Metal Hammer's Top 10 Death Metal Albums of 2021

From the hellish shrieks of blackened death metal to the technical ecstasy of the tech-death scene and beyond, death metal's landscape teems with life in the 2020s. Between the revival of old sch

Published: December 08, 2021 15:59 Source

# 1

Torn Arteries by Carcass

Album • Sep 17 / 2021 Melodic Death Metal

# 2

Violence Unimagined by Cannibal Corpse

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Death Metal

# 3

The Nightmare Of Being by At The Gates

Album • Jul 02 / 2021 Melodic Death Metal

# 4

Abyss of Wrathful Deities by Grave Miasma

Album • May 14 / 2021 Death Metal

# 5

Worship by Hypocrisy

Album • Nov 26 / 2021 Melodic Death Metal

# 6

Necroceros by Asphyx

Album • Jan 22 / 2021 Death Metal

# 7

Royal Destroyer by The Crown

Album • Mar 12 / 2021 Death Metal Thrash Metal

# 8

Desolate by Ophidian I

Album • Jul 16 / 2021 Technical Death Metal

# 9

ManiaCult by Aborted

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Brutal Death Metal

# 10

Crypt of Ice by Frozen Soul

Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Death Metal