| XX's top albums of 2021 |
| 1 |  | Trophy Scars
Astral Pariah
Country/Western, Post Hardcore, Psychedelic |
| 2 |  | Injury Reserve
By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Hip Hop, Experimental |
| 3 |  | Ad Nauseam
Imperative Imperceptible Impulse
Death Metal |
| 4 |  | Panopticon
...And Again into the Light
Black Metal, Folk, Bluegrass |
| 5 |  | Every Time I Die
Radical
Metalcore |
| 6 |  | First Fragment
Gloire Eternelle
Progressive Metal, Neo-Classical, Death Metal |
| 7 |  | Lord Huron
Long Lost
Indie Folk, Indie Rock, Folk |
| 8 |  | King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
L. W.
Psychedelic, Progressive Rock, Garage Rock |
| 9 |  | Manchester Orchestra
The Million Masks of God
Indie Rock |
| 10 |  | Deafheaven
Infinite Granite
Shoegaze |
| 11 |  | Dvne
Etemen Ænka
Post Metal, Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal |
| 12 |  | Turnstile
Glow On
Hardcore |
| 13 |  | Wolves in the Throne Room
Primordial Arcana
Black Metal, Folk |
| 14 |  | BRUIT
The Machine Is Burning...
Post Rock |
| 15 |  | Porter Robinson
Nurture
Electronic, Pop |
| 16 |  | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The LSO
Promises
Classical, Electronic, Jazz |
| 17 |  | Little Simz
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Hip Hop |
| 18 |  | BADBADNOTGOOD
Talk Memory
Jazz |
| 19 |  | The World Is a Beautiful Place...
Illusory Walls
Emo, Indie Rock, Post Rock |
| 20 |  | Lucy Dacus
Home Video
Indie Rock |
| 21 |  | Wolf Alice
Blue Weekend
Indie Rock |
| 22 |  | Sweet Trip
A Tiny House, In Secret Speeches, Polar Equals
Shoegaze, Electronic |
| 23 |  | Spiritbox
Eternal Blue
Metalcore |
| 24 |  | Japanese Breakfast
Jubilee
Indie Rock |
| 25 |  | Julien Baker
Little Oblivions
Indie Rock |
| 26 |  | Between the Buried and Me
Colors II
Progressive Metal, Metalcore |
| 27 |  | The War On Drugs
I Don't Live Here Anymore
Indie Rock |
| 28 |  | Blood Cultures
LUNO
Indie Pop, Indie Rock |
| 29 |  | Sylmar
Glass Ladders
Indie Rock |
| 30 |  | Musk Ox
Inheritance
Folk, Classical, Black Metal |
| 31 |  | Devil Sold His Soul
Loss
Post Hardcore, Post Rock |
| 32 |  | Hail the Sun
New Age Filth
Math Rock, Post Hardcore |
| 33 |  | Der Weg Einer Freiheit
Noktvrn
Black Metal, Shoegaze |
| 34 |  | Fucked Up
Year of the Horse
Punk, Progressive Rock |
| 35 |  | Archspire
Bleed the Future
Tech Death Metal |
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