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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# 51

Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum by Seether

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Alternative Metal Post-Grunge

# 52

Quadra by Sepultura

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Thrash Metal Groove Metal

# 53

Blood & Stone by Sevendust

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Alternative Metal

# 54

The Entombment of Chaos by Skeletal Remains

Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Death Metal

# 55

MMXX by Sons of Apollo

Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Progressive Metal

# 56

Wanderers: Astrology of The Nine by Mare Cognitum + Spectral Lore

Album • Apr 01 / 2020 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 57

Project Regeneration, Vol. 1 by Static-X

Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Industrial Metal Alternative Metal

# 58

Perdida by Stone Temple Pilots

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Acoustic Rock Contemporary Folk

# 59

Cycle of Suffering by Sylosis

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Melodic Death Metal Thrash Metal

# 60

Matriphagy by Tallah

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Nu Metal Metalcore

# 61

Titans of Creation by Testament

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Thrash Metal

# 62

Verminous by The Black Dahlia Murder

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Melodic Death Metal

# 63

Death in Venice Beach by The Bombpops

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Pop Punk

# 64

The Ghost Inside by The Ghost Inside

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Metalcore

# 65

CYR by The Smashing Pumpkins

Album • Nov 27 / 2020 Synthpop

# 66

Strange Days by The Struts

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Pop Rock Power Pop

# 67

What The Dead Men Say by Trivium

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Melodic Metalcore

# 68

Pressure by Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Hard Rock Blues Rock

# 69

Stare Into Death and Be Still by Ulcerate

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Technical Death Metal Dissonant Death Metal

# 70

Abyss by Unleash the Archers

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Power Metal