The Bleakness of It All: 50 TOP BLACK METAL ALBUMS OF 2020 YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

2020 was definitely the year of Death Metal, but there were tons of Black Metal albums released too. I enjoyed the particular genre less than I did in the previous years. 

The below list gives a hint about what black metal I listened to the most, and the albums I enjoyed the most in the already past year. Some of them are bleak, cold, full of hate. Others are encompassing various genres, and are on the edge of BM. 

I am absolutely sure everybody has their own interpretation of the black metal albums that deserve attention. Yes, lists are personal. That's why I give you the 2020 choices of my icy black heart. 53 albums in no particular order and some honorable mentions. The bleakness of it all! ❤ 

UADA
Djinn
Bandcamp


PAYSAGE D'HIVER
Im Wald

ANACHITIS
Sorcerer's Sorrow
Bandcamp


SEVEROTH
Vsesvet


HORNA
Kuoleman Kirjo

THE COMMITTEE
Utopian Deception


CEREMONIAL CASTINGS
Salem 1692 (MMXX)
HAVUKRUUNU
Uinuos Syömein Sota

ESOCTRILIHUM
Eternity of Shaog

MARTWA AURA
Morbus Animus

SELBST
Relatos De Angustia
FORGJORD
Laulu Kuolemasta




ENEPSYGOS
Wrath of Wraths

REBEL WIZARD
Magickal Mystical Indifference

IMHA TARIKAT
STERNENBERSTER

LURE
Morbid Funeral


ARKHERON THODOL
Rituals of the Sovereign Heart

ACHERONTAS
Psychic Death "The Shattering Perceptions"


RINGARË
Sorrow Befell

INEXORUM
Moonlit Navigation


AFSKY
Ofte jeg drømmer mig død


WARMOON LORD/VULTIRIUM Split
Pure Cold Impurity

GOATS OF DOOM/SARASTUS Split
Dawning ov the God

KHORS
Where the Word Acquires Eternity


HALJŌRŪNA
Midtvinterblot


DÉHÀ
Contrasts II
IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT
Alphaville


KATAVASIA
Magnus Venator


WAYFARER
A Romance With Violence


WAKE
Confluence



NIGHT CROWNED
Impius Viam



...AND OCEANS
Cosmic World Mother


SERMENT
Chante, Ô Flamme de la Liberté


GOATS OF DOOM
Tie on Hänen Omilleen


TURIA
Degen van Licht
UPRISING
II

CALLIGRAM
The Eye is the First Circle

LAETITIA IN HOLOCAUST
Heritage

CULT OF FIRE
Moksha and Nirvana albums


OVER THE VOIDS...
Hadal

VERYYKINELEET
Ilman Kuolemaa


OLHAVA
Ladoga



YMIR
Ymir


WINTERLORE
Eternal Defiance


CRYPTOSPITAL
After Death

BELTEZ
A Grey Chill and a Whisper




ALEYNMORD
The Blinding Light

Dauþuz
Grubenfall 1727




MALOKARPATAN
Kripinské Ohne

FJØSNISSE
Unleashed Hymns

FRIGORIS 
... in Stille
MEDICO PESTE 
ב:  The Black Bile



STORMKEEP
Galdrum
Bandcamp







Honorable Mentions: Winterfylleth, Oranssi Pazuzu, Mavorim, Tulus, Shagor, Flamenaar, Naglfar, Aversio Humanitatis, Horn, Blaze of Perdition, Fellwarden, The Spirit, Gaerea, Mesarthim, Kvaen, Spirit Possession, Serpent Column, Antzaat, Valtravn, Faidra, Fluisteraas.

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