My favourite albums from 2020

1. 50

   Alphaville

   Imperial Triumphant

   

   

   Avant-garde metal | Technical death metal

   Tracks:

   1. Rotted Futures
   2. Excelsior ●
   3. City Swine
   4. Atomic Age
   5. Transmission to Mercury
   6. Alphaville
   7. The Greater Good

2. 49

   Matriphagy

   Tallah

   

   

   Metalcore | Alternative metal

   Tracks:

   1. redacted
   2. No One Should Read This
   3. Kungan ●
   4. Overconfidence
   5. Placenta
   6. L.E.D.
   7. The Silo
   8. We, the Sad
   9. Too Quick to Grieve
   10. Cottonmouth
   11. Murder Seed
   12. The Borderline of Pain
   13. Red Light

3. 48

   Seven

   Mors Principium Est

   

   

   Melodic death metal | Symphonic metal

   Tracks:

   1. A Day for the Redemption
   2. Lost in a Starless Aeon ●
   3. In Frozen Fields
   4. March to War
   5. Rebirth
   6. Reverence
   7. Master of the Dead
   8. The Everlong Night
   9. At the Shores of the Silver Sand

4. 47

   Edge of Eternity

   Lör

   

   

   Progressive metal | Power metal

   Tracks:

   1. Upon a Withered Heart
   2. A Life Once Known
   3. Ruin
   4. Relic
   5. Edge of Eternity ●

5. 46

   Rise Radiant

   Caligula's Horse

   

   

   Progressive metal | Progressive rock

   Tracks:

   1. The Tempest ●
   2. Slow Violence
   3. Salt
   4. Resonate
   5. Oceanrise
   6. Valkyrie
   7. Autumn
   8. The Ascent

6. 45

   If Everything Happens for a Reason...Then Nothing Really Matters at All

   Gone Is Gone

   

   

   Progressive rock | Alternative rock

   Tracks:

   1. Resfeber
   2. Say Nothing
   3. Everything Is Wonderfall ●
   4. Wings of Hope
   5. Sometime I Feel
   6. No One Ever Walked on Water
   7. Death of a Dream
   8. Crimson, Chaos and You
   9. Breaks
   10. Payoff
   11. Force of a Feather
   12. Dirge for Delusions

7. 44

   Generation Antichrist

   Onslaught

   

   

   Thrash metal | Groove metal

   Tracks:

   1. Rise to Power
   2. Strike Fast Strike Hard
   3. Bow Down to the Clowns
   4. Generation Antichrist
   5. All Seeing Eye
   6. Addicted to the Smell of Death
   7. Empires Fall
   8. Religiousuicide ●
   9. A Perfect Day to Die

8. 43

   Dream in Motion

   Kirk Windstein

   

   

   Doom metal | Sludge metal

   Tracks:

   1. Dream in Motion ●
   2. Hollow Dying Man
   3. Once Again
   4. Enemy in Disguise
   5. The World You Know
   6. Toxic
   7. The Healing
   8. NEcropolis
   9. The Ugly Truth
   10. Aqualung

9. 42

   Ladoga

   Olhava

   

   

   Blackgaze | Atmospheric black metal

   Tracks:

   1. Ageless River I
   2. Smoldering Woodland
   3. Ageless River II
   4. Trembling Night
   5. Ageless River III
   6. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
   7. Ageless River IV
   8. Ladoga ●
   9. Ageless River V

10. 41

    The Bastards

    Palaye Royale

    

    

    Alternative rock | Glam rock

    Tracks:

    1. Little Bastards ●
    2. Massacre, the New American Dream
    3. Anxiety
    4. The Night I Die
    5. Lonely
    6. Hang on to Yourself
    7. Fucking with My Head
    8. Nervous Breakdown
    9. Nightmares
    10. Masochist
    11. Doom (Empty)
    12. Black Sheep
    13. Stay
    14. Redeemer

11. 40

    Curse of the Crystal Coconut

    Alestorm

    

    

    Pirate metal | Power metal | Folk metal

    Tracks:

    1. Treasure Chest Party Quest
    2. Fannybaws
    3. Chomp Chomp
    4. Tortuga
    5. Zombies Ate My Pirate Ship ●
    6. Call of the Waves
    7. Pirate's Scorn
    8. Shit Boat (No Fans)
    9. Pirate Metal Drinking Crew
    10. Wooden Leg Pt. 2
    11. Henry Martin

12. 39

    CMFT

    Corey Taylor

    

    

    Hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. HWY 666
    2. Black Eyes Blue
    3. Samantha's Gone
    4. Meine Lux
    5. Halfway Down
    6. Silverfish
    7. Kansas
    8. Culture Head
    9. Everybody Dies on My Birthday
    10. The Maria Fire
    11. Home
    12. CMFT Must Be Stopped ●
    13. European Tour Bus Bathroom Song

