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

1.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

2.Qrixkuor - Poison Palinopsia

3.Skepticism - Ordeal

4.Funeral Mist - Devilry

5.Zeal & Ardor - Zeal And Ardor

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1.Orden Ogan - Final Days

2.Blaze Bayley - War Within Me

3.Running Wild - Blood On Blood

4.Bloodbound - Creatures Of The Dark Realm

5.Blazon Stone - Damnation

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1.Accept - Stalingrad

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Accept - Russian Roulette

4.Accept - Balls To The Wall

5.Accept - Restless And Wild

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1.Accept - Breaker

2.Accept - Blind Rage

3.Accept - Balls To The Wall

4.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

5.Accept - Restless And Wild

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Accept one of the most important German Heavy Metal bands.
From Solingen, formed in 1976 by guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and former members Udo Dirkschneider (vocals) and Peter Baltes (bass).
Accept's lineup has changed over the years, which has included different singers, guitarists, bassists and drummers. Their current lineup consists of Hoffmann, vocalist Mark Tornillo, guitarists Uwe Lulis and Philip Shouse, drummer Christopher Williams and bassist Martin Motnik.
The band first 2 records sound alike AC/DC on Steroids or like a heaviest Scorpions 70’s Sound, on the Album Breaker the band found their sound and every album from there was really heavy and sound like Accept, until the departure of UDO their emblematic vocalist. The band lost their sound for a few years and comeback to their trail with Mike Tornillo on Vocals.

1.Accept - Restless And Wild

2.Accept - Breaker

3.Accept - Balls To The Wall

4.Accept - Russian Roulette

5.Accept - Metal Heart

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1.Uriah Heep - Chaos & Colour

2.Iron Maiden - Senjutsu

3.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

4.Warrior Path - The Mad King

5.Ghost - Impera

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For those interested in suggestions of albums by genre

Removed:
- Trolls
- Limp bizkit outside of Alternative category
- albums already nominated. After the results, I will add the nominated albums that don't receive enough votes to be displayed in the results, as "staff write-ins".
- albums with a release date not in 2021

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2.Heleven - Into The Oceans

3.Imminence - Heaven In Hiding

4.Lantlôs - Wildhund

5.Leprous - Aphelion

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Another year, another list. Huh time flies. First 10 in order I think was best of the best. Last 10 worst of the worst. Rest is in a order as I think they fits (based on todays perspective) , maybe december albums are higher as januari ones and also some middle albums might be 2-3 places higher, lover.
PS If there are duplications, let me know.

1.Thyrathen - ThanatOpsis

2.Black Soul Horde - Horrors From The Void

3.Cult Of Eibon - Black Flame Dominion

4.KK's Priest - Sermons Of The Sinner

5.Icon Of Sin - Icon Of Sin

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You already know what to expect from these kinds of lists, so let's get straight to the point.

The statistics for this year's list:

- 268 albums
- Total points given: 2007,4
- Average Score: 7,49/10

- Albums with a score of 7 or above: 62,80%
- Albums with a score of 8 or above: 30,60%
- Albums with a score of 9 or above: 1,12%

1.Raphael Weinroth-Browne - Worlds Within Live

2.Decimals - Symmetry

3.Hwaino - We Lost Another Moon

4.In Mourning - The Bleeding Veil

5.First Nation - Baraka

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Another boring the best of 2021 list..

Happy new year…,,

1.Exodus - Persona Non Grata

2.Carcass - Torn Arteries

3.Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined

4.Worm - Foreverglade

5.Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon

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1.Soen - Imperial

2.Beast In Black - Dark Connection

3.Eclipse - Wired

4.KK's Priest - Sermons Of The Sinner

5.Immortal Guardian - Psychosomatic

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1.Accept - Balls To The Wall

2.Accept - Restless And Wild

3.Accept - Breaker

4.Accept - Metal Heart

5.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

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2021 albums that I enjoyed so far, a lot more coming, obviously a work in progress

1.Wheel - Resident Human

2.Needlepoint - Walking up That Valley

3.Sur Austru - Obârşie

4.Dordeduh - Har

5.Need - Norchestrion: A Song For The End

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In rough order of personal enjoyment, the albums released in 2021 I've managed to listen to

1.Yoth Iria - As The Flame Withers

2.Gojira - Fortitude

3.Asphyx - Necroceros

4.Keys Of Orthanc - Of The Lineage Of Kings

5.Cult Of Luna - The Raging River

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1.Iron Maiden - Senjutsu

2.Helloween - Helloween

3.Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon

4.Mastodon - Hushed And Grim

5.Flotsam And Jetsam - Blood In The Water

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