PopMatters' 20 Best Metal Albums of 2020

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# 1

Alphaville by Imperial Triumphant

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

# 2

May You Be Held by Sumac

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Atmospheric Sludge Metal

# 3

Im Wald by Paysage d'Hiver

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 4

Duma by Duma

Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Industrial Post-Industrial Cybergrind

# 5

Providence by Ulthar

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Death Metal

# 6

Éons by Neptunian Maximalism

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Avant-Garde Jazz Drone Metal

# 7

Seminar VIII: Light of Meaning by Old Man Gloom

Album • May 22 / 2020 Sludge Metal

# 8

Neuropunk Boostergang by Expander

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Crossover Thrash

# 9

Mestarin kynsi by Oranssi Pazuzu

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Avant-Garde Metal Black Metal Psychedelic Rock

# 10

A Romance With Violence by Wayfarer

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 11

Speciation by Faceless Burial

Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Death Metal

# 12

May Our Chambers Be Full by Emma Ruth Rundle + Thou

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

# 13

Virus by Haken

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Progressive Metal

# 14

Abscess Time by Pyrrhon

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Technical Death Metal Dissonant Death Metal

# 15

Devouring Ruin by Wake

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Black Metal

# 16

Immersion by Primitive Man

Album • Aug 14 / 2020 Sludge Metal Doom Metal

# 17

Enlightened in Eternity by Spirit Adrift

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Heavy Metal

# 18

Mutatis Mutandis by Kevel

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Black Metal Post-Metal

# 19

Blood Hails Steel - Steel Hails Fire by Megaton Sword

Album • Nov 13 / 2020 US Power Metal Heavy Metal

# 20

Endless Wound by Black Curse

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Death Metal Black Metal

# 21

Seminar IX: Darkness of Being by Old Man Gloom

Album • Mar 23 / 2020 Sludge Metal