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    • Dec 25, 2020

Hated One's Top 50 Albums of 2020


The end of this incredibly abnormal and unprecedented year is finally approaching, and that means it is time to reveal the Hated One Metal Reviews & Interviews TOP 50 ALBUMS of 2020!


These fifty albums received an inordinate amount of playing time through the speakers here at Hated One HQ, and deservedly so, as these represent the finest releases of this insane, pandemic-riddled trip around the Sun. Haven't heard anything listed? Well then, you're in luck! Just click the album art and you'll be magically and immediately whisked to the tunes, so enjoy everyone, and see you in 2021! \m/


#50. Moloken – Unveilance of Dark Matter

Holmsund, SWE – Prog. Post Metal – 96/100

(1/31/20 – The Sign Records)

#49. Shaark – Deathonation

Bzenec, CZE – Thrash n’ Death – 96/100

(11/23/20 – Slovak Metal Army)

#48. Dehuman Reign – Descending Upon the Oblivious

Berlin, GER – Classic Death – 96/100

(10/23/20 – F.D.A. Records)

#47. Membaris – Misanthrosophie

Limburg, GER – Black Metal – 96/100 (3/24/20 – WTC Productions)

#46. Macabre – Carnival of Killers

Illinois, USA – Thrash n’ Death/“Murder Metal” – 96/100

(11/13/20 – Nuclear Blast)

#45. Depravity – Grand Malevolence

Western Australia, AUS – Classic Death – 96/100

(12/4/20 – Transcending Obscurity Records)

#44. Banisher – Degrees of Isolation

Rzeszlow, POL – Extreme Death – 96/100

(2/29/20 – Selfmadegod Records)

#43. Karg – Traktat

Sankt Johann im Pongau, AUT – Atmos./Post Black – 96/100

(2/7/20 – AOP Records)

#42. The Rite – Liturgy of the Black

Denmark/Italy, INTL – Black Metal – 96/100

(6/19/20 – Iron Bonehead Productions)

#41. Burning Witches – Dance with the Devil

Brugg, SUI – Power Metal – 96/100

(3/6/20 – Nuclear Blast)

#40. Exist – Egoiista

Maryland, USA – Progressive/Melodic Metal – 96/100

(8/28/20 – Prosthetic Records)

#39. Expander – Neuropunk Boostergang

Texas, USA – Thrash/Crossover – 96/100

(8/21/20 – Profound Lore Records)

#38. Black Crown Initiate – Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape

Pennsylvania, USA – Melodic Death – 96/100

(8/7/20 – Century Media Records)

#37. Gaerea – Limbo

Oporto, POR – Melodic Black – 96/100

(7/24/20 – Season of Mist)

#36. Cryptic Shift – Visitations from Enceladus

England, UK – Tech/Psychedelic Death – 96/100

(5/4/20 – Blood Harvest Records)

#35. Glacier – The Passing of Time

Oregon, USA – Power/Trad. Heavy Metal – 96/100

(10/30/20 – No Remorse Records)

#34. Sodom – Genesis XIX

Gelsenkirchen, GER – Thrash/Speed – 96/100

(11/27/20 – eOne Heavy)

#33. Convulse – Deathstar

Nokia, FIN – Prog. Death – 96/100

(10/30/20 – Transcending Records)

#32. Midnight – Rebirth by Blasphemy

Ohio, USA – Blackened Speed – 96/100

(1/24/20 – Metal Blade Records)

#31. Disavowed – Revocation of the Fallen

Amsterdam, NED – Extreme Death – 97/100

(7/31/20 – Brutal Mind)

#30. Cult of Lilith – Mara

Reykjavik, ICE – Tech/Melo. Death – 97/100

(9/4/20 – Metal Blade Records)

#29. Psychosomatic – The Invisible Prison

California, USA – Thrash/Crossover – 97/100

(8/28/20 – Nefarious Industries)

#28. Katavasia – Magnus Venator

Ioannina, GRE – Melodic Black – 97/100

(9/4/20 – Floga Records)

