Top 10 2021

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Top 10 of 2021

Position / Album Vote Count Third Quarter Position Second Quarter Position First Quarter Position Genre
#1. Stormkeep - Tales of Othertime 81 -- -- -- Melodic Black / Dungeon Synth
#2. Worm - Foreverglade 73 -- -- -- Death / Doom
#3. Spectral Wound - A Diabolic Thirst 70 #3 #2 -- Black
#4. Hooded Menace - The Tritonus Bell 67 #1 -- -- Epic? Death/Doom
#5. Suffering Hour - The Cyclic Reckoning 66 #4 #4 #1 Black / Death / Final Boss Music
#6. Panopticon - .​.​.​And Again Into The Light 63 #2 #1 -- Atmospheric Black / Folk / Ken Burns Soundtrack
#7. Sijjin - Sumerian Promises 63 -- -- -- Death / Thrash
#8. Mare Cognitum - Solar Paroxysm 54 #6 #3 #2 Atmospheric Black
#9. Archspire - Bleed The Future 48 -- -- -- Tech Death 5000
#10. 1914 - Where Fear And Weapons Mett 44 -- -- -- Blackened Death/ World of Tanks
StarGazer - Psychic Secretions 35 ## #5 #5 Avant Black / Death
Ethereal Shroud - Trisaigon 35 -- -- -- Depressive Black / Funeral Doom
Dream Unending - Tide Turns Eternal 33 -- -- -- Atmospheric Death / Doom
The Ruins of Beverast - The Thule Grimoires 32 ## ## #6 Atmospheric Black / Doom
Antichrist Siege Machine - Purifying Blade 31 -- -- -- Black / Death
Këkht Aräkh - Pale Swordsman 29 ## ## -- Black / Ambient / Death Cleric
Concrete Winds - Nerve Butcherer 29 -- -- -- Death / Persistent Headaches
Malignant Altar - Realms of Exquisite Morbidity 29 -- -- -- Death
Dvne - Etemen Ænka 28 ## #7 #10 Progressive Sludge/Stoner
Steel Bearing Hand - Stay In Hell 27 #9 #10 -- Black / Thrash
Mortiferum - Preserved In Torment 27 -- -- -- Death / Doom
Enforced - Kill Grid 26 ## #6 #5 Thrash / Crossover
Tribulation - Where the Gloom Becomes Sound 25 ## ## #10 Gothic
Thy Catafalque - Vadak 25 -- -- -- Avant / PHD Thesis
Heavy Sentence - Bang To Rights 24 ## ## -- Heavy / Judas Priest Spray Painted On A Wall
Archgoat - Worship The Eternal Darkness 24 -- -- -- Death / Black / White / Red Cover
Darkthrone - Eternal Hails 23 ## -- -- 404 Genre Not Found
Dungeon Serpent - World of Sorrows 23 #8 -- -- Melodic Death
First Fragment - Gloire Éternelle 23 -- -- -- Neoclassical Tech Death / Bach Was A Metalhead
Cerebral Rot - Excretion of Mortality 22 ## -- -- Broken Sewer Pipe Death
Herzel - Le Dernier Rempart 21 #10 ## #8 Epic Heavy
Wolves in the Throne Room - Primordial Arcana 20 ## -- -- Atmospheric Black
Unto Others (Idle Hands) - Strength 20 -- -- -- Heavy / Gothic / Dark Poetry
Oxygen Destroyer - Sinister Monstrosities Spawned By the Unfathomable Ignorance of Humankind 20 #5 -- -- Black / Death / Making Toy Monsters Fight Each Other
Mastodon - Hushed And Grim 19 -- -- -- Progressive / Rock
Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse 19 ## ## ## Avant / Tech Death / Phyrexian Unlife
Carcass - Torn Arteries 19 -- -- -- Melodic Death N Rollibilly
Qrixkuor - Poison Palinopsia 19 -- -- -- Death / Astral Projection
Atvm - Famine, Putrid and Fucking Endless 19 ## ## -- Mushrooms On Death Metal
Outre-Tombe 18 -- -- -- Death
Stortregn - Impermanence 17 ## ## -- Melodic Black Death
Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimaged 17 ## ## -- Death
Wheel - Preserved In Time 16 ## ## -- Doom
Lamp of Murmuur - Punishment And Devotion / Submission and Slavery 16 ## -- -- Black
Nekromantheon - Visions of Trismegistos 16 ## ## -- Thrash
Khemmis - Deciever 16 -- -- -- Doom
Gabestok - Én gang rådden, altid rådden 16 ## ## -- Genre Pending
Kanonenfieber - Menschenmühle 15 ## ## ## Black / Death / WW1 Dorkery
