The ‘Best Of 2021’ On The Rock Solid Pressure Show
Here’s the charting positions from our ‘Best Of 2021’ broadcast on The Rock Solid Pressure Show. Congratulations to all the bands that took honors this year. 2021 saw an explosion of live music in most parts around the world (finally). We still live with Covid but we have our Concerts back, and that’s all we care about. We have no interest in Government. They can all rip each other to pieces (Hmm, that would be interesting), and create diversions to piss you off. But as one of the last ‘real’ Independents left in this Country, we’ve learned that if you just ignore it, it won’t bother you. We’ve always enjoyed unity with everyone, and we’ve been doing that successfully with all styles of Metal and Hard Rock for 20 years!! AND OH YEAH, January 1st marked our 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY on the air. We’ve been through FM Syndication, a TV Show, 17 huge Industry Showcases, booked over 700 huge national acts, and at last count, we’ve booked way over 4000 local bands. The broadcast started in the Northeast when we worked for Sony Records in 2002. Moved the show to Florida in 2004, and stayed there for 15 years. We’ve now been in Reno NV for almost 3 years, and we’re not worn out yet (lol). But with all that history under our belts, we keep writing new chapters. And 2021 was another amazing year for new music releases. Actually, we had more submissions than we’ve ever seen in our 20 year history. We stated that last year, but 2021 was bigger. ALSO, if you missed this ‘Best Of 2021’ Special broadcast, it should be up on our podcast platform now at our site http://www.RockSolidPressure.com . Again, congrats to all the bands that made the cut this year. And we thank each and every one of you for supporting the broadcast, and our concert events over the years. Without your support, we could have never come this far.
All the charting positions are submissions from our Record Label Media Partners, and the PR Firms we are associated with. We also chart self-released submissions. All submissions have to fit the format for The Rock Solid Pressure Show to be nominated. And our charts are nationally recognized.
*ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2021 (Rock/Metal): Eternity’s End: Embers Of War (Prosthetic Records)
*ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2021 (Stoner/Doom/Experimental): DVNE: Etemen Aenka (Metal Blade)
*SONG OF THE YEAR 2021 (Rock/Metal): Accept: Too Mean To Die (Nuclear Blast)
*EP OF THE YEAR 2021 (Rock/Metal): KrashKarma: Storm (Split Nail Records)
*THE TOP 55 ALBUMS OF 2021 (Rock/Metal)
- ETERNITY’S END: Embers Of War (Prosthetic)
- SUPER MONSTER PARTY: Sidequest (Independent)
- ROB ZOMBIE: Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy (Nuclear Blast)
- MEPHISTO: Pentafixion (Wormhole Death Records)
- AT THE GATES: The Nightmare Of Being (Century Media)
- GOJIRA: Fortitude (Roadrunner)
- XAEL: Bloodtide Rising (Pavement)
- SPACE CHASER: Give Us Life (Metal Blade)
- EVIL DRIVE: Demons Within (Universal)
- AGAINST EVIL: End Of The Line (Doc Gator Records)
- ASSAULT: Aevumet Illustrata (East Breath Records)
- ANGELUS APATRIDA: Self-Titled (Century Media)
