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Best of 2020

(albums not necessarily produced this year)

Music is important to me to help navigate and commemorate transitions. This year, I had plenty: switching jobs, moving in with my girlfriend, and, of course, the madness of the coronavirus crisis. For that reason, I think that I will remember several of these albums for a long time.

Let's hope for equally good music and less drama in 2021.

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metal (18 albums)
black metal (10 albums)
electronic (5 albums)
rock (5 albums)
death metal (5 albums)
ambient (4 albums)
doom (4 albums)
spacey (3 albums)
experimental (3 albums)
emo (3 albums)
prog (3 albums)
punk (2 albums)
folk (2 albums)
post-rock (1 album)
artsy (1 album)

Best albums

Great albums

  • Aether / In Embers

    Cheesy, triumphant power metal.

  • Altars of Grief / Iris

    Painfully extruded doom.

  • Hamferd / Evst

    Heavy, slow. Bare simplicity.

  • Mispyrming / Algleymi

    Dense metal sound with room for the guitars to breathe.

  • Dawn of Solace / Waves

    Sad lyrics. Simple, entrancing choruses.

  • Forndom / Faþir

    Atmospheric folk with electronic polish.

  • Finntroll / Vredesvävd

    Silly, energetic. Halloween vibes.

  • Shores of Null / Beyond the Shores (On Death and Dying)

    One long, patient track. Impressive range.

  • Tribulation / Down Below

    A hybrid of metal and rock. Professional polish.

Good albums