Craven Idol - Forked Tounges 15 ## -- -- Black / Thrash
Portal - Avow 15 ## #8 -- Experimental Easy Listening
Demiser - through The Gate Eternal 14 ## ## ## Black / Thrash
Iotunn - Access All Worlds 14 ## ## -- Progressive Melodic Death
Hyperdontia - Hideous Entity 14 -- -- -- Death / Falling Down The Stairs
Gravesend - Methods Of Human Disposal 14 ## ## #5 Black / Grind / Sewage
Møl - Diorama 13 -- -- -- Post Black
Helloween - Helloween 13 ## ## -- Power / Speed
Funeral Mist - Deiform 13 -- -- -- Vlack
Antediluvian - The Divine Punishment 13 ## -- -- I Wish Portal Was Less Accessible
200 Stab Wounds - Piles of Festering Decomposition 13 -- -- -- Heavy...haha j/k...Death
Ophidian I - Desolate 13 ## -- -- Tech Death / Ancient Alien Arpeggios
Gojira - Fortitude 13 ## ## -- Progressive / Groove / Death / Crystals
Between the Buried and Me - Colors II 12 -- -- -- Progressive / Tech
Obscura - A Valediction 12 -- -- -- Progressive / Tech Death
Mefitis - Offscourings 12 ## -- -- Black
Morgul Blade - Fell sorcery Abound 12 -- -- -- Heavy / Black(?)
Galvanizer - Prying Sight of Imperception 11 ## -- -- Grind / Weird Kid In the Back
Rivers of Nihil - The Work 11 -- -- -- Progreessive / Tech death
Frozen Soul - Crypt Of Ice 11 ## ## #4 Bolt Thrower In A Glacier
Drawn and Quartered - Congregation Pestilence 11 ## -- -- Immolated Death
Dordeduh - Har 11 ## ## -- Atmospheric Folk/Black Metal
Lvcifyre - The Broken Seal 10 -- -- -- Black / Death
Fluisteraars - Gegrepen Door de Geest der Zielsontluiking 10 ## -- -- dit is geweldig
The Silver - Ward of Roses 10 -- -- -- Post Black
Be'lakor - Coherence 10 -- -- -- Melodic Death
Kaatayra - Inpariquipê 10 -- -- -- Folk / Black
Grima - Rotten Garden 10 -- -- -- Atmospheric Black
Dödsrit - Mortal Coil 10 ## ## -- Atmospheric Black / Crust
Phrenelith - Chimaerea 10 -- -- -- Death
Swallow the Sun - Moonflowers 9 -- -- -- Melodic Doom / Death
Transilvania - Of Sleep And Death 9 ## ## #6 Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft
Auld Ridge - Consanguineous Tales of Bloodshed and Treachery 9 ## -- -- Black
Devoid of Thought - Outer World Graves 9 ## -- -- Death
Wode - Burn In Many Mirrors 9 ## ## -- Death / Black
Replicant - Malignant Reality 9 -- -- -- Death / Wall Punching
Windfaerer - Breaths of Elder Dawn 9 ## -- -- Black / Folk / Ren Faires
Ænigmatum - Deconsecrate 9 -- -- -- Black DÆth
Amenra - De Doorn 9 ## -- -- Doom / Sludge / Fuck This Day
Esoctrilihum - Dy'th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath 9 ## ## -- Black
Ustalost - Before the Glinting Spell Unvests 9 -- -- -- Black
Cân Bardd - Devoured by the Oak 9 -- -- -- Epic Folk / Black / Elf Sorcerer
Misotheist - For the Glory of your Redeemer 9 ## ## #4 Black / Witches
Bewitcher - Cursed Be Thy Kingdom 8 ## -- -- Black / Speed
Passéisme - Eminence 8 ## -- -- Black
Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon I 8 -- -- -- Hands Up In The Air In Confusion
Alustrium - A Monument To Silence 8 ## ## -- Melodic Death
Wharflurch - Psychedelic Realms ov Hell 8 ## -- -- Death / Doom / Blacklight Posters
Diskord - Degenerations 8 ## -- -- Tech Thrash
Carcinoma - Labascation 7 ## -- -- Black / Death / Noise / No Hugs
Green Lung - Black Harvest 7 -- -- -- Stoner Doom / Hard Rock
Pan-Amerikan Native Front - Little Turtle's War 7 ## ## -- Black
Escumergamënt - .​.​.​ni degu fazentz escumergament e mesorga​.​.​. 7 ## -- -- Black
Trhä - Endlhëtonëg 7 ## -- -- Raw Black / Dungeon Synth
Kauan - Ice Fleet 7 ## -- -- Post Rock
