The 12 best albums released in May 2021

Can you believe it, we’re already five months into 2021. While it felt like last year would never end, the past five months have flown by at warp speed. And if you were too busy living life in the fast lane as a certain red capped wonder once sang, we’ve whittled down the past month’s best rock and metal records into a handy list a below. A dozen LPs to spin and stream, covering everything from thrash to synthwave to death metal to videogame-centric black metal. Get stuck in. Weezer – Van Weezer We said: ​“Given they’re now nearly 30 years into their stellar career, will Van Weezer ultimately become any Weezer fan’s favourite album? Maybe not. But, for the first time in too long, it is a Weezer record that rocks exactly how a Weezer record should – a...

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