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Mare Cognitum & Spectral Lore – Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine Linnéa Olsson (ex-the Oath) and Uno Bruniusson (ex-In Solitude) can’t seem to catch a break in America but their latest hit of virulent, sexual and Voivodian post-punk carries more violence in it heart than almost any other record this year.
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German epic doom with a nose full of … new wave? And Blade Runner references aplenty? Odd as it sounds stylistically, these songs demand repeated listens. The first – and posthumous – album release by this noisy and experimental black metal duo from Seattle is a doozy. One good pun deserves another, and this Cascadian black metal quartet hit a bullseye on their first full-length. With pitch-black conviction these Germans embody everything that made fellow crusty crusaders Vallenfyre and Trap Them so damn satisfying. Where Vultures Know Your Name by Graceless
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Members of Soulburn executing a Tank-beat land maneuver that would make Bolt Thrower proud. Graceless – Where Vultures Know Your Name Think Summoning with a penchant for castrating rapists while cranking gorgeous violin and theremin interstitials.īarely metal, though totally fit for baring down the highway with gritted teeth, these Canucks play old school hard rock with a bit of early Def Leppard grit.įreeways – True Bearings by Freeways The year’s best deathcore release is French and sports a ton of saxophone – improbably, every song works.Ī fantastic Finnish deathgrind bombing raid to flatten your frontal cortex completely in a quarter hour. Kenyan experimentalists dabbling in Bloodbath as well as drone.Ītmospheric black metal par excellence with literary ambitions and a great mastering job by Dan Swanö.Īndy Synn from astounding completist blog collective No Clean Singing pitched this slept-on masterpiece to me as “Nevermore meets Candlemass” – an accurate description that still doesn’t capture their astounding songwriting. The rare mystifying hit that hipsters picked up on before heshers. Grand Malevolence (Death Metal) by DEPRAVITY (Australia) Sounds like your fingers became hooks and you had to scratch your balls. These Aussies write memorable but brutal death workouts. This mighty power-trio deals deathly stoner jams from the legalized recreational Cannabis Xanadu of Seattle. Take A Chance On Rock ‘n’ Roll by Couch Slut New York noisy sludge merchants Couch Slut continue to deliver feel-bad hits with disturbing and poignant storytelling often drawn from the perilous travails of their members’ lives. Old-school Finnish oddballs drop some of the stoner riffs from their sound in exchange for galactic darkness without sacrificing their unabashed and-roll writing style.Ĭouch Slut – Take a Chance on Rock ‘n’ Roll More like Netflix and collective upheaval, amirite? made for a timely release at the height of the George Floyd unrest. Riot-ready and anthemic deathgrind from L.A. Members of Artificial Brain, Helmet and more explore proggy, psychedelic slam with mind-flaying delight. Without further ado, here are 35 great albums from 2020 that you may have missed!ĭaniel Corchado from the Chasm’s traditional metal side project finds its hooky groove. With that in mind, if you hear something you like, please consider supporting these releases monetarily. Too often these releases, especially the totally independent ones, are funded at a loss from the pockets of boutique label curators or the musicians themselves. They were released only on small, independent labels in the United States, or were self-released by enterprising musicians on their own means with one exception. The following records, in alphabetical order, met Decibel’s quality bar but for whatever reason – too much material, too little space, even less time – didn’t make it into the magazine last year (though more than a few made it onto the blog).
METAL ALBUMS 2020 TORRENT
The COVID-19 epidemic may have curbed the global economy, but it failed to stymie the torrent of 2020’s quality metal releases – some we could not cover in print. While the glut of 2020 “best-of” lists has passed, including Decibel’s own illustrious Top 40 Albums of the Year selections, some notable records have yet to get their due.