My favourite albums from 2020

1. 50

   Alphaville

   Imperial Triumphant

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Rotted Futures
   2. Excelsior ●
   3. City Swine
   4. Atomic Age
   5. Transmission to Mercury
   6. Alphaville
   7. The Greater Good

   Genres

   • Avant-garde metal
   • Technical death metal

2. 49

   Matriphagy

   Tallah

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. redacted
   2. No One Should Read This
   3. Kungan ●
   4. Overconfidence
   5. Placenta
   6. L.E.D.
   7. The Silo
   8. We, the Sad
   9. Too Quick to Grieve
   10. Cottonmouth
   11. Murder Seed
   12. The Borderline of Pain
   13. Red Light

   Genres

   • Metalcore
   • Alternative metal

3. 48

   Seven

   Mors Principium Est

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. A Day for the Redemption
   2. Lost in a Starless Aeon ●
   3. In Frozen Fields
   4. March to War
   5. Rebirth
   6. Reverence
   7. Master of the Dead
   8. The Everlong Night
   9. At the Shores of the Silver Sand

   Genres

   • Melodic death metal
   • Symphonic metal

4. 47

   Edge of Eternity

   Lör

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Upon a Withered Heart
   2. A Life Once Known
   3. Ruin
   4. Relic
   5. Edge of Eternity ●

   Genres

   • Progressive metal
   • Power metal

5. 46

   Rise Radiant

   Caligula's Horse

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. The Tempest ●
   2. Slow Violence
   3. Salt
   4. Resonate
   5. Oceanrise
   6. Valkyrie
   7. Autumn
   8. The Ascent

   Genres

   • Progressive metal
   • Progressive rock

6. 45

   If Everything Happens for a Reason...Then Nothing Really Matters at All

   Gone Is Gone

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Resfeber
   2. Say Nothing
   3. Everything Is Wonderfall ●
   4. Wings of Hope
   5. Sometime I Feel
   6. No One Ever Walked on Water
   7. Death of a Dream
   8. Crimson, Chaos and You
   9. Breaks
   10. Payoff
   11. Force of a Feather
   12. Dirge for Delusions

   Genres

   • Progressive rock
   • Alternative rock

7. 44

   Generation Antichrist

   Onslaught

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Rise to Power
   2. Strike Fast Strike Hard
   3. Bow Down to the Clowns
   4. Generation Antichrist
   5. All Seeing Eye
   6. Addicted to the Smell of Death
   7. Empires Fall
   8. Religiousuicide ●
   9. A Perfect Day to Die

   Genres

   • Thrash metal
   • Groove metal

8. 43

   Dream in Motion

   Kirk Windstein

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Dream in Motion ●
   2. Hollow Dying Man
   3. Once Again
   4. Enemy in Disguise
   5. The World You Know
   6. Toxic
   7. The Healing
   8. NEcropolis
   9. The Ugly Truth
   10. Aqualung

   Genres

   • Doom metal
   • Sludge metal

9. 42

   Ladoga

   Olhava

   
   

   Tracklist

   1. Ageless River I
   2. Smoldering Woodland
   3. Ageless River II
   4. Trembling Night
   5. Ageless River III
   6. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
   7. Ageless River IV
   8. Ladoga ●
   9. Ageless River V

   Genres

   • Blackgaze
   • Atmospheric black metal

10. 41

    The Bastards

    Palaye Royale

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Little Bastards ●
    2. Massacre, the New American Dream
    3. Anxiety
    4. The Night I Die
    5. Lonely
    6. Hang on to Yourself
    7. Fucking with My Head
    8. Nervous Breakdown
    9. Nightmares
    10. Masochist
    11. Doom (Empty)
    12. Black Sheep
    13. Stay
    14. Redeemer

    Genres

    • Alternative rock
    • Glam rock

11. 40

    Curse of the Crystal Coconut

    Alestorm

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Treasure Chest Party Quest
    2. Fannybaws
    3. Chomp Chomp
    4. Tortuga
    5. Zombies Ate My Pirate Ship ●
    6. Call of the Waves
    7. Pirate's Scorn
    8. Shit Boat (No Fans)
    9. Pirate Metal Drinking Crew
    10. Wooden Leg Pt. 2
    11. Henry Martin

    Genres

    • Pirate metal
    • Power metal
    • Folk metal

12. 39

    CMFT

    Corey Taylor

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. HWY 666
    2. Black Eyes Blue
    3. Samantha's Gone
    4. Meine Lux
    5. Halfway Down
    6. Silverfish
    7. Kansas
    8. Culture Head
    9. Everybody Dies on My Birthday
    10. The Maria Fire
    11. Home
    12. CMFT Must Be Stopped ●
    13. European Tour Bus Bathroom Song

