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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The goats. The near perfect albums that never get old. Some are full of catchy bangers I'm always humming, and some are so full to the brim of details that I still haven't even uncovered them…

1.Devin Townsend - Empath

2.Andrew Prahlow - Outer Wilds, Outer Wilds: Echoes Of The Eye

3.Gareth Coker - Ori And The Will Of The Wisps

4.Memories Of Old - The Zeramin Game

5.Wintersun - Time I

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1.Vildhjarta - Måsstaden Under Vatten

2.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion

3.Igric - Svet Svetlom Stvorený

4.Aquilus - Bellum I

5.Cân Bardd - Devoured By The Oak

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I have been quiet lately (haven't been doing much album reviews) and that has to do with some new things going on, so to make it up I finally decided on my top 25 Albums of 2021 as well as the number…

1.Dream Unending - Tide Turns Eternal

2.Fallensun - The Wake Of The Fall

3.Apallic - Edge Of Desolation

4.Unto Others - Strength

5.Be'lakor - Coherence

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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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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. 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…

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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The top four albums: absolutely stunning. However, looking back at 2021 and the albums I've voted for, there was a lot of stuff which made me say: "what the hell is that?"

A forgetable…

1.Be'lakor - Coherence

2.Tribulation - Where The Gloom Becomes Sound

3.Darkwoods My Betrothed - Angel Of Carnage Unleashed

4.Stormkeep - Tales Of Othertime

5.Duskmourn - Fallen Kings And Rusted Crowns

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1.Cân Bardd - Devoured By The Oak

2.Thy Catafalque - Vadak

3.Iotunn - Access All Worlds

4.Dordeduh - Har

5.Empyrium - Über Den Sternen

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In no particular order (after the top 5), here are my AOTY for 2021.
Some albums are not featured here, for which I've added description and Bandcamp link.
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2.First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle

3.Beast In Black - Dark Connection

4.Khirki - Κτηνωδία

5.Omnium Gatherum - Origin

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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…

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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My top best albums of 2021!…

1.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion

2.Iotunn - Access All Worlds

3.Evergrey - Escape Of The Phoenix

4.Mare Cognitum - Solar Paroxysm

5.Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon

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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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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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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…

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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