THE ULTIMATE TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2020



Another year has gone by. An apocalyptic one. The year with the pandemic, with the lockdown, with the fatal dates such as 01.01.2020, 02.02.2020. 20.02.2020, 10.10.2020, 11.11.2020 etc...The year when we had to sit back and reflect. To learn the lesson of patience.

The metal scene did better than ever though. Thanks to the music, I survived. In 2020 we all witnessed a huge quantity of quality releases. A lot of them are going to stand with the time, I'm sure. That's why it was very difficult to make a cut and just limit my AOTY list to 20 or 50. The below 100 could have been 200 easily too. Many of the albums on the list have been covered in my monthly charts and I was chanting about them through the year. And of course, there are growers. This is how I compiled my AOTY list - the albums I enjoyed the most in 2020, the ones that I spent most of the time with, and made me go through. Of course, lists are valid at the time of publishing, that's why who knows how it might look like within a year...

You have probably checked my 50 Top Black metal albums of 2020 as well as 50 Top Death Metal Albums of 2020 articles. So you know what to expect here. Wait, but there's more.

Yeah, I listened to tons of music, bought too much vinyl, CDs, T-shirts, and a few cassettes. I did my best to support the scene and to spend my little spare time dedicated to my favorite music. 

As usual, I created a simpler table for the AOTY publication, with links to Bandcamp or Spotify, where the respective albums are available. I hope it is another small trace, a legacy for the next generations. And for us the metalheads - another long list to check and enjoy. And yeah, probably within two weeks, it will be forgotten... 

Thank you to all of you who dropped by at this blog in 2020. Massive respect and gratitude for the friendship to all the great peers from the metal community on Twitter. Without you, my passion for the beloved music wouldn't be the same. 

Here it is. On 20.12.2020. The end complete  - my ultimate TOP 101 albums of 2020 list. Cheers! 🤘🍻

