2021 has been a whirlwind in every sense of the word. There’s been plenty of uncertain times we’ve had to push through. But heavy musicians from across the globe always gave us something to look forward to in the form of new music. So as the year winds down to a close, it’s time for us to celebrate the Best Heavy Songs of 2021.
This year, a voting system was added to both New Music Monthly and Unsigned & Unleashed, giving you the power to choose the songs you want to hear on this list. Therefore, this list includes artists ranging from the metal underground to those well known heavy hitters we all know and love. Listen to our collection of the Best Heavy Songs of 2021 on Spotify and check out which songs made the cut below!
The Best Heavy Songs of 2021: Which Songs Made The Cut
In no particular order and as voted by you, the best heavy songs of 2021 are:
- “In the Court of the Dragon” – Trivium
- “Amazonia” – Gojira
- “Hideous” – Vexed
- “Clickbait” – Exodus
- “SHAMPAIN” – Dead Slow
- “Truckload Full of Bodies” – Go Ahead And Die
- “United In Chaos” – Summoning The Lich
- “Inhumane Harvest” – Cannibal Corpse
- “Seven Souls” – Carnifex
- “The Path of Wrath” – Wolf King
- “Run” – Zeal & Ardor
- “Kill Grid” – Enforced
- “Inhuman Race” – Riptide
- “Circle With Me” – Spiritbox
- “Sorrowless” – Blind Hex
- “Zero Killed” – Sense of Noise feat. Bjorn “Speed” Strid
- “Common Grave” – Defocus
- “Crow Killer Blues” – Rob Zombie
- “Witches Burn” – The Pretty Reckless
- “The Writing On The Wall” – Iron Maiden
- “Promises and Kisses” – Dress The Dead
- “Inside The Darkness” – Ashes To Emperor
- “Born Blind” – Anchors
- “Blood & Honey” – Cane Hill (check out my gin cocktail recipe inspired by this song here.)
- “My Venom” – Cvlt ov the Svn
- “Mediator” – Jinjer
- “Fuoco” – After Smoke Clears
- “Disruptor” – Fear Factory
- “Far Too Long” – Severed Illusions
- “Into The Storm” – Gojira
- “Flight of the Valkyries” – Burning Witches
- “Sans Frontiers” – Black Light
- “Possession” – Mephobia
- “Fake” – Liha
- “Ghost Shaped People” – Lamb of God
- “Buried Underground” – Alien Weaponry
- “Hell of It” – Beartooth
- “AWOL” – Every Time I Die
- “Bitterend” – Lung Glass
- “Mars Simula” – Chevelle
- “West Coast Groove” – Einherjer
- “Medusa” – Times of Grace
- “Forged by Neron” – Mastodon
- “Hund” – Melvins
- “Reaggression” – Flotsam & Jetsam
- “Fuck It All” – All Against
- “Deceiver, Deceiver” – Arch Enemy
- “Hell Unleashed” – Evile
- “Conjuring the Egoist” – Cryptosis
- “Apostle” – Tyrants
- “Declaration of War” – Vicious Attack
- “Prey” – Mephobia
- “Crawling King Chaos” – Cradle of Filth
- “Graveside Confessions” – Carnifex
- “Chemical Whore” – Hypocrisy
- “A Vulgar Quagmire” – Aborted
- “Hyperthermic/Accelerate” – Lamb of God
- “The Beatings Will Continue” – Exodus
- “Awaken the Master” – Dream Theater
- “Another Life” – Rival Order
- “Stratego” – Iron Maiden
- “The Moon” – Amorphis
- “The Chapeltown Rag” – Slipknot
- “Narcissus” – Napalm Death
- “Storm En Drift” – Beyond The Pale
- “Chemical Godz” – Crowbar
- “The Doom That Came To Sarnath” – Cyclopean Walls feat. Sean Lang
- “40 Stories” – Alluvial
- “Obsessed” – After Smoke Clears
- “Epiphany” – Vexed
- “You Never Listen” – Tetrarch (check out my recipe that pairs perfectly with Tetrarch’s latest album here.)
- “Misfit” – Ashes To Emperor feat. Lizzie Kristina
- “Days of Future Past” – Iron Maiden
- “Library of Tears” – Ancient Settlers
- “Start the Healing” – Korn
- “Void” – Volumes
- “Butterflies” – Kingseeker feat. Ivan Hansen
- “We Are The Dragon” – Cvlt ov the Svn
- “Thalassophobia” – Blessings of Mara
- “Vortex” – Jinjer
- “War Within” – Sense of Noise
- “Sickle and Peace” – Mastodon
- “Ominous” – Phenomy
- “No Way Back Just Through” – Trivium
- “Malignance” – Enforced
- “House of Mirrors” – Arch Enemy
- “Becoming” – Volbeat
- “Fuel Injected Suicide Machine” – Fear Factory
- “Relentless” – Strike At Once
- “The Blood and the Iron” – Einherjer
- “Daughter of the Djinn” – Tribulation
- “Concrete” – From The Flame
- “The Conjurer” – Insomnium
- “The Eternal Struggles of the Howling Man” – Rob Zombie
- “Sandmine” – (Hed) P.E.
- “The Great Persecution” – Mephobia
- “Born For One Thing” – Gojira
- “Fake What’s Yours” – Eyehategod
- “Zombie Apocalypse” – Accept
- “I’ve Been Everywhere” – L.A. Rats
- “Dance” – Cellar Darling
- “Eternal Nocturnal” – Evergrey
- “Sacred Destinies” – Subfire
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