01. Igorrr – Spirituality and Distortion (SAMPLE) Spirituality and Distortion is a truly strange album, and it plays into that as its strength just perfectly. It’s one of those avant-garde metal albums that throws in a ton of different sounds, either one after another or at the same time. You’ll…
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Best of 2020: Erich Heintzelman
Erich’s Top 20 Metal Albums 2020 There is no way to talk about metal in 2020 without mentioning the pandemic. Bands delayed albums, were unable to tour, and for people the world over it has been a miserable year. For those bands that did release albums, these are the soundtracks…
Best of 2020
Top 20 Metal Albums of 2020 As always, the top albums of the year are for full albums (no EP’s or demos) released in 2020. They are new studio albums for the year, not re-recordings, re-releases, cover songs, or live albums. Below the combined top 20 you will find links…
Best of 2020: EvilG
Best of 2020 1. Testament – Titans of Creation The winning streak of awesomeness from the thrash gods remains unbroken. There is still plenty of creativity and there were even some vocal surprises here and there with new levels of viciousness. 2. Necrophobic – Dawn of the Damned This black/thrash…
Best of 2020: The Elitist Metalhead
Best of 2020 1. Havukruunu – Uinuos syömein sota This Finnish Pagan Black Metal Band came across my radar back in 2017. This album just blew me away from the very start. Epic black metal with some great traditional metal elements and godly solos. One listen and you can see…
Best of 2020: RC2000
2020 was a tough year for the metal world for obvious reasons. It’s now more important than ever to BUY the albums you enjoy – if you steal the music you love, you kill the music you love. I didn’t get to listen to nearly as much metal as I…