- SILENT WINTER: Empire Of Sins (Pride & Joy Records)
- THE CROWN: Royal Destroyer (Metal Blade)
- IMMORTAL GUARDIAN: Psychosomatic (M-Theory Audio)
- FOUR STROKE BARON: Classics (Prosthetic)
- RAVENOUS: Hubris (Feast Beast Records)
- SUMMONING THE LICH: United In Chaos (Prosthetic)
- ACCEPT: Too Mean To Die (Nuclear Blast)
- ABORTED: Maniacult (Century Media)
- WINGS OF DESTINY: Memento Mori (Wormhole Death)
- ALCATRAZZ: V (Silver Lining Music)
- RISEUP: Destructive Machine Chilling Time (Eclipse)
- MURDER MONDAY: Chug Violence (Independent)
- INHUMAN CONDITION: Rat God (Blood Blast Dist)
- TRIBULATION: Where The Gloom Becomes Sound (Metal Blade)
- ALL AGAINST: I Am Alive (Wormhole Death)
- ADARRAK: Ex Oriente Lux (Independent)
- STORMTIDE: A Throne Of Hollow Fire (Metal Hell Records)
- KILLRAZER: The Burial Begins (Battlegod Productions)
- TALES OF THE OLD: The Book Of Chaos (Pride & Joy)
- THE END OF MELANCHOLY: Nature Unleashed (Independent)
- AEON: God Ends Here (Metal Blade)
- ALMOST DEAD: Brutal Onslaught (Art Gates Records)
- W.E.B.: Colosseum (Metal Blade)
- REAPING ASMODEIA: Darkened Infinity (Prosthetic)
- MONARCH: Future Shock (Independent)
- GOREGANG: Long Live The Grime (Blood Blast Dist)
- THE LURKING FEAR: Death Madness Horror Decay (Century Media)
- WEREWOLVES: What A Time To Be Alive (Prosthetic)
- ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND: Zodiac (Independent)
- MINUS LIFE: Contorted Reality (Independent)
- HATE: Rugia (Metal Blade)
- COGNIZANCE: Upheavel (Prosthetic)
- SUMMONERS CIRCLE: Chaos Vector (Independent)
- FRACTAL UNIVERSE: The Impassable Horizon (Metal Blade)
- HUNTED: Deliver Us (Pitch Black Records)
- DOMINATION CAMPAIGN: Onward To Glory (Prosthetic)
- EVERDAWN: Cleopatra (Sensory Records)
- DEPTHS OF HATRED: Inheritance (Prosthetic)
- ARTILLERY: X (Metal Blade)
- ZYCH: Dante’s Inferno (Metal Assault Records)
- CRIMINAL: Sacrificio (Metal Blade)
- BEYOND GRACE: Our Kingdom Undone (Prosthetic)
- IOTUNN: Access All Worlds (Metal Blade)
- INCEPTION OF ETERNITY: Last Exit To The Past (Independent)
- IMAGES OF EDEN: Angel Born (Pavement)
- HIDDEN INTENT: Dead End Destiny (Independent)
- DEATHCRAEFT: On Human D-Evolution (Wormhole Death)
- SANCTION: The Overview Effect (Independent)
- THE ODDEVEN: Dance Of The Dead (Pavement)
- BAEST: Necro Sapiens (Century Media)
- VENUS SYNDROME: Cannibal Star (Rockshots Records)
- ALICE COOPER: Detroit Stories (Ear Music)
- CERBERUS: Communion (Independent)
* THE TOP 50 TRACKS OF 2021 (All Genres Of Hard Rock/Metal))
- ACCEPT: Too Mean To Die (Nuclear Blast)
- SINISTER KING: A Cure For Insomnia (Independent)
- THE MIGHT BE ZOMBIES: The Panic Culture (Independent)
- THE DOOD: 13 (Independent)
- MOTHER OF EXILE: You Make Me Sick (Independent)
- HIDEOUS DIVINITY: Chestburst (Century Media)
- ARCH ENEMY: Deceiver Deceiver (Century Media)
- AMERICAN TERROR: Attitude (Independent)
- LIONS SHARE: Under Attack (Independent)
- RACHEL MOTHER GOOSE: My Ascending Day (Pride & Joy Records)
- SUBTERRANEAN MASQUERADE: Snake Charmer (Sensory Records)
- MOYRA: The Eyes Of Rats (Independent)
- CULTT OF SHE: Everybody Hates Me (Independent)
- FOUR TRIPS AHEAD: Remnants (Dr. Music Records)
- RATTLESNAKE MILITA: Dark Reflections (Independent)
