2020

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2020

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A list by
Moose
Created
September 20, 2020
Entries
139
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My favourite albums of 2020.

I've taken a new approach this year - switching to ratings out of 5, rounded to the nearest 0.5. Trying to rate everything to the nearest 0.1 was becoming a chore. Anything rated lower than 2/5 has been excluded.

Also, while my previous lists have been 99% metal, 2020 has seen me exploring music across a much broader range of genres.
139.
1.
Loathe - I Let It In And It Took Everything
(Progressive / Metalcore / Hardcore, 4.5/5)
139.
2.
Hum - Inlet
(Alt Rock / Shoegaze, 4.5/5)
139.
3.
Satyr - Locus
(Progressive / Math / Post-Hardcore, 4.5/5)
139.
4.
Deftones - Ohms
(Alternative Metal, 4.5/5)
139.
5.
Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
(Singer-songwriter, 4.5/5)
139.
6.
Krosis - A Memoir Of Free Will
(Progressive Deathcore, 4.5/5)
139.
7.
Master Boot Record - Floppy Disk Overdrive
(Instrumental industrial metal, 4.5/5)
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8.
Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?
(Post-hardcore / shoegaze, 4.5/5)
139.
9.
GoGo Penguin - GoGo Penguin
(Instrumental / Jazz, 4/5)
139.
10.
Show Me A Dinosaur - Plantgazer
(Post / shoegaze / black metal, 4/5)
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11.
Pathogen (US) - Null Space
(Djent / Deathcore / Metalcore, 4/5)
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12.
Carpenter Brut - Blood Machines
(Synthwave, 4/5)
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13.
Dogleg - Melee
(Post-hardcore, 4/5)
139.
14.
Daniel Tompkins - Ruins
(Djent, 4/5)
139.
15.
NNAMDÏ - BRAT
(Alternative Pop, 4/5)
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16.
Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
(Black metal, Grindcore, 4/5)
139.
17.
Keaton Henson - Monument
(Singer-songwriter, 4/5)
139.
18.
Haken - Virus
(Progressive, 4/5)
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19.
Hexecutor - Beyond Any Human Conception Of Knowledge...
(Progressive Thrash, 4/5)
139.
20.
Sweven - The Eternal Resonance
(Progressive death, 4/5)
139.
21.
Code Orange - Underneath
(Hardcore / Metalcore / Punk, 4/5)
139.
22.
Protest The Hero - Palimpsest
(Progressive Metalcore, 4/5)
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23.
Lorna Shore - Immortal
(Deathcore, 4/5)
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24.
Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner
(Post-hardcore / Math, 4/5)
139.
25.
Igorrr - Spirituality And Distortion
(Cybergrind, Experimental, 4/5)
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26.
The Weeknd - After Hours
(Synthpop / Alternative R&B, 4/5)
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27.
Caspian - On Circles
(Post-Rock, 3.5/5)
139.
28.
Intronaut - Fluid Existential Inversions
(Post-metal, Atmospheric sludge metal, 3.5/5)
139.
29.
Reflections - Willow
(Deathcore / Downtempo, 3.5/5)
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30.
Kvelertak - Splid
(Punk / Hardcore, 3.5/5)
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31.
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
(Psychedelic Rock, 3.5/5)
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32.
Moses Boyd - Dark Matter
(Nu Jazz / Jazz Fusion, 3.5/5)
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33.
Charli XCX - How I'm Feeling Now
(Electropop / Bubblegum Bass, 3.5/5)
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34.
The Sorcerers - In Search Of The Lost City Of The Monkey God
(Ethio-Jazz / Jazz-Funk, 3.5/5)
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35.
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
(Dance-Pop / Nu-Disco, 3.5/5)
139.
36.
Moses Sumney - grae: Part 1
(Art Pop, 3.5/5)
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37.
Pain Of Salvation - Panther
(Progressive Rock, 3.5/5)
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38.
Mammal Hands - Captured Spirits
(Jazz, 3.5/5)
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39.
Distant Dream - Point Of View
(Post-Rock, 3.5/5)
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40.
Zora Jones - Ten Billion Angels
(Electronic | Wonky, 3.5/5)
139.
41.
