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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020
2021

1.

Code Orange - Underneath
March 13, 2020
Metalcore
Score
100
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2.

Palm Reader - Sleepless
November 27, 2020
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
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3.

Benediction - Scriptures
October 16, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

4.

Svalbard - When I Die, WIll I Get Better?
September 25, 2020
Post-Hardcore
Score
90
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5.

Sólstafir - Endless Twilight of Codependent Love
November 6, 2020
Post-Rock
Score
90
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6.

Crippled Black Phoenix - Ellengæst
October 9, 2020
Score
90
Source →
Amazon

7.

Ingested - Where Only Gods May Tread
August 14, 2020
Brutal Death Metal
Score
90
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8.

Enslaved - Utgard
October 2, 2020
Progressive Metal
Score
90
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9.

Pallbearer - Forgotten Days
October 23, 2020
Doom Metal
Score
90
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10.

Oceans of Slumber - Oceans Of Slumber
September 4, 2020
Progressive Metal
Score
90
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11.

Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville
July 31, 2020
Avant-Garde Metal
Score
90
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12.

A.A.Williams - Forever Blue
July 3, 2020
Post-Rock
Score
90
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13.

Backxwash - God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It
May 28, 2020
Experimental Hip Hop
Score
90
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14.

Trivium - What The Dead Men Say
April 24, 2020
Metalcore
Score
90
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15.

Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
April 17, 2020
Psychedelic Rock
Score
90
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16.

Lamb of God - Lamb of God
June 19, 2020
Groove Metal
Score
90
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17.

Katatonia - City Burials
April 24, 2020
Alternative Metal
Score
90
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18.

Daniel Tompkins - Ruins
December 11, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

19.

Opium Warlords - Nembutal
December 4, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

20.

pg.lost - Oscillate
November 20, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

21.

Wytch Hazel - III: Pentecost
October 30, 2020
Hard Rock
Score
80
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22.

Tombs - Under Sullen Skies
November 20, 2020
Black Metal
Score
80
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23.

Hjelvik - Welcome To Hel
November 20, 2020
Heavy Metal
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Nibiru - Panspermia
November 13, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

25.

Rïcïnn - Nereïd
October 23, 2020
Score
80
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Metal Hammer awarded albums throughout 2020.
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