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2020 My Picks

In alphabetical order.

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2.Afterbirth - Four Dimensional Flesh
3.Behold The Arctopus - Hapeleptic Overtrove
4.Boris - 2R0I2P0 [Collaboration]
5.Creature (FRA) - Ex Cathedra

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Created by SS on 17.02.2023



Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 2020

A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2020 was something, obviously a lot of horrible shit that happened, but at least there was some great metal that carried me throughout that bleak year, especially in Black metal and Gothic metal witch was fitting.

This is the last list of this series, since I already made a list of my favorite albums of 2021 last year. It was fun doing this journey and going through old memories and revisiting classics, thanks for reading and sharing your favorites and lists, metal for life 🤘🎸.


My favorite non metal albums

1. Brave Faces Everyone
By Spanish Love Songs (Emo, Pop punk)


2. Visions of Bodies Being Burned
By clipping. (Horrorcore, Experimental Hip Hop)


3. Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
By Perfume Genius (Art pop, Baroque Pop)


4. Heaven To A Tortured Mind
By Yves Tumor (Neo-Psychedelia, Art Rock, Glam Rock)


5. RTJ4
By Run the Jewels (Hardcore Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop)



My favorite movie from 2020


1.Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
2.Paradise Lost - Obsidian
3.Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota
4.Lovebites - Electric Pentagram
5.Mooncitadel - Night's Scarlet Symphonies

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Created by Handala on 23.01.2023



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My Top 50 Albums Of 2020

1.Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
2.The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic
3.Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
4.Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
5.Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods

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Created by JHK on 17.01.2022



2020

My very subjective ranking of all heard metal and metal-adjacent albums 2020.

1.Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville
2.Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
3.Mamaleek - Come & See
4.Sweven - The Eternal Resonance
5.Afterbirth - Four Dimensional Flesh

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Created by Jacob Butcher on 30.12.2021



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Andy top black metal albums

My favourite black metal albums listed and ranked, all varieties within the black metal genre.

1.Summoning - Oath Bound
2.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
3.Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
4.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
5.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

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Created by AndyMetalFreak on 26.04.2021



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MSA 2020 All Write-ins

All write-in votes from Metal Storm Awards 2020

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2.
3.Amaranthe - Manifest
4.Avatar - Hunter Gatherer
5.El Lobo En Tu Puerta - Santana Bendita

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Created by Maxder on 01.03.2021



Top 2020

1.Biesy - Transsatanizm
2.Over The Voids - Hadal
3.Odraza - Rzeczom
4.Igorrr - Spirituality And Distortion
5.Orbit Culture - Nija

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Created by emanuel_horowitz on 09.02.2021



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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (O)

This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone who is young in age, my tastes tend to revolve around the period of the 80s to the present.* Although certain metal albums from before will certainly be featured, the period of the 60s-70s will be under-represented. I refer you to this excellent list to gain a better appreciation for some of the best metal from that period: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/freis/martin_popoffs_the_top_500_heavy_metal_albums_of_all_time/

1.Oak - Lone
2.Oath To Vanquish - Applied Schizophrenic Science
3.Oathbreaker - Rheia
4.Obake - Mutations
5.Obituary - Cause Of Death

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Created by Uxküll on 25.01.2021



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The Black Lodge 2020 List

Top 30 in alphabetical order plus some honourable mentions, the top 3 EPs and the best split. Here in the Black Lodge we had some other 20 album that could get in, but the gates in Twin Peaks woods slammed down in flickering flashlights...
The comments are from my delirious tulpa...

1.Above Aurora - The Shrine Of Deterioration
2.Acherontas - Psychic Death - The Shattering Of Perceptions
3.Akhlys - Melinoë
4.Ars Magna Umbrae - Apotheosis
5.Blaze Of Perdition - The Harrowing Of Hearts

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Created by Evil Cooper on 21.01.2021



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20 Records Through 2020

1.Sacred Outcry - Damned For All Time
2.1000mods - Youth Of Dissent
3.Sweven - The Eternal Resonance
4.Malokarpatan - Krupinské Ohne
5.Loathe - I Let It In And It Took Everything

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Created by Iron Men on 08.01.2021



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TOP 100 METAL ALBUMS OF 2020

2020 has been nothing short of a horrific year. The music industry was quite possibly changed forever due to the pandemic, we saw tours and festivals canceled, and as of now, live shows seem to be a thing of the past.

However, this year ( especially in metal), we saw some big releases, impressive debuts, and the return of several bands that had been on hiatus for decades. Overall for albums, 2020 was rather impressive. Here's my favorite 100 metal albums of 2020...

1.Spectral Lore - Wanderers: Astrology Of The Nine [Collaboration]
2.Cryptic Shift - Visitations From Enceladus
3.Psychotic Waltz - The God-Shaped Void
4.Akhlys - Melinoë
5.Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still

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Created by CLITORIUX on 31.12.2020



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Top 20 of 2020.

1.Turia - Degen Van Licht
2.Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still
3.Fluisteraars - Bloem
4.Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville
5.Elder - Omens

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Created by ShapeshiftingD on 19.12.2020



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Things I Heard: 2020

In rough order of enjoyment, the albums I've listened to from 2020

1.Paradise Lost - Obsidian
2.Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
3.Plini - Impulse Voices
4.Igorrr - Spirituality And Distortion
5.Atramentus - Stygian

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Created by Sir Yupp on 19.11.2020



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2020 Album of the Year

It's closing in on the end of 2021, so revisiting the year of the lockdown

1.Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
2.Akhlys - Melinoë
3.Black Curse - Endless Wound
4.Cryptic Shift - Visitations From Enceladus
5.Draconian - Under A Godless Veil

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Created by sgtrobo on 20.09.2020



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Top Albums 2020

1.The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic
2.Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still
3.Haken - Virus
4.Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant
5.Protest The Hero - Palimpsest

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Created by RockwiththeDoc on 27.05.2020