1. Avantasia - Ghostlights

2. Iced Earth - Incorruptible

3. Kamelot - The Shadow Theory

4. Soilwork - The Ride Majestic

5. Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Dracula: Swing Of Death

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This is a list of all the death metal albums I have listened to that I thought were at all worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is just a record of my own listening experience that I use for personal organization, not a definitive account of the best or all of the death metal out there; there will probably be albums or bands that are not death metal in the strictest sense. You'll find some OSDM, melodeath, tech death, death-doom, maybe a bit of deathcore, I don't know. Maybe some non-death metal albums by death metal bands that I put in here just because.

1. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

2. Death - Symbolic

3. At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness

4. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

5. Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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Ratings go from:

WORSHIP ❤️❤️❤️: Absolute greatness, a mindblowing album.
LOVE ❤️❤️🖤: Amazing release with very few flaws.
LIKE ❤️🖤🖤: Enjoyable but far from perfect.
DISLIKE 💔: Not very good or maybe not fitting my tastes.

I've decided to stop rating albums with a numerical value as I tend to feel uncomfortable with that. This list has a minimalistic, subjective and visceral approach, based purely on sensations and personal tastes. Mainly for personal use and doesn't pretend to be a serious ranking, but emerges from the need to remember which bands and albums I enjoyed and the ones I disliked. I constantly revisit new releases so first impressions may change over time. It usually takes 8-10 spins for me to get completely sure of a rating.

1. Æther Realm - Tarot

2. Abhoria - Abhoria

3. Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

4. Agrypnie - Metamorphosis

5. Allegaeon - Fragments Of Form And Function

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My ranking of 2020 from my collection.

Only abulms I own.

1. Myrkur - Folkesange

2. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi

3. Dark Buddha Rising - Mathreyata

4. Ihsahn - Telemark

5. Napalm Death - Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism

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1. Draconian - Under A Godless Veil

2. Katla. - Allt Þetta Helvítis Myrkur

3. The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic

4. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi

5. Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods

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1. Dark Tranquillity - Haven

2. Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done

3. Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

4. Dark Tranquillity - Projector

5. Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

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Subjective list | Top 20 albums of 2020

1. Mare Cognitum - Wanderers: Astrology Of The Nine [Collaboration]

2. Countless Skies - Glow

3. Paradise Lost - Obsidian

4. The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic / Cenozoic

5. Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant

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1. Protest The Hero - Palimpsest

2. Dark Tranquillity - Moment

3. Primal Fear - Metal Commando

4. Pyramaze - Epitaph

5. Amaranthe - Manifest

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Very hard to sort this one. A different year with albums from all sorts of genres. Not the best year but also far from the worst. Mörk Gryning was the pleasant surprise of the year with their best album since "Tusen år har gått..."

Turmion Kätilöt released the catchiest song of all time, "Revi Minut Auki".

1. Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment

2. Mörk Gryning - Hinsides Vrede

3. Dark Tranquillity - Moment

4. Haken - Virus

5. Lustre - The Ashes Of Light

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1. Necrophobic - Dawn of the Damned

2. Temple of Void - The World That Was

3. Dark Tranquillity - Moment

4. Paradise Lost - Obsidian

5. Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still

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1. Mors Principium Est - Embers Of A Dying World

2. Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite

3. In Vain - Ænigma

4. Obscura - Omnivium

5. Wolfheart - Shadow World

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All write-in votes from Metal Storm Awards 2020

1. ~~~~~~~~ The Best Alternative Metal Album ~~~~~~~~

2. Amaranthe - Manifest

3. Avatar - Hunter Gatherer

4. El Lobo En Tu Puerta - Santana Bendita

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First 18 in a order as I think its best. Yes in order so my best 18 albums what I can say were best. Really best from all!
Rest in order, just because I am selfish I wanna know what I have listen.

I dont know how to put suxer albums A-Z or Z-A what sucks more, I chose A-Z system so from 369 all was bad, biggest led down is 369 then what I thought was let down but not so bad as that band.

1. Katavasia - Magnus Venator

2. Marko Hietala - Pyre Of The Black Heart

3. Yoth Iria - Under His Sway

4. Trident - Nord

5. Ivanhoe - Blood and Gold

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1. Auðn - Vökudraumsins Fangi

2. Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still

3. Vader - Solitude In Madness

4. Aeternam - Al Qassam

5. Necrophobic - Dawn Of The Damned

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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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