#27. Aronious – Perspicacity

Wisconsin, USA – Tech Death – 97/100

(3/13/20 – The Artisan Era)

#26. Lord Almighty – Wither

Massachusetts, USA – Blackened Sludge – 97/100

(10/16/20 – Independent)

#25. Coexistence – Collateral Dimension

Siena, ITA – Prog. Death – 97/100

(10/23/20 – Transcending Obscurity Records)

#24. Winterfylleth – The Reckoning Dawn

England, UK – Folk/Pagan Black – 97/100

(5/8/20 – Candlelight Records)

#23. Judicator – Let There Be Nothing

Utah/Arizona, USA – Power Metal – 97/100

(7/24/20 – Prosthetic Records)

#22. Soul Grinder – Chronicles of Decay

Bremen, GER – Classic Death – 98/100

(7/3/20 – Black Sunset/MDD)

#21. Fluisteraars – Bloem

Bennekom, NED – Atmos./Folk Black – 98/100

(2/28/20 – Eisenwald)

#20. Gorgatron – Pathogenic Automation

North Dakota, USA – Melo. Deathgrind – 98/100

(8/28/20 – Blood Blast Distribution)

#19. Recorruptor – The Funeral Corridor

Michigan, USA – Ext. Tech Death – 98/100

(8/21/20 – Independent)

#18. Wolftooth – Valhalla

Indiana, USA – Stoner/Trad. Heavy Metal – 98/100

(5/22/20 – Ripple Music)

#17. Elden – Nostromo

Karlstad, SWE – Stoner/Sludge – 98/100

(1/24/20 – Fuzzorama Records)

#16. Testament – Titans of Creation

California, USA – Classic Thrash – 98/100

(4/3/20 – Nuclear Blast)

#15. Raider – Guardian of the Fire

Ontario, CAN – Thrash n’ Death – 99/100

(3/20/20 – Independent)

#14. Order of Orias – Ablaze

Victoria, AUS – Black Metal – 99/100

(4/30/20 – WTC Productions)

#13. Paralysis – Mob Justice

New Jersey, USA – Thrash/Crossover – 99/100

(5/29/20 – Independent)

#12. Serene Dark – Enantiodromia

Ontario, CAN – Symph./Melo. Black – 99/100

(7/17/20 – Independent)

#11. Black Rainbows – Cosmic Ritual Supertrip

Rome, ITA – Stoner/Sludge – 99/100

(6/5/20 – Heavy Psych Sounds)

#10. Töxik Death – Sepulchral Demons

Sandnes, NOR – Blackened Thrash – 99/100

(8/21/20 – High Roller Records)

#9. Theotoxin – Fragment: Erhabenheit

Vienna, AUT – Black Metal – 99/100

(9/11/20 – AOP Records)

#8. Uada – Djinn

Oregon, USA – Melodic Black/USBM – 99/100

(9/25/20 – Eisenwald)

#7. Wake – Devouring Ruin

Alberta, CAN – Blkd. Deathgrind – 99/100

(3/27/20 – Translation Loss Records)

#6. Werewolves – The Dead are Screaming

Victoria, AUS – Ext. Tech Death – 99/100

(4/24/20 – Prosthetic Records)

#5. Descend – The Deviant

Stockholm, SWE – Prog./Melo. Death – 99/100

(6/26/20 – Aftermath Music)

#4. Countless Skies – Glow

England, UK – Melo./Prog. Death – 99/100

(11/6/20 – Willowtip Records)

#3. Neck of the Woods – The Annex of Ire

British Colombia, CAN – Prog. Death – 100/100

(3/20/20 – Pelagic Records) 2020 COVER ART OF THE YEAR

#2. Hellripper – The Affair of the Poisons

Scotland, UK – Blackened Thrash – 100/100

(10/9/20 – Peaceville Records)

#1. Carrion Vael – God Killer

Indiana, USA – Tech Death – 100/100

(6/19/20 – Horror Pain Gore Death Productions)


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    • Dec 11, 2020

Hated One's Top 20 Singles of 2020

Updated: Dec 24, 2020


Designated as singles by the band, the label, radio play, or an official video release (yes, lyric videos and visualizers count as official if they’re put out by the bands or their labels!), these twenty tunes from albums released this year were blaring constantly from the speakers around Hated One HQ in 2020.


