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Nightfly ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Death, D/S/D, T/S/G Teams Joined: 07 Apr 2010 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 5017 |
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Nearly another year gone by and it's almost time again for the best of year vote. I'll be opening the voting thread soon so now might be a good time to start thinking about your favourite albums of the year.
Use this thread for discussion on the best of 2022 to save clutter in the actual voting thread. All the rules will be at the top of the voting thread when it appears but one of the most important ones is that any albums voted for must be on the MMA database. I always find some in lists that are not so if you're aware of any albums/bands you'd like to vote for that aren't here please add them or bring it to the attention of Collaborators/Admin asap.
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adg211288 ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22100 |
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Oh man I'm going to REALLY have to do some catch up with new releases so get together even a respectable submission for this year. I've rated less than 30 releases all year and a few of them I'd be disinclined to give points to.
Here's what I have heard: https://rateyourmusic.com/collection/adg211288/strm_relyear,ss.rd/2022 Feel free to drop me any recommendations. My #1 is all but assured, but everything else is up in the air.
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Tupan ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 28 Mar 2010 Location: Brasil Status: Offline Points: 1625 |
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I already have some kind of list... Voivod, Wormrot, Sadist and Ratos de Porão are there. Also, the side project of Matt Heafy, Ibaraki, was a good surprise in 2022!
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UMUR ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Errors & Omissions Team / Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 18180 |
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I´ve never had a year like 2022, where I´ve reviewed so few new releases. If I can muster submitting a top 5 this year, it´ll be a miracle.
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Vim Fuego ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Death, T/S/G, Grind, VA Teams Joined: 05 Jul 2015 Location: Canterbury, NZ Status: Offline Points: 6576 |
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I thought I had the album of the year selected several times, but new shit just keeps coming along. It's down to a couple now - thrash veterans or grindcore newcomers.
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UMUR ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Errors & Omissions Team / Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 18180 |
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I like the new Meshuggah a lot. It´s a bit different and even a bit melodic at times, which I think suits them at this point. Is it even a little bit more accessible than usual?...yeah even that.
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Tupan ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 28 Mar 2010 Location: Brasil Status: Offline Points: 1625 |
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It does sound more accessible!
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BitterJalapeno ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Grunge/Post-grunge & Moderator Joined: 12 Sep 2020 Location: Glasgow Status: Offline Points: 461 |
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Definitely agree on Meshuggah. It almost has a creepy atmospheric vibe that their others don't. I'd rank it quite highly in their discography but perhaps that's down to it still being relatively fresh. I've heard plenty of other great stuff this year. If people need some reccommendations, go for the following: Death metal Suppression - The Sorrow of Soul Through Flesh (old school vibes) Artificial Brain - Artificial Brain (crazy dissonant tech death) Immolation - Acts of Gods (standard Immolation excellence) Sludge/Doom/Post-Metal Conan - Evidence of Immortality (like wading through a blood soaked peat bog) Crowbar - Zero and Below (standard Crowbar solidity) Conjurer - Pathos (bleak and heavy as fuck) Chat Pile - God's Country (blood curdling sluge with a few twists) Mathcore The Callous Daoboys - Celebrity Therapist (delightfully bat-shit crazy) Gospel - The Loser (the aggression of mathcore with 70s prog structures) Black Metal Grima - Frostbitten (chillingly cold and atmospheric) Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture (jazzy black metal with angry Scottish vocals) I'd be most interested in anyone else's findings.
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Star baby, did you deep fry a piece of the Great Barrier Reef?
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Nightfly ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Death, D/S/D, T/S/G Teams Joined: 07 Apr 2010 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 5017 |
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I've added fewer albums to my collection this year than any year for some time. So far I've bought around 40 2022 releases though with Xmas coming up and a few late buys it's likely to top 50 compared to around 80 last year. There's been some great stuff but overall not one of the best.
Immolation are almost certain to top my vote but also high up will be Revocation, Jungle Rot, Undeath, Consumption, Star One and Michael Romeo.
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UMUR ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Errors & Omissions Team / Retired Admin Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 18180 |
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The only 2022 releases I´ve reviewed this year are: Album: Toxik - Dis Morta Witchery - Nightside Werewolves - From the Cave to the Grave EP: Abysmal Dawn - Nightmare Frontier Single: Dying Fetus - Compulsion for Cruelty Toxik - Creating the Abyss Toxik - Power Autopsy - Skin by Skin I´ve also listened to but not reviewed: Meshuggah - Immutable Megadeth - The Sick, The Dying... and The Dead Devin Townsend - Lightwork Defleshed - Grind Over Matter ...and probably a few more I can´t remember right now. |
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DippoMagoo ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Power & Neo, Goth & Symph, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 31 Aug 2014 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 3072 |
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Contrary to most people in here saying it's been a slow year for them, this has actually been my most productive year for music since 2016, and my first time being over 100 albums ranked on RYM since then. I did slow down a bit in the last couple months, but I now have a setup that lets me listen to music a lot more easily without needing to rely on headphones (which make me sick over a long period), so things should finally be steady for me going forward.
