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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...

Created by: CLITORIUX | 31.12.2020



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
6. Enslaved - Utgard
7. The Reticent - The Oubliette
8. Briton Rites - Occulte Fantastique
9. Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota
10. Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville
11. Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
12. Paradise Lost - Obsidian
13. Odraza - Rzeczom
14. Green Carnation - Leaves Of Yesteryear
15. My Dying Bride - The Ghost Of Orion
16. Black Crown Initiate - Violent Portraits Of Doomed Escape
17. Eternal Champion - Ravening Iron
18. Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
19. Oceans Of Slumber - Oceans Of Slumber
20. Necrophobic - Dawn Of The Damned
21. Sölicitör - Spectral Devastation
22. Scardust - Strangers
23. Warbringer - Weapons Of Tomorrow
24. Haken - Virus
25. Temple Of Void - The World That Was
26. Auðn - Vökudraumsins Fangi
27. Pallbearer - Forgotten Days
28. Atramentus - Stygian
29. Wayfarer - A Romance With Violence
30. Gaerea - Limbo
31. Sorcerer - Lamenting Of The Innocent
32. The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic
33. Witches - The Fates
34. Kvaen - The Funeral Pyre
35. Mors Principium Est - Seven
36. Vader - Solitude In Madness
37. Inquisition - Black Mass For A Mass Grave
38. Décembre Noir - The Renaissance Of Hope
39. Bütcher - 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
40. Sorcier Des Glaces - Un Monde De Glace Et De Sang
41. Alarum - Circle's End
42. Black Curse - Endless Wound
43. Chaos Divine - Legacies
44. Cirith Ungol - Forever Black
45. Sons Of Apollo - MMXX
46. Drown - Subaqueous
47. Fates Warning - Long Day Good Night
48. Traveler - Termination Shock
49. Vampire - Rex
50. Manticora - To Live To Kill To Live
51. Blasphemer - The Sixth Hour
52. Lux Serpent - Mortal Moon
53. Azarath - Saint Desecration
54. Prison Of Mirrors - De Ritualibus Et Sacrificiis Ad Serviendum Abysso
55. Fires In The Distance - Echoes From Deep November
56. ...And Oceans - Cosmic World Mother
57. Draghkar - At The Crossroads Of Infinity
58. Malokarpatan - Krupinské Ohne
59. Undeath - Lesions Of A Different Kind
60. Esoctrilihum - Eternity Of Shaog
61. Countless Skies - Glow
62. Winterfylleth - The Reckoning Dawn
63. Godthrymm - Reflections
64. Vredehammer - Viperous
65. Afsky - Ofte Jeg Drømmer Mig Død
66. Acerus - The Tertiary Rite
67. Wolfheart - Wolves Of Karelia
68. Panzerfaust - The Suns Of Perdition - Chapter II: Render Unto Eden
69. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
70. Cadaver - Edder & Bile
71. Ecclesia - De Ecclesiæ Universalis
72. Ulthar - Providence
73. Clouds - Durere
74. Mystic Prophecy - Metal Division
75. Warfect - Spectre Of Devastation
76. Aeternam - Al Qassam
77. Skeletal Remains - The Entombment Of Chaos
78. King Witch - Body Of Light
79. Mr. Bungle - The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo
80. Marrasmieli - Between Land And Sky
81. John Petrucci - Terminal Velocity
82. Necrot - Mortal
83. Ambush - Infidel
84. Fellwarden - Wreathed In Mourncloud
85. The Spirit - Cosmic Terror
86. God Dethroned - Illuminati
87. Pyre - Chained To Ossuaries
88. Abigor - Totschläger (A Saintslayer's Songbook)
89. Sodom - Genesis XIX
90. Gorephilia - In The Eye Of Nothing
91. Napalm Death - Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism
92. Persuader - Necromancy
93. Spirit Adrift - Enlightened In Eternity
94. Mekong Delta - Tales Of A Future Past
95. Dkharmakhaoz - Proclamation Ov The Black Suns
96. Pale Divine - Consequence Of Time
97. Shrapnel - Palace For The Insane
98. Of Feather And Bone - Sulfuric Disintegration
99. Vengeful Spectre - Vengeful Spectre
100. Raven - Metal City



Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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