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There’s nothing quite like the wildly impractical, highly collectible 7″ format – here’s some ripping favorites for you to hunt down on Discogs.

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.

We start off our 2021 year-end lists with Brandon Corsair, whose list packs in tons of powerful underground releases.

We’ve collected some of our favorite releases from 2021 so far for your perusal.

After a well-received demo six years ago, the French heavy metal band Herzel released one of the best heavy metal albums of the year last week. Read an in-depth interview with the band.

All the new metal releasing between March 14th, 2021 and March 20th, 2021 — spin (or skip) new music from Mare Cognitum, Agent Steel, Batushka, and more.