I still have some stuff to listen to, but I should be able to put together a comprehensive list, once voting starts, maybe needing to add a few albums to the site, as usual.
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Psydye ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Jan 2013 Location: PA, USA Status: Offline Points: 12471 |
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Good thing I got a head start on this. So far I've got 12 albums I may be voting for. They are: Keldian - The Bloodwater Rebellion Stratovarius - Survive Venator - Echoes From the Gutter Power Paladin - With the Magic of Windfyre Steel A Sound of Thunder - The Krimson Kult Behemoth - Opvs Contra Natvram Immolation - Acts of God Septicflesh - Modern Primitive Blind Guardian - The God Machine Grave Digger - Symbol of Eternity Megadeth - The Sick, The Dying...And the Dead! Soilwork - Overgivenheten Still have to add more of course and this list may change as a result. Other releases I still need to check out are: Revocation - Netherheaven
Amon Amarth - The Great Heathen Army Witchery - Nightside Alestorm - Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum Sigh - Shiki Municipal Waste - Electrified Brain Machine Head - Of Kingdom and Crown Kreator - Hate uber alles Animals As Leaders Goatwhore - Angels Hung From the Arches of Heaven Lamb of God - Omens Terra Atlantica - Beyond the Borders Avatarium - Death, Where Is Your Sting Satyricon - Satyricon and Munch Esoctrilihum - Consecration of the Spiritus Flesh Darkthrone - Astral Fortress Deathspell Omega - The Long Defeat Allegaeon - Damnum Candlemass - Sweet Evil Sun Satan's Host - This Legacy Will Never Die Ruby the Hatchet - Fear is a Cruel Master Grave Digger - Symbol of Eternity Obituary - Dying of Everything |
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Nightfly ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Death, D/S/D, T/S/G Teams Joined: 07 Apr 2010 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 5017 |
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The new Threshold album might be worth you checking out Adam. Haven't made my mind up on it yet but I know you liked the last one.
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adg211288 ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 22100 |
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Ah yes, will definitely give that one a whirl. The last album made me a fan having been rather indifferent to them previously.
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Nightfly ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Death, D/S/D, T/S/G Teams Joined: 07 Apr 2010 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 5017 |
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The Best of 2022 voting thread is now open so feel free to start adding your lists as soon as you like.
Please read all the rules before submitting your list. |
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Tupan ![]() MMA Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: 28 Mar 2010 Location: Brasil Status: Offline Points: 1625 |
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I saw the lists already available, good to see that Wormrot's Hiss is being loved!
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Nightfly ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Death, D/S/D, T/S/G Teams Joined: 07 Apr 2010 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 5017 |
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Only 7 lists in the voting thread so far so please keep those lists coming. There's still over a month to go but if there's not sufficient lists to make a meaningful vote by the end of january I'll extend the deadline. If that doesn't do the trick then It'll be a waste of time compiling a presentation so I won't bother.
Going to start sending out PM's after Xmas to see if that drums up a bit of interest.
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Bosh66 ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Sludge, MC, HC, Post-Metal & Noise Rock Joined: 14 Feb 2013 Location: Bolton, Lancs Status: Offline Points: 25143 |
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Still got mine to submit. I’ll compile after Christmas. Sorry for the delay.
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Vim Fuego ![]() Forum Admin Group ![]() ![]() Death, T/S/G, Grind, VA Teams Joined: 05 Jul 2015 Location: Canterbury, NZ Status: Offline Points: 6576 |
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Mine's pretty much done. Creating a Spotify list to keep track during the year has been really handy.
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DalesaniXMMA69 ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: 30 Dec 2022 Status: Offline Points: 1 |
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Clutch - Sunrise on Slaughter Beach King Buffalo - Regenerator Meshuggah - Immutable Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium/Undreamable Abysses Deathspell Omega - The Long Defeat Kayo Dot - Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike Korn - Requiem Amorphis - Halo Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor Immolation - Acts of God Ghost - Impera Septic Flesh - Modern Primitive Astronoid - Radiant Bloom Imperial Triumphant - Spirit of Ectasy Fallujah - Empyrian Heilung - Drif Behemoth - Opvs Contra Natvrem Etrange - Énigme Elder - Innate Passage White Ward - False Light Chat Pile - Gods Country Edited by DalesaniXMMA69 - 01 Jan 2023 at 4:30am |
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