Loudwire's Best Rock + Metals Albums of 2021 (So Far)
See if your favorite album made the cut!
Source
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Imperative Imperceptible Impulse | Ad Nauseam | Feb-12-2021, Technical Death Metal |
| #2 | For Those That Wish To Exist | Architects | Feb-26-2021, Alternative Metal |
| #3 | Within Each Lies the Other | As Everything Unfolds | Mar-26-2021, Post-Hardcore |
| #4 | Necroceros | Asphyx | Jan-22-2021, Death Metal |
| #5 | Child Of The State | Ayron Jones | May-21-2021, Hard Rock |
| #7 | Lifeblood | Brand of Sacrifice | Mar-05-2021, Deathcore |
| #8 | Violence Unimagined | Cannibal Corpse | Apr-16-2021, Death Metal |
| #9 | NIRATIAS | Chevelle | Mar-05-2021, Alternative Metal |
| #10 | Life in Your Glass World | Citizen | Mar-26-2021, Post-Punk Revival |
| #11 | Dirty Honey | Dirty Honey | Mar-22-2019, Hard Rock |
| #12 | The Helm of Sorrow | Emma Ruth Rundle, Thou | Jan-15-2021, Atmospheric Sludge Metal |
| #13 | ERRA | ERRA | Mar-19-2021, Progressive Metal |
| #14 | The Bitter Truth | Evanescence | Mar-26-2021, Alternative Metal |
| #15 | Hell Unleashed | Evile | Apr-30-2021, Thrash Metal |
| #16 | Medicine At Midnight | Foo Fighters | Feb-05-2021, Alternative Rock |
| #17 | Crypt of Ice | Frozen Soul | Nov-13-2020, Death Metal |
| #18 | Fortitude | GOJIRA | Apr-30-2021, Groove Metal |
| #19 | The Battle at Garden’s Gate | Greta Van Fleet | Apr-16-2021, Hard Rock |
| #20 | The Greatest Mistake of My Life | Holding Absence | Apr-16-2021, Alternative Rock |
| #21 | Surface Sounds | KALEO | Apr-23-2021, Blues Rock |
| #22 | Liquid Tension Experiment 3 | Liquid Tension Experiment | Apr-16-2021, Progressive Metal |
| #23 | Perfectly Preserved | Love and Death | Feb-12-2021, Alternative Metal |
| #24 | Solar Paroxysm | Mare Cognitum | Mar-27-2021, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #25 | Against the Wall | Mason Hill | Mar-05-2021, Hard Rock |
| #26 | Working With God | Melvins | Feb-26-2021, Stoner Rock |
| #27 | As The Love Continues | Mogwai | Feb-19-2021, Post-Rock |
| #28 | The Ides of March | Myles Kennedy | May-14-2021, Hard Rock |
| #29 | The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy | Rob Zombie | Mar-12-2021, Industrial Metal |
| #30 | Typhoons | Royal Blood | Apr-30-2021, Alternative Dance |
| #31 | Tortured Whole | Sanguisugabogg | Mar-26-2021, Brutal Death Metal |
| #32 | Elasticity | Serj Tankian | Apr-30-2021, Alternative Metal |
| #33 | Smith/Kotzen | Smith/Kotzen | Mar-26-2021, Hard Rock |
| #34 | Earth Is a Black Hole | Teenage Wrist | Feb-12-2021, Alternative Rock |
| #35 | Unstable | Tetrarch | Apr-30-2021, Nu Metal |
| #36 | Death By Rock And Roll | The Pretty Reckless | Feb-12-2021, Hard Rock |
| #37 | Rejoice in the Suffering | Todd La Torre | Feb-05-2021, Heavy Metal |
| #38 | SLEEPS SOCIETY | While She Sleeps | Apr-16-2021, Alternative Metal |
| #39 | The Crimson Corridor | Zao | Apr-09-2021, Metalcore |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Imperative Imperceptible Impulse | Ad Nauseam | Album, Feb-12-2021, Technical Death Metal |
