METALZONE EDITOR'S TOP 20 PICKS FOR 2021
What a year 2021 has been! Thankfully music production has been overwhelming both in quantity and quality. It's almost impossible to summarize this whole year in just a few favorite picks but Metalzone's editors and radio producers did their best to give you a good glimse of the tons of metal that were presented to us throughout 2021! So here they are!
Gerasimos "Signfollower" Douros
1. Blazon Stone - Damnation
2. Helloween - Helloween
3. Iron Maiden - Senjutsu
4. Marta Gabriel - Metal Queens
5. Brainstorm - Wall Of Skulls
6. Pentral - What Lies Ahead Of Us
7. Running Wild - Blood on Blood
8. Nervosa - Perpetual Chaos
9. U.D.O - Game Over
10. Toledo Steel- Heading For The Fire
11. Ancient Empire - Priest of Stygia
12. Blazon Rite -Endless Halls Of Golden Totem
13. Attika – Metal Lands
14. Pounder - Breaking The World
15. Tower – Shock To The System
16. Katana Cartel - The Sacred Oath
17. Blind Golem - A Dream Of Fantasy
18. Massacre - Resurgence
19. Grinding Fear - Distorted Dreams
20. Viral - Viral
Dimitris "Deathalos" Tsaousidis
3.Craven Idol - Forked Tongues
4.Cyclopean Walls-Enter the Dreamlands
5.Flotsam and Jetsam - Blood in the Water
12.Midnight Odyssey-''Biolume Part 2 - The Golden Orb''
13.Necromantia - To The Depths We Descend...
15.Seven Sisters-Shadow of a Fallen Star Pt.1
18.Wanton Attack-Wanton Attack
19.Witherfall-The Curse of Autumn
20.Wolves in the Throne Room-Primordial Arcana
Stefanos Stefanidis
1.Herzel - Le Dernier Rempart
2.Unto Others - Strength
3.Dream Theater - A View From The Top Of The World
4.Gojira - Fortitude
5.Necromantia - To The Depths We Descend...
6.Subfire - Define The Sinner
7.Winter Eternal - Land Of Darkness
8.Fragment Soul - Axiom of Choice
9.Craven Idol - Forked Tongues
10.Todd LaTorre - Rejoice in the Suffering
11.At The Gates - The Nightmare Of Being
12.Fractal Universe - The Impassable Horizon
13.The Maledict - Remembrance
14.Asphyx - Necroceros
15.Moonspell - Hermitage
16.Celestial Sanctuary - Soul Diminished
17.Ordeal & Plight - Her Bones In Whispers
18.Paradox - Heresy II. (End of a Legend)
19.Slithering Decay - Aeons Untold
20.Flotsam and Jetsam - Blood in the Water
Ilias Katsaounos
1.Helloween - Helloween
2.Brainstorm - Wall Of Skulls
3.Chez Cane - Chez Kane
4.Crowne - Kings In the North
5.Wheel - Preserved In Time
6.Soen - Imperial
7.Labyrinth - Welcome To The Absurd Circus
8.Wardrum - Mavericks
9.Ironbourne - Ironbourne
10.Toby Hitchcock - Changes
11.Esa Holopainen - Silver Lake
12.Maverick - Ethereality
13.Warrior Path - The Mad King
14.Iron Maiden - Senjutsu
15.Evergrey - Escape Of The Phoenix
16.Nestor - Kids In A Ghost Town
17.Kent Hilli - The Rumble
18.Herzel - Le Dernier Rempart
19.Witch Cross - Angel Of Death
20.Orden Ogan - Final Days
Steve Woodier
1.Ophis - Spew Forth Odium
2.Crypt Monarch - The Necronaut
3.Altareth - Blood
4.Kal-El - Dark Majesty
5.Withered Witch - Infinite Void
6.Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined
7.Restless Spirit - Blood Of The Old Gods
8.Devotion - The Harrowing
9.Saprobiontic - Apocalyptic Retribution
10.Dark Redeemer - Into The Deep Black
11.Helllight - Until The Silence Embraces
12.Animalesco, o Método - Animalesco, o Método
Hugo Rebelo
1.Yoth Iria ( GRE ) - As The Flame Withers
2.Tower ( USA ) – Shock To The System
3.The Crown ( SWE ) - Royal Destroyer
4.Insane ( SWE ) - Victims
5.Lucifuge ( GER ) - Infernal Power
6.Mystic Storm ( RUSS ) - Из хаоса древних времен ( From The Ancient Chaos )
7.Ruins Of Beverast (GER ) – The Thule Grimoires
8.Apostasy ( CHI ) - Death Return
9.Blood Sport ( FIN ) - Hot Blood And Cold Steel EP
10.Bastardur ( ICE ) – Satans Loss Of Son
11.Nagasaki Sunrise ( POR ) - Distalgia
12.Nekromantheon ( NOR ) - Visions Of Trismegistos
13.Artillery ( DEN ) - X
14.Paradox ( GER ) - Heresy II : End Of A Legend
15.Exodus ( USA ) – Persona Non Grata
16.Animalesco, O Metodo ( POR ) - Animalesco, O Método
17.Exorcizphobia ( CZ ) – Friend Of Lunacy EP
18.Age Of Woe ( SWE ) - Envenom
19.Knife ( GER) - Knife
20.Prayers Of Sanity ( POR ) - Doctrine Of Misanthropy
Lambros "Metalshock" Panetas
1.Ancient Empire – Priest Of Stygia
2.Black Soul Horde – Horrors From The Void
3.Blazon Stone – Damnation
4.Crimson Fire – Another Dimension
5.Crystal Viper – The Cult
6.Hitten – Triumph And Tragedy
7.Icon Of Sin – Icon Of Sin
8.Illusory – Crimson Wreath
9.Knights Of The Realm – Knights Of The Realm
10.Accept – Too Mean To Die
11.Nekromant – Temple Of Haal
12.Portrait – At One With None
13.Powerwolf – Call Of The Wild
14.The Night Eternal – The Night Eternal
15.The Three Tremors – Guardians Of The Void
16.Thelemite – Thelemism
17.Tower – Shock To The System
18.Tyrantti – Orjaplaneetta
19.Running Wild – Blood On Blood
20.Wheel – Preserved In Time