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The Top Albums Of Ch'ti

This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then

1.Slipknot - Iowa
2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries
4.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
5.Slipknot - Slipknot

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Created by Ch'ti on 06.02.2024



Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive 2020

A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2020 was something, obviously a lot of horrible shit that happened, but at least there was some great metal that carried me throughout that bleak year, especially in Black metal and Gothic metal witch was fitting.

This is the last list of this series, since I already made a list of my favorite albums of 2021 last year. It was fun doing this journey and going through old memories and revisiting classics, thanks for reading and sharing your favorites and lists, metal for life 🤘🎸.


My favorite non metal albums

1. Brave Faces Everyone
By Spanish Love Songs (Emo, Pop punk)


2. Visions of Bodies Being Burned
By clipping. (Horrorcore, Experimental Hip Hop)


3. Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
By Perfume Genius (Art pop, Baroque Pop)


4. Heaven To A Tortured Mind
By Yves Tumor (Neo-Psychedelia, Art Rock, Glam Rock)


5. RTJ4
By Run the Jewels (Hardcore Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop)



My favorite movie from 2020


1.Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
2.Paradise Lost - Obsidian
3.Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota
4.Lovebites - Electric Pentagram
5.Mooncitadel - Night's Scarlet Symphonies

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Created by Handala on 23.01.2023



AJ's Ranking Of 2020

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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Created by AJ The Great on 22.02.2022



2020

My very subjective ranking of all heard metal and metal-adjacent albums 2020.

1.Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville
2.Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
3.Mamaleek - Come & See
4.Sweven - The Eternal Resonance
5.Afterbirth - Four Dimensional Flesh

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Created by Jacob Butcher on 30.12.2021



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MSA 2020 All Write-ins

All write-in votes from Metal Storm Awards 2020

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3.Amaranthe - Manifest
4.Avatar - Hunter Gatherer
5.El Lobo En Tu Puerta - Santana Bendita

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Created by Maxder on 01.03.2021



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Art Appreciation: My Top Favorite Metal Album Artwork/Cover Art Of 2020

My source was looking at the most popular 1000 metal albums (excluding demos and EPs) of the year in question on the RateYourMusic website. I liked more than these but these are the ones that spoke to me the most. I went through all 1000, chose carefully, then went back to my short list and eliminated a few. Surprisingly, there aren't any Mariusz Lewandowski pieces featured here which is unfortunate because like a lot of people I'm quite a fan of his art. List is in order of popularity rather than being ranked by my preference.

1.Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still
2.Neptunian Maximalism - Éons
3.Black Curse - Endless Wound
4.Testament - Titans Of Creation
5.Cirith Ungol - Forever Black

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Created by quieted_darkness on 01.03.2021



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Recap 2020

Using MSA's to organize my listening from 2020.

1.Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
2.The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic
3.Envy - The Fallen Crimson
4.Igorrr - Spirituality And Distortion
5.Paradise Lost - Obsidian

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Created by LifelikeAdvisor on 13.02.2021



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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 down in flickering flashlights...
The comments are from my delirious tulpa...

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

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Created by Evil Cooper on 21.01.2021



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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (N)

This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone who is young in age, my tastes tend to revolve around the period of the 80s to the present.* Although certain metal albums from before will certainly be featured, the period of the 60s-70s will be under-represented. I refer you to this excellent list to gain a better appreciation for some of the best metal from that period: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/freis/martin_popoffs_the_top_500_heavy_metal_albums_of_all_time/

1.N.K.V.D. - Vlast
2.Naamah - Resensement
3.Nachtig - Nachtig
4.Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1
5.Nader Sadek - In The Flesh

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Created by Uxküll on 17.01.2021



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Top 30 Of 2020: A Non-exhaustive Summary Of Some Of The Highlights Of The Lowlight Year

I don't think these are necessarily the best 30 albums of this year, but they're the ones that have I guess endured in my psyche and inspiried revisits more than most others. I was tempted to do a top 50, but after around #26 or so, I found myself confronted with about 50 albums that could've conceivably made it in, most of which I hadn't relistened to enough to rank above the others with confidence.

1.Psychonaut - Unfold The God Man
2.Elder - Omens
3.Enslaved - Utgard
4.Regarde Les Hommes Tomber - Ascension
5.Pure Reason Revolution - Eupnea

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Created by musclassia on 29.12.2020



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My Mostly Metal Playlist - Top 100 Of 2020

updated, but still more bands to consider

1.Spectral Lore - Wanderers: Astrology Of The Nine [Collaboration]
2.Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods
3.Abigor - Totschläger (A Saintslayer's Songbook)
4.Enslaved - Utgard
5.Mr. Bungle - The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo

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Created by prnzokoshiroltra on 13.12.2020



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Pop Stars And Nerd Metal - Iron's 2020

Reviving the old tradition of yearly lists. I was uncertain, because my lists have barely any metal and certainly none that MSers don't already know about, but there's nowhere else to publish this shit, either!

1.Ichiko Aoba - "Gift" at Sogetsu Hall
2.Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
3.Ichiko Aoba - Adan no kaze
4.tricot - 真っ黒 (Makkuro)
5.tricot - 10

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Created by IronAngel on 16.07.2020



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2020: Jul-Dec

Just about finished the first half of the year without losing too much to the character limit; I have learnt to make these list descriptions increasingly pithy

1.Enslaved - Utgard
2.Wills Dissolve - Echoes
3.Wayfarer - A Romance With Violence
4.Aversio Humanitatis - Behold The Silent Dwellers
5.Lucid Planet - Lucid Planet II

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Created by musclassia on 01.07.2020



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2020 - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Bury me six feet deep
Cover me in concrete
Turn me into a street

1.Fluisteraars - Bloem
2.Sightless Pit - Grave Of A Dog
3.Neptunian Maximalism - Éons
4.Iress - Flaw
5.Drown - Subaqueous

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Created by Draugen on 24.02.2020



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Daddy Rambo's Baadasssss Carnage Through 2020

Brutally honest take on new albums I have listened and rated/commented in 2020 from best to worst.

My ratings:

✮✮✮✮✮ = "Yippee ki yay, motherfucker!"
✮✮✮✮½ = "If it bleeds, we can kill it."
✮✮✮✮ = "Do you feel lucky, punk?"
✮✮✮½ = "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass? And I'm all out of bubblegum."

1.Neptunian Maximalism - Éons
2.Lucid Planet - Lucid Planet II
3.Beherit - Bardo Exist
4.Mors Principium Est - Seven
5.Conception - State Of Deception

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Created by Metal Rasputin on 23.02.2020