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Now that we've come to the end of 2021, our usual year in review is here today. I'll see you all again starting on the first week of January, and I've already got a wide array of excellent premieres lined up throughout most of January and February! I feel like every year I've been doing […]
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Now that we're all wrapped up with our year-end lists of 2021, it's time to look at how all the albums stack up across the board. The following list was compiled by Metal Injection reader (and data wizard) Cory Cogley. Technically this is a Top 23 list given the three-way tie for 17th place, but […]
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Norwegian black metal, or “norsk svartmetall,” is the ultimate reason for existence. Every time a new black metal single drops from Norway, “suddenly life has new meaning.” That may not be a very brutal thing to say, but it is as true as the indisputable statement: “Kristian Espedal is the coolest man alive.” Although Norwegian […]
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Another whirlwind 365 days have come and gone and boy, have there been some awesome metal albums released this year. Yeah, the existential apocalypse of 2020 spilled over into 2021…and looks like it's going to continue well into 2022, but hey, at least the riffs were cool?! This top 15 list is essentially the albums […]
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Also includes Korn, Megadeth + Lamb of God, Shinedown, and more.
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2021 wasn't a great year for live music as many promising tours were cancelled due to the pandemic. But luckily there were a lot of great records released in the world of metal so I could pretend I was at a concert in my living room. I way significantly overpaid for some beer and I […]
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Another year, another year-end list. Though the world is still falling apart, America is once again re-learning the folly of its corrupt, dumbass two-party system, and the vinyl pressing schedule is beyond fucked, we had some pretty good music. My personal favorite genres, grind and death metal, have been dropping banger after banger. We had […]
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