Bonehunter - Dark Blood Reincarnation System 7 ## -- -- Black / Thrash / Punk
Harakiri for the Sky - Harakiri for the Sky 7 ## -- -- Post Black
Inferi - Vile Genesis 7 ## -- -- Death
Cadaveric Fumes - Echoing Chambers of the Soul 7 -- -- -- Huffing Casket Fumes
Veilburner - Lurkers in the Capsule of Skull 7 -- -- -- Black / Death
Sermon of Flames - I Have Seen The Light, And It Was Repulsive 7 -- -- -- Black / Death / Bile
Empyrium - Über den Sternen 7 ## -- -- Neofolk
Asphyx - Necroceros 7 ## ## #10 Death
Sanguisugabogg - Pornographic Seizures 7 ## -- -- Death + More Death
Mystras - Empires Vanquished And Dismantled 7 -- -- -- Black
Nunslaughter - Red is the Color of Ripping Death 7 ## -- -- Devotional Music
Tower - Shock To The System 7 -- -- -- Heavy
Demoniac - So It Goes (2020) 7 ## ## -- Black / Guys...2020
Violet Cold - Empire Of Love 7 ## -- -- Post Black
Morbific - Ominous Seep of Putridity 7 ## ## -- More Sewage Leaks
Dormant Ordeal - The Grand Scheme of Things 6 -- -- -- Death / Therapy
Monolord - Your Time To Shine 6 -- -- -- Stoner / Doom / The Bunny Is Just Sleeping Right?
Cradle of Filth - Existence is Futile 6 -- -- -- English dark-wave metal band
Wraith - Undo The Chains 6 -- -- -- Black / Speed
Iron Maiden - Senjutsu 6 ## -- -- Harsh Noise Wall
Exodus - Persona Non Grata 6 -- -- -- Thrash
Ancient Mastery - Chapter One: Across The Mountains Of The Drämmarskol 6 -- -- -- Epic Black
Spectral Lore - Ετερόφωτος 6 -- -- -- Αστέρας
Black Soul Horde - Horros From The Void 6 -- -- -- Heavy / Power
Dipygus - Bushmeat 6 ## ## #7 Death / Bigfoot Tapes
Alda - A Distant Fire 6 -- -- -- Atmospheric Black
Paranorm - Empyrean 6 ## ## -- Progressive Thrash
Hulder - Godslastering: Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry 6 -- -- -- Black
Wormwitch - Wolf Hex 6 ## -- -- Blackened Death
Ungfell - Es grauet 6 ## ## -- Black / Path of the Totem Warrior
Yoth Iria - As The Flame Withers 6 ## -- -- Black / Greek Demons
Wanton Attack - Wanton Attack 5 -- -- -- Heavy
So Hideous - None But a Pure Heart Can Sing 5 -- -- -- Post Black / Shoegaze
Lantlôs - Wildhund 5 -- -- -- Post Black
Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Pt. 2 5 ## ## -- Atmospheric Black / DMT in the Dark
Skepticism - Companion 5 -- -- -- Funeral Doom
King Woman - Celestial Blues 5 -- -- -- Post Metal / Doom
Krolok - Funeral Winds & Crimson Sky 5 -- -- -- Atmospheric Black / Čarodejnice
Pharaoh - The Powers That Be 5 ## -- -- Power
Lunar Shadow - Wish To Leave 5 -- -- -- Heavy
Mānbryne - Heilsweg: O udręce ciała i tułaczce duszy 5 -- -- -- Black
Plebeian Grandstand - Rien ne suffit 5 -- -- -- Avant / Does Not Play With Other Classmates
Civerous - Decrepit Flesh Relic 5 -- -- -- Black / Death / Magic Eye Cover
Full of Hell - Garden of Burning Apparitions 5 -- -- -- What Do YOU Think Full Of Hell Is?
Aquilus - Bellum I 5 -- -- -- Neoclassical Black/Folk
Eternity's End - Embers of War 5 -- -- -- Progressive / Power / Fighting Robots
Morgal - Nightmare Lord 5 -- -- -- Black x Satan
Kowloon Walled City - Piecework 5 -- -- -- Sludge? .... Maybe
Kayo Dot - Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike 5 -- -- -- Its Best We Dont Get Into "Genres"
Anatomia - Corporeal Torment 5 -- -- -- Death / Doom
Funeral Chant - Dawn of Annihailtion 5 -- -- -- Black / Death
Swampbeast - Seven Evils Spawned of Seven Heads 5 ## -- -- Death / Summoning Gone Wrong
Fulci - Exhumed Information 5 ## -- -- Brutal Death / Giallo

The 4s & 3s

Album Notes
Cult of Eibon One Of Those Angry Obscure Greek Gods
Grey Aura Black?