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Band

Album

Listen at

101

UMBRA VITAE

Shadow of Life

Bandcamp

100

INGESTED

Where Only Gods May Tread

Bandcamp

99

STALKER

Black Majik Terror

Bandcamp

98

SODOM

Genesis XIX

Spotify

97

DISEMBOWEL

Echoes of Terror

Bandcamp

96

MY DYING BRIDE

The Ghost of Orion

Spotify

95

ATRAMENTUS

Stygian

Bandcamp

94

DAWN OF SOLACE

Waves

Bandcamp

93

IRONSWORD

Servants of Steel

Bandcamp

92

AMORPHIA

Merciless Strike

Bandcamp

91

DISRUPTED

Pure Death

Bandcamp

90

OF FEATHER AND BONE

Sulphuric Disintegration

Bandcamp

89

DEEDS OF FLESH

Nucleus

Bandcamp

88

UNDEATH

Lesions of Different Kind

Bandcamp

87

ARKERON THODOL

Rituals of Sovereign Heart

Bandcamp

86

PLAGUE YEARS

Circle of Darkness

Bandcamp

85

CARNATION

Where Death Lies

Bandcamp

84

…AND OCEANS

Cosmic World Mother

Bandcamp

83

SARCATOR

Sarcator

Bandcamp

82

CRO-MAGS

In the Beginning

Spotify

81

SKELETHAL

Unveiling the Threshold

Bandcamp

80

TEMPLE OF VOID

The World That Was

Bandcamp

79

FUNERAL LEECH

Death Meditation

Bandcamp

78

NECROPHOBIC

Dawn of the Damned

Bandcamp

77

MARROWFIELDS

Metamorphoses

Bandcamp

76

SELBST

Relatos De Angustia

Bandcamp

75

FORGJORD

Laulu Kuolemasta

Bandcamp

74

STILLBIRTH

Revive the Throne

Bandcamp

73

DEVANGELIC

Ersetu

Bandcamp

72

RINGARE

Sorrow Befell

Bandcamp

71

PLAGUE

Portraits of Mind

Bandcamp

70

MARTWA AURA

Morbus Animus

Bandcamp

69

IMHA TARIKAT

Sternenberster

Bandcamp

68

SOLSTAFIR

Endless Twilight of Codependent Love

Bandcamp

67

END

Splinters from an Ever-Changing Face

Bandcamp

66

MEGATON SWORD

Blood Hails Steel - Steel Hails Fire

Bandcamp

65

COESXISTENCE

Collateral Dimension

Bandcamp

64

DEFILED

Infinite Regress

Bandcamp

63

WAYFARER

A Romance With Violence

Bandcamp

62

HAVUKRUUNU

Uinuos Syömein Sota

Bandcamp

61

MIDNIGHT

Rebirth by Blasphemy

Bandcamp

60

DARKENED

Kingdom of Decay

Bandcamp

59

FIRES IN THE DISTANCE

Echoes From the Deep November

Bandcamp

58

GOATS OF DOOM/SARASTUS

Dawning ov the God

Bandcamp

57

ESOCTRILIHUM

Eternity of Shaog

Bandcamp

56

PULCHRA MORTE

Ex Rosa Ceremonia

Bandcamp

55

HORNA

Kuoleman Kirjo

Bandcamp

54

SCARAB

Martyrs of the Storm

Bandcamp

53

THE COMMITTEE

Utopian Deception

Bandcamp

52

IRON ANGEL

Emerald Eyes

Bandcamp

51

KATATONIA

City Burials

Bandcamp

50

VADER

Solitude in Madness

Bandcamp

49

IRIST

Order of the Mind

Bandcamp

48

BUTCHER

666 Goats Carry My Chariot

Spotify

47

DEPRAVITY

Grand Malevolence

Bandcamp

46

IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT

Alphaville

Spotify

45

KIRK WINDSTEIN

Dream in Motion

Bandcamp

44

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER

Verminous

Bandcamp

43

KHORS

Where The Word Acquires Eternity

Bandcamp

42

DEFEATED SANITY

The Sanguinary Impetus

Bandcamp

41

HALJORUNA

Midtvinterblot

Bandcamp

40

INEXORUM

Moonlit Navigation

Bandcamp

39

SOLOTHUS

Realm of Ash and Blood

Bandcamp

38

PARADISE LOST

Obsidian

Bandcamp

37

RIPPED TO SHREDS

Luan

Bandcamp

36

EXOCRINE

Maelstorm

Bandcamp

35

SYLOSIS

Circle of Suffering

Spotify

34

NAPALM DEATH

Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism

Spotify

33

DARK TRANQUILLITY

Moment

Spotify

32

CEREMONIAL CASTINGS

Salem 1692

Bandcamp

31

AFTERBIRTH

Four Dimensional Flesh

Bandcamp

30

CYTOTOXIN

Nuklearth

Bandcamp

29

KATALEPSY

Terra Mortuum Est

Bandcamp

28

UNDERGANG

Aldrig I Livet

Bandcamp

27

ANACHITIS

The Sorcerer's Sorrow

Bandcamp

26

KRUELTY

A Dying Truth

Bandcamp

25

SEVEROTH

Vsesvit

Bandcamp

24

ARMORED SAINT

Punching the Sky

Bandcamp

23

KILLER BE KILLED

Reluctant Hero

Spotify

               22

CRYPTIC SHIFT/ REPLICANT/ INNOCULATION/ ASTRAL TOMB

Chasm of Aeons

Bandcamp

21

REBEL WIZARD

Magickal Mystical Indifference

Bandcamp

20

BENEDICTION

Scriptures

Spotify

19

ENSLAVED

Utgard

Bandcamp

18

VAMPIRE

Rex

Spotify

17

DECEMBRE NOIR

The Renaissance of Hope

Bandcamp

16

TERNINAL NATION

Holocene Extinction

Bandcamp

15

XIBALBA

Años en Infierno

Bandcamp

14

CRYPTIC SHIFT

Visitations from Enceladus

Bandcamp

13

FACELESS BURIAL

Speciation

Bandcamp

12

LIK

Misanthropic Breed

Bandcamp

11

PAYSAGE D'HIVER

Im Wald

Bandcamp

10

ETERNAL CHAMPION

Ravening Iron

Bandcamp

9

HELLRIPPER

The Affair of the Poisons

Bandcamp

8

ABYSMAL DAWN

Phylogenesis

Bandcamp

7

SKELETON

Skeleton

Bandcamp

6

ULCERATE

Stare Into Death and Be Still

Bandcamp

5

ANAAL NATHRAKH

Endarkenment

Bandcamp

4

PALLBEARER

Forgotten Days

Bandcamp

3

UADA

Djinn

Bandcamp

2

SPIRIT ADRIFT

Enlightened in Eternity

Bandcamp

1

ULVER

Flowers of Evil

Bandcamp

 

Yes, my absolute winner for this apocalyptic year is ULVER's Flowers of Evil. But most of you already knew this... Have a great 2021!


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