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The Best Metal Albums of 2020

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2020s
2020

1.

Paradise Lost - Obsidian
May 15, 2020
Critic Score
86
6 reviews
Amazon
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Spotify

2.

Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville
July 31, 2020
Critic Score
86
5 reviews
Amazon
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Spotify

3.

Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
September 18, 2020
Critic Score
85
8 reviews
Amazon
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Spotify

4.

Deftones - Ohms
September 25, 2020
Critic Score
85
27 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Code Orange - Underneath
March 13, 2020
Critic Score
84
15 reviews
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Spotify

6.

The Ghost Inside - The Ghost Inside
June 5, 2020
Critic Score
82
5 reviews
Amazon
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Spotify

7.

Katatonia - City Burials
April 24, 2020
Critic Score
82
7 reviews
Amazon
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Spotify

8.

Hum - Inlet
June 23, 2020
Critic Score
80
9 reviews
Amazon
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Spotify

9.

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Viscerals
April 3, 2020
Critic Score
79
20 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Metallica - S&M2
August 28, 2020
Critic Score
79
10 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Nova Twins - Who Are The Girls?
February 28, 2020
Critic Score
79
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

12.

Lamb of God - Lamb of God
June 19, 2020
Critic Score
78
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

13.

Boris - NO
July 3, 2020
Critic Score
78
7 reviews
Amazon

14.

Uniform - Shame
September 11, 2020
Critic Score
78
9 reviews
Amazon
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Spotify

15.

Trivium - What The Dead Men Say
April 24, 2020
Critic Score
77
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

16.

Ozzy Osbourne - Ordinary Man
February 21, 2020
Critic Score
77
18 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

17.

Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
April 17, 2020
Critic Score
76
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Sepultura - Quadra
February 7, 2020
Critic Score
76
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

19.

Loathe - I Let It in and It Took Everything
February 7, 2020
Critic Score
76
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

20.

Testament - Titans of Creation
April 3, 2020
Critic Score
75
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Sumac - May You Be Held
October 2, 2020
Critic Score
75
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

22.

Umbra Vitae - Shadow Of Life
May 1, 2020
Critic Score
75
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Mrs. Piss - Self-Surgery
May 29, 2020
Critic Score
73
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Nightwish - HUMAN. :II: NATURE.
April 10, 2020
Critic Score
70
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

25.

Poppy - I Disagree
January 10, 2020
Critic Score
69
19 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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