Here's my AotY for each year from 1970, with a runner up (or two) following.
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't here, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

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1.Disillusion - Ayam

2.Aenaon - Mnemosyne

3.Wilderun - Epigone

4.Ghost - Impera

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

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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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1.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

2.White Ward - False Light

3.Gaerea - Mirage

4.Disillusion - Ayam

5.The Halo Effect - Days Of The Lost

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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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It's been a while! I've been offline for quite a while now, but I thought to myself that it might be fun to visit some old hobbies, and now I'm introducing my top favorite albums of 2022! Hope you like it, and give a thumbs up if you do :-)

Thanks a lot, and happy new year!

1.The Halo Effect - Days Of The Lost

2.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

3.Allegaeon - Damnum

4.Blind Guardian - The God Machine

5.Ghost - Impera

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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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These my top 50 albums for 2022

1.Fer De Lance - The Hyperborean

2.Messa - Close

3.Decapitated - Cancer Culture

4.Lorna Shore - Pain Remains

5.Immolation - Acts Of God

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1.Carpenter Brut - Leather Terror

2.The Halo Effect - Days Of The Lost

3.Vermilia - Ruska

4.Rammstein - Zeit

5.Darkest Era - Wither On The Vine

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1.Sigh - Shiki

2.Darkest Era - Wither On The Vine

3.Blind Guardian - The God Machine

4.Sabaton - The War To End All Wars

5.Tómarúm - Ash In Realms Of Stone Icons

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1.Blackbraid - Blackbraid I

2.Vorga - Striving Toward Oblivion

3.The Hellacopters - Eyes Of Oblivion

4.Brutus (BEL) - Unison Life

5.Misþyrming - Með Hamri

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These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)

- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery that I find exceptionally special!
- A flame (🔥) denotes an album that I've heard before, enjoyed, and am revisiting this month!

1.Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

2.Arctic Monkeys - AM

3.Arizmenda - Within The Vacuum Of Infinity...

4.Black Sky Giant - Orbiter

5.Cirkeln - Kingdoms That No One Remembers

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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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