Having previously been published physically in a recent issue, Metal Hammer have newly posted their list of their choices of what they feel are ‘The 50 Best Metal Albums Of 2020’ online. The publication polled their ‘entire team of critics’ to come up with the list, which you can read in full along with explanations for each choice here. A flat list of their choices can be found below:
- 50. Myrkur – “Folkesange“
- 49. Hellripper – “The Affair Of The Poisons“
- 48. Lik – “Misanthropic Breed“
- 47. Triptykon – “Requiem (Live At Roadburn 2019)“
- 46. All Them Witches – “Nothing As The Ideal“
- 45. Greg Puciato – “Child Soldier: Creator Of God“
- 44. Ingested – “Where Only Gods May Tread“
- 43. Crippled Black Phoenix – “Ellengaest“
- 42. Intronaut – “Fluid Existential Inversions“
- 41. Cirith Ungol – “Forever Black“
- 40. Bleed From Within – “Fracture“
- 39. Sharptooth – “Transitional Forms“
- 38. Atramentus – “Stygian“
- 37. Uada – “Djinn“
- 36. Make Them Suffer – “How To Survive A Funeral“
- 35. Katatonia – “City Burials“
- 34. Sólstafir – “Endless Twilight Of Codependent Love“
- 33. Armored Saint – “Punching The Sky“
- 32. Ozzy Osbourne – “Ordinary Man“
- 31. Anaal Nathrakh – “Endarkenment“
- 30. Sepultura – “Quadra“
- 29. The Ocean – “Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic“
- 28. Winterfylleth – “The Reckoning Dawn“
- 27. Backxwash – “God Has Nothing To Do With This, Leave Him Out Of It“
- 26. Kvelertak – “Splid“
- 25. Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou – “May Our Chambers Be Full“
- 24. Midnight – “Rebirth By Blasphemy“
- 23. Paysage D’Hiver – “Im Wald“
- 22. Jonathan Hultén – “Chants From Another Place“
- 21. Touché Amoré – “Lament“
- 20. Marilyn Manson – “We Are Chaos“
- 19. Ulver – “Flowers Of Evil“
- 18. Ulcerate – “Stare Into Death And Be Still“
- 17. Lamb Of God – “Lamb Of God“
- 16. Bury Tomorrow – “Cannibal“
- 15. Testament – “Titans Of Creation“
- 14. Pallbearer – “Forgotten Days“
- 13. Cryptic Shift – “Visitations From Enceladus“
- 12. Loathe – “I Let It In And It Took Everything“
- 11. Paradise Lost – “Obsidian“
- 10. Imperial Triumphant – “Alphaville“
- 09. Enslaved – “Utgard“
- 08. Trivium – “What The Dead Men Say“
- 07. Oceans Of Slumber – “Oceans Of Slumber“
- 06. A.A. Williams – “Forever Blue“
- 05. Svalbard – “When I Die, Will I Get Better?“
- 04. Oranssi Pazuzu – “Mestarin Kynsi“
- 03. Code Orange – “Underneath“
- 02. Napalm Death – “Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism“
- 01. Deftones – “Ohms“
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