Top 25 BEST Metal & Rock Albums In 2021

[@METALBIRB]

Thank you for watching The BIRB Awards guys. Truly appreciate every view, comment, like, subscribe, whatever. You guys are the best. That being said, what’s your personal album of the year??

[@codybeinert1109]

My AOTY is Dvne - Etemen Aenka, which you can find on my own AOTY list on my channel haha #shamelessPlug

[@kriskit86]

ERRA, but Spiritbox was very close

[@seansimon1349]

Evergrey - escape of the Phoenix

[@nathanfernandez2413]

probably have to be the egos weight by mirrors

[@kimeklund8880]

Vildhjarta - måsstaden under vatten Cant be another album.. its just on another level 🤘

[@curcedahearse1673]

For me its: 1) Spiritbox - Eternal Blue 2) Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon 3) Erra - Erra 4) Silent Planet - Iridescent 5) Brand of Sacrifice - Lifeblood 6) Slaughter to Prevail - Kostolom 7) Darko US - Darko 8) Ice Nine Kills - Welcome to Horrorwood: The Silver Scream 2 9) Beartooth - Below 10) Between the Buried and Me - Colors II Honorable Mentions: Phinehas - The Fire Itself Whitechapel - Kin Wage War - Manic Vexed - Culling Culture Jinjer - Wallflowers

[@nathannixon6597]

Happy you liked Atlas that much! Glad I could show you an incredible band! My top 10 10. Humanity's Last Breath - Valde 9. Erra - Erra 8. FRCTRD - Somehow // Somewhere 7. Ice Nine Kills - Silver Scream II: Welcome to Horrorwood 6. Eidola - The Architect 5. Queen Kona - Lucid 4. Between The Buried and Me - Colors II 3. VCTMS - Vol. IV Numb the Ache 2. Atlas - Ukko 1. Whitechapel - KIN HM: Every Time I Die - Radical Aborted - ManiaCult Vulvadonyia - Praenuntius Infiniti Sings of the Swarm - Absolvere DON BROCO - Amazing Things

[@jaydenjbryant8665]

Kin was my pick for AOTY too. Truly incredible album

[@nyctophilex7]

Thanks for another year of amazing content! Here is my top 10: 1. Ice Nine Kills - Welcome To Horrorwood: The Silver Scream 2 2. ERRA - ERRA 3. Whitechapel - Kin 4. Silent Planet - Iridescent 5. Every Time I Die - Radical 6. LANDMVRKS - Lost in the Waves 7. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue 8. Of Mice & Men - Echo 9. While She Sleeps - SLEEPS SOCIETY 10. Jinjer - Wallflowers

[@gleb.ignatev]

Editing is on the next level!

[@thesovietdrugdealer.7166]

My personal top 10: 1. Landmvrks- Lost in the Waves 2. Ice Nine Kills- The Silver Scream 2 3. Wage War- Manic 4. Of Mice and Men- Echo 5. Jinjer- Wallflowers 6. Darko US- Self-titled 7. Sentinels- Collapse by Design 8. Slaughter to Prevail- Kostolom 9. To the Grave-Epilogue 10. Whitechapel- Kin

[@yg-dp7mo]

finally another person with Epilogue i personally loved the chaos in that entire album

[@trevorburns]

Thanks for the lists birb! Have a Happy New Year! 1. Ice Nine Kills - The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood 2. Brand Of Sacrifice - Lifeblood 3. Between The Buried And Me - Colors II 4. Every Time I Die - Radical 5. Turnstile - Glow On 6. Tetrarch - Unstable 7. Don Broco - Amazing Things 8. Slaughter To Prevail - Kostolom 9. A Day To Remember - Your Welcome 10. Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon 11. Carcass - Torn Arteries 12. Gojira - Fortitude 13. Volbeat - Servant Of The Mind 14. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue 15. Employed To Serve - Conquering 16. Bad Wolves - Dear Monsters 17. Alluvial - Sarcoma 18. Sanguisugibogg - Tortured Whole 19. SeeYouSpaceCowboy... - The Romance Of Affliction 20. Mastodon - Hushed And Grim

[@matthewknight7180]

ADTR's album being above Eternal Blue should be a hate crime

[@oh718]

Fun & interesting list, Birb :) I need to check out Thrice. Here’s mine 1. Erra 2. Silent Planet 3. Eidola 4. Every Time I Die 5. Holding Absence 6. Born of Osiris 7. Turnstile 8. Beartooth 9. Caskets 10. Spiritbox

[@METALBIRB]

Cool to see a mix of Eidola, Caskets, Turnstile with the rest of the big metalcore bands! Great list man and yea Thrice are legendary

[@GaffAttack09]

Caskets is so underrated. Just a fantastic record. Top 5 for me

[@fdezcarlomango8437]

my top 10: 1. Whitechapel 2. Silent Planet 3: Erra 4. Slaughter to prevail 5: Polaris 6: Phinehas 7: Spiritbox 8: Resolve 9: INK 10: HBL

[@jasonlovesmusicreacting882]

Polaris didn’t release a new album lol

[@fdezcarlomango8437]

@@jasonlovesmusicreacting882 in 2020 my mistake, pretty good album tho

[@dankewurst]

My Top Albums are: 1. ERRA - ERRA 2. While She Sleeps - Sleeps Society 3. Ice Nine Kills - Welcome To Horrorwood: The Silver Scream 2 4. Phrenia - Separated 5. The Five Hundred - A World On Fire 6. One Morning Left - Hyperactive 7. VOLA - Witness 8. Phinehas - The Fire Itself 9. Brand of Sacrifice - Lifeblood 10. Orbit Culture - Shaman (but it's EP, so the album is Atlas - Ukko)

[@nolankuffner3573]

I love Sleeps, they're one of very few bands I have merch from. But the fact there are so many skippable moments really just keeps it from being a top album. I think it would have been top 2 for EPs with all the fluff cut out (just behind Knocked Loose). The last track on the album is actually more grating than 12 minutes of pig squeal breakdowns.

