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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Here we are with the best 30 albums of very evil music we listened to in 2022 in our Black Lodge. We'll have a podium with the best three, than 22 great albums in alphabetical order, and the top 5 debut albums in alphabetical order. And, to end, some honourable mentions...

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2.Mantar - Pain Is Forever And This Is The End

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

4.Birds In Row - Gris Klein

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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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Every category (Best, Very Good...) in no particular order...

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3.Disillusion - Ayam

4.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

5.Aenaon - Mnemosyne

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Top 50 of this forsaken year from the top to the abyss (but still good). 8 & above

Album count: 329
Average rating: 6.73

1.Cult Of Luna - The Long Road North

2.Sylvaine - Nova

3.Luminous Vault - Animate The Emptiness

4.White Ward - False Light

5.Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses

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1.Polyphia - Remember That You Will Die

2.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor

3.Behemoth - Opvs Contra Natvram

4.Saidan - Onryō II: Her Spirit Eternal

5.Veiled In Scarlet - Reincarnation

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Fell just shy of 100 albums per month for the first half of the year, I imagine I won't be matching that but let's try to get to a full 1000 albums for the year at least.

1.Psychonaut - Violate Consensus Reality

2.Disillusion - Ayam

3.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

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

5.Wake - Thought Form Descent

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2022.1（1-12）
2022.2（13-21）
2022.3（22-33）
2022.4（34-53）
2022.5（54-72)
2022.6（73-88）
2022.7（89-）

1.Trenches - Reckoner

2.Shadow Of Intent - Elegy

3.Dark Millennium - Acid River

4.Toundra - Hex

5.Fit For An Autopsy - Oh What The Future Holds

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So much music yet so little time!

These are all the 2022 albums that I've been able to check out so far.

1.Messa - Close

2.Shape Of Despair - Return To The Void

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

4.Brutus (BEL) - Unison Life

5.Vanhävd - Vila

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Stuff I listened to and liked in 2022. WIP.

1.Natalia Lafourcade - De todas las flores

2.Richard Dawson - The Ruby Cord

3.tricot - 不出来 (Fudeki)

4.Park Jiha - The Gleam

5.Pintandwefall - Seventh Baby

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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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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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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.White Ward - False Light

4.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

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

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