The Best Metal Albums of 2021

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2021 (182 albums)

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
101	Angelus Apatrida Angelus Apatrida	Feb 5, 2021	87.5	4	0
102	Mare Cognitum Solar Paroxysm	Mar 19, 2021	87.5	4	0
103	Whitechapel Kin	Oct 29, 2021	83.9	9	2
104	KK's Priest Sermons of the Sinner	Oct 1, 2021	82.8	11	1
105	Ice Nine Kills The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood	Oct 15, 2021	88.3	3	2
106	Significant Point Into the Storm	Feb 7, 2021	88.3	3	0
107	NEMOPHILA Revive	Dec 15, 2021	88.3	3	0
108	Orden Ogan Final Days	Mar 12, 2021	86	5	0
109	Powerwolf Call of the Wild	Jul 16, 2021	86	5	0
110	Oathean The Endless Pain and Darkness	Nov 30, 2021	86	5	1
111	Behemoth In Absentia Dei [Live]	Dec 17, 2021	86	5	0
112	Therion Leviathan	Jan 22, 2021	84.3	7	1
113	Volbeat Servant of the Mind	Dec 3, 2021	84.3	7	0
114	Bodom After Midnight Paint the Sky with Blood [EP]	Apr 23, 2021	82.2	11	0
115	Marius Danielsen's Legend of Valley Doom Marius Danielsen's Legend of Valley Doom Part 3	May 7, 2021	82.8	9	1
116	Swallow the Sun Moonflowers	Nov 19, 2021	82.8	9	0
117	Dragony Viribus Unitis	Jan 15, 2021	86.3	4	0
118	Gus G. Quantum Leap	Oct 8, 2021	86.3	4	0
119	At the Gates The Nightmare of Being	Jul 2, 2021	83.1	8	1
120	Esoctrilihum Dy'th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath	May 21, 2021	83.6	7	0
121	Ninkharsag The Dread March of Solemn Gods	Apr 30, 2021	84.2	6	0
122	Inferi Vile Genesis	Sep 10, 2021	86.7	3	0
123	Unleashed No Sign of Life	Nov 12, 2021	86.7	3	0
124	Lake of Tears Ominous	Feb 19, 2021	85	4	1
125	Spiritbox Eternal Blue	Sep 17, 2021	84	5	0
126	Asking Alexandria See What's on the Inside	Oct 1, 2021	84	5	1
127	Archgoat Worship the Eternal Darkness	Nov 26, 2021	84	5	0
128	Band-Maid Unseen World	Jan 20, 2021	81.9	8	1
129	Deafheaven Infinite Granite	Aug 20, 2021	79.5	13	2
130	Hypocrisy Worship	Nov 26, 2021	83	5	0
131	Cynic Ascension Codes	Nov 26, 2021	81.4	7	1
132	Warrior Path The Mad King	Mar 5, 2021	83.8	4	0
133	Rhapsody of Fire I'll Be Your Hero [EP]	Jun 4, 2021	83.8	4	1
134	Winterage The Inheritance of Beauty	Jan 15, 2021	85	3	0
135	Cerebral Effusion Ominous Flesh Discipline	Jul 15, 2021	85	3	0
136	Signs of the Swarm Absolvere	Sep 24, 2021	85	3	2
137	Møl Diorama	Nov 5, 2021	85	3	0
138	Aquilus Bellum I	Dec 3, 2021	85	3	0
139	Serenity in Murder Reborn	Feb 10, 2021	80	8	0
140	Abominable Putridity Parasitic Metamorphosis Manifestation	Mar 1, 2021	82	5	0
141	Duskmourn Fallen Kings and Rusted Crowns	Jun 19, 2021	82	5	0
142	Ad Infinitum Chapter II: Legacy	Oct 29, 2021	82.5	4	0
143	Termina Dysphoria	Apr 9, 2021	83.3	3	1
144	Moonspell Hermitage	Feb 26, 2021	80	6	1
145	Wolves in the Throne Room Primordial Arcana	Aug 20, 2021	81.3	4	0
146	Diablo Swing Orchestra Swagger & Stroll Down the Rabbit Hole	Nov 5, 2021	81.3	4	1
147	Sepultura Sepulquarta	Aug 13, 2021	80	5	1
148	Timo Tolkki's Avalon The Enigma Birth	Jun 18, 2021	79.2	6	0
149	Grima Rotten Garden	Jan 22, 2021	81.7	3	0
150	Paradox Heresy II: End of a Legend	Sep 24, 2021	81.7	3	1

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