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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

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Genre

2020

1. Code Orange - Underneath

Code Orange - Underneath

March 13, 2020

Metalcore, Industrial Metal, Alternative Metal

Glitch, Alternative Metal, Nu-Metalcore

Score

100

2. Palm Reader - Sleepless

Palm Reader - Sleepless

November 27, 2020

Post-Hardcore, Post-Metal

Score

90

3. Sólstafir - Endless Twilight of Codependent Love

Sólstafir - Endless Twilight of Codependent Love

November 6, 2020

Post-Rock, Progressive Metal, Post-Metal

Score

90

4. Pallbearer - Forgotten Days

Pallbearer - Forgotten Days

October 23, 2020

Traditional Doom Metal

Score

90

5. Benediction - Scriptures

Benediction - Scriptures

October 16, 2020

Score

90

6. Crippled Black Phoenix - Ellengæst

Crippled Black Phoenix - Ellengæst

October 9, 2020

Post-Rock, Progressive Rock

Gothic Rock, Post-Metal

Score

90

7. Enslaved - Utgard

Enslaved - Utgard

October 2, 2020

Progressive Metal

Score

90

8. Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?

Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?

September 25, 2020

Blackgaze, Post-Hardcore

Post-Rock, Post-Metal, Melodic Metalcore, Neocrust, Post-Black Metal

Score

90

9. Backxwash - God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It

Backxwash - God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It

May 28, 2020

Industrial Hip Hop, Horrorcore

Industrial Metal, Trap Metal

Score

90

10. Oceans of Slumber - Oceans Of Slumber

Oceans of Slumber - Oceans Of Slumber

September 4, 2020

Progressive Metal

Score

90

11. Ingested - Where Only Gods May Tread

Ingested - Where Only Gods May Tread

August 14, 2020

Deathcore, Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal

Slam Death Metal

Score

90

12. Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville

Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville

July 31, 2020

Avant-Garde Metal, Dissonant Death Metal

Blackened Death Metal, Dissonant Black Metal, Avant-Garde Jazz

Score

90

13. A.A.Williams - Forever Blue

A.A.Williams - Forever Blue

July 3, 2020

Post-Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Dark Folk

Chamber Folk, Slowcore

Score

90

14. Lamb of God - Lamb of God

Lamb of God - Lamb of God

June 19, 2020

Groove Metal, Metalcore

Score

90

15. Katatonia - City Burials

Katatonia - City Burials

April 24, 2020

Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal

Score

90

16. Trivium - What The Dead Men Say

Trivium - What The Dead Men Say

April 24, 2020

Melodic Metalcore

Alternative Metal, Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Score

90

17. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi

Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi

April 17, 2020

Avant-Garde Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Post-Black Metal

Space Rock, Cosmic Black Metal

Score

90

18. SpiritWorld - Pagan Rhythms

SpiritWorld - Pagan Rhythms

July 10, 2020

Crossover Thrash, Metalcore

Score

80

19. Ondskapt - Grimoire Ordo Devus

Ondskapt - Grimoire Ordo Devus

November 27, 2020

Score

80

20. OHHMS - Close

June 26, 2020

Score

80

21. Daniel Tompkins - Ruins

Daniel Tompkins - Ruins

December 11, 2020

Alternative Metal

Art Rock, Djent

Score

80

22. Opium Warlords - Nembutal

Opium Warlords - Nembutal

December 4, 2020

Score

80

23. pg.lost - Oscillate

pg.lost - Oscillate

November 20, 2020

Score

80

24. Tombs - Under Sullen Skies

Tombs - Under Sullen Skies

November 20, 2020

Score

80

25. Nibiru - Panspermia

Nibiru - Panspermia

November 13, 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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