13. 38

    Royal Swan

    Phoxjaw

    

    

    Alternative rock | Post-hardcore

    Tracks:

    1. Charging Pale Horses
    2. Trophies in the Attic
    3. Triple AAA
    4. You Don't Drink a Unicorn's Blood
    5. Half House ●
    6. Infinite Badness
    7. Teething
    8. An Owl Is a Cat with Wings
    9. Bats for Bleeding
    10. The Monk
    11. Royal Swan

14. 37

    Empire of the Blind

    Heathen

    

    

    Thrash metal

    Tracks:

    1. This Rotting Sphere
    2. The Blight
    3. Empire of the Blind
    4. Dead and Gone
    5. Sun in My Hand
    6. Blood to Be Let
    7. In Black ●
    8. Shrine of Apathy
    9. Devour
    10. A Fine Red Mist
    11. The Gods Divine
    12. Monument to Ruin

15. 36

    Uinuos syömein sota

    Havukruunu

    

    

    Melodic black metal | Pagan metal

    Tracks:

    1. Uinuos syömein sota ●
    2. Kunnes varjot saa
    3. Ja viimein on yö
    4. Pohjolan tytär
    5. Kuin öinen meri
    6. Jumalten hämär
    7. Vähiin päivät käy
    8. Tähti-yö ja hevoiset

16. 35

    Cyr

    The Smashing Pumpkins

    

    

    Synth-pop | Alternative rock

    Tracks:

    1. The Colour of Love
    2. Confessions of a Dopamine Addict
    3. Cyr
    4. Dulcet in E
    5. Wrath
    6. Ramona
    7. Anno Satana
    8. Birch Grove
    9. Wyttch ●
    10. Starrcraft
    11. Purple Blood
    12. Save Your Tears
    13. Telegenix
    14. Black Forest, Black Hills
    15. Adrennalynne
    16. Haunted
    17. The Hidden Sun
    18. Schaudenfreud
    19. Tyger, Tyger
    20. Minerva

17. 34

    Naiv

    Thy Catalfalque

    

    

    Progressive metal | Avant-garde metal

    Tracks:

    1. A bolyongás ideje ●
    2. Tsitsushka
    3. Embersólyom
    4. Számtalan színek
    5. A valóság kazamatái
    6. Kék madár (Négy kép)
    7. Napút
    8. Vető
    9. Szélvész

18. 33

    Eupnea

    Pure Reason Revolution

    

    

    Progressive rock | Art rock

    Tracks:

    1. New Obsession
    2. Silent Genesis ●
    3. Maelstrom
    4. Ghosts & Typhoons
    5. Beyond Our Bodies
    6. Eupnea

19. 32

    A Day at the Beach

    Airbag

    

    

    Progressive rock | Art rock

    Tracks:

    1. Machines and Men ●
    2. A Day at the Beach (Part 1)
    3. Into the Unknown
    4. Sunsets
    5. A Day at the Beach (Part 2)
    6. Megalomaniac

20. 31

    Whoosh!

    Deep Purple

    

    

    Hard rock | Progressive rock

    Tracks:

    1. Throw My Bones
    2. Drop the Weapon
    3. We're All Same in the Dark
    4. Nothing at All
    5. No Need to Shout ●
    6. Step by Step
    7. What the What
    8. The Long Way Round
    9. The Power of the Moon
    10. Remission Possible
    11. Man Alive
    12. And the Address

21. 30

    Mestarin kynsi

    Oranssi Pazuzu

    

    

    Avant-garde metal | Psychedelic rock

    Tracks:

    1. Ilmestys
    2. Tyhjyyden sakramentti ●
    3. Uusi teknokratia
    4. Oikeamielisten sali
    5. Kuulen ääniä maan alta
    6. Taivaan portti

22. 29

    Holy Moly!

    Blues Pills

    

    

    Blues rock | Psychedelic soul

    Tracks:

    1. Proud Woman
    2. Low Road ●
    3. Dreaming My Life Away
    4. California
    5. Rhythm in the Blood
    6. Dust
    7. Kiss My Past Goodbye
    8. Wish I'd Known
    9. Bye Bye Birdy
    10. Song from a Mourning Dove
    11. Longest Lasting Friend

23. 28

    White Dog

    White Dog

    

    

    Psychedelic rock | Blues rock

    Tracks:

    1. Sawtooth
    2. Black Powder
    3. Lanterns
    4. Snapdragon
    5. Crystal Panther ●
    6. Abandon Ship
    7. Pale Horse
    8. Verus Cultus

24. 27

    Forever Black

    Cirith Ungol

    

    

    Heavy metal | Power metal

    Tracks:

    1. The Call
    2. Legions Arise
    3. The Frost Monstreme
    4. The Fire Divine
    5. Stormbringer ●
    6. Fractus Promissum
    7. Nightmare
    8. Before Tomorrow
    9. Forever Black

