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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

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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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Another year whit so many great new albums has passed.
I was thinking how to put, chose from each months winner, 3 , 5 or 10 albums . I thought one is to little , it might ruin, 10 are to much and sometimes 3 don't deal.
5 I think are best. So first 5 from motley list was ranked as best of 2022 .

1.Candlemass - Sweet Evil Sun

2.Fall Of The Idols - Contradictory Notes

3.Horn - Verzet

4.Battlelore - The Return Of The Shadow

5.Dark Millennium - Acid River

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Another year has passed, so that means it's time for my list of the best and worst albums of 2022.

Some numbers:

- 194 albums
- Total points given: 1437,9
- Average score: 7,41/10

- Albums with a score of 7 or above: 80,93%
- Albums with a score of 8 or above: 27,32%
- Albums with a score of 9 or above: 0,52%

1.Lost In My Perception - In The Name Of Progress

2.My Diligence - The Matter, Form And Power

3.Temnee - Horror Of Noon

4.City Of The Lost - Wasteland Guide II

5.Evil Invaders - Shattering Reflection

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1.David Maxim Micic - Bilo IV

2.Porcupine Tree - Closure / Continuation

3.Charlie Griffiths - Tiktaalika

4.Devin Townsend - Lightwork

5.Wilderun - Epigone

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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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3 extra albums

1.Blind Guardian - The God Machine

2.Stratovarius - Survive

3.Avantasia - A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society

4.Wind Rose - Warfront

5.Sumerlands - Dreamkiller

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1.Seventh Wonder - The Testament

2.Kreator - Hate Über Alles

3.Ghost - Impera

4.Jani Liimatainen - My Father's Son

5.Stratovarius - Survive

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Most hardest list to build, so far...

1.Veritates - Silent War

2.Blind Guardian - The God Machine

3.Tyrant (USA-MI) - The Lowest Level

4.Stratovarius - Survive

5.Hexed - Pagans Rising

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Disforia - The Age Of Ether

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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It's a list of all the albums that I plan on listening to from the year 2022.

Edit 2023: the list is now a personal ruffly ranked top 100 of the year.

1.Persefone - Metanoia

2.Wilderun - Epigone

3.Disillusion - Ayam

4.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

5.Kardashev - Liminal Rite

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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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The goats. The near perfect albums that never get old. Some are full of catchy bangers I'm always humming, and some are so full to the brim of details that I still haven't even uncovered them all.

A brief outline of my ratings:
8.5-9.0 = An excellent album with a few mild drawbacks (Weak song, slightly irritating vocals, odd flow)
9.0-9.5 = Perfect albums that haven't quite warranted the time-earnt 9.5+.
9.5-9.9 = Perfect albums that have stood the test of time, ranked by preference.
10 = I don't expect to hear another album like these, ever.

(I use 'perfect' lightly as it makes no sense for a man-made creation to be flawless. 'Perfect' is simply a term to outline how high a level of enjoyment is, specifically the level of enjoyment when minor faults become insignificant.)

(I evaluate albums outside of metal vastly differently to the ones here, which explains the lack of representation of my other favourite genres. Blue Sky Mining is an exception due to being structured very similarly to my optimal metal album. I may add some picks from other genres down the line.)


STATS:
I know y'all don't look at my lists, so these are purely for my own interest.

-Decades
'10s: 36
'20s: 22
'00s: 7
'90s: 2

-Genres (By best fit or most prominent)
Prog: 35
Death: 11
Power: 9
Symphonic: 4
Black: 3
Contemporary: 2
Folk: 1
Doom: 1
Rock: 1

1.Devin Townsend - Empath

2.Memories Of Old - The Zeramin Game

3.Wintersun - Time I

4.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

5.Persefone - Aathma

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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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1.Uriah Heep - Chaos & Colour

2.Iron Maiden - Senjutsu

3.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

4.Warrior Path - The Mad King

5.Ghost - Impera

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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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