Honestly, I never thought I’d see the day where I, not only, continuously praise the band but also put them on a “Top Album” list. The Bastards – Palaye RoyaleĬontinuing the theme of using music to safely discuss dark topics, Canadian-American hot topic poster men, Palaye Royale, surprisingly nailed the balance of “depressing but fun” music. The album is honestly incredibly depressing, but just like the opening track it’s “elegantly expressed depression” and worth a listen if you’re into a slower candlelit jam. The group, known for their masterful sludgy and psychedelic riffs, decided that they wanted to release a stripped-back album, that in my opinion, blows many other indie-singer-songwriters albums out of the water.
![best metal albums 2020 best metal albums 2020](https://www.udiscovermusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FACEBOOK-best-metal-debut-albums.jpg)
In a true Swedish sense of humour, the group released a 7 track acoustic album called Black Metal… Just because they can. This album is not only long-awaited, but cleverly, and successfully, pissed off a lot of gatekeepers with this satirical album titled Black Metal. Black Metal – WitchcraftĮarlier this year, the Swedish Doom Metal band released their first album in 4 years. It has everything a solid metalcore album would need, from its crushing heavy riffs, boisterous vocals and neck-breaking drums, this album is a superb hardcore album. Shadow of Life is the band’s debut album that respects the true sound of metalcore. Umbrae Vitae is a metalcore supergroup with members of Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats (yes, my favourite), Job For a Cowboy, Hatebreed and Converge.
BEST METAL ALBUMS 2020 FULL
Drawing on witty satirical tropes like Satanic imagery, Full Virgo Moon, possesses your ears and soul with it’s gorgeous gritty Johnny Cash inspired tunes. Not straining far from my home territory, Seattle’s Thomas Jefferson Cowgill (professionally known as King Dude) released one of my most favourite dark-folk albums of the last decade. Every song on the record has a purpose and every second utilized in this album doesn’t feel superfluous, as if they’re just trying to hit the over 6-minute mark for it to be considered doomy & sludgy.
![best metal albums 2020 best metal albums 2020](https://pitofplagues.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/paradise-lost-obsidian.jpg)
The album is not only packed with tasty riffs, but it also gets to the point, which is often a problem when it comes to Doom Metal. Sign of The Devil – Dopelordĭiscussed previously in my Satanic Panic article, Sign of The Devil by Polish-Doom-Metal band has released one of my most favourite Doom albums in the last 8 months, and probably last few years. It’s fast-paced while remaining psychedelic, and has many moments of glam metal guitar solos that take you back to a time before the fear of COVID. The album is exactly what you would expect when you hear the term “Black’n’Roll”, Splid has melodic classic heavy metal grooves, with moments of black metal inspired guttural screams. The album was recorded in Salem, Massachusetts and it is the band’s first album with new vocalist Ivar Nikolaisen and drummer Håvard Takle Ohr. Norwegian “Black’n’Roll” band released their 4th LP, Splid in early 2020. It’s an appropriate level of melancholy to the time we’re living in. Ordinary Man never fails to bring me to tears, and I’m so grateful that Ozzy was able to get it out before the world turned upside down.
![best metal albums 2020 best metal albums 2020](https://www.treblezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-metal-3.jpg)
January- March 2020 doesn’t feel like it’s a part of this timeline, so it took me a few minutes of googling to double-check that it did come out this year.ĭespite there being a fair few criticisms about the use of auto-tune, that it’s not metal-enough, etc, I find this album to be an exquisitely composed honest record. Here are my favourite albums that have crept through the cracks of hell this year (so far) Ordinary Man – Ozzy OsbourneĪs I was digging through my liked albums on Spotify to gather a collection for this article, Ozzy’s Ordinary Man nearly flew past my radar several times because I refused to believe that it was released only a mere few months ago. 2020 may be an overwhelming time in terms of our emotional, economical and probably even physical well being luckily we always have great music to fall back on and fill the painful void this apocalyptic year has created.