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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade
Source
Genre
2020s
2020

1.

Code Orange - Underneath
March 13, 2020
Metalcore
Score
100
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Music
Spotify

2.

Katatonia - City Burials
April 24, 2020
Alternative Metal
Score
90
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3.

Lamb of God - Lamb of God
June 19, 2020
Groove Metal
Score
90
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4.

Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
April 17, 2020
Psychedelic Rock
Score
90
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5.

Trivium - What The Dead Men Say
April 24, 2020
Metalcore
Score
90
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6.

A.A.Williams - Forever Blue
July 3, 2020
Post-Rock
Score
90
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7.

Five Finger Death Punch - F8
February 28, 2020
Groove Metal
Score
80
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8.

Myrkur - Folkesange
March 20, 2020
Folk
Score
80
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9.

Bury Tomorrow - Cannibal
April 3, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

10.

Loathe - I Let It in and It Took Everything
February 7, 2020
Metalcore
Score
80
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11.

Elephant Tree - Habits
April 24, 2020
Score
80
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12.

The Black Dahlia Murder - Verminous
April 17, 2020
Melodic Death Metal
Score
80
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13.

Havok - V
May 1, 2020
Thrash Metal
Score
80
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14.

Green Carnation - Leaves of Yesteryear
May 8, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

15.

Testament - Titans of Creation
April 3, 2020
Thrash Metal
Score
80
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16.

Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant
May 22, 2020
Progressive Metal
Score
80
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17.

Paradise Lost - Obsidian
May 15, 2020
Gothic Metal
Score
80
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Music
Spotify

18.

Old Man Gloom - Seminar VIII: Light of Meaning
May 22, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

19.

END - Splinters from an Ever-Changing Face
June 5, 2020
Metalcore
Score
80
Source →
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Spotify

20.

1000mods - Youth of Dissent
April 24, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

21.

Secrets of the Moon - Black House
May 8, 2020
Gothic Rock
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Bleed From Within - Fracture
May 29, 2020
Metalcore
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Carach Angren - Franckensteina Strataemontanus
June 26, 2020
Score
80
Source →
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iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Bell Witch And Aerial Ruin - Stygian Bough Volume I
June 26, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon

25.

Horisont - Sudden Death
May 15, 2020
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
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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