PopMatters' 20 Best Metal Albums of 2021

We are lucky to have received such an excellent bunch of records under what has been an incredibly stressful year. These are the 20 best metal albums of 2021.

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# 1

Bleed the Future by Archspire

Album • Oct 29 / 2021 Technical Death Metal

# 2

ULTRAPOP by The Armed

Album • Apr 16 / 2021 Noise Rock Post-Hardcore

# 3

Gas Lit by Divide And Dissolve

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Drone Metal

# 4

Celestial Blues by King Woman

Album • Jul 30 / 2021 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Doom Metal

# 5

Har by Dordeduh

Album • May 14 / 2021 Progressive Metal

# 6

The Divine Punishment by Antediluvian

Album • Sep 01 / 2021 Death Metal

# 7

The Gospel of the Devourer by madam data

Album • Jul 16 / 2021 Drone Metal Noise Death Industrial

# 8

Stalker by Utopia

Album • Aug 27 / 2021

# 9

Mountain Fever by Subterranean Masquerade

Album • May 14 / 2021 Progressive Metal Progressive Rock

# 10

L'Égide Ardente by Oriflamme

Album • May 13 / 2021 Atmospheric Black Metal Black Metal

# 11

Vital by Big Brave

Album • Apr 23 / 2021 Post-Metal Drone Metal

# 12

Dream Weapon by Genghis Tron

Album • Mar 26 / 2021 Math Rock Progressive Metal

# 13

Remains by Hellish Form

Album • Jun 25 / 2021 Funeral Doom Metal Sludge Metal Drone Metal

# 14

Form in Motion by Autarkh

Album • Mar 12 / 2021 Industrial Metal Death Metal

# 15

Imperative Imperceptible Impulse by Ad Nauseam

Album • Feb 12 / 2021 Technical Death Metal Avant-Garde Metal

# 16

Mirrors by Pupil Slicer

Album • Mar 12 / 2021 Mathcore

# 17

Ng'ambu by Mehenet

Album • Sep 10 / 2021 Black Metal

# 18

Atropos by Vouna

Album • Jul 16 / 2021 Funeral Doom Metal

# 19

The Crucible by Threshing Spirit

Album • Oct 28 / 2021 Black Metal

# 20

Phantom Indigo by Seputus

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Technical Death Metal