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My Favorite Albums 2020

Had an enormous amount of free time for the holidays so decided to do something I’ve been wanting to do. I like lists and rankings, if you’re looking at this, you probably do too. This is a work in progress as I sort through my catalogue.

1.The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic
2.Rina Sawayama - Sawayama
3.Gonin-ish - 死人賛歌
4.Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant
5.Respire - Black Line

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Created by Vellichor on 27.12.2023



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



Top 20 Post Metal Albums

1.The Ocean - Pelagial
2.Harakiri For The Sky - III: Trauma
3.Neurosis - The Eye Of Every Storm
4.Isis - Panopticon
5.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

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Created by Mrtvozornik on 05.05.2022



M0rkeleb's Overall Favorites - 9s

I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.So Hideous - None But A Pure Heart Can Sing
2.Metallica - Re-Load
3.Faetooth - Remnants Of The Vessel
4.Inferi - The End Of An Era
5.Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains

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Created by M0rkeleb on 24.04.2022



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The Timeless Ver2

1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.The genre is primary one.
4.Only ESPECIALLY favorite (a bit more stringently than ver1 and rating 10 is not enough)
5.The order: A to Z (initial of band's name), next release date
6.Black Wisdom, an album of Russian band Grey Heaven Fall, is deleted. When the situation gets better, I will repost.
Last modified on 3 March 2022

1.Akhlys - The Dreaming I
2.Altar Of Plagues - Mammal
3.Angra - Temple Of Shadows
4.Anthrax - Among The Living
5.Arkha Sva - Gloria Satanae

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Created by Lastempire on 13.02.2022



TOP 100 (2020)

1.Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
2.Orbit Culture - Nija
3.Make Them Die Slowly - The Bodycount Continues
4.Within The Ruins - Black Heart
5.Code Orange - Underneath

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Created by Killian on 30.01.2022



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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



Album Of The Year 2020

Subjective list | Top albums of 2020

1.Mare Cognitum - Wanderers: Astrology Of The Nine [Collaboration]
2.Countless Skies - Glow
3.Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant
4.Bell Witch - Stygian Bough: Volume I [Collaboration]
5.Katatonia - City Burials

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Created by Ruisdier on 01.11.2021



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MSA 2020 All Write-ins

All write-in votes from Metal Storm Awards 2020

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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



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Recap 2020

Using MSA's to organize my listening from 2020.

1.Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
2.The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic
3.Envy - The Fallen Crimson
4.Igorrr - Spirituality And Distortion
5.Paradise Lost - Obsidian

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Created by LifelikeAdvisor on 13.02.2021



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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



Apocalyptic Top 30 Of 2020

It's that magical time of the year again, when it's almost impossible to choose your top albums for the previous year, but here we are. Some of these bands delivered a much needed soundtrack for one of the toughest years so far, and I must say I'm satisfied. The list in itself is in order about halfway in, the rest I couldn't decide about, so the second half is not ranged in any particular order.  I won't go too much into details, but here are some main impressions.

1.Dark Tranquillity - Moment
2.Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
3.Secrets Of The Moon - Black House
4.Pain Of Salvation - Panther
5.Katatonia - City Burials

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Created by Evilquince on 17.01.2021



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Favorites Of 2020

1.Regarde Les Hommes Tomber - Ascension
2.The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic
3.Enslaved - Utgard
4.Orbit Culture - Nija
5.Wayfarer - A Romance With Violence

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Created by b0000mst1ck on 01.01.2021



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Tominator's 2020... Best To Worst

Another end to a year, another list to make.

Like always I've added the specific genre/subgenre so you can easily pick out the albums that might be of interest to you.

I know some of you like statistics, so I put in a bit of extra effort to add some numbers:

- 317 albums
- Total points given: 2366,1
- Average Score: 7,46/10

- Albums with a score of 7 or above: 79,11%
- Albums with a score of 8 or above: 36,39%
- Albums with a score of 9 or above: 1,27%

- Albums with a score below 5: 2,53%

- Nationalities: 35

- USA: 73 - (23,10%)
- Germany: 31 - (9,81%)
- Sweden: 28 - (8,86%)
- UK: 25 - (7,91%)
- Finland: 18 - (5,70%)
- Greece: 18 - (5,70%)
- Brazil: 10 - (3,16%)
- France: 10 - (3,16%)
- Poland: 10 - (3,16%)
- Italy: 9 - (2,85%)
- Spain: 9 - (2,85%)
- Canada: 8 - (2,53%)
- Belgium: 6 - (1,90%)
- Norway: 6 - (1,90%)
- Russia: 6 - (1,90%)
- The Netherlands: 6 - (1,90%)
- Australia: 5 - (1,58%)
- Denmark: 5 - (1,58%)
- Czech Republic: 4 - (1,27%)
- Mexico: 4 - (1,27%)
- Colombia: 3 - (0,95%)
- Switzerland: 3 - (0,95%)
- Argentina: 2 - (0,63%)
- Austria: 2 - (0,63%)
- Chile: 2 - (0,63%)
- Japan: 2 - (0,63%)
- Portugal: 2 - (0,63%)
- Puerto Rico: 2 - (0,63%)
- Slovakia: 2 - (0,63%)
- Costa Rica: 1 - (0,32%)
- Egypt: 1 - (0,32%)
- Estonia: 1 - (0,32%)
- Ethiopia: 1 - (0,32%)
- Israel: 1 - (0,32%)
- Peru: 1 - (0,32%)

1.Paradise Lost - Obsidian
2.IAH - III
3.Asian Death Crustacean - Baikal
4.Dawnwalker - Ages
5.Necrophobic - Dawn Of The Damned

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Created by tominator on 31.12.2020



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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