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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almost done, about 10-15 more bands still to listen to

1.Immolation - Acts Of God

2.Heaving Earth - Darkness Of God

3.Artificial Brain - Artificial Brain

4.Esoctrilihum - Consecration Of The Spiritüs Flesh

5.Blind Guardian - The God Machine

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1.Venator - Echoes From The Gutter

2.Megadeth - The Sick, The Dying... And The Dead!

3.Behemoth - Opvs Contra Natvram

4.Kvaen - The Great Below

5.Blackbraid - Blackbraid I

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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.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

5.Evergrey - A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament)

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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.

NOTE: I am no longer updating this list as I have moved onto 2023... which you can check out here: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7758

1.Sylvaine - Nova

2.Humanotone - A Flourishing Fall In A Grain Of Sand

3.Tómarúm - Ash In Realms Of Stone Icons

4.Allegaeon - Damnum

5.Blackbraid - Blackbraid I

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My List of the releases made during 2022. Score based on the excel sheet i've made https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hk_3gkpCfeKtdZNus_z3sxg-U8XJ_MqklfC8tbealaE/edit?usp=sharing

1.Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses

2.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

3.Porcupine Tree - Closure / Continuation

4.Celeste - Assassine(s)

5.Gaerea - Mirage

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3 Anno Covidi - the war year

1.Persefone - Metanoia

2.Dance With The Dead - Driven To Madness

3.Kuolemanlaakso - Kuusumu

4.Long Distance Calling - Eraser

5.NEMOPHILA - Seize The Fate

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1.Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture

2.Conjurer - Páthos

3.Psychonaut - Violate Consensus Reality

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

5.Lorna Shore - Pain Remains

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Top 100 2022 in the making.

1.Gaerea - Mirage

2.Lorna Shore - Pain Remains

3.Cult Of Luna - The Long Road North

4.SpiritWorld - Deathwestern

5.Final Light - Final Light

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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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In order, my favourite song highlighted and a rating out of 5 for the album

1.Undeath - It's Time . . .To Rise From The Grave

2.Maul - Seraphic Punishment

3.The Spirit - Of Clarity And Galactic Structures

4.Venom Prison - Erebos

5.Shadow Of Intent - Elegy

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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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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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