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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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2020 Keepers Via Spotify

Surely not everything I've listened to, not even close. Every year I use Spotify to make some megalist and start plowing through. Most albums are listened to and discarded, but those that pique my interest get shunted into the Keeper playlist. (I also use other media when needed - particularly Bandcamp - but Spotify remains my favorite.)

1.10,000 Years - 10​,​000 Years
2.Acid Mammoth - Under Acid Hoof
3....And Oceans - Cosmic World Mother
4.Aversio Humanitatis - Behold The Silent Dwellers
5.Baardvader - Baardvader

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Created by BitterCOld on 19.01.2021



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Tominator's 2020... Best To Worst

Another end to a year, another list to make.

Like always I've added the specific genre/subgenre so you can easily pick out the albums that might be of interest to you.

I know some of you like statistics, so I put in a bit of extra effort to add some numbers:

- 317 albums
- Total points given: 2366,1
- Average Score: 7,46/10

- Albums with a score of 7 or above: 79,11%
- Albums with a score of 8 or above: 36,39%
- Albums with a score of 9 or above: 1,27%

- Albums with a score below 5: 2,53%

- Nationalities: 35

- USA: 73 - (23,10%)
- Germany: 31 - (9,81%)
- Sweden: 28 - (8,86%)
- UK: 25 - (7,91%)
- Finland: 18 - (5,70%)
- Greece: 18 - (5,70%)
- Brazil: 10 - (3,16%)
- France: 10 - (3,16%)
- Poland: 10 - (3,16%)
- Italy: 9 - (2,85%)
- Spain: 9 - (2,85%)
- Canada: 8 - (2,53%)
- Belgium: 6 - (1,90%)
- Norway: 6 - (1,90%)
- Russia: 6 - (1,90%)
- The Netherlands: 6 - (1,90%)
- Australia: 5 - (1,58%)
- Denmark: 5 - (1,58%)
- Czech Republic: 4 - (1,27%)
- Mexico: 4 - (1,27%)
- Colombia: 3 - (0,95%)
- Switzerland: 3 - (0,95%)
- Argentina: 2 - (0,63%)
- Austria: 2 - (0,63%)
- Chile: 2 - (0,63%)
- Japan: 2 - (0,63%)
- Portugal: 2 - (0,63%)
- Puerto Rico: 2 - (0,63%)
- Slovakia: 2 - (0,63%)
- Costa Rica: 1 - (0,32%)
- Egypt: 1 - (0,32%)
- Estonia: 1 - (0,32%)
- Ethiopia: 1 - (0,32%)
- Israel: 1 - (0,32%)
- Peru: 1 - (0,32%)

1.Paradise Lost - Obsidian
2.IAH - III
3.Asian Death Crustacean - Baikal
4.Dawnwalker - Ages
5.Necrophobic - Dawn Of The Damned

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Created by tominator on 31.12.2020



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

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.D.C. Cooper - D.C. Cooper
2.Dali's Dilemma - Manifesto For Futurism
3.Damim - The Difference Engine
4.Dämmerfarben - Im Abendrot
5.Damned Spirits' Dance - Weird Constellations

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Created by Uxküll on 28.10.2020



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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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2020

1.Vile Creature - Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!
2.Fuck The Facts - Pleine Noirceur
3.Duma - Duma
4.Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full [Collaboration]
5.Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi

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Created by Marc-Antoine on 24.01.2020



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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

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Created by cerny_vi on 19.01.2020



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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

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Created by Anghellic67 on 03.01.2020



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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 keep all of this information in my head. It has no other benefit whatsoever and will likely result in tantrums should anyone else see it. I'm aware that I haven't listened to every black metal album that I should have. I only went down to the 6s on this list, so it's possible that I have listened to your favorite black metal album that you desperately need to suggest and I thought it was terrible. There are a lot of heinously incompetent black metal bands out there.

On the off-chance that you've found this and actually care about what I think (you shouldn't), be advised that my favorites come first. Some are favorites in the general sense; some are favorites within black metal. The first few of those are in some order and not so much after that.

Because this is for my own purposes and not intended to be a definitive list of pure black metal, there are some black metal-adjacent bands, or albums by black metal bands that may not themselves be black metal. That's why you'll find so much Sigh clogging up the top of the list. I prefer to keep whole discographies together on one list. I used to include Primordial, Forefather, and other such bands, but a while back I created a list for folk and I decided that those artists would fit better there.

I update these lists very infrequently. This was last updated December 7, 2022.

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

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 31.03.2015