[@robbymoore5338]

Great list! So many stellar releases this year. I’m surprised that Gojira and Trivium aren’t on here though.

[@AyvoXXIV]

This has been an amazing year for music. My top 10: 1. Holding Absence - The Greatest Mistake Of My Life 2. Whitechapel - Kin 3. Ice Nine Kills - Welcome to Horrorwood: The Silver Scream 2 4. Sleep Token - This Place Will Become Your Tomb 5. Erra - Erra 6. Silent Planet - Iridescent 7. Imminence - Heaven in Hiding 8. Caskets - Lost Souls 9. Atlas - UKKO 10. VOLA - Witness Honorable Mentions: Brand of Sacrifice, Pentakill (unironically great music in their newest album, seriously), Don Broco, Phinehas, Vildhjarta, Humanity's Last Breath, Wage War ( lots of other good albums, but this is just off the top of my mind ) What a year.

[@McYates24]

my AOTY was Sleep Token - This Place Will Become Your Tomb lol sucks you weren't much into it but thank you so much again for introducing me to them

[@ImmaSnail17]

Was not expecting Spiritbox “Eternal Blue” to be outside of top 10 for you! Haha Also currently adding albums to my playlist😉

[@METALBIRB]

You’re welcome, hopefully you find something new that you’ll love!

[@cxnfusionspxll870]

my top 5 would have to be_ 1. imminence - heaven in hiding 2. ice nine kills - welcome to horrorwood: the silver scream 2 3. mental cruelty - a hill to die upon 4. vola - witness 5. deviloof - dystopia regarding ep's: 1. lorna shore - ...and i return to nothingness (my favorite discography rn) 2. orbit culture - shaman gonna see imminence live in stockholm also‼

[@codybeinert1109]

Lots of awesome albums on this list, and I'm happy that you loved Vildhjarta :) I actually have not listened to Atlas, but damn those samples sound sick. I feel bad that I missed some stuff but c'est la vie. Looking forward to 2022!

[@ohbxnny6299]

the atlas album is amazing, definitely check out the sentinels album if you like that style too

[@METALBIRB]

Mixed and Mastered by Buster so Atlas should be right up your alley man!

[@codybeinert1109]

@@METALBIRB I am very aware, Buster is an absolute beast :) ty again for showing that band to me

[@Mr_Bedlam215]

First off, Happy New Year! Second, You helped me find one of my favorite albums that I've ever heard in my life, up there next to 50 Cent's "Get Rich or Die Trying" by showing me Phineas' new album "The Fire Itself." As a Christian, I really appreciate it. That aside, the other thing that surprised me is that guys like You, Ohrion, Wyatt Stav and Rachelle helped me to open my mind to deathcore, because I was never really into it until this year, tbh. I might become a full on fan of that stuff yet at this rate lol. Looking forward to mare content from you, man!

[@METALBIRB]

Glad I could help man! That’s why I don’t just stick to one sub genre of metal, I hope to have some viewers expand and check out new bands and expand their taste. Oh and Happy New Years to you too man!

[@SicklessFM]

This is my top 15: 15. Ghost Iris - Comatose 14. Mental Cruelty - A Hill To Die Upon 13. Rivers of Nihil - The Work 12. Between The Buried and Me - Colours II 11. Nervosa - Perpetual Chaos 10. Crypta - Echoes of the Soul 09. EVILE - Hell Unleashed 08. Atlas - Ukko 07. Brand of Sacrifice - Lifeblood 06. Landmvrks - Lost In The Waves 05. Darko (US) - Darko 04. Waking The Cadaver - Authority Through Intimidation 03. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue 02. Humanity's Last Breath - Välde 01. VEXED - Culling Culture

[@mesmer6131]

Your intros are something to look forward to

[@Kotsoros37]

all hail Blazer Birb! so crazy how you got Samuel L Jackson, Tom Cruise and Vin Diesel! also 66.6k subscribers to end the year is truly metal!

[@LDFades]

Thanks for all the content this year, my top 5 was: 1. Colors II, BTBAM 2. Radical, ETID 3. ERRA, ERRA 4. Echo, Of Mice & Men 5. Masstaden under Vatten, Vildhjarta 🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥🔥

[@METALBIRB]

Think I should give Of Mice And Men a shot then since I love all your other picks clearly

[@Victorvonbass]

Going back thru your older awards videos now because I found some music I liked in the 2022 version, so why not look in the old ones too? Vola goes hard. Really glad I found them from this video. Thank you.

[@zerozeeros]

Yay we had the same number 1. I love them. So much so I named my recent doberman puppy Vildhjarta. Also I've heard the guitarist pronounce it as Villy Arta My other fave was Leprous

[@angusmacrae7488]

Love the list and your content .but How the hell is kostolom by slaughter to prevail not in there if we are talking album of the year .

