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

POWER UP by AC/DC

Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Hard Rock

# 2

Melinoë by Akhlys

Album • Dec 14 / 2020 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 3

Wake Up, Sunshine by All Time Low

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Pop Rock Alternative Rock

# 4

A Quiet Place to Die by Alpha Wolf

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Metalcore

# 5

Punching the Sky by Armored Saint

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Heavy Metal

# 6

Guardians by August Burns Red

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Melodic Metalcore

# 7

Hunter Gatherer by Avatar

Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Alternative Metal Melodic Death Metal

# 8

666 Goats Carry My Chariot by BÜTCHER

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Speed Metal Thrash Metal

# 9

The Human Condition by Black Stone Cherry

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Hard Rock

# 10

Carnivore by Body Count

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Rap Metal Crossover Thrash

# 11

POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR by Bring Me The Horizon

EP • Oct 30 / 2020 Alternative Metal

# 12

Underneath by Code Orange

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Metalcore Industrial Metal

# 13

CMFT by Corey Taylor

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Hard Rock

# 14

Sex, Death & The Infinite Void by Creeper

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Pop Rock

# 15

Moment by Dark Tranquillity

Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Melodic Death Metal

# 16

Whoosh! by Deep Purple

Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Hard Rock

# 17

Ohms by Deftones

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Alternative Metal

# 18

III by Demons & Wizards

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Heavy Metal Power Metal US Power Metal

# 19

Utgard by Enslaved

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Progressive Metal

# 20

Fake Names by Fake Names

Album • May 08 / 2020 Power Pop

# 21

WRONG GENERATION by FEVER 333

EP • Oct 23 / 2020 Alternative Metal Political Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop

# 22

F8 by Five Finger Death Punch

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Alternative Metal Groove Metal

# 23

Child Soldier: Creator of God by Greg Puciato

Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Darkwave Alternative Rock Alternative Metal

# 24

Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress by Gulch

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Metalcore

# 25

Virus by Haken

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Progressive Metal

# 26

Petals For Armor by Hayley Williams

Album • May 08 / 2020 Art Pop Alternative Dance

# 27

Inlet by Hum

Album • Jun 24 / 2020 Shoegaze Alternative Metal

# 28

Spirituality and Distortion by Igorrr

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Avant-Garde Metal Breakcore

# 29

Alphaville by Imperial Triumphant

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

# 30

Mother by In This Moment

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Alternative Metal Industrial Metal

# 31

Terminal Velocity by John Petrucci

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Progressive Metal

# 32

City Burials by Katatonia

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Alternative Metal

# 33

Reluctant Hero by Killer Be Killed

Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Groove Metal Alternative Metal

# 34

Splid by Kvelertak

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

# 35

Lamb of God by Lamb of God

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Groove Metal

# 36

I Let It in and It Took Everything by Loathe

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Alternative Metal Metalcore

# 37

Tickets To My Downfall by Machine Gun Kelly

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Pop Punk Pop Rock

# 38

WE ARE CHAOS by Marilyn Manson

Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Alternative Rock Glam Rock

# 39

Rebirth by Blasphemy by Midnight

Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Heavy Metal Speed Metal

# 40

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

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Thrash Metal

# 41

Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism by Napalm Death

Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Deathgrind

# 42

HUMAN. :II: NATURE. by Nightwish

Album • Apr 10 / 2020

# 43

Who Are The Girls? by Nova Twins

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Rap Rock Industrial Rock

# 44

Ordinary Man by Ozzy Osbourne

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Hard Rock Heavy Metal

# 45

The Bastards by Palaye Royale

Album • May 29 / 2020 Alternative Rock Glam Rock Garage Rock

# 46

Forgotten Days by Pallbearer

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Doom Metal

# 47

Gigaton by Pearl Jam

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 48

The Death of Me by Polaris

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Metalcore

# 49

I Disagree by Poppy

Album • Jan 09 / 2020 Alternative Metal

# 50

Existential Reckoning by Puscifer

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