All my top 2022 albums ranked in order that I have listened to completely. No EP's included only full length albums.

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1.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

2.Panzerfaust - The Suns Of Perdition - Chapter III: The Astral Drain

3.Psychonaut - Violate Consensus Reality

4.Djevel - Naa Skrider Natten Sort

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

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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…

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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1.Grima - Frostbitten

2.Vermilia - Ruska

3.Marrasmieli - Martaiden Mailta

4.Slipknot - The End, So Far

5.Amorphis - Halo

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1.Bleed From Within - Fracture

2.Shadow Of Intent - Elegy

3.Kardashev - Liminal Rite

4.Orbit Culture - Nija

5.Imminence - Turn The Light On

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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…

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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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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…

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.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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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,…

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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1.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor

2.Polyphia - Remember That You Will Die

3.Behemoth - Opvs Contra Natvram

4.Saidan - Onryō II: Her Spirit Eternal

5.Veiled In Scarlet - Reincarnation

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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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1.Psychonaut - Violate Consensus Reality

2.White Ward - False Light

3.Disillusion - Ayam

4.Persefone - Metanoia

5.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

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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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A list of my favorite album covers…

1.Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion

2.Mercyful Fate - Melissa

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Motörhead - Motörhead

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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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.Fallujah - Empyrean

2.Psycroptic - Divine Council

3.Nocturna - Daughters Of The Night

4.Arch Enemy - Deceivers

5.Tómarúm - Ash In Realms Of Stone Icons

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