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

My favorite of the year was Välde - Humanity's Last Breath, though it and Vildhjarta have been fighting for the spot since Måsstaden Under Vatten dropped. If I had more time with Vildhjarta, it very well could have won me over. My overall top 10: 10. Archspire - Bleed The Future 9. Swallow The Sun - Moonflowers 8. Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon I 7. Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined 6. Whitechapel - Kin 5. Emma Ruth Rundle - Engine of Hell 4. Lingua Ignota - SINNER GET READY 3. Trivium - In The Court of the Dragon 2. Vildhjarta 1. HLB

[@METALBIRB]

The year of Thall. Check out Atlas if you haven’t heard it already man since it’s mixed and mastered by Buster too

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

@@METALBIRB you're absolutely right, and I'm definitely going to check out Atlas. I found them from your channel a while back, and their album is one of the records from '21 that I am going back to check out. I love Nordic folk, so that combination with the Thall style is awesome!

[@corey_clip]

Vildhjarta won 1st for me. It hooked me so much from beginning to end that I've listened to almost nothing else since it released

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

@@corey_clip I would say that it's objectively one of the best progressive albums that dropped last year, I'd probably say THE best, however I was playing catch-up with a lot of albums in October through December and didn't focus a ton on it because of that

[@zaqydafa9610]

Yes yes yes. I'm really glad you put Vildhjarta on the top as I am.

[@TurtlesC4nFly]

A nice surprise seeing Thrice on here! Awesome! My number 1 is INK this year!

[@nikkimusiccore]

My top 3: 1. Kin - Whitechapel 2. Welcome To Horrorwood - Ice Nine Kills 3. Kostolom - Slaughter To Prevail

[@TheExpressionx]

I see where you’re coming from with Silent Planet but for me it’s 100% my album of the year. One of my favorite concept albums I’ve listened to in a long time. They capture emotion in their music better than any other band I’ve ever heard. And lyrically they’re superior to any other band that I can think of, their vocals are phenomenal, instrumentals are S-tier, and just every single aspect of this band is superior to any other band in my eyes and I think they wrote their best album yet with Iridescent. Still love you though bro haha, 80 minutes is just too long for an album to be for me to enjoy it the entire way through but I did really enjoy Vildhjarta’s album!

[@jasonlovesmusicreacting882]

1. Every Time I Die - Radical 2. ERRA - Self-Titled 3. Whitechapel - Kin 4. Ice Nine Kills - Welcome To Horrorwood: The Silver Scream 2 5. Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon 6. Born Of Osiris - Angel Or Alien 7. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue 8. Turnstile - Glow On 9. Tremonti - Marching In Time 10. Rise Against - Nowhere Generation Shame that no one is giving RA any love…

[@VirgoKing89]

You forgot about Gojira-Fortitude. 🔥🔥🔥👍🏽🙌🏽

[@jasonlovesmusicreacting882]

@@VirgoKing89 Nah, too boring for me lol

[@toyotaecw]

I don’t think RA dropped an album this year and as much as I think he goes hard I’m still laughing at his display on Timcast IRL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jasonlovesmusicreacting882]

@@toyotaecw He? And bro, RA dropped a killer album lol

[@METALBIRB]

Revolutions Per Minute is one of my fav albums of all time, but Rise Against hasn’t peaked my interest since Siren Song Of The Counter Culture. I’ve even checked out the Black Market and didn’t care for it tbh. Love the band but really only their early work

[@descendng]

here's to a great year for metal. hopefully 2022 can match this year in terms of incredible releases, but that's definitely a hard task. great list btw birb :)

[@yg-dp7mo]

1. Ice Nine Kills-Welcome to Horrorwood 2.Whitechapel-Kin 3.Phinehas-The Fire Itself 4.Slaughter to Prevail-Kostolom 5.WBTBWB-Das Album 6.Epilogue-To The Grave 7.BFMV-BFMV 8.SION-SION 9.Aborted-ManiaCult 10.Mental Cruelty-A Hill To Die Upon

[@patbateman8116]

That WBTBWB album is so fucking good

[@waynecalvert2148]

Bullet for my valentine with the return to form we've been after for over a decade, mental cruelty and to the grave too, man he missed some bangers this time. VEXED Culling Culture would be in my top ten too.

[@jaydenjbryant8665]

1: Whitechapel - Kin - 98.5/10 2: Sion - Self Titled - 9.75/10 3: ERRA - Self Titled - 9.7/10 4: Phinehas - The Fire Itself - 9.65/10 5: Brand Of Sacrifice - Lifeblood - 9.4/10 6: Silent Planet - Iridescent - 9.3/10 7: Darko US - Darko - 9.2/10 8: Ice Nine Kills: Welcome To Horrorwood - 9/10 9: Jinjer - Wallflowers - 9/10 10: Slaughter To Prevail - Kostolom - 9/10

[@umidead]

