In no particular order:

2021 Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/64dcGhNKM5p9TF9ALQBVHN?si=jaureWTyTHiTqMpvY3Q-5A&utm_source=copy-link

1.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion

2.First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle

3.Bewitcher - Cursed Be Thy Kingdom

4.SpiritWorld - Pagan Rhythms

5.Unto Others - Strength

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Here are albums (ordered by subgenre) that I want to listen to, but haven't yet.
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await my judgement!
Recommendations are always welcome!

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2.Ponte Del Diavolo - Fire Blades From The Tomb

3.Civerous - Maze Envy

4.Frail Body - Artificial Bouquet

5.Ulterror - Transcendent Origins

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My top best albums of 2021!

1.Iotunn - Access All Worlds

2.Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion

3.Evergrey - Escape Of The Phoenix

4.Mare Cognitum - Solar Paroxysm

5.Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon

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1.Cynic - Ascension Codes

2.Bent Knee - Frosting

3.Dvne - Etemen Ænka

4.Leprous - Aphelion

5.Spiritbox - Eternal Blue

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A list of Bands and Albums to check in 2021 in chronological(release) order

1.Need - Norchestrion: A Song For The End

2.Emma Ruth Rundle - The Helm Of Sorrow [Collaboration]

3.Soen - Imperial

4.Tribulation - Where The Gloom Becomes Sound

5.Steven Wilson - The Future Bites

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A personal ranking of what I think are the best records to have come out so far in '21.

1.Asphyx - Necroceros

2.White Void - Anti

3.Flotsam And Jetsam - Blood In The Water

4.Molten - Dystopian Syndrome

5.At The Gates - The Nightmare Of Being

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1.Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon

2.Swallow The Sun - Moonflowers

3.Iron Maiden - Senjutsu

4.Leprous - Aphelion

5.Soen - Imperial

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This is a big year for me, when it comes to music. Having spent so much time in lockdown, I've been introduced to so many new sounds and artists. This list is the biggest in my life, and there have been some great albums this year.

1.Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

2.Rivers Of Nihil - The Work

3.Archspire - Bleed The Future

4.Dvne - Etemen Ænka

5.Thy Catafalque - Vadak

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My List of the releases made during 2021. Score based on the excel sheet i've made https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hk_3gkpCfeKtdZNus_z3sxg-U8XJ_MqklfC8tbealaE/edit?usp=sharing

1.Decline Of The I - Johannes

2.Vokonis - Odyssey

3.Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

4.Kanonenfieber - Menschenmühle

5.Stortregn - Impermanence

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1.Hulder - Godslastering: Hymns Of A Forlorn Peasantry

2.Thy Catafalque - Vadak

3.Helloween - Helloween

4.Helheim - WoduridaR

5.Stortregn - Impermanence

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Albums i've enjoyed in 2021

1.Turnstile - Glow On

2.Deafheaven - Infinite Granite

3.Herzel - Le Dernier Rempart

4.The Flight Of Sleipnir - Eventide

5.Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 2 - The Golden Orb

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Good morrow
This is Prnzo
this list is probably for...
idk, the more adventurous...
jack-of-all-trades listener
lots of apples/oranges here
hopefully this top list helps
at least one MS'er
and if not...
there's always next yr
...unless there's not

update: this list still reflected just releases from earlier in the year - I keep updating my list offline... but I'm never happy with some of the configuration/arrangement (due mostly to indecision or losing track of even a very good release here n there)

1.Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

2.Dordeduh - Har

3.Adjy - The Idyll Opus (I-VI)

4.The World Is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Illusory Walls

5.Converge and Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon: I

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These are my favourite albums from the year 2021, ranked in order from my most favourite at number 1 to my least favourite.

1.Wheel - Resident Human

2.Carcass - Torn Arteries

3.Mastodon - Hushed And Grim

4.Thy Catafalque - Vadak

5.Spiritbox - Eternal Blue

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2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015

1.Archspire - Bleed The Future

2.The Ruins Of Beverast - The Thule Grimoires

3.Bloodred Hourglass - Your Highness

4.Thy Catafalque - Vadak

5.Swallow The Sun - Moonflowers

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10 years of lists. No plans to slow down.

1.Sermon Of Flames - I Have Seen The Light, And It Was Repulsive

2.Ustalost - Before The Glinting Spell Unvests

3.Worm - Foreverglade

4.Lykhaeon - Opprobrium

5.Kwade Droes - Met Onoprechte Deelneming

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