Louder's 50 Best Albums of 2020

This year demanded one hell of a soundtrack – and these are the 50 albums that brought the noise

Published: December 16, 2020 17:03 Source

# 1
Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Hard Rock
# 2
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Alternative Metal
# 3
Album • Feb 21 / 2020 AOR Hard Rock
# 4
Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Blues Rock
# 5
Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Pop Rock Power Pop
# 6
Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Hard Rock
# 7
Album • May 05 / 2020 Punk Rock UK Hip Hop Political Hip Hop Rap Rock
# 8
Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Heartland Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 9
Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter Progressive Pop
# 10
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Progressive Rock
# 11
Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Hard Rock Heavy Metal
# 12
Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 13
Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Hard Rock
# 14
Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Hard Rock
# 15
Album • Jun 03 / 2020 Hardcore Hip Hop Political Hip Hop
# 16
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Alternative Rock
# 17
S&M2 by Metallica  +  San Francisco Symphony
Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Symphonic Metal Heavy Metal Thrash Metal
# 18
Album • Aug 14 / 2020 Psychedelic Soul Contemporary R&B
# 19
Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Americana
# 20
Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Melodic Metalcore
# 21
Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Thrash Metal
# 22
Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Groove Metal
# 23
Album • May 15 / 2020 Gothic Metal
# 24
Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Psychedelic Rock
# 25
Album • Aug 14 / 2020 Alternative Rock
# 26
Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Garage Punk
# 27
Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Blues Rock
# 28
Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Thrash Metal
# 29
Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Thrash Metal Groove Metal
# 30
Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Progressive Metal
# 31
Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Metalcore Industrial Metal
# 32
Album • May 15 / 2020 Americana Contemporary Country
# 33
Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Alternative Rock
# 34
Album • May 28 / 2020 Industrial Hip Hop Horrorcore
# 35
Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Southern Rock Country Rock Alt-Country
# 36
Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Afro-Rock Songhai Music
# 37
Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Southern Rock
# 38
Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Hard Rock
# 39
Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Hard Rock Blues Rock
# 40
Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Alternative Metal
# 41
Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Symphonic Prog Progressive Rock
# 42
Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Progressive Metal
# 43
Album • Sep 04 / 2020 Psychedelic Rock
# 44
Album • Jul 03 / 2020 Post-Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 45
Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Psychedelic Rock Garage Rock Post-Punk
# 46
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Post-Punk Art Punk
# 47
Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Post-Punk
# 48
Album • Nov 06 / 2020 Post-Punk Art Rock Alternative Rock
# 49
Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Hardcore Punk Black 'n' Roll Hard Rock
# 50
Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop