Terra Relicta Dark Music Awards 2021

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Written by Tomaz

Terra Relicta annual competition for the best dark music album of 2021 is over! The winning album of, already, the eighth edition of Terra Relicta Dark Music Awards was chosen - by you, dear voters! Thank you for voting and making this competition not only valid but also popular! Special thanks to you (nominated) musicians/bands who promoted Terra Relicta Dark Music Awards 2021 in any way! As you know, we nominated 50 full-length albums that we thought were the best releases in 2021 (regarding how many good albums got released last year, we could have easily selected 100 or more of them, but you have to draw a line somewhere). The voting started on Monday, 17 January, and by the end, on Tuesday, 1 February, 3509 votes were given, which is a record. This time the results weren't as tight as last year, and here they are:

The title Dark Album Of The Year 2021 goes to:
LACRIMOSA - Leidenschaft

Congratulations, also, to the second-placed German dark rock/metal act LORD OF THE LOST for Judas and third-placed CRADLE OF FILTH for Existence Is Futile,  and to all nominated musicians/bands for their great releases. The full results are listed below.

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Band/Artist: -ii-
Album title: Extinction
Label: Self-Released
Country: France
Genre: Industrial, Gothic, Noise Rock, Dark Pop
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Band/Artist: 1914
Album title: Where Fear And Weapons Meet
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Ukraine  
Genre: Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal
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Band/Artist: Ad Infinitum
Album title: Chapter II - Legacy
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Switzerland
Genre: Symphonic Metal
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Band/Artist: Agrypnie
Album title: Metamorphosis
Label: AOP Records
Country: Germany
Genre: Post Black Metal, Progressive Metal
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Band/Artist: All My Faith Lost...
Album title: Untitled
Label: Cyclic Law
Country: Italy
Genre: Ethereal Wave, Darkwave, Neoclassical
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Amore Ad Lunam
Album title: White Wings Raven Soul
Label: darkTunes Music Group
Country: Puerto Rico
Genre: Gothic Metal, Dark Rock
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Band/Artist: Aythis
Album title: Secrets From Below
Label: Self-Released
Country: Netherlands
Genre: Ambient, Post-Rock, Neoclassical, Shoegaze, Darkwave
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Band/Artist: Black Angel
Album title: Prince Of Darkness
Label: Solid Recordings
Country: UK
Genre: Gothic Rock
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Band/Artist: Cân Bardd
Album title: Devoured By The Oak
Label: Northern Silence Productions
Country: Switzerland
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
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Band/Artist: Child Of Night
Album title: The Walls At Dawn
Label: Wave Records
Country: USA
Genre: Post-Punk, Industrial, Darkwave
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Band/Artist: Clouds
Album title: Desparțire
Label: Personal Records
Country: Romania
Genre: Atmospheric Doom Metal
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Band/Artist: Cold Cave
Album title: Fate In Seven Lessons
Label: Heartworm Press
Country: USA
Genre: Darkwave, Gothic Rock, Synth-Pop
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Band/Artist: Cradle Of Filth
Album title: Existence Is Futile
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Country: UK
Genre: Dark Metal, Extreme Gothic Metal
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Band/Artist: De Arma
Album title: Strayed In Shadows
Label: Trollmusic
Country: Sweden
Genre: Dark Rock
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Band/Artist: Deine Lakaien
Album title: Dual
Label: Prophecy Productions
Country: Germany
Genre: Electronic Avant-Garde, Darkwave
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Band/Artist: Dornenreich
Album title: Du Wilde Liebe Sei
Label: Prophecy Productions
Country: Austria
Genre: Avant-Garde Black Rock/Metal, Dark Folk
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Band/Artist: Dust In Mind
Album title: CTRL
Label: darkTunes Music Group
Country: France
Genre: Modern Metal, Industrial Metal
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Band/Artist: Empyrium
Album title: Über den Sternen
Label: Prophecy Productions
Country: Germany
Genre: Symphonic Folk, Doom Metal, Neoclassical Black Metal
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Band/Artist: Evanescence
Album title: The Bitter Truth
Label: BMG
Country: USA
Genre: Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal
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Band/Artist: Ghostheart Nebula
Album title: Ascension
Label: Black Lion Records
Country: Italy
Genre: Atmospheric Doom Metal, Funeral Doom, Death Metal
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Band/Artist: Ghosts Of Atlantis
Album title: 3​.​6​.​2​.​4
Label: Black Lion Records
Country: UK
Genre: Symphonic Metal, Black Metal, Progressive Metal
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Band/Artist: Hanging Garden
