EP 42 Setting The Tone‘s Albums of the year top 10 of 2021

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2021

Trivium In The Court Of The Dragon- simply because ever since arrival of Alex Bent in 2017 the band has gone from strength

Alex joined in 2017 and what followed in my opinion was Trivium’s best album to date The sin And The Sentence, the band followed up in 2020 with the latest album What The Dead Men Say and I honestly could not believe what I was hearing the guys had yet again put another stunner of album, with the addition of Alex the band had gone up a whole level and sounded the best they had ever done, fast-forwarded a year through COVID times and the guys dropped In The Court Of The Dragon which again in my view is their best album they have put out, this is an album that see the guys again raising the bar and taking cues from all of their back catalogue and combining it into their best work to date,  I don’t think it’s no coincidence that since the Alex they guys have put out a stunning tribology of albums together long may it continue  my love for this band like many runs deep.

Mastodon Hushed And Grim- to be honest this album could have easily taken the number one spot this year between Trivium and Mastodon they both have delivered stunning albums in 2020 and its hard to choose between the two of them both are very different bands and very different albums, but both amazing. Hushed And Grim is an album that the. More you listening to it, it just grows and get stronger on each listen, with so many different layers to each song on the album, the album is a great album to chill out too.

Gojira Fortitude- the 7th album from the guys, I feel this is a real return to form, packed with heavier riffs and melodic tones, a sense of a real drive behind this album it feels a bit lighter than Magma in the sense there’s a real bounce to it.

Holding Absence, The Greatest Mistake of My Life- this one feel like it came out a life time ago no just April 2021, this is the second album from these guys and wow they have put together a masterpiece of an album the opening track on this alone is one of the songs of 2021 it’s a perfect opener to any show

URNE Serpent and Sprit -sometimes you are meet with a surprise in life and honestly, I think we all found that this year URNE, if it was not for an email from their PR company to ask for my thoughts, I would never have found this band, in such a short amount of time these 3 guys have quickly grown in popularity, Serpent and Sprit sometimes showcases the bands talents as it takes cues from their influences

As Everything Unfolds within each lies the other- the debt album from this incredible band who no doubt have had a great year recently just completed a tour with Holding Absence, within each lies the other offers some great guitar tones, stunning vocals, hooks and drive without doubt one of the albums of 2021 the future is very bright for this band.

Myles Kennedy- put out The Ides of March the follow up to year of the tiger, being honest this blows the first album out of the water with some great writing some awesome guitar tones, Ides of March is so delicate and yet such a great listen.

Mammoth WVH losing a parent is never easy especially when you’re the son of one of the world’s best guitarist the universe has ever seen. What I loved about this album was it really showcased Wolfgang own talents it allowed him to step out onto his own forge his own legacy a great rock album with a touching track to EVH Distance. And also, this album for me wins artwork of the year I would recommend buying it on vinyl to truly appreciate the detail in the artwork.

A Day to Remember You’re Welcome, -all thou this album seemed to take forever to come out for whatever reason. It’s one that overall is not this bands best in terms of heavy hitters but this does contain some amazing tacks like last chance, blood sucker, resentment and looks like hell and its one that had to make my list

Limp Bizkit Still Sucks-This one is a late arrival some may consider this 32 mins of pure popp, but for me I’m just happy to have LB back if you have ever taken the time to listen to a LB album from front to back particularly their earlier work then this album will not come as a surprise. Stand out track for me Out of style because Wes Bowland Riff and that line from Fred we should be on the same team.