Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2020

Published: November 12, 2020 14:00 Source

# 1

Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism by Napalm Death

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Deathgrind

# 2

RAVENING IRON by Eternal Champion

Album • Nov 20 / 2020 US Power Metal Heavy Metal

# 3

Alphaville by Imperial Triumphant

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Avant-Garde Metal Technical Death Metal Dissonant Death Metal

# 4

Im Wald by Paysage d'Hiver

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 5

Enlightened in Eternity by Spirit Adrift

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Heavy Metal

# 6

Mortal by Necrot

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Death Metal

# 7

The Eternal Resonance by Sweven

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Progressive Metal

# 8

Djinn by Uada

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Melodic Black Metal

# 9

Obsidian by Paradise Lost

Album • May 15 / 2020 Gothic Metal

# 10

Beyond Darkness by Goden

Album • May 08 / 2020 Death Doom Metal

# 11

Sect of Vile Divinities by Incantation

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Death Metal

# 12

Punching the Sky by Armored Saint

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Heavy Metal

# 13

Sulfuric Disintegration by Of Feather And Bone

Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Death Metal

# 14

Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm! by Vile Creature

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Sludge Metal Doom Metal

# 15

亂 (Luan) by Ripped to Shreds

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Death Metal

# 16

Dropdead 2020 by Dropdead

Album • Jan 01 / 1994 Thrashcore

# 17

Reflections by Godthrymm

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Doom Metal Epic Doom Metal

# 18

Heir Of Ecliptical Romanticism by Lamp Of Murmuur

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Black Metal

# 19

Forgotten Days by Pallbearer

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Doom Metal

# 20

Dream in Motion by Kirk Windstein

Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Sludge Metal

# 21

Flashback by Haunt

Album • Jul 03 / 2020 Heavy Metal

# 22

Under Sullen Skies by Tombs

Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Black Metal Atmospheric Sludge Metal

# 23

Stygian by Atramentus

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Funeral Doom Metal

# 24

The World That Was by Temple of Void

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Death Doom Metal

# 25

Satan is King by Acxdc

Album • May 15 / 2020 Grindcore Powerviolence

# 26

Mass Cathexis by Krallice

Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Technical Death Metal Black Metal Dissonant Death Metal

# 27

Rebirth by Blasphemy by Midnight

Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Heavy Metal Speed Metal

# 28

The Secret Teachings by Celestial Season

Album • Mar 21 / 2021 Death Doom Metal Doom Metal

# 29

Conduit by Proscription

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Death Metal

# 30

Forever Black by Cirith Ungol

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Heavy Metal

# 31

Devouring Ruin by Wake

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Black Metal

# 32

Años En Infierno by Xibalba

Album • May 29 / 2020 Death Metal Death Doom Metal

# 33

Lux by In the Company of Serpents

Album • May 15 / 2020 Stoner Metal Sludge Metal

# 34

Utgard by Enslaved

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Progressive Metal

# 35

When I Die, Will I Get Better? by Svalbard

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Blackgaze Screamo Post-Hardcore

# 36

Mestarin kynsi by Oranssi Pazuzu

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Avant-Garde Metal Black Metal Psychedelic Rock

# 37

Blood Hails Steel - Steel Hails Fire by Megaton Sword

Album • Nov 13 / 2020 US Power Metal Heavy Metal

# 38

Solve Et Coagula by Exgenesis

Album • May 15 / 2020 Death Doom Metal

# 39

Sleeper Vessels by Fawn Limbs

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Mathcore

# 40

Spectres from the Old World by Dark Fortress

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Melodic Black Metal