Album title: Skeleton Lake
Label: Lifeforce Records
Country: Finland
Genre: Melodic Doom Metal, Gothic Metal
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Band/Artist: Ison
Album title: Aurora
Label: Avantgarde Music
Country: Sweden
Genre: Drone, Ambient, Post-Rock, Doom, Gothic
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Band/Artist: Lacrimosa
Album title: Leidenschaft
Label: Hall Of Sermon
Country: Switzerland
Genre: Gothic Metal, Orchestral/Symphonic Metal, Dark Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Lake Of Tears
Album title: Ominous
Label: AFM Records
Country: Sweden
Genre: Dark Rock/Doom Metal/Progressive Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Left Hand Solution
Album title: Dead Of Winter
Label: Massproduktion
Country: Sweden
Genre: Doom Metal
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Band/Artist: Lord Of The Lost
Album title: Judas
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Germany
Genre: Dark Metal, Gothic Metal
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Band/Artist: Los Males Del Mundo
Album title: Descent Towards Death
Label: Northern Silence Productions
Country: Argentina
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
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Band/Artist: Marianas Rest
Album title: Fata Morgana
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Finland
Genre: Atmospheric Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Gothic Metal
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Band/Artist: Mercury Circle
Album title: Killing Moons
Label: Noble Demon
Country: Finland
Genre: Atmospheric Dark Metal, Doom Metal, Dark Rock
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Band/Artist: Mildreda
Album title: I Was Never Really There
Label: Dependent
Country: Belgium
Genre: Dark Electro, Industrial, EBM
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Band/Artist: Moonspell
Album title: Hermitage
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Portugal
Genre: Dark Metal, Gothic Metal
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Band/Artist: Musk Ox
Album title: Inheritance
Label: Self-Released
Country: Canada
Genre: Chamber Folk, Neoclassical
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Band/Artist: Mütterlein
Album title: Bring Down The Flags
Label: Debemur Morti Productions
Country: France
Genre: Witch Wave, Ritual, Blackgaze, Industrial
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Noctiferia
Album title: Reforma (Tribute To Laibach)
Label: Blood Blast Distribution/Nika Records
Country: Slovenia
Genre: Industrial Metal, Extreme Metal, Avant-Garde
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Band/Artist: Nytt Land
Album title: Ritual
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Russia
Genre: Nordic Folk, Ritual Ambient
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Omnimar
Album title: Darkpop
Label: darkTunes Music Group
Country: Russia
Genre: Dark Pop, Darkwave
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Band/Artist: Përl
Album title: Les Maîtres du Silence
Label: Terre Ferme Records
Country: France
Genre: Post-Black Metal, Post-Rock
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Peter Bjärgö
Album title: The Translucency Of Mind's Decay
Label: Cyclic Law
Country: Sweden
Genre: Dark Ambient, Neoclassical
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Plum Green
Album title: Somnambulistic
Label: Nefarious Industries
Country: Australia
Genre: Dream Folk, Ambient, Dark Pop
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Band/Artist: Ruins Of Xibalba
Album title: Gobeklitepe
Label: Orko Productions
Country: Australia
Genre: Dark Ambient, Dark Synth
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Band/Artist: Sirenia
Album title: Riddles, Ruins & Revelations
Label: Napalm Records
Country: Norway
Genre: Gothic Metal, Symphonic Metal
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Band/Artist: Stridulum
Album title: Soothing Tales Of Escapism
Label: Manic Depression Records
Country: Poland
Genre: Darkwave, Synth Wave
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Band/Artist: Swallow The Sun
Album title: Moonflowers
Label: Century Media Records
Country: Finland
Genre: Doom Metal, Gothic Metal
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Band/Artist: The Awakening
Album title: This Alchemy
Label: Intervention Arts
Country: USA
Genre: Gothic Rock, Darkwave
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Band/Artist: Therion
Album title: Leviathan
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Country: Sweden
Genre: Symphonic Metal
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Band/Artist: Two Witches
Album title: The Undead
Label: Deepland Records
Country: Finland
Genre: Gothic Rock
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Band/Artist: Varsovie
Album title: L'Ombre et la Nuit
Label: Icy Cold Records
Country: France
Genre: Post-Punk, Cold Wave
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Band/Artist: Wormwood
Album title: Arkivet
Label: Black Lodge Records
Country: Sweden
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Listen HERE

Band/Artist: Zeromancer
Album title: Orchestra Of Knives
Label: Trisol Music Group
Country: Norway
Genre: Electronic Rock, Industrial Rock
Listen HERE