I don't know if I have a top album of the year, but here's a list of favorites in no particular order (updated 12/29/2022):
Luminous Vault - Animate the Emptiness
Conan - Evidence of Immortality
Wormrot - Hiss
Corpsegrinder - s/t
Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
Artificial Brain - s/t
Drive-By Bukkake - Bastards of Slime
Terror - Pain into Power
Wake - Thought Form Descent
Sigh - Shiki
Pharmacist - Flourishing Extremities on Unspoiled Mental Grounds
Soulfly - Totem
Venom Prison - Erebos
Bong Wizard - Vulgar Display of Flower
Gallower - Eastern Witchcraft
Devin Townsend - Lightwork (Deluxe Edition)
Melvins - Bad Mood Rising
Knoll - Metempiric
OTUS - Torch
Darkthrone - Astral Fortress
Candy - Heaven is Here
Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture
White Ward - False Light
Chat Pile - God's Country
Dream Unending - Songs of Salvation
Primitive Man - Insurmountable