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The Best Metal Albums of 2020

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Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

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

2.

Paradise Lost - Obsidian
May 15, 2020
Critic Score
85
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

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

4.

Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
September 18, 2020
Critic Score
84
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

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

6.

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

7.

Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full
October 30, 2020
Critic Score
82
10 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify

8.

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

9.

Liturgy - Origin of the Alimonies
November 20, 2020
Critic Score
81
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

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

11.

Boris - NO
July 3, 2020
Critic Score
80
8 reviews
Amazon

12.

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

13.

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

14.

Pallbearer - Forgotten Days
October 23, 2020
Critic Score
79
10 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

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

16.

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

17.

Killer Be Killed - Reluctant Hero
November 20, 2020
Critic Score
78
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

21.

Sevendust - Blood & Stone
October 23, 2020
Critic Score
76
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

25.

Testament - Titans of Creation
April 3, 2020
Critic Score
76
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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