    Genres

    • Hard rock

13. 38

    Royal Swan

    Phoxjaw

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Charging Pale Horses
    2. Trophies in the Attic
    3. Triple AAA
    4. You Don't Drink a Unicorn's Blood
    5. Half House ●
    6. Infinite Badness
    7. Teething
    8. An Owl Is a Cat with Wings
    9. Bats for Bleeding
    10. The Monk
    11. Royal Swan

    Genres

    • Alternative rock
    • Post-hardcore

14. 37

    Empire of the Blind

    Heathen

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. This Rotting Sphere
    2. The Blight
    3. Empire of the Blind
    4. Dead and Gone
    5. Sun in My Hand
    6. Blood to Be Let
    7. In Black ●
    8. Shrine of Apathy
    9. Devour
    10. A Fine Red Mist
    11. The Gods Divine
    12. Monument to Ruin

    Genres

    • Thrash metal

15. 36

    Uinuos syömein sota

    Havukruunu

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Uinuos syömein sota ●
    2. Kunnes varjot saa
    3. Ja viimein on yö
    4. Pohjolan tytär
    5. Kuin öinen meri
    6. Jumalten hämär
    7. Vähiin päivät käy
    8. Tähti-yö ja hevoiset

    Genres

    • Melodic black metal
    • Pagan metal

16. 35

    Cyr

    The Smashing Pumpkins

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. The Colour of Love
    2. Confessions of a Dopamine Addict
    3. Cyr
    4. Dulcet in E
    5. Wrath
    6. Ramona
    7. Anno Satana
    8. Birch Grove
    9. Wyttch ●
    10. Starrcraft
    11. Purple Blood
    12. Save Your Tears
    13. Telegenix
    14. Black Forest, Black Hills
    15. Adrennalynne
    16. Haunted
    17. The Hidden Sun
    18. Schaudenfreud
    19. Tyger, Tyger
    20. Minerva

    Genres

    • Synth-pop
    • Alternative rock

17. 34

    Naiv

    Thy Catalfalque

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. A bolyongás ideje ●
    2. Tsitsushka
    3. Embersólyom
    4. Számtalan színek
    5. A valóság kazamatái
    6. Kék madár (Négy kép)
    7. Napút
    8. Vető
    9. Szélvész

    Genres

    • Progressive metal
    • Avant-garde metal

18. 33

    Eupnea

    Pure Reason Revolution

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. New Obsession
    2. Silent Genesis ●
    3. Maelstrom
    4. Ghosts & Typhoons
    5. Beyond Our Bodies
    6. Eupnea

    Genres

    • Progressive rock
    • Art rock

19. 32

    A Day at the Beach

    Airbag

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Machines and Men ●
    2. A Day at the Beach (Part 1)
    3. Into the Unknown
    4. Sunsets
    5. A Day at the Beach (Part 2)
    6. Megalomaniac

    Genres

    • Progressive rock
    • Art rock

20. 31

    Whoosh!

    Deep Purple

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Throw My Bones
    2. Drop the Weapon
    3. We're All Same in the Dark
    4. Nothing at All
    5. No Need to Shout ●
    6. Step by Step
    7. What the What
    8. The Long Way Round
    9. The Power of the Moon
    10. Remission Possible
    11. Man Alive
    12. And the Address

    Genres

    • Hard rock
    • Progressive rock

21. 30

    Mestarin kynsi

    Oranssi Pazuzu

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Ilmestys
    2. Tyhjyyden sakramentti ●
    3. Uusi teknokratia
    4. Oikeamielisten sali
    5. Kuulen ääniä maan alta
    6. Taivaan portti

    Genres

    • Avant-garde metal
    • Psychedelic rock

22. 29

    Holy Moly!

    Blues Pills

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Proud Woman
    2. Low Road ●
    3. Dreaming My Life Away
    4. California
    5. Rhythm in the Blood
    6. Dust
    7. Kiss My Past Goodbye
    8. Wish I'd Known
    9. Bye Bye Birdy
    10. Song from a Mourning Dove
    11. Longest Lasting Friend

    Genres

    • Blues rock
    • Psychedelic soul

23. 28

    White Dog

    White Dog

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Sawtooth
    2. Black Powder
    3. Lanterns
    4. Snapdragon
    5. Crystal Panther ●
    6. Abandon Ship
    7. Pale Horse
    8. Verus Cultus

    Genres

    • Psychedelic rock
    • Blues rock

24. 27

    Forever Black

    Cirith Ungol

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. The Call
    2. Legions Arise
    3. The Frost Monstreme
    4. The Fire Divine
    5. Stormbringer ●
    6. Fractus Promissum
    7. Nightmare
    8. Before Tomorrow
    9. Forever Black

