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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1.1914 - Where Fear And Weapons Meet

2.Hooded Menace - The Tritonus Bell

3.Iotunn - Access All Worlds

4.Stormkeep - Tales Of Othertime

5.Mare Cognitum - Solar Paroxysm

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1.Gojira - Fortitude

2.Archspire - Bleed The Future

3.Tribulation - Where The Gloom Becomes Sound

4.Aephanemer - A Dream Of Wilderness

5.Beast In Black - Dark Connection

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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…

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2.Heleven - Into The Oceans

3.Imminence - Heaven In Hiding

4.Lantlôs - Wildhund

5.Leprous - Aphelion

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1.Archspire - Bleed The Future

2.Hypocrisy - Worship

3.Cult Of Luna - The Raging River

4.Aborted - ManiaCult

5.Horndal - Lake Drinker

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Metallic World War 2021

2017 champions Archspire want to defend their leadership (strategy: we raze you with more BPM), while Dvne (3rd place in 2017) and Rivers of Nihil (3rd place in 2018) enhance their…

1.Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

2.Dvne - Etemen Ænka

3.Archspire - Bleed The Future

4.Obscura - A Valediction

5.Mastodon - Hushed And Grim

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Another year, another list. My favorite DM from 2021, listed alphabetically by band name with subgenres. Some notable omissions include: Altarage, Asphyx, At The Gates, Be'lakor, Deviant Process,…

1.200 Stab Wounds - Slave To The Scalpel

2.1914 - Where Fear And Weapons Meet

3.Abiotic - Ikigai

4.Aborted - ManiaCult

5.Abscession - Rot Of Ages

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1.Harakiri For The Sky - Mære

2.Funeral Mist - Deiform

3.Archgoat - Worship The Eternal Darkness

4.Wolves In The Throne Room - Primordial Arcana

5.Aborted - ManiaCult

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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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1.Suffering Hour - The Cyclic Reckoning

2.Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined

3.Archgoat - Worship The Eternal Darkness

4.Diabolizer - Khalkedonian Death

5.Enforced - Kill Grid

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1.Mastodon - Hushed And Grim

2.Carcass - Torn Arteries

3.Mortiferum - Preserved In Torment

4.The Ruins Of Beverast - The Thule Grimoires

5.Be'lakor - Coherence

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In no particular order:


2021 Playlist
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1.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion

2.First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle

3.Bewitcher - Cursed Be Thy Kingdom

4.SpiritWorld - Pagan Rhythms

5.Unto Others - Strength

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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

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At around 450 album, I've been averaging something like 75 new albums per month since the start of 2021, not to mention albums I only listen to 1-2 songs of before moving on. It's been intense,…

1.Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

2.Year Of No Light - Consolamentum

3.Be'lakor - Coherence

4.LLNN - Unmaker

5.Spaceslug - Memorial

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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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