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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.

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.

Powerfully emotional doom is a difficult craft to perfect, and Germany’s Wheel are modern masters. We talked with guitarist Benjamin Homberger about their latest album.

Check out five top picks from April, spanning black metal, doom, sludge, and the strange lands between them all.

All the new metal releasing between April 4th, 2021 and April 10th, 2021 — spin (or skip) new music from Blaze Bayley, Goya, Zao, and more.

Swallow the Sun’s new album ‘When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light’ came out on Century Media earlier this year.