    Genres

    • Heavy metal
    • Power metal

25. 26

    Youth of Dissent

    1000mods

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Lucid
    2. So Many Days
    3. Warped
    4. Dear Herculine
    5. Less Is More
    6. 21st Space Century
    7. Pearl
    8. Blister
    9. Young
    10. Dissent
    11. Mirrors ●

    Genres

    • Stoner rock

26. 25

    Djinn

    Uada

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Djinn
    2. The Great Mirage ●
    3. No Place Here
    4. In the Absence of Matter
    5. Forestless
    6. Between Two Worlds

    Genres

    • Melodic black metal
    • Atmospheric black metal

27. 24

    Abyss

    Unleash the Archers

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Waking Dream
    2. Abyss
    3. Through Stars
    4. Legacy
    5. Return to Me
    6. Soulbound
    7. Faster Than Light
    8. The Wind That Shapes the Land
    9. Carry the Flame
    10. Afterlife ●

    Genres

    • Power metal
    • Heavy metal

28. 23

    Virus

    Haken

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Prosthetic
    2. Invasion ●
    3. Carousel
    4. The Strain
    5. Canary Yellow
    6. Messiah Complex I: Ivory Tower
    7. Messiah Complex II: A Glutton for Punishment
    8. Messiah Complex III: Marigold
    9. Messiah Complex IV: The Sect
    10. Messiah Complex V: Ectobius Rex
    11. Only Stars

    Genres

    • Progressive metal
    • Progressive rock

29. 22

    Al Qassam

    Aeternam

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Al Qassam
    2. The Bribger of Rain
    3. Lunar Ceremony
    4. Ithyphallic Spirits of Procreation
    5. Palmyra Scriptures
    6. Hanan Pacha ●
    7. Celestial Plains
    8. Ascension
    9. Poena Universi

    Genres

    • Melodic death metal
    • Progressive metal
    • Folk metal

30. 21

    Titans of Creation

    Testament

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Children of the Next Level
    2. WWIII
    3. Dream Deceiver ●
    4. Night of the Witch
    5. City of Angels
    6. Ishtar's Gate
    7. Symptoms
    8. False Prophet
    9. The Healers
    10. Code of Hammurabi
    11. Curse of Osiris
    12. Catacombs

    Genres

    • Thrash metal

31. 20

    Folkesange

    Myrkur

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Ella
    2. Fager som en Ros
    3. Leaves of Yggdrasil ●
    4. Ramund
    5. Tor i Helheim
    6. Svea
    7. Harpens Kraft
    8. Gammelkäring
    9. House Carpenter
    10. Reiar
    11. Gudernes Vilje
    12. Vinter

    Genres

    • Folk

32. 19

    Hard to Stop

    High Spirits

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Since You've Been Gone
    2. Restless
    3. Face to Face
    4. Hearts Will Burn
    5. Voice in the Wind
    6. All Night Long ●
    7. Midnight Sun
    8. Now I Know
    9. We Are Everywhere

    Genres

    • Hard rock

33. 18

    Ellengæst

    Crippled Black Phoenix

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. House of Fools
    2. Lost ●
    3. In the Night
    4. Cry of Love
    5. Everything I Say
    6. (-)
    7. The Invisible Past
    8. She's in Parties

    Genres

    • Post-rock
    • Progressive rock

34. 17

    Nija

    Orbit Culture

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. At the Front
    2. North Star of Nija
    3. Day of the Cloud
    4. Behold
    5. Open Eye ●
    6. Mirrorslave
    7. Nensha
    8. Rebirth
    9. The Shadowing
    10. Set Us Free

    Genres

    • Melodic death metal
    • Groove metal

35. 16

    So It Goes

    Demoniac

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. RSV — Fools Coincidence — Testigo
    2. The Trap
    3. Extraviado
    4. Equilibrio fatal
    5. So It Goes ●

    Genres

    • Technical thrash metal
    • Progressive metal

36. 15

    Glow

    Countless Skies

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Tempest ●
    2. Summit
    3. Moon
    4. Zephyr
    5. Glow Part 1
    6. Glow Part 2
    7. Glow Part 3

    Genres

    • Melodic death metal
    • Progressive metal

37. 14

    Quadra

    Sepultura

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Isolation
    2. Means to an End
    3. Last Time
    4. Capital Enslavement ●
    5. Ali
    6. Raging Void
    7. Guardians of Earth
    8. The Pentagram
    9. Autem
    10. Quadra
    11. Agony of Defeat
    12. Fear, Pain, Chaos, Suffering