My 50 Favorite Albums of 2021: 1)Gojira | Fortitude | 2021 2)Evadne | The Pale Light Of Fireflies | 2021 3)Imminence | Heaven In Hiding | 2021 4)Vildhjarta | Måsstaden Under Vatten | 2021 5)Swallow The Sun | Moonflowers | 2021 6)Hooded Menace | The Tritonus Bell | 2021 7)Night Crowned | Hädanfärd | 2021 8)Humanity's Last Breath | Välde | 2021 9)Yoth Iria | As The Flame Withers | 2021 10)Atlas | Ukko | 2021 11)Unto Others | Strength | 2021 12)Rivers Of Nihil | The Work | 2021 13)Alustrium | A Monument To Silence | 2021 14)In Mourning | The Bleeding Veil | 2021 15)Livløs | And Then There Were None | 2021 16)Doedsvangr | Serpents Ov Old | 2021 17)THRON | Pilgrim | 2021 18)Shadecrown | Solitarian | 2021 19)MIRE | A New Found Rain | 2021 20)Duskmourn | Fallen Kings And Rusted Crowns | 2021 21)Lake Of Tears | Ominous | 2021 22)Moonspell | Hermitage | 2021 23)1914 | Where Fear And Weapons Meet | 2021 24)Burial In The Sky | The Consumed Self | 2021 25)Cradle Of Filth | Existence Is Futile | 2021 26)Bloodred Hourglass | Your Highness | 2021 27)Thyrfing | Vanagandr |2021 28)Anomalie | Tranceformation | 2021 29)Tribulation | Where The Gloom Becomes Sound | 2021 30)Slaughter To Prevail | Kostolom | 2021 31)Havamal | The Shadow Chapter | 2021 32)Kotiteollisuus | Jumalattomat | 2021 33)Wesenwille | II: A Material God | 2021 34)Frozen Soul | Crypt Of Ice | 2021 35)Be'lakor | Coherence | 2021 36)Hypocrisy | Worship | 2021 37)Møl | Diorama | 2021 38)Wormwood | Arkivet | 2021 39)Cân Bardd | Devoured by the Oak | 2021 40)Obscura | A Valediction | 2021 41)Marianas Rest | Fata Morgana | 2021 42)Sentinels | Collapse By Design | 2021 43)Stortregn | Impermanence | 2021 44)Necronautical | Slain In The Spirit | 2021 45)Ethereal Shroud | Trisagion | 2021 46)Enforced | Kill Grid | 2021 47)Blood Red Throne | Imperial Congregation | 2021 48)Epica | Omega | 2021 49)Angelus Apatrida | Angelus Apatrida | 2021 50)HellLight | Until The Silence Embraces | 2021

[@kimeklund8880]

Great list 😊🤘

[@8JFJK8]

I got the Vildhjarta vinyl it rips soooo hard. You had a good list Birb lots of bands we both enjoy and lots of bands ill need to check out.

[@METALBIRB]

Glad we could agree and you can discover some new tunes along the way homie. And yes it’s an absolutely ripper lol

[@CalvinJourno]

Fantastic list my dude! Here's my Top 10 (mostly rock and metal, with a couple exceptions): 1. Every Time I Die - Radical 2. IDLES - Crawler 3. Turnstile - Glow On 4. The Armed - Ultrapop 5. Gojira - Fortitude 6. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee 7. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue 8. Deafheaven - Infinite Granite 9. Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready (probably the most brutal not-heavy album of 2021) 10. Holding Absence - The Greatest Mistake

[@ohbxnny6299]

my personal top 10 (very hard to rank) 1. Vildhjarta - Masstaden Under Vatten 2. Mastadon - Hushed And Grim 3. Sentinels - Collapse by Design 4. Atlas - Ukko 5. Gojira - Fortitude 6. ERRA - ERRA 7. Silent Planet - Iridescent 8. Indistinct - Reign of Silence 9. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue 10. Knocked Loose - A Tear in the Fabric of Life (its an EP I know but its that good)

[@HackerArcade]

Surprised it took me so long to find a knocked loose mention in the comments lol great list 👍

[@rayowens2529]

A tear in the fabric of life is goated

[@littletommy69]

My Top 5: 1. Whitechapel - Kin 2. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue 3. Landmvrks - Lost In The Wave 4. Wage War - Manic 5. Slaughter To Prevail - Kostolom

[@TundraCH]

Nice list, here is my top 10 1. Syncatto - A Place to Breath 2. Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World 3. Between the Buried and Me - Colors II 4. Softcult - Year of the Rat 5. Erra - Erra 6. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue 7. Bulb - Moderately Fast, Adequately Furious 8. Ophidian I - Desolate 9. Vildhjarta - Masstaden Under Vaten 10. Kate Freud - Kitty Riffs

[@tristanmatheny2361]

Top 21 LPs 1. Kin by Whitechapel 2. Lost Souls by Caskets 3. Lifeblood by Brand of Sacrifice 4. The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood by Ice Nine Kills 5. Kostolom by Slaughter to Prevail 6. In the Court of the Dragon by Trivium 7. Graveside Confessions by Carnifex 8. Radical by Every Time I Die 9. Collapse by Design by Sentinels 10. NIRATIAS by Chevelle 11. Das Album by We Butter the Bread With Butter 12. Penance by Bound in Fear 13. The Work by Rivers of Nihil 14. Conquering by Employed to Serve 15. Bleed the Future by Archspire 16. Kill Grid by Enforced 17. Måsstaden under vatten by Vildhjarta 18. The Fire Itself by Phinehas 19. Absolvere by Signs of the Swarm 20. Darko US by Darko US 21. A Hill to Die Upon by Mental Cruelty Top 10 EPs 1. ZII by The Devil Wears Prada 2. A Tear in the Fabric of Life by Knocked Loose 3. No Longer Room for Us by Katahdin 4. Shaman by Orbit Culture 5. And I Return to Nothingness by Lorna Shore 6. Pure Like Porcelain by Like Moths to Flames 7. The Sun Sleeps, As If It Never Was by Invent, Animate 8. Oblivion by Ov Sulfur 9. Eternal by Bound in Fear 10. Hellbent by Impending Doom

