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Highest Rated Albums of 2021

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Witch Fever - Reincarnate
October 15, 2021
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Sincere Engineer - Bless My Psyche
September 10, 2021
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

3.

The Dead Deads - Tell Your Girls It's Alright
September 10, 2021
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

4.

Hot Milk - I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I'M DEAD
September 10, 2021
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

5.

Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon
October 8, 2021
Melodic Metalcore
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Lakes. - Start Again
July 30, 2021
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Thrice - Horizons / East
September 17, 2021
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Turnstile - GLOW ON
August 27, 2021
Post-Hardcore
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Amyl & The Sniffers - Comfort to Me
September 10, 2021
Punk Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Employed to Serve - Conquering
September 17, 2021
Metalcore
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

De’Wayne - Stains
June 18, 2021
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

12.

Trash Boat - Don't You Feel Amazing?
August 13, 2021
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

13.

Creeper - American Noir
July 30, 2021
Pop Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Waterparks - Greatest Hits
May 21, 2021
Pop Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
June 4, 2021
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks Of God
April 30, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Gojira - Fortitude
April 30, 2021
Progressive Metal
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Closer - Within One Stem
March 12, 2021
Screamo
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Glitterer - Life Is Not a Lesson
February 26, 2021
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist
February 26, 2021
Metalcore
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Evanescence - The Bitter Truth
March 26, 2021
Alternative Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Ian Miles - Degradation, Death, Decay
October 15, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Blanket - Modern Escapism
October 8, 2021
Alternative Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

24.

God Damn - Raw Coward
September 10, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

25.

Press To MECO - Transmute
August 20, 2021
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Upset awarded albums throughout 2021.
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