    Genres

    • Thrash metal
    • Groove metal

38. 13

    Gigaton

    Pearl Jam

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Who Ever Said
    2. Superblood Wolfmoon
    3. Dance of the Clairvoyants ●
    4. Quick Escape
    5. Alright
    6. Seven O'Clock
    7. Never Destination
    8. Take the Long Way
    9. Buckle up
    10. Come Then Goes
    11. Retrograde
    12. River Cross

    Genres

    • Alternative rock

39. 12

    Panther

    Pain of Salvation

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Accelerator
    2. Unfuture
    3. Restless Boy
    4. Wait
    5. Keen to a Fault
    6. Fur
    7. Panther ●
    8. Species
    9. Icon

    Genres

    • Avant-garde rock
    • Progressive metal

40. 11

    The Human Condition

    Black Stone Cherry

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Ringin' in My Head
    2. Again ●
    3. Push Down & Turn
    4. When Angels Leaarn to Fly
    5. Live This Way
    6. In Love with the Pain
    7. The Chain
    8. Ride
    9. If My Heart Had Wings
    10. Don't Bring Me Down
    11. Some Stories
    12. The Devil in Your Eyes
    13. Keep on Keepin' on

    Genres

    • Hard rock
    • Southern rock

41. 10

    Another World

    Light Field Reverie

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Ultraviolet
    2. The Oldest House
    3. Ghost Bird
    4. Another World ●
    5. Dreamwalker
    6. All Roads Lead Home

    Genres

    • Gothic rock
    • Ethereal wave

42. 9

    Forgotten Days

    Pallbearer

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Forgotten Days
    2. Riverbed
    3. Stasis
    4. Silver Wings
    5. The Quicksand of Existing ●
    6. Vengeance & Ruination
    7. Rite of Passage
    8. Caledonia

    Genres

    • Doom metal

43. 8

    Fluid Existential Inversions

    Intronaut

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Procurement of the Victuals
    2. Cubensis
    3. The Cull
    4. Contrapasso
    5. Speaking of Orbs ●
    6. Tripolar
    7. Check Your Misfortune
    8. Pangloss
    9. Sour Everythings

    Genres

    • Post-metal
    • Progressive metal

44. 7

    Enlightened in Eternity

    Spirit Adrift

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Ride into the Light
    2. Astral Levitation
    3. Cosmic Conquest
    4. Screaming from Beyond ●
    5. Harmony of the Spheres
    6. Battle High
    7. Stronger Than Your Pain
    8. Reunited in the Void

    Genres

    • Heavy metal
    • Power metal

45. 6

    Nothing As the Ideal

    All Them Witches

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Saturnine & Iron Jaw
    2. Enemy of My Enemy
    3. Everest
    4. See You Next Fall
    5. The Children of Coyote Woman ●
    6. 41
    7. Lights out
    8. Rats in Ruin

    Genres

    • Stoner rock
    • Psychedelic rock

46. 5

    City Burials

    Katatonia

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Heart Set to Divide
    2. Behind the Blood
    3. Lacquer
    4. Rein
    5. The Winter of Our Passing
    6. Vanishers ●
    7. City Glaciers
    8. Flicker
    9. Lachesis
    10. Neon Epitaph
    11. Untrodden

    Genres

    • Progressive metal
    • Gothic rock

47. 4

    Long Day Good Night

    Fates Warning

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. The Destination Onward
    2. Shuttered World
    3. Alone We Walk
    4. Now Comes the Rain
    5. The Way Home
    6. Under the Sun
    7. Scars ●
    8. Begin Again
    9. When Snow Falls
    10. Liar
    11. Glass Houses
    12. The Longest Shadow of the Day
    13. The Last Song

    Genres

    • Progressive metal

48. 3

    Flowers of Evil

    Ulver

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. One Last Dance
    2. Russian Doll
    3. Machine Guns and Peacock Feathers
    4. Hour of the Wolf ●
    5. Apocalypse 1993
    6. Little Boy
    7. Nostalgia
    8. A Thousand Cuts

    Genres

    • Synth-pop
    • Art rock

49. 2

    Lamb of God

    Lamb of God

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Memento Mori
    2. Checkmate
    3. Gears
    4. Reality Bath
    5. New Colossal Hate
    6. Resurrection Man
    7. Poison Dream
    8. Routes
    9. Bloodshot Eyes
    10. On the Hook ●

    Genres

    • Groove metal

50. 1

    Obsidian

    Paradise Lost

    
    

    Tracklist

    1. Darker Thoughts
    2. Fall from Grace
    3. Ghosts
    4. The Devil Embraced
    5. Forsaken ●
    6. Serenity
    7. Ending Days
    8. Hope Dies Young
    9. Ravenghast

    Genres

    • Gothic metal
    • Doom metal