Domkraft Drugs
Force of Darkness Black / Thrash At the Speed of Satan
Dakhma Zoroastrian Death Music
Silver Talon Frank Frazetta Tattoo Parlor
In Mourning Melodic Death Monster
Conjureth Death / Missile Barrage
Sxuperion Thanks To You 3 Plus The Band For Voting
Caveman Cult Death And Landmines
Mystic Storm Thrashing Banshees
Sněť Solo Lobotomy
Clandestine Blaze Too Good For Bandcamp Black
Saidan Black / horror Movies In The Dark
Boss Keloid Progressive Drugs / Beards
Laang Atmospheric Anxiety
Headshrinker Death / Vertigo
Gatecreeper Death Metal One Rep Max
Grave Miasma Black / Death / Ghouls
Whoredom Rife Black / Rune Knights
Intestinal Hex Death / Internal Rupture
LLNN Sludge / Im Sorry For Bothering You Ill Be leaving Now
Blood Red Throne Tiefling Warlock / Patron: Fiend
Ceremonial Torture Best Album Art?
Every Time I Die I'm Sure They Are On Metal Archives
Gosudar Frozen Death
Hypocrisy "Aliens"
Genocide Pact Washington DC on Fire
Kūka'ilimoku Raw Black / 10 Tapes Available
Aorlhac Melodic Black / Elf Necromancer
Evile Wait...THAT Evile?
Aephanemer If Ghosts Made Operas
Black Mass Thrash and Chain Whips
Wizardthrone Level 11 Wizard
Atræ Bilis Brutal Dæth
Fuoco Fatuo Funeral Doom / Glacial Suffering
Vertebra Atlantis Weird shit
Biomorphic Engulfment If Xenomorphs Were Into Brutal Death
Decrepisy Death / Doom / River Sludge
Ringarë Trve Pennsylvvanian Black
Altarage Inverted Surgery
Cynic Neutral Good Androids
Hippotraktor Progressive / Brutalist Architecture
Galneryus Power / Owns At Least Three Orbs
Ride for Revenge Black/ Are You Feeling Okay?
Sepulcros Trapped In A Gelatinous Cube
Tyrann The Only Album That Has The Right To Have A Boxing Devil
Vokonis Late 2000's Mastodon After They Went Into Hiding
Spelljammer Pink Floyd With More Orange Amps
Cryptosis Why Yes Those Are My PKD Novels
Sunless Have You Read House of Leaves Backwards?
The Temple Death / Black / Probably Haunted
Seven Spires Symphonic / Decorative Swords
Nervosa Thrash / Death / Broken Shot Glasses
Alkerdeel Black / Doom / Probably Krampus
Ferriterium Black / Long Talks About Gnosis
Vola Progressive / Cosmic Healing
Abscession Death / Corpse Carts
Significant Point Speed / Heavy / Cool Fucking Cover
Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa Progressive / Black / Sword & Planet
Plasmodium I Want To Fall Down Darkened Stairs Black Death
Der Weg Einer Freiheit Black / Probably Three Or Four Philosophy Books
Defacement Cover Matches Music
Dauþuz Black / Folk Medicine With Frogs
Reveal! Post Black / Death
Vulture Welcome To The Funhouse
Evil Band Name: "Evil" Do You Have the Slightest Idea How Little That Narrows It Down?
Venefixion Headbanging With Skeletons
Eisenhand Fuck It , Its 1982 Again
Inhuman Condition I Loved Goosebumps When I Was A Kid
Apparition Death / Eternal Nausea
Black Sites Playing Traveller with Voivod and Blue Oyster Cult
Vauruvã Black / Death By Sun Flare
Diablo Swing Orchestra What Future Music Sounds Like In Sci Fi Movies
Unreqvited Breakup Gaze
Stone Healer Progressive / Black Metal As A Concept
Seputus Oh Cool Psychedelic Metal...What The Fuck
Crescent Lets Get High And Watch The Mummy
Dread Sovereign Doom / Medieval Medicine
Doctor Smoke Doom / Occult / Hammer Horror Posters
Stormruler Immediately Taken To A Dark Souls Wiki
Crypta Thrash / Death By Harpies
Succumb Grind / How About We Smother The Listener?
Creeping Death This Is An EP...But Okay
Warmoon Lord Cool Spiked Gauntlets
Witch Vomit Thanks Mods

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