Kerrang!'s 50 Best Albums of 2021

It’s here: the Kerrang! verdict on the 50 albums that shaped 2021…

Published: December 10, 2021 12:50 Source

# 1

Radical by Every Time I Die

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Metalcore Mathcore

# 2

Eternal Blue by Spiritbox

Album • Sep 17 / 2021 Alternative Metal

# 3

For Those That Wish To Exist by Architects

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Alternative Metal

# 4

GLOW ON by Turnstile

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock

# 5

The Greatest Mistake of My Life by Holding Absence

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 6

Conquering by Employed To Serve

Album • Sep 17 / 2021 Metalcore Groove Metal

# 7

Engine of Hell by Emma Ruth Rundle

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 8

Fortitude by GOJIRA

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Groove Metal Progressive Metal

# 9

If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power by Halsey

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Art Pop Alternative Rock Electronic

# 10

Bloodmoon: I by Converge + Chelsea Wolfe

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Gothic Metal

# 11

Comfort To Me by Amyl and The Sniffers

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Garage Punk

# 12

Hushed and Grim by Mastodon

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Progressive Metal

# 13

In The Court Of The Dragon by Trivium

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Melodic Metalcore

# 14

Senjutsu by Iron Maiden

Album • Sep 03 / 2021 Heavy Metal

# 15

Bronx VI by The Bronx

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Punk Rock Hard Rock

# 16

Flux by Poppy

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 17

Don't You Feel Amazing? by Trash Boat

Album • Aug 13 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 18

How Flowers Grow by Scowl

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Hardcore Punk

# 19

The Myth of The Happily Ever After by Biffy Clyro

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 20

Below by Beartooth

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Alternative Metal Post-Hardcore

# 21

Where the Gloom Becomes Sound by Tribulation

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Gothic Metal

# 22

Amazing Things by Don Broco

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Alternative Rock Alternative Metal

# 23

SINNER GET READY by Lingua Ignota

Album • Aug 06 / 2021 Neoclassical Darkwave Avant-Folk

# 24

STAINS by DE'WAYNE

Album • Jun 18 / 2021 Alternative Rock Rap Rock

# 25

Sticky by Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

Album • Oct 15 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 26

Black Harvest by Green Lung

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Stoner Metal

# 27

Scaled And Icy by twenty one pilots

Album • May 21 / 2021 Indie Pop

# 28

Nowhere Generation by Rise Against

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Melodic Hardcore Punk Rock

# 29

CRAWLER by IDLES

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 30

Diorama by MØL

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Blackgaze

# 31

Greatest Hits by Waterparks

Album • May 21 / 2021 Pop Rock Electropop

# 32

pantychrist by Dana Dentata

Album • Sep 03 / 2021 Industrial Hip Hop

# 33

Lustful Sacraments by Perturbator

Album • May 28 / 2021 Darkwave Darksynth

# 34

lately I feel EVERYTHING by WILLOW

Album • Jul 16 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 35

The Battle at Garden’s Gate by Greta Van Fleet

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Hard Rock Blues Rock

# 36

Bullet For My Valentine by Bullet for My Valentine

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Alternative Metal Melodic Metalcore

# 37

The Mutt's Nuts by Chubby and the Gang

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Garage Punk Punk Rock

# 38

SLEEPS SOCIETY by While She Sleeps

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Alternative Metal Melodic Metalcore Nu Metal

# 39

Wallflowers by Jinjer

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Progressive Metal Metalcore

# 40

The Romance of Affliction by SeeYouSpaceCowboy...

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Metalcore

# 41

Typhoons by Royal Blood

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Alternative Dance Alternative Rock

# 42

Medicine At Midnight by Foo Fighters

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 43

Mirrors by Pupil Slicer

Album • Mar 12 / 2021 Mathcore

# 44

Van Weezer by Weezer

Album • May 07 / 2021 Power Pop Alternative Rock

# 45

21st Century Love Songs by The Wildhearts

Album • Sep 03 / 2021 Hard Rock

# 46

SUCKAPUNCH by You Me At Six

Album • Jan 15 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 47

Infinite Granite by Deafheaven

Album • Aug 20 / 2021 Shoegaze

# 48

This Place Will Become Your Tomb by Sleep Token

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Alternative Metal Art Pop

# 49

The Bitter Truth by Evanescence

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Alternative Metal Alternative Rock

# 50

ULTRAPOP by The Armed

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Noise Rock Post-Hardcore