Loudwire's 70 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2020

A truly wild year for us all, but one made so much better thanks to these albums.

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# 1
Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Hard Rock
# 2
Album • Dec 14 / 2020 Atmospheric Black Metal
# 3
Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Pop Rock Alternative Rock
# 4
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Metalcore
# 5
Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Heavy Metal
# 6
Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Melodic Metalcore
# 7
Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Alternative Metal Melodic Death Metal
# 8
Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Speed Metal Thrash Metal
# 9
Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Hard Rock
# 10
Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Rap Metal Crossover Thrash
# 11
EP • Oct 30 / 2020 Alternative Metal
# 12
Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Metalcore Industrial Metal
# 13
Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Hard Rock
# 14
Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Pop Rock
# 15
Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Melodic Death Metal
# 16
Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Hard Rock
# 17
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Alternative Metal
# 18
Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Heavy Metal Power Metal US Power Metal
# 19
Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Progressive Metal
# 20
Album • May 08 / 2020 Power Pop
# 21
EP • Oct 23 / 2020 Alternative Metal Political Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 22
Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Alternative Metal Groove Metal
# 23
Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Darkwave Alternative Rock Alternative Metal
# 24
Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Metalcore
# 25
Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Progressive Metal
# 26
Album • May 08 / 2020 Art Pop Alternative Dance
# 27
Inlet by Hum
Album • Jun 24 / 2020 Shoegaze Alternative Metal
# 28
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Avant-Garde Metal Breakcore
# 29
Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Avant-Garde Metal Technical Death Metal Dissonant Death Metal
# 30
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Alternative Metal Industrial Metal
# 31
Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Progressive Metal
# 32
Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Alternative Metal
# 33
Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Groove Metal Alternative Metal
# 34
Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Hardcore Punk Black 'n' Roll Hard Rock
# 35
Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Groove Metal
# 36
Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Alternative Metal Metalcore
# 37
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Pop Punk Pop Rock
# 38
Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Alternative Rock Glam Rock
# 39
Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Heavy Metal Speed Metal
# 40
Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Thrash Metal
# 41
Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Deathgrind
# 42
Album • Apr 10 / 2020
# 43
Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Rap Rock Industrial Rock
# 44
Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Hard Rock Heavy Metal
# 45
Album • May 29 / 2020 Alternative Rock Glam Rock Garage Rock
# 46
Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Doom Metal
# 47
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Alternative Rock
# 48
Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Metalcore
# 49
Album • Jan 09 / 2020 Alternative Metal
# 50
Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Art Rock Synthpop Electronic Post-Industrial