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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.

Writer Chris Rowella highlights some of the noisiest and nastiest albums of the year.

Tom Ballard, vocalist for Allfather, Herzschlager, and Wretched Empires, shows us a few select sneakers from his closet and pairs them with some high quality albums.

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

All the new metal releasing between March 28h, 2021 and April 3rd, 2021 -- spin (or skip) new music from Wode, Steel Bearing Hand, Unflesh, and more.