- BURIAL AT SEA: Contravene (Independent)
- ESTRIVER: Primordial (Wormhole Death)
- MISS LAVA: Doom Machine (Small Stone Records)
- SINSATION: Cursed (Night Train Records)
- CORPORAIN: Pitch Black (Volcano Records)
- BLOODY HELL: Midnight Man (Rockshots Records)
- NOTHING SACRED: Final Crime (Rockshots Records)
- DESTINI BEARD w/ SAM HAYNES: Incantations At Midnight (Independent)
- ANTAPEX: Until Your Blood Runs Cold (Independent)
- EMPIRE OF DISEASE: God Ends Here (Wormhole Death)
- RANSOM: Killing Time (Independent)
- BENTHOS: II (Eclipse Records)
- AREIS: Under The Sun (Wormhole Death)
- BE UNDER ARMS: The Blood Oath (Independent)
- BARBARIAN PROPHECIES: Supreme Vampire (Iron Matron Records)
- WARLAB: Decipher The Code (Independent)
- PARALLAX: Blood Moon (Independent)
- BLUD RED ROSES: Into The Half Light (Curtain Call Records)
- SIGNUM DRACONIS: The Borderland (Rockshots Records)
- WHITE CITY GRAVES: Bump In The Night (Independent)
- CAMERA OBSCURE TWO: To Bleed To Feel Alive (SelfMadeGod Records)
- VOKONIS: Blackened Wings (The Sign Records)
- BACKLASH: Backlash (Independent)
- THE NORSEMEN COMPANY: Master Of The Dark (Perris Records)
- CULT OF SCARECROW: Robotized (Wormhole Death)
- MOTHMAN & THE THUNDERBIRDS: Nomad (Independent)
- INNASANITORIUM: Accelerated Oblivion (Independent)
- DEMIAURA: Equinox (Pavement)
- THE DAY OF THE BEAST: Venomous Procession (Prosthetic)
- MOLTEN: Zombies Curse (Independent)
- ANIMA INSIDE: Prophets Words (Rock On Records)
- MAGG DYLAN: Pawns (Eclipse Records)
- RED CAIN: Baltic Fleet (Sliptrick Records)
- WHO WANTS THE CROWN: Safeword (Independent)
- FATE DEFINED: No Hope (Independent)
*THE TOP 10 STONER/DOOM/FUZZ/EXPERIMENTAL ALBUMS OF 2021
- DVNE: Etemen Aenka (Metal Blade)
- RED FANG: Arrows (Relapse)
- CASSIUS KING: Field Trip (Nomad Eel records)
- HIPPOTRAKTOR: Meridian (Pelagic Records)
- THE VELVET SUPERSLOTHS: The Velvet Supersloths (Hell On The Rock Records)
- MOONSHINE OVERSIGHT: The Frame (Wormhole Death)
- OV MOROS: Of Whispering And Reflections (Independent)
- RASCAL WHACK: Maliveni (Independent)
- ROBOTS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: Mystic Goddess (Small Stone Records)
- THE STONE EYE: South Of The Sun (Eclipse Records)
THE TOP 15 EP’s OF 2021 (All Genres Of Hard Rock/Metal)
- KRASHKARMA: Storm (Split Nail Records)
- GRIEVING: Songs For The Weary (Interstellar Smoke Records)
- SCATTERED STORM: Oblivion (Independent)
- BRUNDARKH: Haunted Worlds (Independent)
- IMPENDING DOOM: Hellbent (MNRK Heavy)
- TRIAL OF ASCENSION: Phoenix (Independent)
- THE TROOPS OF DOOM: Absence Of Light (Blood Blast Dist)
- PER WIBERG: All Is Well In The Land Of The Living (Despotz Records)
- GORETHRONE: The Descension (Independent)
- GAMA BOMB: Thunder Over London (Prosthetic)
- HAMMERDRONE: A Trinity Of Rage (Independent)
- CROMAGNUM: Born Free (King Metal Records)
- BLACK SUN: Silent Enemy (Rockshots Records)
- DEAD AGAIN: Humanitys Collapse (Independent)
- SKYHAMMER: The Skyhammer (Independent)
*And before we leave 2021 behind entirely, we’d like to raise a toast to all the great Musicians, Friends, Family and Actors we lost in 2021…We salute all our fallen brethren and will remember you forever.. Save us a place at ‘Stage Left’ at that great gig in the sky..