Top 10 ROCK/METAL Albums of 2021

-Honorable Mentions:
Sion- Sion
Whitechapel- Kin
Chevelle- NIRITIAS
Slaughter To Prevail- Kostolom
Fear Factory- Aggression Continuum
At The Gates- The Nightmare Of Being
Silent Planet- Iridescent
-Duds:
A Day To Remember- You’re Welcome
Pop Evil- Versatile
Wage War- Manic
Architects- For Those That Wish To Exist
Bad Wolves- Dear Monsters
10: Mammoth WVH- Mammoth WVH (hard rock)
Highlights- Circles, Epiphany, Resolve
9: Asking Alexandria- See What’s On The Inside (hard rock)
Highlights- Find Myself, You’ve Made It This Far, Misery Loves Company
8: Spiritbox- Eternal Blue (metalcore, post metal)
Highlights- Holy Roller, Circle With Me, Secret Garden
7: Jinjer- Wallflowers (prog metal, groove metal)
Highlights- Pearls and Swine, Dead Hands Feel No Pain, As I Boil Ice, Vortex
6: Failure- Wild Type Droid (alt rock, space rock)
Highlights- Headstand, Bring Back The Sound, Water With Hands, Half Moon
5: Bullet For My Valentine- Bullet For My Valentine (heavy metal, metalcore, groove metal)
Highlights- No Happy Ever After, Death By A Thousand Cuts, Shatter, Rainbow Veins
4: Twelve Foot Ninja- Vengeance
(prog metal, alt metal)
Highlights- Long Way Home, Gone, Culture War, Over and Out
3: Thrice- Horizons / East
(alt rock, jazz rock, art rock)
Highlights- Summer Set Fire To The Rain, Still Life, Northern Lights, Dandelion Wine, Scavengers
2: Trivium- In The Court Of The Dragon
(metalcore, prog metal, thrash metal)
Highlights- Fall Into Your Hands, A Crisis Of Revelation, Like A Sword Over Damocles, The Shadow Of The Abattoir, The Phalanx
1: Times Of Grace- Songs of Loss and Separation
(post metal, metalcore, alt metal, blues rock)
Highlights- To Carry The Weight, Far From Heavenless, Cold, Forever, Bleed Me