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

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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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.Aborted - ManiaCult

2.Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined

3.Asphyx - Necroceros

4.Angelus Apatrida - Angelus Apatrida

5.Enforced - Kill Grid

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My personal favorite 75 metal albums of the year, this year has been pretty good when comes to heavy metal, especially within black and melodic death metal, also a good year for symphonic metal.

My favourite non metal albums of the year

Spotify playlist:
2021

1.Swallow The Sun - Moonflowers

2.Helloween - Helloween

3.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion

4.Turnstile - Glow On

5.Havengarth - The Path Through Reminiscence

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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.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion

2.Veilburner - Lurkers In The Capsule Of Skull

3.First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle

4.Replicant - Malignant Reality

5.Dormant Ordeal - The Grand Scheme Of Things

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A personal ranking of what I think are the best records to have come out so far in '21.

1.Asphyx - Necroceros

2.White Void - Anti

3.Flotsam And Jetsam - Blood In The Water

4.Molten - Dystopian Syndrome

5.At The Gates - The Nightmare Of Being

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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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1.Aborted - ManiaCult

2.Asphyx - Necroceros

3.At The Gates - The Nightmare Of Being

4.Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined

5.Carcass - Torn Arteries

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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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My List of the releases made during 2021. Score based on the excel sheet i've made https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hk_3gkpCfeKtdZNus_z3sxg-U8XJ_MqklfC8tbealaE/edit?usp=sharing

1.Decline Of The I - Johannes

2.Vokonis - Odyssey

3.Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

4.Kanonenfieber - Menschenmühle

5.Stortregn - Impermanence

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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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