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The Best Metal Albums of 2021 by User Score
Decade
2020s
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2020s
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1970s
1960s
1950s
Genre
Metal
All
Alternative R&B
Alternative Rock
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Art Pop
Conscious Hip Hop
Dance Pop
East Coast Hip Hop
Electronic
Electropop
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Hip Hop
House
Indie Pop
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Pop
Pop Rap
Pop Rock
Post-Punk
Psychedelic
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Southern Hip Hop
Synthpop
Trap Rap
Min. Ratings
50
1
5
25
50
100
2020s
2020
2021
1
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Poppy - EAT (NXT Soundtrack)
June 8th, 2021
USER SCORE
79
513 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
2
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Between the Buried and Me - Colors II
August 20th, 2021
USER SCORE
78
201 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
3
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Panopticon - ...And Again Into the Light
May 15th, 2021
USER SCORE
77
165 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
4
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Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse
February 12th, 2021
USER SCORE
76
173 ratings
Amazon
5
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Amenra - De Doorn
June 25th, 2021
USER SCORE
76
80 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
6
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King Woman - Celestial Blues
July 30th, 2021
USER SCORE
76
90 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7
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Employed to Serve - Conquering
September 17th, 2021
USER SCORE
75
55 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8
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Jinjer - Wallflowers
August 27th, 2021
USER SCORE
75
54 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
9
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Wolves in the Throne Room - Primordial Arcana
August 20th, 2021
USER SCORE
75
110 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
10
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Mare Cognitum - Solar Paroxysm
March 19th, 2021
USER SCORE
75
68 ratings
Amazon
11
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Spiritbox - Eternal Blue
September 17th, 2021
USER SCORE
74
218 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12
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Carcass - Torn Arteries
September 17th, 2021
USER SCORE
74
50 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13
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VOLA - Witness
May 21st, 2021
USER SCORE
73
61 ratings
Amazon
14
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Gojira - Fortitude
April 30th, 2021
USER SCORE
73
390 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15
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Kauan - Ice Fleet
April 9th, 2021
USER SCORE
73
91 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
16
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Harakiri For The Sky - Mære
February 19th, 2021
USER SCORE
73
79 ratings
Amazon
17
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Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst
April 16th, 2021
USER SCORE
72
114 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
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Cult of Luna - The Raging River
February 5th, 2021
USER SCORE
71
88 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19
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While She Sleeps - SLEEPS SOCIETY
April 16th, 2021
USER SCORE
71
79 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20
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The Ruins of Beverast - The Thule Grimoires
February 5th, 2021
USER SCORE
71
93 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21
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Erra - ERRA
March 19th, 2021
USER SCORE
71
56 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
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Chevelle - Niratias
March 5th, 2021
USER SCORE
70
103 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23
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Portrayal of Guilt - We Are Always Alone
January 29th, 2021
USER SCORE
70
175 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
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Beartooth - Below
June 25th, 2021
USER SCORE
69
70 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
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Gatecreeper - An Unexpected Reality
January 15th, 2021
USER SCORE
69
139 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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