Ben Levin Group - Fake (EP)
(Avant-garde, 3.5/5)
139.
42.
The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic
(Post-metal, Sludge metal, Hardcore, 3.5/5)
139.
43.
Arca - KicK i
(Deconstructed Club / Glitch Hop, 3.5/5)
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44.
Everything Everything - Re-Animator
(Art Pop | Progressive Pop, 3.5/5)
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45.
Jaga Jazzist - Pyramid
(Jazz fusion, Ambient, 3.5/5)
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The Fall Of Troy - Mulkitearth
(Post hardcore / Math, 3.5/5)
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Surfjan Stevens - The Ascension'
(Indietronica / Art Pop, 3.5/5)
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Ocean Alley - Lonely Diamond
(Alternative / Psychedelic Rock, 3.5/5)
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49.
[STÖMB] - From Nihil
(Djent / Progressive, 3.5/5)
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50.
Gulch - Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress
(Hardcore, 3.5/5)
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51.
Luedji Luna - Bom Mesmo é Estar Debaixo D'Água
(Singer-songwriter, Jazz, 3.5/5)
139.
52.
Kali Uchis - Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞
(Alternative R&B, 3.5/5)
139.
53.
Max Richter - Voices
(Modern Classical, 3.5/5)
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54.
Machine Girl - U-Void Synthesizer
(Digital Hardcore / Electro-Industrial, 3.5/5)
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55.
Ben Lukas Boysen - Mirage
(Electronic / Modern Classical, 3.5/5)
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56.
VASA - Heroics
(Instrumental progressive, 3/5)
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Run The Jewels - RTJ4
(Hip Hop, 3/5)
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58.
Tennis - Swimmer
(Indie Pop / Dream Pop, 3/5)
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59.
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
(Pop / Post-disco, 3/5)
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The Pineapple Thief - Versions Of The Truth
(Progressive Rock | Alternative Rock, 3/5)
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61.
Ólafur Arnalds - Some Kind Of Piece
(Ambient, Modern Classical, 3/5)
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DEADLIFE - City Of Eternal Rain
(Synthwave / Dark Synth, 3/5)
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Cloudkicker - Solitude
(Progressive, 3/5)
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Pallbearer - Forgotten Days
(Doom metal, 3/5)
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Nothing - The Great Dismal
(Shoegaze, 3/5)
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The Flaming Lips - American Head
(Neo-Psychedelia | Dream Pop, 3/5)
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Warbringer - Weapons Of Tomorrow
(Thrash, 3/5)
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Heaven Shall Burn - Of Truth & Sacrifice
( Metalcore, Melodic death metal, 3/5)
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Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Patchouli Blue
(Dark Ambient / Dark Jazz, 3/5)
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Sepultura - Quadra
( Alternative metal, Groove thrash metal, 3/5)
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Yves Tumor - Heaven To A Tortured Mind
(Neo-Psychedelia, 3/5)
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Frederik Valentin - Elephant
(Ambient Electronic, 3/5)
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Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts V: Together
(Ambient, 3/5)
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Pearl Jam - Gigaton
(Alternative Rock, 3/5)
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Havok - V
(Thrash, 3/5)
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Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas
(Neo-Soul, Singer-Songwriter, 3/5)
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Four Tet - Sixteen Oceans
(Microhouse / Ambient, 3/5)
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Draugnov - Arkhipov
(Instrumental Post-rock/metal, 3/5)
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Good Tiger - Raised In A Doomsday Cult
(Progressive, 3/5)
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Sevdaliza - Shabrang
(Art Pop, 3/5)
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Shabaka and the Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History
(Afro-Jazz / Spiritual Jazz, 3/5)
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The Echelon Effect - Drift Ten
(Post-rock / ambient, 3/5)
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Ulver - Flowers Of Evil
(Synthpop, 3/5)
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Ni Moya - Ni Moya
(Electronica / Ambient, 3/5)
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Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
(Pop / Post-disco, 3/5)
139.
