Treble's Top 25 Metal Albums of 2021

Get caught up on the greatest heavy releases of the past year—these are the 25 best metal albums of 2021, from Aenigmatum to Wode.

Published: December 01, 2021 04:18 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Onwards and Downwards Alastor May-28-2021, Doom Metal
#2 Famine, Putrid and Fucking Endless Atvm May-10-2021, Technical Death Metal
#3 Deconsecrate Aenigmatum Aug-13-2021, Progressive Metal
#4 Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth Body Void Apr-23-2021, Sludge Metal
#5 Torn Arteries Carcass Sep-17-2021, Melodic Death Metal
#6 Bloodmoon: I Converge, Chelsea Wolfe Nov-19-2021, Atmospheric Sludge Metal
#7 Degenerations Diskord Aug-13-2021, Technical Death Metal
#8 Tide Turns Eternal Dream Unending Nov-19-2021, Death Doom Metal
#9 Dy'th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath Esoctrilihum May-21-2021, Black Metal
#10 Garden of Burning Apparitions Full of Hell Oct-01-2021, Deathgrind
#11 Twin Dream Glassing Nov-05-2021, Post-Metal
#12 Celestial Blues King Woman Jul-30-2021, Atmospheric Sludge Metal
#13 Piecework Kowloon Walled City Oct-08-2021, Sludge Metal
#14 Holoceno Papangu Jun-25-2021, Avant-Garde Metal
#15 We Are Always Alone Portrayal of Guilt Jan-29-2021, Screamo
#16 I Have Seen the Light, and It Was Repulsive Sermon of Flames Sep-03-2021, Death Metal
#17 Slay in Hell Steel Bearing Hand Apr-02-2021, Thrash Metal
#18 XXI Succumb Sep-24-2021, Death Metal
#19 ULTRAPOP The Armed Apr-16-2021, Noise Rock
#20 Leaving None But Small Birds The Body, Big Brave Oct-01-2021, Psychedelic Rock
#21 Ward of Roses The Silver Oct-15-2021, Progressive Metal
#22 Do It With a Smile Thirdface Mar-05-2021, Powerviolence
#23 Where the Gloom Becomes Sound Tribulation Jan-29-2021, Gothic Metal
#24 Strength Unto Others Sep-24-2021, Heavy Metal
#25 Burn In Many Mirrors Wode Apr-02-2021, Black Metal
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Onwards and Downwards | Alastor | Album, May-28-2021, Doom Metal |
| #2 | Famine, Putrid and Fucking Endless | Atvm | Album, May-10-2021, Technical Death Metal |
| #3 | Deconsecrate | Aenigmatum | Album, Aug-13-2021, Progressive Metal |
| #4 | Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth | Body Void | Album, Apr-23-2021, Sludge Metal |
| #5 | Torn Arteries | Carcass | Album, Sep-17-2021, Melodic Death Metal |
| #6 | Bloodmoon: I | ConvergeChelsea Wolfe | Album, Nov-19-2021, Atmospheric Sludge Metal |
| #7 | Degenerations | Diskord | Album, Aug-13-2021, Technical Death Metal |
| #8 | Tide Turns Eternal | Dream Unending | Album, Nov-19-2021, Death Doom Metal |
| #9 | Dy'th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath | Esoctrilihum | Album, May-21-2021, Black Metal |
| #10 | Garden of Burning Apparitions | Full of Hell | Album, Oct-01-2021, Deathgrind |
| #11 | Twin Dream | Glassing | Album, Nov-05-2021, Post-Metal |
| #12 | Celestial Blues | King Woman | Album, Jul-30-2021, Atmospheric Sludge Metal |
| #13 | Piecework | Kowloon Walled City | Album, Oct-08-2021, Sludge Metal |
| #14 | Holoceno | Papangu | Album, Jun-25-2021, Avant-Garde Metal |
| #15 | We Are Always Alone | Portrayal of Guilt | Album, Jan-29-2021, Screamo |
| #16 | I Have Seen the Light, and It Was Repulsive | Sermon of Flames | Album, Sep-03-2021, Death Metal |
| #17 | Slay in Hell | Steel Bearing Hand | Album, Apr-02-2021, Thrash Metal |
| #18 | XXI | Succumb | Album, Sep-24-2021, Death Metal |
| #19 | ULTRAPOP | The Armed | Album, Apr-16-2021, Noise Rock |
| #20 | Leaving None But Small Birds | The BodyBig Brave | Album, Oct-01-2021, Psychedelic Rock |
| #21 | Ward of Roses | The Silver | Album, Oct-15-2021, Progressive Metal |
| #22 | Do It With a Smile | Thirdface | Album, Mar-05-2021, Powerviolence |
| #23 | Where the Gloom Becomes Sound | Tribulation | Album, Jan-29-2021, Gothic Metal |
| #24 | Strength | Unto Others | Album, Sep-24-2021, Heavy Metal |
| #25 | Burn In Many Mirrors | Wode | Album, Apr-02-2021, Black Metal |