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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Last updated on 11 April 2024.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

2.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

3.Wintersun - Wintersun

4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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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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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 albums as you listen to them the first time is mistake, so almost every album on here has been heard at least twice - often more.

I'm going to leave it in release date order for now - maybe I'll put them in rating order, but that seems like a lot of work.

And even looking at my own list, I'm convinced there are albums I've heard that aren't on here, so that's great!

Anyway, enjoy reading and hopefully this might point you in the direction of something from 2021 you haven't bothered with yet.

Cheers!

1.Horndal - Lake Drinker

2.Unto Others - Strength

3.Obscura - A Valediction

4.Gatecreeper - An Unexpected Reality

5.Asphyx - Necroceros

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welcome to my 2021 list of albums you all already know, which will in no way be abandoned halfway through the year, trust me guys

1.Cynic - Ascension Codes

2.Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

3.Amenra - De Doorn

4.Skepticism - Companion

5.Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Neues Aus Dem Halluzinogenozinozän

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1.Trhä - Endlhëtonëg

2.Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst

3.Suffering Hour - The Cyclic Reckoning

4.Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse

5.Belore - Artefacts

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After clocking well over 700 albums in 2020, I'm hoping 2021 will be a bit busier IRL and thus slightly less comprehensively covered in these lists, but let's see - with all the new strains emerging, who TF knows when we might return to a semblance of normality. Until then, I'll be trying to make sure that nothing noteworthy passes my radar.

1.Vulgaris - Asundre

2.Dvne - Etemen Ænka

3.Heliocentric - Ishmael

4.Decline Of The I - Johannes

5.Dordeduh - Har

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Keeping track of 2021's albums

1.First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle

2.Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse

3.Thy Catafalque - Vadak

4.Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

5.Iotunn - Access All Worlds

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1.Lorna Shore - ...And I Return To Nothingness

2.Harakiri For The Sky - Mære

3.Monolord - Your Time To Shine

4.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion

5.Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Noktvrn

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A list of albums released in 2021 that I've listened to and thought "Hmmm, hey, ya, I'll probably listen to that again." I try to keep it in order of personal ranking.

1.Turnstile - Glow On

2.Ekulu - Unscrew My Head

3.Elder - Eldovar - A Story Of Darkness And Light [Collaboration]

4.Enforced - Kill Grid

5.Thorn - Crawling Worship

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Build up of my top 2021

1.Lorna Shore - ...And I Return To Nothingness

2.Archspire - Bleed The Future

3.Stormkeep - Tales Of Othertime

4.Cult Of Luna - The Raging River

5.Brand Of Sacrifice - Lifeblood

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