1.1914 - Where Fear And Weapons Meet

2.Stormkeep - Tales Of Othertime

3.Mare Cognitum - Solar Paroxysm

4.Every Time I Die - Radical

5.Archspire - Bleed The Future

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1.The Ocean - Pelagial

2.Harakiri For The Sky - III: Trauma

3.Neurosis - The Eye Of Every Storm

4.Isis - Panopticon

5.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

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Ratings go from:

WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe not fitting my tastes.

I've decided to stop rating albums with a numerical value as I tend to feel uncomfortable with that. This list has a minimalistic, subjective and visceral approach, based purely on sensations and personal tastes. Mainly for personal use and doesn't pretend to be a serious ranking, but emerges from the need to remember which bands and albums I enjoyed and the ones I disliked. I constantly revisit new releases so first impressions may change over time. It usually takes 8-10 spins for me to get completely sure of a rating.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot

2.Abhoria - Abhoria

3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

4.Agrypnie - Metamorphosis

5.Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function

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1.Cân Bardd - Devoured By The Oak

2.Thy Catafalque - Vadak

3.Iotunn - Access All Worlds

4.Aquilus - Bellum I

5.Dordeduh - Har

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"The artwork was created by acclaimed Polish artist, Mariusz Lewandowski, whose art matched LIVLØS’ artistic vision" the band revealed to And Justice For Art..."

1.Gojira - Fortitude

2.Evadne - The Pale Light Of Fireflies

3.Imminence - Heaven In Hiding

4.Vildhjarta - Måsstaden Under Vatten

5.Swallow The Sun - Moonflowers

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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.Sunrise - Equilibria

2.Evergrey - Escape Of The Phoenix

3.Helloween - Helloween

4.Manimal - Armageddon

5.Cradle Of Filth - Existence Is Futile

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Only adding albums I've listened through.

1.First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle

2.Emma Ruth Rundle - Engine Of Hell

3.Be'lakor - Coherence

4.Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon

5.Møl - Diorama

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My top best albums of 2021!

1.Iotunn - Access All Worlds

2.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion

3.Evergrey - Escape Of The Phoenix

4.Mare Cognitum - Solar Paroxysm

5.Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon

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List of artists/albums heard with head & heart.

1.Cradle Of Filth - Existence Is Futile

2.Møl - Diorama

3.Spaceslug - Memorial

4.LE MONDE PAR LE FEU - À NÉANT

5.Deafheaven - Infinite Granite

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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, and I'm hoping the lifting of restrictions will mean I get through slightly less music in the rest of this year, but let's see what the rest of 2021 has in store musically.

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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My favourite albums of 2021... Seemingly continuing the trend of containing more non-metal content each year.

Includes only albums rated 2.5/5 or higher.

1.Floating Points - Promises

2.Vildhjarta - Måsstaden Under Vatten

3.Black Midi - Cavalcade

4.Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

5.Deafheaven - Infinite Granite

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This is a big year for me, when it comes to music. Having spent so much time in lockdown, I've been introduced to so many new sounds and artists. This list is the biggest in my life, and there have been some great albums this year.

1.Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

2.Rivers Of Nihil - The Work

3.Archspire - Bleed The Future

4.Dvne - Etemen Ænka

5.Thy Catafalque - Vadak

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Albums i've enjoyed in 2021

1.Turnstile - Glow On

2.Deafheaven - Infinite Granite

3.Herzel - Le Dernier Rempart

4.The Flight Of Sleipnir - Eventide

5.Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 2 - The Golden Orb

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Only those albums which have been able (in a positive way) to hold my attention for more than 3 listens. Only 8+

1.Lantlôs - Wildhund

2.Unto Others - Strength

3.Møl - Diorama

4.Unleashed - No Sign Of Life

5.An Autumn For Crippled Children - As The Morning Dawns We Close Our Eyes

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