Kerrang!'s 50 Greatest Albums of 2020

The only countdown that matters: Kerrang!’s 50 greatest albums of 2020.

Published: December 16, 2020 15:20 Source

# 1

Underneath by Code Orange

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Metalcore Industrial Metal

# 2

A Celebration Of Endings by Biffy Clyro

Album • Aug 14 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 3

Ohms by Deftones

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Alternative Metal

# 4

ANTI-ICON by Ghostemane

Album • Oct 21 / 2020 Trap Metal Industrial Hip Hop Industrial Metal

# 5

Nothing is True & Everything is Possible by Enter Shikari

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Alternative Rock Art Rock Electronic

# 6

Gigaton by Pearl Jam

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 7

I Let It in and It Took Everything by Loathe

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Alternative Metal Metalcore

# 8

When I Die, Will I Get Better? by Svalbard

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Blackgaze Screamo Post-Hardcore

# 9

Tickets To My Downfall by Machine Gun Kelly

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Pop Punk Pop Rock

# 10

May Our Chambers Be Full by Emma Ruth Rundle + Thou

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Post-Metal

# 11

Lament by Touché Amoré

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Post-Hardcore Screamo

# 12

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

Album • Jun 03 / 2020 Hardcore Hip Hop Political Hip Hop

# 13

What The Dead Men Say by Trivium

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Melodic Metalcore

# 14

27 Miles Underwater by Higher Power

Album • Jan 24 / 2019 Alternative Metal

# 15

Ordinary Man by Ozzy Osbourne

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Hard Rock Heavy Metal

# 16

Sex, Death & The Infinite Void by Creeper

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Pop Rock

# 17

Wake Up, Sunshine by All Time Low

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Pop Rock Alternative Rock

# 18

POWER UP by AC/DC

Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Hard Rock

# 19

Ultra Mono by IDLES

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 20

All Distortions Are Intentional by Neck Deep

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Pop Punk

# 21

Forever Blue by A.A. Williams

Album • Jul 03 / 2020 Post-Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 22

Reluctant Hero by Killer Be Killed

Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Groove Metal Alternative Metal

# 23

I Disagree by Poppy

Album • Jan 09 / 2020 Alternative Metal

# 24

Splinters from an Ever-Changing Face by END

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Metalcore

# 25

GLUE by Boston Manor

Album • May 01 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 26

Existential Reckoning by Puscifer

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Art Rock Synthpop Electronic Post-Industrial

# 27

Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism by Napalm Death

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Deathgrind

# 28

Lamb of God by Lamb of God

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Groove Metal

# 29

Local Honey by Brian Fallon

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter

# 30

The Fallen Crimson by envy

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Screamo Post-Rock

# 31

Sleepless by Palm Reader

Album • Nov 27 / 2020 Post-Hardcore Post-Metal

# 32

The Great Dismal by Nothing

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Shoegaze

# 33

Transitional Forms by Sharptooth

Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Metalcore

# 34

The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo by Mr. Bungle

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Thrash Metal

# 35

Brave Faces Everyone by Spanish Love Songs

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Pop Punk Emo

# 36

Amends by Grey Daze

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Post-Grunge Alternative Rock

# 37

Father of All... by Green Day

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Garage Rock Revival Pop Rock

# 38

High Risk Behaviour by The Chats

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Garage Punk

# 39

Petals For Armor by Hayley Williams

Album • May 08 / 2020 Art Pop Alternative Dance

# 40

Forgotten Days by Pallbearer

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Doom Metal

# 41

Cannibal by Bury Tomorrow

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Melodic Metalcore

# 42

Paradise by Cold Years

Album • Sep 04 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 43

Who Are The Girls? by Nova Twins

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Rap Rock Industrial Rock

# 44

CYR by The Smashing Pumpkins

Album • Nov 27 / 2020 Synthpop

# 45

Rebirth by Blasphemy by Midnight

Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Heavy Metal Speed Metal

# 46

Use Me by PVRIS

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Pop Rock Electropop Alt-Pop

# 47

What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? by Public Enemy

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 East Coast Hip Hop Political Hip Hop

# 48

Splid by Kvelertak

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Hardcore Punk Black 'n' Roll Hard Rock

# 49

CMFT by Corey Taylor

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Hard Rock

# 50

Death Of An Optimist by grandson

Album • Dec 04 / 2020 Trap [EDM] Alternative Rock Indie Rock