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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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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1.Immolation - Acts Of God

2.Bloodbath - Survival Of The Sickest

3.Strigoi - Viscera

4.Konvent - Call Down The Sun

5.Souldrainer - Departure

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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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As the Earth makes another full circle around the sun, its time to celebrate the best albums that marked that period.

1.Kurokuma - Born Of Obsidian

2.Jungle Rot - A Call To Arms

3.The Hu - Rumble Of Thunder

4.Malevolence - Malicious Intent

5.Toxik - Dis Morta

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stingy year of albums for me. Not the best year too, but in unluck i'm still here alive.

and i'm deeply sad that Bandcamp has been acquired by Epic Games, only for the purpose to going against Google. Damn my eye if i hate so much when greedy and shitty big tech company not respectful of privacy (both of them) ruins healty tech company that gives the right to artists (expecially indipendent ones) and customers. Well, time to buy on Bandcamp only on bandcamp friday.

1.Deon Van Heerden - Shootas, Blood & Teef (Original Soundtrack)

2.Saor - Origins

3.An Abstract Illusion - Woe

4.Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - Wilde Kinder

5.Kreator - Hate Über Alles

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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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Well, here I put my personal top with which to me have been the best albums of 2022. They are not all they are, but if they all are.

1.Exocrine - The Hybrid Suns

2.Allegaeon - Damnum

3.Tómarúm - Ash In Realms Of Stone Icons

4.Lorna Shore - Pain Remains

5.Inexorum - Equinox Vigil

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I ordered them from the most to the least cherished from top to bottom. This is probably the first year I can even put together 20+ favorite albums. I've never done as much exploration in a year, although it all pales in comparison to what some of you are able to pull of. Merry Christmas and happy new year

1.Witcher - Lélekharang

2.Hath - All That Was Promised

3.Moonlight Sorcery - Piercing Through The Frozen Eternity

4.Immolation - Acts Of God

5.Phobophilic - Enveloping Absurdity

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Winter is here....

1.Candlemass - Sweet Evil Sun

2.Fall Of The Idols - Contradictory Notes

3.Remina - Strata

4.Xentrix - Seven Words

5.Kampfar - Til Klovers Takt

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This is a list of (celtic/medieval/extreme) folk metal albums (in alphabetical order) based on their artwork. It includes iconic cover art from classic albums as well as fascinating work from more recent releases.
There is a saying that "you should not judge a book by its cover", which is of course also true in the case of music albums. However, the artwork can complement the production and give a visual introduction to the musical theme and atmosphere. More than for any other kind of music, this may be true for metal.

(Updated 19.02.2023)

1.Arkona - Гой, Роде, Гой!

2.Brymir - Voices In The Sky

3.Cnoc An Tursa - The Giants Of Auld

4.Eluveitie - Helvetios

5.Eluveitie - Slania

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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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