Elynna's Top 25 of 2021
Another great year in music |
| 1 |  | Musk Ox
Inheritance
Dark Folk / Chamber Folk
Canada
Highlight(s): Inheritance (Part 2 – Hindsight), Memoriam, Weightless
Link: https://muskoxofficial.bandcamp.com/album/inheritance |
| 2 |  | Kauan
Ice Fleet
Post Rock / Doom Metal
Russia / Estonia
Highlight(s): Kutsu, Raivo (soty), Ote
Link: https://kauan.bandcamp.com/album/ice-fleet |
| 3 |  | Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach
Spiorachas - A High Place
Scottish Folk Music
Scotland
Highlight(s): Ghruamach, Forest of the Red Stags, Mairi, Misty Corrie, Reel
Link: https://cgjpmusic.bandcamp.com/album/spiorachas-a-high-place |
| 4 |  | Empyrium
Über den Sternen
Folk Metal / Doom Metal / Dark Folk
Germany
Highlight(s): The Three Flames Sapphire, A Lucid Tower Beckons on the Hills Afar, Über den Sternen
Link: https://empyrium.bandcamp.com/album/ber-den-sternen |
| 5 |  | The Ruins Of Beverast
The Thule Grimoires
Atmospheric Black Metal / Blackened Doom Metal
Germany
Highlight(s): Kromlec'h Knell, Anchoress in Furs, Polar Hiss Hysteria
Link: https://theruinsofbeverast.bandcamp.com/album/the-thule-grimoires |
| 6 |  | Brian Finnegan
Hunger Of The Skin
Irish Folk Music
Northern Ireland
Highlight(s): Crossing Rubicon/Ollin, Two Trees/Tony, Trigger’s Lament/Jig For Amélie/Red Planet Blues
Link: https://brianfinnegan.bandcamp.com/album/hunger-of-the-skin |
| 7 |  | Ethereal Shroud
Trisagion
Atmospheric Black Metal
UK
Highlight(s): Astral Mariner
Link: https://etherealshroud.bandcamp.com/album/trisagion |
| 8 |  | Sunless
Ylem
Progressive Death Metal
USA - Minnesota
Highlight(s): Atramentous, Flesh-Particle Amalgamation
Link: https://sunlessband.bandcamp.com/album/ylem |
| 9 |  | Myriam Gendron
Ma délire - Songs of Love, Lost & Found
Contemporary Folk / French - Canadian Traditional Folk Music
Canada
Highlight(s): Go Away From My Window, Waly Waly, 31.10.2011
Link: https://myriamgendron.bandcamp.com/album/ma-d-lire-songs-of-love-lost-found |
| 10 |  | Can Bardd
Devoured by the Oak
Atmospheric Black Metal / Folk Metal
Switzerland
Highlight(s): Une Couronne de Branches, Crépuscule, Autumn Shore, Blomsterkransen
Link: https://canbardd.bandcamp.com/album/devoured-by-the-oak |
| 11 |  | Rota Fortunae
Hinterland
Dark Folk
USA
Highlight(s): Crepuscule, Wayfarer, Totem
Link: https://rotafortunae.bandcamp.com/album/hinterland-2 |
| 12 |  | Duncan Lyall
Milestone
Scottish Folk Music
Scotland
Highlight(s): Wind In The Trees, Twa Corbies
Link: https://duncanlyall.bandcamp.com/album/milestone |
| 13 |  | Null (USA)
Hiraeth
Atmospheric Black Metal / Folk Metal / Symphonic Metal
USA - Virginia
Highlight(s): The Clearing, Pathways, Wayward, Hiraeth, Hiraeth II
Link: https://nullbm.bandcamp.com/album/hiraeth |
| 14 |  | Merope
Salos
Chamber Folk / New Age / Lithuanian Folk Music
Lithuania / Belgium
Highlight(s): Ei Dvipa
Link: https://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/album/salos |
| 15 |  | Mare Cognitum
Solar Paroxysm
Atmospheric Black Metal
USA - Oregon
Highlight(s): Antaresian, Luminous Accretion, Ataraxia Tunnels
Link: https://marecognitum.bandcamp.com/album/solar-paroxysm |
| 16 |  | Staran
Staran
Scottish Folk Music
Scotland
Highlight(s): Back to Glasgow, Casino, Balcarres
Link: https://staran.bandcamp.com/album/staran |
| 17 |  | Hooded Menace
The Tritonus Bell
Death Doom Metal
Finland
Highlight(s): Those Who Absorb The Night, Scattered Into Dark
Link: https://hoodedmenace.bandcamp.com/album/the-tritonus-bell |
| 18 |  | Grainne Brady
Newcomer
Scottish Folk Music / Spoken Word
Scotland
Highlight(s): Turn of the Tide, By and By, Atone
Link: https://grainnebrady.bandcamp.com/album/newcomer |
| 19 |  | Warg (ITA)
Primal Breath
Dark Folk / Pagan Folk
Italy
Highlight(s): Beltane, Nwyfre
Link: https://wargmusic.bandcamp.com/album/primal-breath |
| 20 |  | A Stick and a Stone
Versatile
Dark Folk / Experimental / Avant Folk
USA - Oregon
Highlight(s): Horsetail, Timelapse
Link: https://astickandastone.bandcamp.com/album/versatile |
| 21 |  | Thy Catafalque
Vadak
Avant Garde Metal
Hungary
Highlight(s): Gömböc, Móló
Link: https://thycatafalqueuk.bandcamp.com/album/vadak |
| 22 |  | Esoctrilihum
Dy'th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath
Blackened Death Metal / Experimental
France
Highlight(s): Baahl Duthr, Zhaïc Daemon, Xuiotg
Link: https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dyth-requiem-for-the-serpent-telepath |
| 23 |  | Sweet Trip
A Tiny House, In Secret Speeches, Polar Equals
Dream Pop / Glitch Pop
USA - CA
Highlight(s): Chapters
Link: https://sweettrip.bandcamp.com/album/a-tiny-house-in-secret-speeches-polar-equals |
| 24 |  | Cold Dew
欲欲
Psychedelic Rock / Shoegaze
Taiwan
Highlight(s): 山地情歌 - San-Di Love Song
Link: https://colddew1.bandcamp.com/ |
| 25 |  | Papangu
Holoceno
Avant Garde Metal / Zeuhl / Progressive Metal
Brazil
Highlight(s): Bacia das Almas, Holoceno
Link: https://papangu.bandcamp.com/album/holoceno |
| 26 |  | Albion (UK)
Pryderi
* Favourite EP
Symphonic Folk Metal / Progressive Metal
UK
Highlight(s): Third Branch (Kin, Enchantment)
Link: https://albionofficial.bandcamp.com/album/pryderi |
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