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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

1. ~~~The Best Alternative Metal Album~~~

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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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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1. Porcupine Tree - Closure / Continuation

2. Disillusion - Ayam

3. In the Woods... - Diversum

4. Ghost - Impera

5. Threshold - Dividing Lines

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I've been meaning to start a 2022 list for quite a while, 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. Pure Reason Revolution - Above Cirrus

2. Spitfire - Denial to Fall

3. Birth - Born

4. Fer de Lance - The Hyperborean

5. Dawn of Solace - Flames of Perdition

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even though 2021's list isn't final yet (are they ever?) - I'm compelled any-damn-way to rank the 2022's I've been bamboozled with the most... most of it happens to be metal in some way or another - but, like my previous ones... non-metal albums that kick my ass (softly?) will surely be included, as well - hope it helps or is at least interesting to even one MS'er! (even if that MS'er is me hehe)

updated - 5/19/22
updated - 1/18/23

1. Skin Tension - Omni

2. Devin Townsend - Lightwork

3. Persefone - Metanoia

4. Wilderun - Epigone

5. Sigh - Shiki

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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. Aenaon - Mnemosyne

3. Djevel - Naa Skrider Natten Sort

4. Disillusion - Ayam

5. Psychonaut - Violate Consensus Reality

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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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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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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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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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1. Grima - Frostbitten

2. Vermilia - Ruska

3. Marrasmieli - Martaiden Mailta

4. Slipknot - The End, So Far

5. Amorphis - Halo

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