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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I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.Thy Catafalque - Meta

2.Sepulcros - Vazio

3.Kassad - Faces Turn Away

4.Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings

5.Xanthochroid - Of Erthe And Axen: Act I

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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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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)

By the way, this image is the view out of my bedroom window

- 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.Acherontas - Theosis

2.Albino Slug - Albino Slug

3.Anathema - Alternative 4

4.Ashbury - Endless Skies

5.Asphyx - Death... The Brutal Way

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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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These are my top 100 favorite new releases of 2022

Genre stats:
Black: 22
Death: 18
Doom: 15
Stoner: 9
Sludge: 8
Heavy: 7
Post: 5
Thrash: 5
Prog / Avant-garde: 4
Alternative: 2
Gothic: 1
Folk: 1
Drone: 1
Hardcore: 1

1.Lune - Hymns To The Lunar Realm

2.Famyne - II: The Ground Below

3.Umbra Conscientia - Nigredine Mundi

4.Angrrsth - W Czeluść

5.Devil Master - Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night

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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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These are my favourite albums from the year 2022, ranked in order from my most favourite at number 1 to my least favourite.

1.Russian Circles - Gnosis

2.Brutus (BEL) - Unison Life

3.Elder - Innate Passage

4.Gaupa - Myriad

5.Final Light - Final Light

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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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3 Anno Covidi - the war year

1.Persefone - Metanoia

2.Dance With The Dead - Driven To Madness

3.Kuolemanlaakso - Kuusumu

4.Long Distance Calling - Eraser

5.NEMOPHILA - Seize The Fate

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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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2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015

1.Cult Of Luna - The Long Road North

2.Diablo - When All The Rivers Are Silent

3.Celeste - Assassine(s)

4.Wolfheart - King Of The North

5.Vermilia - Ruska

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2022 Best of list. In order of rating then in order of listening.

1.Blackbraid - Blackbraid I

2.Rammstein - Zeit

3.Exhumed - To The Dead

4.OAR - The Blood You Crave

5.Oshiego - Jaljalut

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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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