| #2 | For Those That Wish To Exist | Architects | Album, Feb-26-2021, Alternative Metal |
| #3 | Within Each Lies the Other | As Everything Unfolds | Album, Mar-26-2021, Post-Hardcore |
| #4 | Necroceros | Asphyx | Album, Jan-22-2021, Death Metal |
| #5 | Child Of The State | Ayron Jones | Album, May-21-2021, Hard Rock |
| #7 | Lifeblood | Brand of Sacrifice | Album, Mar-05-2021, Deathcore |
| #8 | Violence Unimagined | Cannibal Corpse | Album, Apr-16-2021, Death Metal |
| #9 | NIRATIAS | Chevelle | Album, Mar-05-2021, Alternative Metal |
| #10 | Life in Your Glass World | Citizen | Album, Mar-26-2021, Post-Punk Revival |
| #11 | Dirty Honey | Dirty Honey | Album, Mar-22-2019, Hard Rock |
| #12 | The Helm of Sorrow | Emma Ruth RundleThou | EP, Jan-15-2021, Atmospheric Sludge Metal |
| #13 | ERRA | ERRA | Album, Mar-19-2021, Progressive Metal |
| #14 | The Bitter Truth | Evanescence | Album, Mar-26-2021, Alternative Metal |
| #15 | Hell Unleashed | Evile | Album, Apr-30-2021, Thrash Metal |
| #16 | Medicine At Midnight | Foo Fighters | Album, Feb-05-2021, Alternative Rock |
| #17 | Crypt of Ice | Frozen Soul | Album, Nov-13-2020, Death Metal |
| #18 | Fortitude | GOJIRA | Album, Apr-30-2021, Groove Metal |
| #19 | The Battle at Garden’s Gate | Greta Van Fleet | Album, Apr-16-2021, Hard Rock |
| #20 | The Greatest Mistake of My Life | Holding Absence | Album, Apr-16-2021, Alternative Rock |
| #21 | Surface Sounds | KALEO | Album, Apr-23-2021, Blues Rock |
| #22 | Liquid Tension Experiment 3 | Liquid Tension Experiment | Album, Apr-16-2021, Progressive Metal |
| #23 | Perfectly Preserved | Love and Death | Album, Feb-12-2021, Alternative Metal |
| #24 | Solar Paroxysm | Mare Cognitum | Album, Mar-27-2021, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #25 | Against the Wall | Mason Hill | Album, Mar-05-2021, Hard Rock |
| #26 | Working With God | Melvins | Album, Feb-26-2021, Stoner Rock |
| #27 | As The Love Continues | Mogwai | Album, Feb-19-2021, Post-Rock |
| #28 | The Ides of March | Myles Kennedy | Album, May-14-2021, Hard Rock |
| #29 | The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy | Rob Zombie | Album, Mar-12-2021, Industrial Metal |
| #30 | Typhoons | Royal Blood | Album, Apr-30-2021, Alternative Dance |
| #31 | Tortured Whole | Sanguisugabogg | Album, Mar-26-2021, Brutal Death Metal |
| #32 | Elasticity | Serj Tankian | EP, Apr-30-2021, Alternative Metal |
| #33 | Smith/Kotzen | Smith/Kotzen | Album, Mar-26-2021, Hard Rock |
| #34 | Earth Is a Black Hole | Teenage Wrist | Album, Feb-12-2021, Alternative Rock |
| #35 | Unstable | Tetrarch | Album, Apr-30-2021, Nu Metal |
| #36 | Death By Rock And Roll | The Pretty Reckless | Album, Feb-12-2021, Hard Rock |
| #37 | Rejoice in the Suffering | Todd La Torre | Album, Feb-05-2021, Heavy Metal |
| #38 | SLEEPS SOCIETY | While She Sleeps | Album, Apr-16-2021, Alternative Metal |
| #39 | The Crimson Corridor | Zao | Album, Apr-09-2021, Metalcore |