[@SteveCastaneda93]

I considered EPs for my top albums of 2021, so here’s my list: 1. Silent Planet - Iridescent 2. Whitechapel - Kin 3. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue 4. Desolate - The fate of destruction is the joy of rebirth (EP) 5. Holding Absence - The Greatest Mistake of My Life 6. Erra - Self Titled 7. The Devil Wears Prada - ZII (EP) 8. Orbit Culture - Shaman (EP) 9. We Butter the Bread With Butter - Das Album 10. NF - Clouds Honorable Mentions: Ice Nine Kills - Welcome to Horrorwood, The Silver Scream 2 The Agonist - Days Before the World Wept (EP) Landmvrks - Lost in the Waves Fito Paez - Los Años Salvajes Invent Animate - The Sun Sleeps, As If It Never Was VOLA - Witness

[@lemonadesauce227]

thank you metalbirb because I had not heard of every time I die until I watched your reaction to the album and I loved it myself I bought it on vinyl the next day. You'll probably never see this comment but you helped me find a new band to list among my favorites right now.

[@METALBIRB]

Nahhh I saw this comment man and I appreciate the shit out of it man! You’re very welcome and I’m so glad ETID resonated with you since I obviously loved it too. Happy New Year homie

[@stallionduck8402]

My top 10 1. Ice Nine Kills - The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood 2. Our Hollow, Our Home - Burn In The Flood 3. Holding Absence - The Greatest Mistake of My Life 4. vildhjarta - måsstaden under vatten 5. Caskets - Lost Souls 6. ERRA - ERRA 7. Whitechapel - Kin 8. Rivers of Nihil - The Work 9. Eyes Wide Open - Through Life and Death 10. Dreamshade - A Pale Blue Dot Honorable mentions: Jinjer - Wallflower Forgetting The Memories - Vemod Wizardthrone - Hypercube Necrodimensions Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

[@WeaselFromNorth]

Very very good final top 10 actually. Horizons/East was just - beautiful. Colours 2 is just shows how i personally missed BTBAM so much. Besides that, in my personal list is definitely Hushed and Grim by Mastodon. In my opinion they never make a bad album, but this one is just so interesting and different even. Good good stuff. Happy New Year Metalbirb. Keep going man.

[@lobsterman2263]

In no particular order I’d say my top 10 albums are: 1. To the grave, epilogue 2. Brand of sacrifice, lifeblood 3. Darko, self titled 4. Spiritbox, eternal blue 5. Vexed, culling culture 6. As everything unfolds, within each lies the other 7. Mirrors, the egos weight 8. Distant, aeons of oblivion 9. Sentinels, collapse by design 10. Signs of the swarm, absolvere

[@cjgrant5449]

I was waiting to see someone say Epilogue, hands down my favorite album of the year closely followed by Absolvere

[@BigDenk]

Your list is certainly banging. My top would be 1. ATLAS - Ukko 2. Berried Alive - The Mixgrape 3. Bonecarver - Evil 4. Holding Absence - The Greatest Mistake of My Life 5. Thall 6. One Morning Left - Hyperactive 7. ERRA - ERRA 8. To The Grave - Epilogue 9. FRCTRD - Somehow // Somewhere 10 . Eidola - The Architect

[@louistremblay1218]

Thall

[@justin4364]

Totally agree with you, it was the undeniable correct choice for aoty! Vildhjarta is really in a class of its own.

[@jmanredbull1]

**Slice the Cake - OttW** Honorable first place, but it wasn't released this year, I just happened to listen to it for the first time this year and it's the only album that competes with Vildjharta and RoN for play time at the moment 1. Vildhjarta - Masstaden under vatten 2. Rivers on Nihil - The Work 3. Brand of Sacrifice - Lifeblood 4. Mental Cruelity - A Hill to Die Upon 5. White Chaple - Kin 6. Archspire - Bleed the Future 7. Silent Planet - Iridescent 8. Darko US - Darko US 9. INK - The Silver Scream 2, Welcome to Horrorwood 10. BTBAM - Colors 2 HM: HLB, Spiritbox, Erra, STP, Landmvrks, Aeon, Distant. VOLA (was higher but just too much good competion) Good year for metal and looking forward to next year meeting or exceeding this year, not suprised to see Vildhjarta as #1. It's been a big 2 years for me, going from not liking deathcore/deathmetal to now being addicted, glad I finally came around and I hope everyone has a happy new year!

[@christofts857]

Agree with Vildhjarta. What a record. Pure artistry. Exactly the same as you - it’s a challenge, but a damn welcome challenge and a challenge you enjoy. It’s basically Dark Souls for music fans.

[@METALBIRB]

That is literally the best description I’ve ever heard for Vildhjarta 👏🏼

[@lemonadesauce227]

For myself I'd go like 1. Ice Nine Kills - Silver Scream 2 2. Whitechapel - Kin 3. Every Time I Die - Radical 4. Mastodon - Hushed and Grim 5. Starset - Horizons It really was a good year for metal

[@ameliecollins1857]

VILDHJARTA IS MY #1 TOO, LETS GO 🔥🔥🔥

[@CruciaLou]

I’m glad you finally checked out The Work from River of Nihil. Too bad you didn’t do an album reaction to it but it was amazing.

