Once more unto the breach, dear metalheads! We emerge from a deep, metalogical abyss to bring you excavated treasures of heaviness! Listen to us count down our 25 favorite albums released between January and June 2021. Plus, the lyrical lament of Jay, Will can't shut up about Imagine Dragons, intermission ramblings from Markisan and we drink enough to discuss the very real possibility of cannibal camels.

Combined Top 25

25) Terra Odium - Ne Plus Ultra
24) Kanonenfieber - Menschenmühle
23) Suffering Hour - The Cyclic Reckoning
22) Project: Roenwolfe - Edge of Saturn
21) Culted - Nous
20) Seeming Emptiness - Bliss Entombed
19) Yoth Iria - As the Flame Withers
18) Heavy Temple - Lupi Amoris
17) Spectral Lore - Ετερόφωτος
16) Stone Healer - Conquistador
15) Mare Cognitum - Solar Paroxysm
14) Vokonis - Odyssey
13) Cult of Luna - The Raging River
12) Wheel - Preserved in Time
11) Moral Collapse - Moral Collapse
10) Baest - Necro Sapiens
9) The Lion's Daughter - Skin Show
8) Panopticon - ...And Again Into the Light
7) Esoctrilihum - Dy'th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath
6) Silver Talon - Decadence and Decay
5) Ghastly - Mercurial Passages
4) Iotunn - Access All Worlds
3) The Crown - Royal Destroyer
2) Wode - Burn in Many Mirrors
1) Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined

George Top 25

25) Grief Collector - En Delirium
24) Vokonis - Odyssey
23) Ghastly - Mercurial Passages
22) Wheel - Preserved in Time
21) Paranorm - Empyrean
20) Dordeduh - Har
19) Crypta - Echoes of the Soul
18) Khandra - All Occupied by Sole Death
17) Rapture - Malevolent Demise Incarnation
16) Moral Collapse - Moral Collapse
15) Miasmata - Unlight: Songs of Earth and Atrophy
14) Spectral Lore - Ετερόφωτος
13) The Crown - Royal Destroyer
12) Werewolves - What a Time to Be Alive
11) Memoriam - To the End
10) Ancient Wisdom - A Celebration in Honor of Death
9) Project: Roenwolfe - Edge of Saturn
8) Iotunn - Access All Worlds
7) Mare Cognitum - Solar Paroxysm
6) Stone Healer - Conquistador
5) Esoctrilihum - Dy'th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath
4) Borgne - Temps Morts
3) Yoth Iria - As the Flame Withers
2) Baest - Necro Sapiens
1) Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined

Jay Top 25

25) Horndal - Lake Drinker
24) Ghastly - Mercurial Passages
23) GraveRipper - Radiated Remains
22) Dvne - Etemen Ænka
21) Miasmata - Unlight: Songs of Earth and Atrophy
20) Yoth Iria - As the Flame Withers
19) Iotunn - Access All Worlds
18) Oryx - Lamenting a Dead World
17) Esoctrilihum - Dy'th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath
16) Moral Collapse - Moral Collapse
15) Vokonis - Odyssey
14) Bossk - Migration
13) The Crown - Royal Destroyer
12) Cult of Luna - The Raging River
11) Moanaa - Embers
10) The Lion's Daughter - Skin Show
9) Heavy Temple - Lupi Amoris
8) Empyrium - Über den Sternen
7) Culted - Nous
6) Cambion - Conflagrate the Celestial Refugium
5) Michael Schenker Group - Immortal
4) Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined
3) Wode - Burn in Many Mirrors
2) Demande à la Poussière - Quiétude Hostile
1) Kanonenfieber - Menschenmühle

