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2021: Jan-Jun
After clocking well over 700 albums in 2020, I'm hoping 2021 will be a bit busier IRL and thus slightly less comprehensively covered in these lists, but let's see - with all the new strains emerging,…
| 1. | Vulgaris - Asundre |
| 2. | Dvne - Etemen Ænka |
| 3. | Heliocentric - Ishmael |
| 4. | Decline Of The I - Johannes |
| 5. | Dordeduh - Har |
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Empowering Albums For Powerless Losers
This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on…
| 1. | Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth |
| 2. | Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side |
| 3. | Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond |
| 4. | Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne |
| 5. | X Japan - Art Of Life |
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Metal Band Names Inspired By Other Bands
This is an alphabetical list of metal/hard rock band names that were inspired by the work of other music artists (album or song titles, lyrics, group names, instruments, etc). The list shows the first…
| 1. | 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room |
| 2. | Accept - Accept |
| 3. | Ad Infinitum - Chapter I: Monarchy |
| 4. | Ad Nauseam - Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est |
| 5. | Aerosmith - Aerosmith |
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MSA 2021 All Write-ins - Best Albums By Genre
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…
Removed:
- Trolls
- Limp bizkit outside of Alternative category
- albums already nominated. After the results, I will add the nominated albums that…
| 1. | Imminence - Heaven In Hiding |
| 2. | Lantlôs - Wildhund |
| 3. | Leprous - Aphelion |
| 4. | Limp Bizkit - Still Sucks |
| 5. | Leprous - Aphelion |
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Favourite Albums of 2021
2021 Playlist
| 1. | Swallow The Sun - Moonflowers |
| 2. | Empyrium - Über Den Sternen |
| 3. | Iotunn - Access All Worlds |
| 4. | Wheel - Resident Human |
| 5. | Between The Buried And Me - Colors II |
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2021: Stuff I Heard
So earlier in 2021, I actually finished a nine year old list, and I thought starting this in July and backfilling with previous listens would be a good idea. Turns out not jotting down some thoughts about…
| 1. | Horndal - Lake Drinker |
| 2. | Unto Others - Strength |
| 3. | Obscura - A Valediction |
| 4. | Gatecreeper - An Unexpected Reality |
| 5. | Asphyx - Necroceros |
| + 135 more |
Essential Music For Phone
Bands in my daily listening rotation. Albums chosen are my favorite by the respective band in most cases 🤘
| 1. | 200 Stab Wounds - Slave To The Scalpel |
| 2. | A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms |
| 3. | Abbath - Abbath |
| 4. | Acid Witch - Rot Among Us |
| 5. | Æther Realm - Tarot |
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2021 Leaderboard
Albums I've heard in 2021 in order of preference.
| 1. | Dream Theater - A View From The Top Of The World |
| 2. | Hypocrisy - Worship |
| 3. | Bodom After Midnight - Paint The Sky With Blood |
| 4. | Epica - Omega |
| 5. | Moonspell - Hermitage |
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2021: A Year In Review
My top to bottom list of everything from 2021 I've spent time with and have also purchased either physically or digitally (which is why most of them have high ratings). Releases featured on MS only.
| 1. | Vola - Witness |
| 2. | Between The Buried And Me - Colors II |
| 3. | Stormkeep - Tales Of Othertime |
| 4. | Thy Catafalque - Vadak |
| 5. | Gravesend - Methods Of Human Disposal |
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AJ's Ranking Of 2021
The top 50 of the year that will be remembered as the gap year between the pandemic and the war
Album count: 138
Average rating: 7.24
Album count: 138
Average rating: 7.24
| 1. | Empyrium - Über Den Sternen |
| 2. | Swallow The Sun - Moonflowers |
| 3. | Wardruna - Kvitravn |
| 4. | Leprous - Aphelion |
| 5. | Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined |
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AJ's Ranking Of Alexi Laiho
For years, Alexis Laiho's talent obsessed me. Even after seeing him in flesh and bones, being 2 heads shorter than me, he was for me a giant. The last years were heartbreaking but when I think about…
| 1. | Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper |
| 2. | Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll |
| 3. | Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder |
| 4. | Children Of Bodom - Something Wild |
| 5. | Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet? |
| + 21 more |
Best Of 2021
| 1. | Sunrise - Equilibria |
| 2. | Evergrey - Escape Of The Phoenix |
| 3. | Helloween - Helloween |
| 4. | Manimal - Armageddon |
| 5. | Cradle Of Filth - Existence Is Futile |
| + 39 more |
Stumbling Through 2021 April-June
Albums I've listened to released between April - June.
| 1. | Suidakra - Wolfbite |
| 2. | Thy Catafalque - Vadak |
| 3. | Duskmourn - Fallen Kings And Rusted Crowns |
| 4. | Odraza - Acedia |
| 5. | Crimson Dimension - Crimson Dimension |
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