[@METALBIRB]

I did the album reaction on Twitch! It’s tough to film and edit videos for every album, sometimes it’s easier to check it out live-streaming is all

[@CruciaLou]

@@METALBIRB so is it available to watch?!

[@toyotaecw]

1. Devil Sold His Soul- Loss 2. Whitechapel-Kin 3. To Kill Achilles- Something to Remember Me By 4. Our Hollow, Our Home- Burn In The Flood 5. Carnifex- Graveside Confessions 6. INK- Silver Scream 2 7. Ghost Iris- Comatose 8. Jedi Mind Tricks- The Funeral and The Raven 9. Dying Wish- Fragments of a Bitter Imagination 10. Apathy- Where the River Meets the Sea

[@vandaalehandro3884]

Hey, man. Has anyone told that you look exactly like Russian nhl player Nikita Kucherov? To be honest clicked on the video only for that reason but stayed till the end and loved it, thanks!

[@V2ULTRAKill]

My top 10 were 1. Fortitude Gojira 2. Pentakill - The Lost Chapter 3. Slaughter to Prevail - Kostolom 4. Fear Factory - Aggression Continuum 5. Between the Buried and Me - Colors II 6. Helloween - Helloween 7. Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon 8. Jinjer - Wallflowers 9. Powerwolf - Call of the Wild 10. Icon of Sin - Icon of sin With, A Virtual World - Metalite as the honorable mention

[@savinakelly]

My top 5 1 - Spiritbox (Eternal Blue) 2 - Wallflower - Jinjer 3 - Lorna Shore - ... And I Return to Nothingness (EP) 4 - Iridescent - Silent Planet 5 - Sleeps Society - While She Sleeps Honourable Mentions Bullet for my Valentine - (Self-Titled Album) LANDMVRKS - Lost in the Waves Architects - For Those that Wish to Exist

[@DMav21]

No love for Of Mice and Men anywhere these days. "Echo" was great. Here's my top 5: 1) Wage War- Manic 2) Whitechapel- Kin 3) Trivium- ITCOTD 4) Spiritbox- Eternal Blue 5) Of Mice And Men- Echo

[@cowmark67]

Here's my list of favorite albums. Not all are rock & metal. I just didn't feel like splitting up my list. Enjoy! 1. Thy Catafalque - Vadak (avant-garde metal w/black metal/thrash/folk/jazz/electronic music) 2. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue (post-metalcore/progressive metal/djent) 3. CHVRCHES - Screen Violence (synth-pop/new wave/indie pop) 4. Poppy - Flux (alternative rock/grunge/punk) 5. Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World (synth-pop/electropop/indie pop) 6. Whitechapel - Kin (deathcore/progressive rock) 7. Jinjer - Wallflowers (progressive metalcore/groove metal/deathcore) 8. Harakiri for the Sky - Mӕre (post-black metal) 9. Slothrust - Parallel Timeline (alternative rock/grunge/blues rock) 10. Turnstile - Glow On (hardcore/melodic hardcore/alternative rock) 11. Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon: I (hardcore/doom metal/gothic metal/symphonic metal) 12. Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist (metalcore) 13. Rise Against - Nowhere Generation (melodic hardcore/punk) 14. Can’t Swim - Change of Plans (emo pop/hardcore/pop punk) 15. Mesarthim - CLG J02182-05102 (atmospheric black metal/trance) 16. Rivers of Nihil - The Work (progressive death metal/technical death metal) 17. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend (alternative rock/indie pop/shoegaze) 18. As Everything Unfolds - Within Each Lies the Other (melodic post-hardcore/progressive metal) 19. vvilderness - As Above, So Below (atmospheric post-black metal) 20. Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever (downtempo/electropop/jazz-pop) 21. Bizarrekult - Vi Overlevde (progressive post-black metal) 22. Citizen - Life In Your Glass World (emo/indie rock/pop punk) 23. Sleigh Bells - Texis (noise pop/electropop/industrial rock) 24. Porter Robinson - Nurture (electronica/indie pop/ambient) 25. Humanity’s Last Breath - Välde (blackened deathcore/progressive metal)

[@martianxmartin9959]

I’m definitely checking some of these out 🤘🏼

[@g00fz0r77]

Kinda surprised to see Rivers of Nihil so low on your list with you being such a prog metal fan. I'm a huge prog guy and that's my AOTY without a doubt. I get that it's a somewhat divisive album, but it hooked me instantly.

[@waynecalvert2148]

Agreed, well actually Eternal Blue would be my number 1, the work is a close second

[@adamkennard8489]

Love the list - surprised you didn't rank Vola higher :-) on my own top 10, tried hard to not make it an "all metal" list, and think I succeeded in that :-) [01] Spiritbox - Eternal Blue [02] Vola - Witness [03] Sleep Token - This Place Will Become Your Tomb [04] Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert [05] Turnstile - Glow On [06] Amyl and the Sniffers - Comfort to Me [07] Deafheaven - Infinite Granite [08] Halsey - If I can't have love, I want power [09] Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee [10] Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview On Phenomenal Nature

[@BulletToothMac]

My favorite albums of 2021 in no particular order: Brand of Sacrifice - Lifeblood (#1 Favorite of the year) Darko US - Darko Ice Nine Kills - The Silver Scream 2 We Butter The Bread With Butter - Das Album Lorna Shore - And I Return to Nothingness LANDMVRKS - Lost In The Waves The Devil Wears Prada - ZII Silent Planet - Iridescent Spiritbox - Eternal Blue Phinehas - The Fire Itself

