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The Best Metal Albums of 2021

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Genre
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2021

1.

Tribulation - Where The Gloom Becomes Sound
January 29, 2021
Critic Score
86
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Genghis Tron - Dream Weapon
March 26, 2021
Critic Score
84
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist
February 26, 2021
Critic Score
79
13 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

The Body - I've Seen All I Need to See
January 29, 2021
Critic Score
79
12 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined
April 16, 2021
Critic Score
78
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Gojira - Fortitude
April 30, 2021
Critic Score
78
16 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Fear Factory - Aggression Continuum
June 18, 2021
Critic Score
77
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Divide And Dissolve - Gas Lit
January 29, 2021
Critic Score
77
10 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Portrayal of Guilt - We Are Always Alone
January 29, 2021
Critic Score
76
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

While She Sleeps - SLEEPS SOCIETY
April 16, 2021
Critic Score
75
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Eyehategod - A History of Nomadic Behavior
March 12, 2021
Critic Score
75
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - The Helm of Sorrow
January 15, 2021
Critic Score
74
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Portal - Avow
May 28, 2021
Critic Score
73
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Red Fang - Arrows
June 4, 2021
Critic Score
71
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 3
April 16, 2021
Critic Score
70
5 reviews
Amazon

16.

BIG|BRAVE - Vital
April 23, 2021
Critic Score
68
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Rob Zombie - The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy
March 12, 2021
Critic Score
61
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Atreyu - Baptize
June 4, 2021
Critic Score
55
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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