Loudwire's 45 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2021

See which albums rocked our 2021.

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# 1

Eternal Blue by Spiritbox

Album • Sep 17 / 2021 Alternative Metal

# 2

Radical by Every Time I Die

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Metalcore Mathcore

# 3

GLOW ON by Turnstile

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Post-Hardcore Alternative Rock

# 4

STILL SUCKS by Limp Bizkit

Album • Oct 31 / 2021 Nu Metal Rap Metal

# 5

Senjutsu by Iron Maiden

Album • Sep 03 / 2021 Heavy Metal

# 6

Death By Rock And Roll by The Pretty Reckless

Album • Feb 12 / 2021 Hard Rock

# 7

The Greatest Mistake of My Life by Holding Absence

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 8

Helloween by Helloween

Album • Jun 18 / 2021 Power Metal

# 9

For Those That Wish To Exist by Architects

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Alternative Metal

# 10

Fortitude by GOJIRA

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Groove Metal Progressive Metal

# 11

In The Court Of The Dragon by Trivium

Album • Oct 08 / 2021 Melodic Metalcore

# 12

This Place Will Become Your Tomb by Sleep Token

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Alternative Metal Art Pop

# 13

Bloodmoon: I by Converge + Chelsea Wolfe

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Gothic Metal

# 14

ERRA by ERRA

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Progressive Metal Melodic Metalcore

# 15

Iridescent by Silent Planet

Album • Nov 12 / 2021 Metalcore

# 16

Bleed the Future by Archspire

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Technical Death Metal

# 17

Witness by VOLA

Album • May 21 / 2021 Djent Progressive Metal

# 18

Colors II by Between the Buried and Me

Album • Aug 20 / 2021 Progressive Metal Metalcore

# 19

Violence Unimagined by Cannibal Corpse

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Death Metal

# 20

Hushed and Grim by Mastodon

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Progressive Metal

# 21

Wallflowers by Jinjer

Album • Aug 27 / 2021 Progressive Metal Metalcore

# 22

The Work by Rivers of Nihil

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Progressive Metal

# 23

Persona Non Grata by Exodus

Album • Nov 19 / 2021 Thrash Metal

# 24

Crypt of Ice by Frozen Soul

Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Death Metal

# 25

The Bitter Truth by Evanescence

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Alternative Metal Alternative Rock

# 26

NIRATIAS by Chevelle

Album • Mar 05 / 2021 Alternative Metal

# 27

Child Of The State by Ayron Jones

Album • May 21 / 2021 Hard Rock

# 28

Mammoth WVH by Mammoth WVH

Album • Jun 11 / 2021 Hard Rock Alternative Rock

# 29

The Ides of March by Myles Kennedy

Album • May 14 / 2021 Hard Rock

# 30

Dirty Honey by Dirty Honey

Album • Mar 22 / 2019 Hard Rock

# 31

Medicine At Midnight by Foo Fighters

Album • Feb 05 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 32

Working With God by Melvins

Album • Feb 26 / 2021 Stoner Rock Alternative Rock

# 33

Aggression Continuum by Fear Factory

Album • Jun 18 / 2021 Industrial Metal

# 34

Moral Hygiene by Ministry

Album • Oct 01 / 2021 Industrial Metal Industrial Rock

# 35

A View From The Top Of The World by Dream Theater

Album • Oct 22 / 2021 Progressive Metal

# 36

The Romance of Affliction by SeeYouSpaceCowboy...

Album • Nov 05 / 2021 Metalcore

# 37

Kin by Whitechapel

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Alternative Metal Progressive Metal

# 38

This Is How The World Ends by Badflower

Album • Sep 24 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 39

Teatro d'ira - Vol. I by Måneskin

Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 40

SLEEPS SOCIETY by While She Sleeps

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

# 41

Conquering by Employed To Serve

Album • Sep 17 / 2021 Metalcore Groove Metal

# 42

Nowhere Generation by Rise Against

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Melodic Hardcore Punk Rock

# 43

Typhoons by Royal Blood

Album • Apr 30 / 2021 Alternative Dance Alternative Rock

# 44

Sticky by Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

Album • Oct 15 / 2021 Alternative Rock

# 45

Welcome To Horrorwood: The Silver Scream 2 by ICE NINE KILLS

Album • Oct 15 / 2021