[@fredrikdunemo6184]

My Top 20 of 2021 1. Btbam - Colors II 2. Dvne - Etemen aenka 3. Mastodon - Hushed and grim 4. Times of grace - Songs of loss and separation 5. VOLA - Witness 6. Termina - Dysphoria 7. MØL - Diorama 8. Silent planet - Iridescent 9. Cult of luna - The raging river 10. Abiotic - Ikigai 11. Normandie - Dark and beautiful secrets 12. Ice nine kills - Welcome to horrorwood 13. Vildhjärta - Måsstaden under vatten 14. Alluvial - Sarcoma 15. Jinjer - Wallflowers 16. Sleep token - This place will become your tomb 17. Solence - Deafening 18. Gojira - Fortitude 19. Annisokay - Aurora 20. Leprous - Aphelion

[@skilledbros]

Solid list. can't wait for another year of reacts!

[@METALBIRB]

Thanks homie!

[@joelmacy9558]

Great list of albums my dude 🔥🤘

[@stephenhowes6586]

My favorites are(in no particular order): Orbit Culture Mastodon Spiritbox Jinjer Gojira Atlas The Browning Silent Planet Alluvial Brand of Sacrifice Humanity’s Last Breath

[@RichardJanvrinYT]

VILLLLLLLDYAAAAAATAAA

[@8JFJK8]

Wooow im surprised you had ERRA so high. Mainly because it took you a long time to come around to them. I loved it as well. ERRA/SILENT PLANET/SPIRITBOX I think were my favorites. Ill be in Toronto in March to see Every Time i Die/Spiritbox/Underoath going to be a rad show.

[@lordsaile]

I love discovering new music this year through your channel, many of the ones of this list has been going through my rotation. My personal favourite is still Brand of Sacrifice and I'm kinda shocked how "low" it was on yours. But I love Vildhjärta, Every time I die, Darko US, Humanity's last breath and many more from this year. Plus that I discovered many from last year like Loathe, which might beat them all for me. Thank you for the music, like ABBA would say.

[@corey_clip]

Vildhjarta is absolutely one of the best albums ever made period. I haven't heard anything like it in my life and I doubt I'll hear anything like it again

[@theanticitizen]

For me it was Mastodon’s Hushed and Grim by a wide margin. It just hit everything I love about prog metal and actually told a really moving story too

[@christofts857]

Their best work since Crack The Skye. For sure.

[@226butters226]

Absolutely love that album

[@METALBIRB]

Man it’s such a good record! I just preferred other prog metal albums over it in my list

[@theanticitizen]

@@METALBIRB that’s what makes music so great. There’s so much diversity in even one genre that there’s always something that hits you just right!

[@2503Ash]

Humanity's last breath - Valde Thats my album of the year! Loved it from start to finish.. So many good albums this year though!

[@METALBIRB]

It’s so damn brutal and artistic at the same time. Sooo good man

[@RobertMullineux]

ERRA and Spiritbox tied for AOTY for me

[@Yooper630]

1. Slaughter To Prevail - Kostolom 2. Everything Else

[@bigbunn_]

Vulvodynia - Praenuntius Infiniti got my album of the year, with Stormkeep - Tales of Othertime right behind

[@coal_91]

My Top 10: 1. Landmvrks 2. Born of Osiris 3. Volumes 4. A Scent Like Wolves 5. Dying Wish 6. Erra 7. Pinehas 8. Dreamshade 9. Silent Planet 10. August Burns Red (Leveler 10 Year Re-Recorded)

[@jasonlovesmusicreacting882]

ABR counts? Hahaha

[@coal_91]

@@jasonlovesmusicreacting882 For me, sure. Leveler is one of my favorite Metalcore albums of all time and the re-recorded version with new solos, heavier guitars (down tuned) and guest vocals was a highlight for me.

[@williamdixon2026]

1 btbam-colors 2 2 iron maiden-senjutsu 3 atlas-ukko 4 humanitys last breath-valde 5 senendust-blood and stone

[@8JFJK8]

ERRA/SILENT PLANET/SPIRITBOX were the best in my opinion. Also loved Deadlights and Vildhjartas albums.

[@hithere-haveagreatday7609]

My only 100% sure spot is #1, which is INK's WTH. I've never ever had a whole album on repeat that much man. Just so good. After that, too many good releases this year to actually be able to make up a top list lol

[@pjlights164]

Bummed to not see Phinehas but great vid!

[@teiwaz656]

Yes, vildjharta!

[@rath9089]

YOOOOOOOOO We had the same album for number 1. Being Swedish myself, this album really hit the right spot for me because I don't think there's a lot of Swedish bands that actually do harsh vocals in their own language. The cleans come in at the perfect moments and everything about this album is just so consistently good, it flows through so perfectly.

[@chrizszx]

Vildhjarta, well deserved top 1

[@mr.tightywhitey8085]

I have to put Lifeblood at the top. Idk; just resonated with me more than any other album this year.

[@ashleyjessee5953]

I had to help you get off the 66.6k subscribers

[@92dunbar]

Album of the year - Gojira Fortitude EP of the Year - Knocked Loose

[@Bigtaco6031]

Dammmmmm. I’m a metalcore guy but like some deathcore as well. Love where you put whitechapel kin. But for me Kostolom is top 5.

