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Here they are: our aggregated and top picks for 2021. Be sure to listen to all of them.

Co-editor-in-chief Ted Nubel lists his picks for the year, including a heavy heaping of doom and traditional metal.

With varied picks from black, death, and beyond, Writer Brandon Nurick's best albums of 2021 is likely to have a record or two you haven't heard yet.

Joe Aprill lays out his top 20 for 2021 plus a few noteworthy EPs.

Continuing our series of year end lists is Colin Dempsey, whose eclectic list cites varying ends of the musical spectrum.

All the new metal releasing between July 11th, 2021 and July 17th, 2021 -- spin (or skip) new music from Resurrection Kings, Spiral Grave, Laceration, and more.

Big and brawny melodic death metal, but not the Gothenburg school. Listen to "Decay" ahead of "World of Sorrows"' July 16 release,