Top 25 Rock and Metal Albums (2021)

Here are my top 25 rock and metal albums for 2021 – in no particular order. These were my favorites and the albums I listened to the most throughout the year.  

Gojira - Fortitude 

Ice Nine Kills – Welcome to Horrorwood 

Iron Maiden - Senjutsu 

Obscura – A Valediction 

Spiritbox – Eternal Blue 

Rivers of Nihil – The Work 

Architects – For Those That Wish To Exist 

Pop Evil - Versatile 

The Pretty Reckless – Death by Rock and Roll 

Dirty Honey – Dirty Honey 

Between the Buried and Me – Colours II 

Trivium – In the Court of the Dragon 

Exodus – Persona Non Grata 

Foo Fighters – Medicine at Midnight 

Archspire – Bleed the Future 

Mastodon – Hushed and Grim 

Thank You Scientist – Plague Accommodations (EP) 

Epica – Omega 

Sleep Token – This Place Will Become Your Tomb 

Royal Blood - Typhoons 

Amenra – De Doorn 

Alien Weaponry - Tangaroa 

Liquid Tension Experiment – Liquid Tension Experiment 3 

Jinjer – Wallflowers 

Volk – Cashville 

 

Honorable Mention 

Various Artists – The Metallica Blacklist 

Favorite Movies of 2020

Due to the pandemic I didn't watch as many films as I normally do in the theater or even at home. But here is a list of my favorite movies of 2020.

The list does include a bunch of horror films, but there's a mix of different things here - it runs the gamut: horror, animated, music docs, drama, comedy, holiday, etc. Remember, this isn't a Best of 2020 list - it's simply my 40 favorite films. These are presented in alphabetical order.

1. Becky

2. Birds of Prey

3. Bloodshot

4. Christmas Chronicles 2

5. Color Out of Space

6. Da 5 Bloods

7. Extra Ordinary

8. Fatman

9. Greyhound

10. Guns Akimbo

11. Hamilton

12. His House

13. Host

14. Invisible Man

15. Jingle Jangle

16. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

17. Onward

18. Possessor Uncut

19. Relic

20. Run

21. Shirley

22. Small Axe (Mangrove, Lovers Rock, Red White and Blue)

23. Sonic the Hedgehog

24. Soul

25. Sound of Metal

26. Sputnik

27. Swallow

28. The Beastie Boys Story

29. The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

30. The Dark and the Wicked

31. The Hunt

32. The King of Staten Island

33. The Mortuary Collection

34. The Vast of Night

35. The Way Back

36. The Wolf of Snow Hollow

37. Trolls World Tour

38. Uncle Frank

39. Uncle Peckerhead

40. Underwater