[@jaydenjbryant8665]

My Top 10 1: Whitechapel - Kin 2: Phinehas - The Fire Itself 3: ERRA - Self Titled 4: Sion - Self Titled 5: Brand Of Sacrifice - Lifeblood 6: Silent Planet - Iridescent 7: Ice Nine Kills: Welcome To Horrorwood 8: Jinjer - Wallflowers 9: Slaughter To Prevail - Kostolom 10: Mental Cruelty - A Hill To Die Upon I’m so confused why people are putting Vildhjarta so high. They are ok at best for me Edit: My list has changed 1: Whitechapel - Kin - 98.5/10 2: Sion - Self Titled - 9.75/10 3: ERRA - Self Titled - 9.7/10 4: Phinehas - The Fire Itself - 9.65/10 5: Eidola - The Architect - 9.6/10 6: Brand Of Sacrifice - Lifeblood - 9.4/10 7: Silent Planet - Iridescent - 9.3/10 8: Darko US - Darko - 9.2/10 9: Ice Nine Kills: Welcome To Horrorwood - 9/10 10: Jinjer - Wallflowers - 9/10

[@vaunted1208]

You just don't get it, and that's fine. I urge you to keep listening until you do, though. Most incredible and unique metal of all time.

[@jaydenjbryant8665]

@@vaunted1208 What is so good about it?

[@vaunted1208]

@@jaydenjbryant8665 Everything. The guitar riffs, the guitar tone, the bass tone, the drums, the vocals (listen to the instrumental version of the album if they make it all harder to comprehend), the ambience, the overall production, the concept, the artwork, the 80 minute runtime of the album... I could go on and on about every tiny little detail that makes it album of the year (likely album of the decade), but the easiest way to sum it all up is to say that they're simply changing the game, doing things that have never been done and paving the way for the genre.

[@jaydenjbryant8665]

@@vaunted1208 it’s just very 000000 chug chug to me.

[@vaunted1208]

@@jaydenjbryant8665 If you have some free time, I must insist that you put in some earphones, find a comfortable place with no distractions and listen to the instrumental version of Masstaden Under Vatten. If you can still honestly say it's all "00000 chugging", then i'm convinced you're either a troll or deaf.

[@Joseph-R]

Hey I'm glad someone didn't just copy and paste Eternal Blue/Lost in the Waves as their top albums. They were great, but I felt like this year had a lot more dynamic and interesting albums but for some reason they are on everyones top albums of the year. Probably my favorite 2021 top list even if mine looks totally different.

[@batuhankeskin8874]

Lost in the waves is actually pretty underrated and eternal blue is awesome but little bit overrated now

[@WrathfulCat585]

I'm happy to see so many people enjoyed INK welcome to horrorwood. As far as eps go I loved like moths to flames pure like porcelain.

[@raythksdikks7]

My AOTY is easily ERRA self titled, I have never been that impressed or satisfied with an album in my entire life

[@tannerqualls5102]

Totally agree with this list. I think architects album was good enough to maybe make the top 30, but I agree that it wasn’t quite 25 material. Sad after holy hell

[@PutYourGrassesOn]

Cool list man. I'd say some of my favorite albums in a not specific order are Jinjer - Wallflowers, Chevelle - Niriatas, Alien Weaponry - Tangaroa, Trivium - In the Court of the Dragon, BTBAM - Colors II, Mastodon - Hushed and Grim, Gojira - Fortitude, Slaughter to Prevail - Kostolom, Twelve Foot Ninja - Vengeance and maybe a few more, but these are the ones that I can think of by now. And I would add some honorable mentions like Spiritbox - Eternal Blue, Dream Theater - A View from the Top of the World and Leprous - Aphelion, since for me these albums didn't get to my favorites of the year because I didn't find every song interesting but still I like some of them.

[@Metalton95]

For my fellow tech death fans: 1 First Fragment 2 Stortregn 3 Inferi 4 Archspire 5 Obscura 6 Dead World Reclamation 7 Cryptosis (thrash AOTY) 8 Ominous Ruin 9 Aborted (brutal death) 10 Mental Cruelty (symphonic deathcore?!)

[@NotQuiteCupid]

Some of my favorite albums of the year: HORIZONS Manic For Those That Wish To Exist Uncanny Valley The Bitter Truth In The Court of The Dragon

[@isaacroberts5402]

Masstaden under vatten is probably my aoty tied with rien ne suffit!

[@brotatochip1019]

My number 1 album of the year has to be Kostolom by Slaughter to Prevail. This album is amazing from start to finish. I believe it is bringing new elements to deathcore such as clean singing and just overall a new feel. I felt a lot of influences from Slipknot and nu metal within this album. Just all of the elements from vocals to guitar and etc. are just all amazing. I think this is bringing overall a new style or feel to deathcore.

[@METALBIRB]

It’s such a good record man. Some ppl don’t like it which I find crazy since it’s just so ridiculously fun. If I had a Top 30 they’d be in it for sure

[@brotatochip1019]

@@METALBIRB thanks for the reply man. The album is my number 1 because each song is great and unique but it all flows together.

[@gtrsean2429]

Jinjer Wallflowers is tops of '21 albums.

[@rsheaney]

"Radical" by Every Time I Die was my number 1. Happy someone gives them some respect

[@rottenamiigo9443]

The whole time I was saying to myself where the fuck is the new Vildhjarta album. Metal birb ftw!!!

[@rubenkriel1627]

So glad to see Erra at 3. I personally believe they need to be number one on every single list.