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

1. ~~~The Best Alternative Metal Album~~~

2. Heleven - Into The Oceans

3. Imminence - Heaven In Hiding

4. Lantlôs - Wildhund

5. Leprous - Aphelion

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1. Hypocrisy - Worship

2. Cult Of Luna - The Raging River

3. Horndal - Lake Drinker

4. Wormwitch - Wolf Hex

5. Rivers Of Nihil - The Work

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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 sonic arsenal by forcefully declaring war on sovereigns; however, the battlefield is filled with loose mines that could explode and blow everything up, ultra-technical mines called Inferi, Deviant Process and First Fragment (brand: Dominic Forest Lapointe). From afar, cautious and silent, veterans named Carcass, Dream Theater and Mastodon lurk. Steffen Kummurer of Obscura (3rd place in 2009, 2nd place in 2011, 6th place in 2016, 7th place in 2018) warrior experienced and reliable, re-sheaths his most powerful weapons (Jeroen Paul Thesseling and Christian Muenzner, champion with the Alkaloid in 2018) and prepares for the final assault on the Throne of Metal. The 2012 champions, Between the Buried and Me, dethroned but never tamed, take the field recalling the glorious colors of the past to regain what is rightfully theirs.

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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1. Wolves In The Throne Room - Primordial Arcana

2. Unleashed - No Sign of Life

3. Whitechapel - Kin

4. Thy Catafalque - Vadak

5. Thulcandra - A Dying Wish

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1. Soen - Imperial

2. Volbeat - Servant Of The Mind

3. Cradle Of Filth - Existence Is Futile

4. Witherfall - The Curse Of Autumn

5. Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon

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1. Khirki - Κτηνωδία

2. Unto Others - Strength

3. Stormkeep - Tales Of Othertime

4. Mastodon - Hushed And Grim

5. King Woman - Celestial Blues

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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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Hitting somewhere within the region of 900 new albums that I've heard released in 2021, I've consumed a frankly ridiculous amount of music this year; I reckon things will return to a slightly more sensible level in 2022, but for now, these are the most impactful records from this year. I'd say the number of albums that truly stuck with me from this year is lower than 2020, but there were still gems to be found in 2021.

1. Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

2. Dvne - Etemen Ænka

3. Heliocentric - Ishmael

4. Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon

5. Spaceslug - Memorial

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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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Alphabetical
Favourite track in ()

1. Archspire - Bleed The Future

2. At The Gates - The Nightmare Of Being

3. Be'lakor - Coherence

4. Djevel - Tanker Som Rir Natten

5. Doctor Smoke - Dreamers And The Dead

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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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This year was a very good year in terms of releases, so this year it was very difficult to make a top 10 plus 3 extras. It could probably be another 10 albums or even another 10.

1. Epica - Omega

2. Tribulation - Where The Gloom Becomes Sound

3. Swallow The Sun - Moonflowers

4. 1914 - Where Fear And Weapons Meet

5. Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

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In no particular order:

2021 Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/64dcGhNKM5p9TF9ALQBVHN?si=jaureWTyTHiTqMpvY3Q-5A&utm_source=copy-link

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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Here are my favorite metal albums of the year!

1. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue

2. Jinjer - Wallflowers

3. Epica - Omega

4. Obscura - A Valediction

5. Interloper - Search Party

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