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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This is technically my seventh Favorite Albums of the Year list for Metal Injection, and oh boy, it sure hasn't got easier to whittle down the multitude of worthy and impressive releases to a digestible number of the most-deserving records. In an ideal world, I'd have a list of 100 albums to praise and rant […]
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What an incredible year of music! In preparing this year's list, I listened to over 500 albums, narrowed those down to 60 finalists, and then intensively listened, re-listened, and listened some more times to slowly cull the list to a Top 20. This year's list is dominated by my usual penchants for psychedelia and memorable […]
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After recently announcing their signing to Nuclear Blast, Silver Lake By Esa Holopainen has finally revealed further info about its self-titled debut album, scheduled for release on May 28.
 
Since 1990, Esa Holopainen has been the lead guitarist of the progressively-minded heavy metal innovators Amorphis.
 
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