1.Spectral Lore - Wanderers: Astrology Of The Nine [Collaboration]

2.Napalm Death - Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism

3.Wayfarer - A Romance With Violence

4.Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota

5.Fires In The Distance - Echoes From Deep November

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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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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Disforia - The Age Of Ether

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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1.Avantasia - Ghostlights

2.Iced Earth - Incorruptible

3.Kamelot - The Shadow Theory

4.Soilwork - The Ride Majestic

5.Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Dracula: Swing Of Death

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This is a list of all the death metal albums I have listened to that I thought were at all worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is just a record of my own listening experience that I use for personal organization, not a definitive account of the best or all of the death metal out there; there will probably be albums or bands that are not death metal in the strictest sense. You'll find some OSDM, melodeath, tech death, death-doom, maybe a bit of deathcore, I don't know. Maybe some non-death metal albums by death metal bands that I put in here just because.

1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

2.Death - Symbolic

3.At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness

4.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

5.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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Ratings go from:

WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe not fitting my tastes.

I've decided to stop rating albums with a numerical value as I tend to feel uncomfortable with that. This list has a minimalistic, subjective and visceral approach, based purely on sensations and personal tastes. Mainly for personal use and doesn't pretend to be a serious ranking, but emerges from the need to remember which bands and albums I enjoyed and the ones I disliked. I constantly revisit new releases so first impressions may change over time. It usually takes 8-10 spins for me to get completely sure of a rating.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot

2.Abhoria - Abhoria

3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

4.Agrypnie - Metamorphosis

5.Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function

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Top 50 ranking of 2020 from my collection. Only 8 & above

Opinion my own, so bow to it

Album count: 161
Average rating: 7.13

1.Myrkur - Folkesange

2.Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi

3.Dark Buddha Rising - Mathreyata

4.Ihsahn - Telemark

5.Ulver - Flowers Of Evil

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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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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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1.Dark Tranquillity - Haven

2.Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done

3.Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

4.Dark Tranquillity - Projector

5.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

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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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1.Protest The Hero - Palimpsest

2.Dark Tranquillity - Moment

3.Primal Fear - Metal Commando

4.Pyramaze - Epitaph

5.Amaranthe - Manifest

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Very hard to sort this one. A different year with albums from all sorts of genres. Not the best year but also far from the worst. Mörk Gryning was the pleasant surprise of the year with their best album since "Tusen år har gått..."

Turmion Kätilöt released the catchiest song of all time, "Revi Minut Auki".

1.Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment

2.Mörk Gryning - Hinsides Vrede

3.Dark Tranquillity - Moment

4.Haken - Virus

5.Lustre - The Ashes Of Light

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1.Necrophobic - Dawn Of The Damned

2.Temple Of Void - The World That Was

3.Dark Tranquillity - Moment

4.Paradise Lost - Obsidian

5.Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still

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1.Mors Principium Est - Embers Of A Dying World

2.Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite

3.In Vain - Ænigma

4.Obscura - Omnivium

5.Wolfheart - Shadow World

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