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Matt Elliott - Farewell to All we Know
(Progressive Folk / Singer-Songwriter, 3/5)
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Lime Cordiale - 14 Steps To A Better You
(Indie Pop / Rock, 3/5)
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Yelle - L'Ère du Verseau
(Pop / Synth, 3/5)
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All Them Witches - Nothing As The Ideal
(Desert Rock / Psychedelic Rock, 3/5)
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Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
(Tech House / Ambient Pop, 3/5)
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Their Dogs Were Astronauts - Dreamcatcher / (Djent / Progressive, 3/5)
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Intervals - Circadian
(Progressive / Djent, 3/5)
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Magic Sword - Endless
(Synthwave, 3/5)
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Humavoid - Lidless
(Progressive / Djent, 3/5)
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Ovid's Withering - Terraphage
(Deathcore / Djent, 3/5)
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Kardashev - The Baring Of Shadows [EP]
(Progressive/Atmospheric Deathcore, 3/5)
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Agnes Obel - Myopia
(Art Pop / Chamber Pop, 2.5/5)
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Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still
(Technical Death, 2.5/5)
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Wake - Devouring Ruin
(Grindcore, 2.5/5)
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J Hus - Big Conspiracy
(Brit Rap, 2.5/5)
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Buckethead - Healing Inside Outside Every Side
(Instrumental, 2.5/5)
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In The Fire - The Living Horror Show
(Technical thrash metal, Blackened death metal, 2.5/5)
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August Burns Red - Guardians
(Technical metalcore, 2.5/5)
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Thundercat - It Is What It Is
(Jazz funk fusion, 2.5/5)
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Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
(Indie Pop / Singer/Songwriter, 2.5/5)
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Enter Shikari - Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible
(Metalcore / Trancecore, 2.5/5)
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Birds of Tokyo - Human Design
(Alternative rock, 2.5/5)
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Psychonaut - Unfold The God Man
(Post-metal, 2.5/5)
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Sea in the Sky - Dreamer (EP)
(Progressive, 2.5/5)
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Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
(Singer-songwriter, 2.5/5)
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Christian Lee Hutson - Beginners
(Singer Songwriter, 2.5/5)
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Covet - Technicolor
(Math Rock / Post-Rock, 2.5/5)
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Remo Drive - A Portait Of An Ugly Man
(Indy Rock, 2.5/5)
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The Microphones - The Microphones in 2020
(Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk, 2.5/5)
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Elder - Omens
(Stoner, 2.5/5)
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Globular & Geoglyph - Messages from the Resonator
(Psybient / Trip-Hop, 2.5/5)
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Wills Desolve - Echoes
(Progressive death / post, 2.5/5)
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Cytotxin - Nuklearth
(Technical Death Metal, 2.5/5)
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Currents - The Way It Ends
(Metalcore / Djent, 2.5/5)
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Declan McKenna - Zeros
(Indie Rock | Glam Rock, 2.5/5)
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Lamb Of God - Lamb Of God
(Thrash, 2/5)
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Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
(Alt-Country / Singer Songwriter, 2/5)
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An Autumn - All Fell Silent, Everything Went Quiet
(Post-Black / Shoegaze, 2/5)
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Poppy - I Disagree
(Alternative Metal, 2/5)
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Black Crown Initiate - Violent Portraits Of Doomed Escape
(Progressive Death, 2/5)
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Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song
(Tech House / Art Pop, 2/5)
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The Black Dahlia Murder - Verminous
(Melodic death / metalcore, 2/5)
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Little Albert - Swamp King
(Delta Blues / Psychedelic Blues, 2/5)
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The Strokes - The New Abnormal
(Indie Rock, 2/5)
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Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist - Alfredo
(Hip Hop, 2/5)
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Nihiloxica - Kaloli
(East African Music / Electronic, 2/5)
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Kairon; IRSE! - Polysomn
(Shoegaze | Progressive Rock, 2/5)
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Zopp - Zopp
(Progressive Rock, 2/5)
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Okkyung Lee - Yeo​-​Neun
(Modern Classical, 2/5)
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Chloe x Halle - Ungodly Hour
(R&B, 2/5)
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Novelists FR - C'est la vie
(Progressive / Metalcore / Djent, 2/5)
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Spacey Jane - Sunlight
(Indie Rock, 2/5)
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Disclosure - Energy
(UK Garage | House, 2/5)
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Bill Callahan - Gold Record
(Americana | Singer/Songwriter, 2/5)
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