It’s that time of the year again, when radio stations in between commercials are soaking us with Christmas music, when everyone seems to be stressing their asses off to be prepared for the upcoming holiday and shopkeepers with dollar sign eyes are at the top of their game.

It’s that time of year when those of us who live and breathe for music that never will find its way to commercial radio stations takes a short brake to look back at another year gone by. The metal genre with all its sub-categories is still going strong, and 2021 has been quite a good year for metal in general with bunches of really good releases.

Below you’ll find our top -10 lists showing our personal favorites among the massive amount of releases that have come to our attention during the last twelve months.

Obviously we haven’t had a chance to hear everything, and I’m sure a masterpiece or two have slipped through our fingers without receiving the attention it deserved. But ain’t that the beauty of it all, the constant search to discover new music whether it’s new albums or albums that you have missed out on earlier?

Even Knudsen's Top 10 Albums of 2021:

01. BLOOD RED THRONE – Imperial Congregation
02. STORMKEEP – Tales Of Othertime
03. HOODED MENACE – The Tritonus Bell
04. BAEST – Necro Sapiens
05. DREAM THEATER – A View From The Top Of The World
06. ACCEPT – Too Mean To Die
07. HYPOCRISY - Worship
08. CANNIBAL CORPSE – Violence Unimagined
09. ULTHIMA – Symphony Of The Night
10. BURIAL IN THE SKY – The Consumed Self

Edvardsen's Top 10 Albums of 2021:

01. LORNA SHORE - …And I Return to Nothingness
02. SIGNS OF THE SWARM - Absolvere
03. MENTAL CRUELTY - A Hill to Die Upon
04. PILLARS OF AUTUMN - SODOMIZER II
05. ARCHSPIRE - Bleed The Future
06. DISTANT - Aeons of Oblivion
07. WORM SHEPERD - In the Wake Ov Sòl (Deluxe)
08. BLOOD RED THRONE – Imperial Congregation
09. CANNIBAL CORPSE – Violence Unimagined
10. DREAM THEATER – A View From The Top Of The World

We wish all our faithful readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Author: Edvardsen

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