from the most to the least cherished from top to bottom. This is probably the first year I can even put together 20+ favorite albums. I've never done as much exploration in a year, although it all pales in comparison to what some of you are able to pull of. Merry Christmas and happy new year

1.Witcher - Lélekharang

2.Hath - All That Was Promised

3.Moonlight Sorcery - Piercing Through The Frozen Eternity

4.Immolation - Acts Of God

5.Phobophilic - Enveloping Absurdity

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I've played somewhere in the region of 1200 albums this year - there's been a lot of great stuff among them, so this will not be an easy list to narrow down - I'd like to say I can be stricter than the 25 I had in last year's list, but to be honest I feel like the competition for 25 spots is more intense this time around, so I'll stick to that (making this the top 2% of albums I heard this year) - shoutouts to Gloson, The Nest, Sum Of R, Process Of Guilt, Dysnostic and Aeviterne, who probably would have had good shots of making it onto this list if I'd made the time to revisit them more. Also shoutout to Laere and Euphrosyne, whose EPs in Clandestine Cuts indicate exceedingly promising futures

1.Psychonaut - Violate Consensus Reality

2.Disillusion - Ayam

3.Persefone - Metanoia

4.Kardashev - Liminal Rite

5.Shadow Of Intent - Elegy

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My final list for 2022.
Just one 10 this year for an absolutely spectacular album.

1.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

2.Persefone - Metanoia

3.Jani Liimatainen - My Father's Son

4.Devin Townsend - Lightwork

5.Stratovarius - Survive

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Top 10 of 2022 with 3 albums extra.

1.Blind Guardian - The God Machine

2.Shadow Of Intent - Elegy

3.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

4.Amorphis - Halo

5.Fallujah - Empyrean

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Top 12 Albums of 2022 according to le Lutin O.

1.Amon Amarth - The Great Heathen Army

2.Lorna Shore - Pain Remains

3.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor

4.The Halo Effect - Days Of The Lost

5.Shadow Of Intent - Elegy

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Albums I have enjoyed the most in 2022, ranked approximately.

Including only albums I rated 3/5 or higher.

1.Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There

2.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor

3.Rolo Tomassi - Where Myth Becomes Memory

4.deathcrash - Return

5.Venom Prison - Erebos

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