The 2021 entries are in for team Metal Insider’s best albums of 2021. In case you missed it, you can check out lists from Chris, Smitty, Kyle, Zenae, Bram, Matt, and Siegfried. While all lists are relatively different, we took an additional step to combine everyone’s picks based on comparison to make an ultimate Top 15 albums of 2021. And this is what we were able to get:

 

15) Carcass, Torn Arteries (Nuclear Blast) [Numbers: 10 + 19 = 29/2 = 14.5]

 

 

 

 

 

 

14) Tribulation, Where the Gloom Becomes Sound (Metal Blade)  [Numbers: 21 + 06 = 27/2 = 13.5]

 

 

 

 

 

 

13) At The Gates, The Nightmare of Being (Century Media)  [Numbers: 05 + 17 = 22/2 = 11]

 

 

 

 

 

 

12) Beast In Black, Dark Connection (Nuclear Blast)  [Numbers: 15 + 03 = 18/2 = 9]

 

 

 

 

 

 

11) Gojira, Fortitude (Roadrunner)  [Numbers: 07 + 10 + 10 + 09 = 36/4 =  9]

 

 

 

 

 

 

10) Unto Others, Strength (Roadrunner)  [Numbers: 18 + 09 + 03 + 03 = 33/4 = 8.25]

 

 

 

 

 

 

09) Leprous, Aphelion (Inside Out)  [Numbers: 09 + 07 + 04 = 20/3 = 6.666]

 

 

 

 

 

 

08) Powerwolf, Call of the Wild (Napalm Records)  [Numbers: 09 + 03 = 12/2 = 6]

 

 

 

 

 

 

07) Be’lakor, Coherence (Napalm)  [Numbers: 07 + 05 = 12/2 = 6]

 

 

 

 

 

 

06) Helloween, Helloween (Atomic Fire)  [Numbers: 04 + 08 = 12/2 = 6]

 

 

 

 

 

 

05) Iron Maiden, Senjutsu (Sanctuary)  [Numbers: 06 + 06 = 12/2 =  6]

 

 

 

 

 

 

04) Seven Spires, Gods of Debauchery (Frontiers Music SRL)  [Numbers: 10 + 01 = 11/2 = 5.5]

 

 

 

 

 

 

03) Mastodon, Hushed And Grim (Reprise)  [Numbers: 09 + 01 + 04 + 05 = 19/4 = 4.75]

 

 

 

 

 

 

02) Every Time I Die, Radical (Epitaph)  [Numbers: 05 + 01 = 6/2 =  3]

 

 

 

 

 

 

01) Epica, Omega (Nuclear Blast)  [Numbers: 02 + 01 = 3/2 = 1.5]