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Critics' Highest Rated Metal Albums of 2021
Spiritbox
Eternal Blue
86
critic score
(7)
Trivium
In the Court of the Dragon
86
critic score
(6)
Tribulation
Where The Gloom Becomes Sound
86
critic score
(7)
Carcass
Torn Arteries
85
critic score
(7)
Genghis Tron
Dream Weapon
84
critic score
(6)
Employed to Serve
Conquering
83
critic score
(8)
Beartooth
Below
82
critic score
(6)
King Woman
Celestial Blues
82
critic score
(6)
Iron Maiden
Senjutsu
80
critic score
(19)
Helloween
Helloween
79
critic score
(5)
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Users' Highest Rated Metal Albums of 2021
Frontierer
Oxidized
82
user score
(51)
Poppy
EAT (NXT Soundtrack)
79
user score
(539)
Between the Buried and Me
Colors II
77
user score
(211)
Panopticon
...And Again Into the Light
77
user score
(171)
Ad Nauseam
Imperative Imperceptible Impulse
77
user score
(178)
King Woman
Celestial Blues
76
user score
(96)
Violet Cold
Empire of Love
76
user score
(49)
Amenra
De Doorn
76
user score
(84)
Employed to Serve
Conquering
76
user score
(65)
Trivium
In the Court of the Dragon
75
user score
(107)
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Recent Metal Albums
Knocked Loose
A Tear in the Fabric of Life
Trivium
In the Court of the Dragon
86
critic score
(6)
Blanket
Modern Escapism
80
critic score
(2)
Kowloon Walled City
Piecework
76
critic score
(2)
Outer Heaven
In Tribute...
Ulfhednar
Wolves Ov Vinland
Antichrist Siege Machine
Purifying Blade
God Complex
To Decay in a Deathless World
Vudmurk
OBEDIENT FORM
Dying Wish
Fragments of a Bitter Memory
80
critic score
(1)
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Critics' Top Metal Artists
Metallica
High on Fire
Iron Maiden
Slayer
Lamb of God
Cradle of Filth
Megadeth
Bullet For My Valentine
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182
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231
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247
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259
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279
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315
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394
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435
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639
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596
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537
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