25. 26

    Youth of Dissent

    1000mods

    

    

    Stoner rock

    Tracks:

    1. Lucid
    2. So Many Days
    3. Warped
    4. Dear Herculine
    5. Less Is More
    6. 21st Space Century
    7. Pearl
    8. Blister
    9. Young
    10. Dissent
    11. Mirrors ●

26. 25

    Djinn

    Uada

    

    

    Melodic black metal | Atmospheric black metal

    Tracks:

    1. Djinn
    2. The Great Mirage ●
    3. No Place Here
    4. In the Absence of Matter
    5. Forestless
    6. Between Two Worlds

27. 24

    Abyss

    Unleash the Archers

    

    

    Power metal | Heavy metal

    Tracks:

    1. Waking Dream
    2. Abyss
    3. Through Stars
    4. Legacy
    5. Return to Me
    6. Soulbound
    7. Faster Than Light
    8. The Wind That Shapes the Land
    9. Carry the Flame
    10. Afterlife ●

28. 23

    Virus

    Haken

    

    

    Progressive metal | Progressive rock

    Tracks:

    1. Prosthetic
    2. Invasion ●
    3. Carousel
    4. The Strain
    5. Canary Yellow
    6. Messiah Complex I: Ivory Tower
    7. Messiah Complex II: A Glutton for Punishment
    8. Messiah Complex III: Marigold
    9. Messiah Complex IV: The Sect
    10. Messiah Complex V: Ectobius Rex
    11. Only Stars

29. 22

    Al Qassam

    Aeternam

    

    

    Melodic death metal | Progressive metal | Folk metal

    Tracks:

    1. Al Qassam
    2. The Bribger of Rain
    3. Lunar Ceremony
    4. Ithyphallic Spirits of Procreation
    5. Palmyra Scriptures
    6. Hanan Pacha ●
    7. Celestial Plains
    8. Ascension
    9. Poena Universi

30. 21

    Titans of Creation

    Testament

    

    

    Thrash metal

    Tracks:

    1. Children of the Next Level
    2. WWIII
    3. Dream Deceiver ●
    4. Night of the Witch
    5. City of Angels
    6. Ishtar's Gate
    7. Symptoms
    8. False Prophet
    9. The Healers
    10. Code of Hammurabi
    11. Curse of Osiris
    12. Catacombs

31. 20

    Folkesange

    Myrkur

    

    

    Folk

    Tracks:

    1. Ella
    2. Fager som en Ros
    3. Leaves of Yggdrasil ●
    4. Ramund
    5. Tor i Helheim
    6. Svea
    7. Harpens Kraft
    8. Gammelkäring
    9. House Carpenter
    10. Reiar
    11. Gudernes Vilje
    12. Vinter

32. 19

    Hard to Stop

    High Spirits

    

    

    Hard rock

    Tracks:

    1. Since You've Been Gone
    2. Restless
    3. Face to Face
    4. Hearts Will Burn
    5. Voice in the Wind
    6. All Night Long ●
    7. Midnight Sun
    8. Now I Know
    9. We Are Everywhere

33. 18

    Ellengæst

    Crippled Black Phoenix

    

    

    Post-rock | Progressive rock

    Tracks:

    1. House of Fools
    2. Lost ●
    3. In the Night
    4. Cry of Love
    5. Everything I Say
    6. (-)
    7. The Invisible Past
    8. She's in Parties

34. 17

    Nija

    Orbit Culture

    

    

    Melodic death metal | Groove metal

    Tracks:

    1. At the Front
    2. North Star of Nija
    3. Day of the Cloud
    4. Behold
    5. Open Eye ●
    6. Mirrorslave
    7. Nensha
    8. Rebirth
    9. The Shadowing
    10. Set Us Free

35. 16

    So It Goes

    Demoniac

    

    

    Technical thrash metal | Progressive metal

    Tracks:

    1. RSV — Fools Coincidence — Testigo
    2. The Trap
    3. Extraviado
    4. Equilibrio fatal
    5. So It Goes ●

36. 15

    Glow

    Countless Skies

    

    

    Melodic death metal | Progressive metal

    Tracks:

    1. Tempest ●
    2. Summit
    3. Moon
    4. Zephyr
    5. Glow Part 1
    6. Glow Part 2
    7. Glow Part 3

37. 14

    Quadra

    Sepultura

    

    

    Thrash metal | Groove metal

    Tracks:

    1. Isolation
    2. Means to an End
    3. Last Time
    4. Capital Enslavement ●
    5. Ali
    6. Raging Void
    7. Guardians of Earth
    8. The Pentagram
    9. Autem
    10. Quadra
    11. Agony of Defeat
    12. Fear, Pain, Chaos, Suffering

38. 13

    Gigaton

    Pearl Jam

    

