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2020
The silver lining to the year of Covid is metal bands seem to have had plenty of inspiration. It was very strong year for black metal and a strong year overall. A bit weak in the death metal category but…
| 1. | Atramentus - Stygian |
| 2. | Evaporated Sores - Ulcerous Dimensions |
| 3. | Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville |
| 4. | Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still |
| 5. | Hail Spirit Noir - Eden In Reverse |
| + 45 more |
2020 Album Ranking
Seems like there's a limit on how many albums this site accepts on one list. Gonna have to cut out the last ones while adding new albums for the rest of the year.
| 1. | Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota |
| 2. | Orbit Culture - Nija |
| 3. | Wolfheart - Wolves Of Karelia |
| 4. | Stormruler - Under The Burning Eclipse |
| 5. | Frozen Dreams - The Eclipse Of Eternity |
| + 894 more |
2020: Jan-Jun
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And I'm not broke yet.
Character limit maxed in mid-May (lockdown increased my music intake too much), so needed to cut down some entries.
I also gave…
Character limit maxed in mid-May (lockdown increased my music intake too much), so needed to cut down some entries.
I also gave…
| 1. | Psychonaut - Unfold The God Man |
| 2. | Elder - Omens |
| 3. | Regarde Les Hommes Tomber - Ascension |
| 4. | Pure Reason Revolution - Eupnea |
| 5. | Barishi - Old Smoke |
| + 304 more |
That Cold Black Magic, By Glenn Killer And His Thorchestra
As is the case with my other lists, this is for my own organizational purposes and is designed purely to help me keep track of all the many black metal bands and albums that I enjoy, since I can't…
| 1. | Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape |
| 2. | Sigh - Graveward |
| 3. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 4. | Sigh - Heir To Despair |
| 5. | The Meads Of Asphodel - The Murder Of Jesus The Jew |
| + 607 more |
MSA 2020 All Write-ins
All write-in votes from Metal Storm Awards 2020
| 1. | Amaranthe - Manifest |
| 2. | Avatar - Hunter Gatherer |
| 3. | Amaranthe - Manifest |
| 4. | Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods |
| 5. | Monsterworks - Malignment |
| + 1248 more |
My Top 100 Metal Albums of 2020 + 10 Honorable Mentions
1) Last year, I didn't quite finish with a strong list but I am hoping this year it will be. This time around I'm not sure if I want to do either a Top 50 or 100. It will depend on how much time…
| 1. | Kraken Duumvirate - The Stars Below, The Seas Above |
| 2. | Circle Of Ouroborus - Viimeinen Juoksu |
| 3. | Imha Tarikat - Sternenberster |
| 4. | Drown - Subaqueous |
| 5. | Khthoniik Cerviiks - Æequiizoiikum |
| + 106 more |
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…
| 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 |
| + 43 more |
2020 Album of the Year
It's closing in on the end of 2021, so revisiting the year of the lockdown
| 1. | Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi |
| 2. | Akhlys - Melinoë |
| 3. | Black Curse - Endless Wound |
| 4. | Cryptic Shift - Visitations From Enceladus |
| 5. | Draconian - Under A Godless Veil |
| + 54 more |
Black Metal
My favorite black metal album’s…
| 1. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 2. | Akhlys - Melinoë |
| 3. | Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs |
| 4. | Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors |
| 5. | Blut Aus Nord - Hallucinogen |
| + 53 more |
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…
| 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 |
| + 95 more |
2020: A Year in Review
My top to bottom list of everything from 2020 I've spent time with and have also purchased either physically or digitally (which is why most of them have high ratings). Releases featured on MS only.
| 1. | Psychonaut - Unfold The God Man |
| 2. | Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant |
| 3. | Sojourner - Premonitions |
| 4. | On Thorns I Lay - Threnos |
| 5. | Elder - Omens |
| + 57 more |
Dvatisícedvacet (MMXX)
| 1. | The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic |
| 2. | Katatonia - City Burials |
| 3. | Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better? |
| 4. | Pallbearer - Forgotten Days |
| 5. | Lorna Shore - Immortal |
| + 152 more |