Will Top 25

25) Seeming Emptiness - Bliss Entombed
24) Gojira - Fortitude
23) Go Ahead and Die - Go Ahead and Die
22) Ghastly - Mercurial Passages
21) Eximperituserqethhzebibšiptugakkathšulweliarzaxułum - Šahrartu
20) Sunnata - Burning in Heaven, Melting on Earth
19) Culted - Nous
18) Creeping Fear - Hategod Triumph
17) Wode - Burn in Many Mirrors
16) Thundering Hooves - Vestiges
15) Thronehammer - Incantation Rites
14) Suffering Hour - The Cyclic Reckoning
13) Oryx - Lamenting a Dead World
12) Heavy Temple - Lupi Amoris
11) Wheel - Preserved in Time
10) Conclave - Dawn of Days
9) Portal of Pazuzu - Portal of Pazuzu
8) Deception - The Mire
7) Horndal - Lake Drinker
6) Helslave - From the Sulphur Depths
5) Fuoco Fatuo - Obsidian Katabasis
4) Akhenaten - The Emerald Tablets of Thoth
3) Baest - Necro Sapiens
2) The Crown - Royal Destroyer
1) Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined

John Top 25

25) Universally Estranged - Reared Up in Spectral Predation
24) Forhist - Forhist
23) Aziola Cry - The Ironic Divide
22) Panopticon - ...And Again Into the Light
21) Dvne - Etemen Ænka
20) Stone Healer - Conquistador
19) Mefitis - Offscourings
18) Obsolete - Animate//Isolate
17) Mare Cognitum - Solar Paroxysm
16) Terminalist - The Great Acceleration
15) Wode - Burn in Many Mirrors
14) Frummyrkrið - Dauðans Myrkri
13) Celestial Sanctuary - Soul Diminished
12) Suffering Hour - The Cyclic Reckoning
11) Hannes Grossmann - To Where The Light Retreats
10) Vokonis - Odyssey
9) Dordeduh - Har
8) Ghastly - Mercurial Passages
7) Silver Talon - Decadence and Decay
6) Iotunn - Access All Worlds
5) Seeming Emptiness - Bliss Entombed
4) Cult of Luna - The Raging River
3) Cryptosis - Bionic Swarm
2) Moral Collapse - Moral Collapse
1) Terra Odium - Ne Plus Ultra

Matt Top 25

25) SNĚŤ - Mokvání V Okovech
24) Vorvaň - Awakened
23) Crust - Stoic
22) Somnuri - Nefarious Wave
21) Stone Healer - Conquistador
20) The Crown - Royal Destroyer
19) Forhist - Forhist
18) Bossk - Migration
17) Wode - Burn in Many Mirrors
16) Universally Estranged - Reared Up in Spectral Predation
15) Altarage - Succumb
14) Dvne - Etemen Ænka
13) Decline of the I - Johannes
12) Wesenwille - II: A Material God
11) Inoculation - Celestial Putridity
10) Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse
9) Intonate - Severed Within
8) Ghastly - Mercurial Passages
7) Spectral Lore - Ετερόφωτος
6) Silver Talon - Decadence and Decay
5) Crypts of Despair - All Light Swallowed
4) Esoctrilihum - Dy'th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath
3) The Lion's Daughter - Skin Show
2) Cannibal Corpse - Violence Unimagined
1) Panopticon - ...And Again Into the Light

Markisan Top 25

25) Morokh - All the Darkness Looks Alive
24) Perennial Isolation - Portraits
23) Celestial Sanctuary - Soul Diminished
22) Seeming Emptiness - Bliss Entombed
21) The Flight of Sleipnir - Eventide
20) Vokonis - Odyssey
19) Mare Cognitum - Solar Paroxysm
18) The Lion's Daughter - Skin Show
17) Project: Roenwolfe - Edge of Saturn
16) Eximperituserqethhzebibšiptugakkathšulweliarzaxułum - Šahrartu
15) Kyning - Ān
14) Isgherurd Morth - Hellrduk
13) Rapture - Malevolent Demise Incarnation
12) Eremit - Bearer of Many Names
11) The Crown - Royal Destroyer
10) Ghastly - Mercurial Passages
9) Silver Talon - Decadence and Decay
8) Noctule - Wretched Abyss
7) Hadit - With Joy and Ardour Through the Incommensurable Path
6) Panopticon - ...And Again Into the Light
5) Wode - Burn in Many Mirrors
4) Wheel - Preserved in Time
3) Anti-God Hand - Wretch
2) Sepulcros - Vazio
1) Iotunn - Access All Worlds

Metalheads Podcast Top 25 Metal Albums 2021 Midyear