    

    Alternative rock

    Tracks:

    1. Who Ever Said
    2. Superblood Wolfmoon
    3. Dance of the Clairvoyants ●
    4. Quick Escape
    5. Alright
    6. Seven O'Clock
    7. Never Destination
    8. Take the Long Way
    9. Buckle up
    10. Come Then Goes
    11. Retrograde
    12. River Cross

39. 12

    Panther

    Pain of Salvation

    

    

    Avant-garde rock | Progressive metal

    Tracks:

    1. Accelerator
    2. Unfuture
    3. Restless Boy
    4. Wait
    5. Keen to a Fault
    6. Fur
    7. Panther ●
    8. Species
    9. Icon

40. 11

    The Human Condition

    Black Stone Cherry

    

    

    Hard rock | Southern rock

    Tracks:

    1. Ringin' in My Head
    2. Again ●
    3. Push Down & Turn
    4. When Angels Leaarn to Fly
    5. Live This Way
    6. In Love with the Pain
    7. The Chain
    8. Ride
    9. If My Heart Had Wings
    10. Don't Bring Me Down
    11. Some Stories
    12. The Devil in Your Eyes
    13. Keep on Keepin' on

41. 10

    Another World

    Light Field Reverie

    

    

    Gothic rock | Ethereal wave

    Tracks:

    1. Ultraviolet
    2. The Oldest House
    3. Ghost Bird
    4. Another World ●
    5. Dreamwalker
    6. All Roads Lead Home

42. 9

    Forgotten Days

    Pallbearer

    

    

    Doom metal

    Tracks:

    1. Forgotten Days
    2. Riverbed
    3. Stasis
    4. Silver Wings
    5. The Quicksand of Existing ●
    6. Vengeance & Ruination
    7. Rite of Passage
    8. Caledonia

43. 8

    Fluid Existential Inversions

    Intronaut

    

    

    Post-metal | Progressive metal

    Tracks:

    1. Procurement of the Victuals
    2. Cubensis
    3. The Cull
    4. Contrapasso
    5. Speaking of Orbs ●
    6. Tripolar
    7. Check Your Misfortune
    8. Pangloss
    9. Sour Everythings

44. 7

    Enlightened in Eternity

    Spirit Adrift

    

    

    Heavy metal | Power metal

    Tracks:

    1. Ride into the Light
    2. Astral Levitation
    3. Cosmic Conquest
    4. Screaming from Beyond ●
    5. Harmony of the Spheres
    6. Battle High
    7. Stronger Than Your Pain
    8. Reunited in the Void

45. 6

    Nothing As the Ideal

    All Them Witches

    

    

    Stoner rock | Psychedelic rock

    Tracks:

    1. Saturnine & Iron Jaw
    2. Enemy of My Enemy
    3. Everest
    4. See You Next Fall
    5. The Children of Coyote Woman ●
    6. 41
    7. Lights out
    8. Rats in Ruin

46. 5

    Long Day Good Night

    Fates Warning

    

    

    Progressive metal

    Tracks:

    1. The Destination Onward
    2. Shuttered World
    3. Alone We Walk
    4. Now Comes the Rain
    5. The Way Home
    6. Under the Sun
    7. Scars ●
    8. Begin Again
    9. When Snow Falls
    10. Liar
    11. Glass Houses
    12. The Longest Shadow of the Day
    13. The Last Song

47. 4

    Flowers of Evil

    Ulver

    

    

    Synth-pop | Art rock

    Tracks:

    1. One Last Dance
    2. Russian Doll
    3. Machine Guns and Peacock Feathers
    4. Hour of the Wolf ●
    5. Apocalypse 1993
    6. Little Boy
    7. Nostalgia
    8. A Thousand Cuts

48. 3

    City Burials

    Katatonia

    

    

    Progressive metal | Gothic rock

    Tracks:

    1. Heart Set to Divide
    2. Behind the Blood
    3. Lacquer
    4. Rein
    5. The Winter of Our Passing
    6. Vanishers ●
    7. City Glaciers
    8. Flicker
    9. Lachesis
    10. Neon Epitaph
    11. Untrodden

49. 2

    Lamb of God

    Lamb of God

    

    

    Groove metal

    Tracks:

    1. Memento Mori
    2. Checkmate
    3. Gears
    4. Reality Bath
    5. New Colossal Hate
    6. Resurrection Man
    7. Poison Dream
    8. Routes
    9. Bloodshot Eyes
    10. On the Hook ●

50. 1

    Obsidian

    Paradise Lost

    

    

    Gothic metal | Doom metal

    Tracks:

    1. Darker Thoughts
    2. Fall from Grace
    3. Ghosts
    4. The Devil Embraced
    5. Forsaken ●
    6. Serenity
    7. Ending Days
    8. Hope Dies Young
    9. Ravenghast