Haven’t heard it yet? Conveniently, videos are provided so please enjoy Hated One’s Top 20 Singles of 2020!


#1. Judicator – “Let There Be Light”

From Let There Be Nothing (7/24/20, Prosthetic Records)


#2. Countless Skies – “Zephyr”

From Glow (11/6/20, Willowtip Records)


#3. Midnight – “Fucking Speed & Darkness”

From Rebirth by Blasphemy (1/24/20, Metal Blade Records)


#4. Elden – “Sail & Savour”

From Nostromo (1/24/20, Fuzzorama Records)


#5. Testament – “Children of the Next Level”

From Titans of Creation (4/3/20, Nuclear Blast)


#6. Carrion Vael – “Inception”

From God Killer (6/26/20, Horror Pain Gore Death Productions)


#7. Neck of the Woods – “The Annex of Ire”

From The Annex of Ire (3/20/20, Pelagic Records)


#8. Stoned God – “Glowworms”

From Incorporeal (2/6/20, Independent)


#9. Descend – “Lily”

From The Deviant (6/26/20, Aftermath Music)


#10. Serene Dark – “Of Serpentine Form”

From Enantiodromia (7/17/20, Independent)


#11. Hellripper – “Vampire’s Grave”

From The Affair of the Poisons (10/9/20, Peaceville Records)


#12. Psycroptic – “The Watcher of All”

From The Watcher of All EP (11/27/20, Prosthetic Records)


#13. Theotoxin – “Golden Tomb”

From Fragment: Erhabenheit (9/11/20, AOP Records)


#14. Wolftooth – “Firebreather”

From Valhalla (5/22/20, Ripple Music)


#15. The Room Colored Charlatan – “Vertebrae”

From The Mandate EP (9/25/20, Independent)


#16. Inferi – “Aeons Torn”

From the Of Sunless Realms EP (10/9/20, The Artisan Era)


#17. Lutharö – “Wings of Agony”

From the Wings of Agony EP (3/27/20, Independent)


#18. Macabre – “The Lake of Fire”

From Carnival of Serial Killers (11/13/20, Nuclear Blast)


#19. Cryptic Shift – “Arctic Chasm”

From Visitations from Enceladus (5/4/20, Blood Harvest Records)


#20. Burning Witches – “Dance with the Devil”

From Dance with the Devil (3/6/20, Nuclear Blast)


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    • Dec 9, 2020

Hated One's Top 10 EP's of 2020


EP's and mini-LP's are those beautiful little releases that keep the appetites of the fans sated and the games of the artists sharp in between their major albums! Links to sites and music are provided. Enjoy!

#1. Inferi – Of Sunless Realms

Tennessee, USA – Ext. Tech Death – 99/100

(10/9/20 – The Artisan Era)

#2. Psycroptic – The Watcher of All

Tasmania, AUS – Ext. Tech Death – 99/100

(11/27/20 – Prosthetic Records)

#3. Lutharö – Wings of Agony

Ontario, CAN – Power/Trad. Heavy Metal – 99/100

(3/27/20 – Independent)

#4. The Room Colored Charlatan – The Mandate

Indiana, USA – Progressive/Melodic Metal – 98/100

(9/25/20 – Independent)

#5. Crusader – Stormbringer

Illinois, USA – Power/Trad. Heavy Metal – 98/100

(4/2/20 – Independent)

#6. Aborted – La Grande Mascarade

Beveren, BEL – Extreme Death – 98/100

(4/17/20 – Century Media Records)



#7. The Hallowed Catharsis – Killowner

British Colombia, CAN – Prog. Death – 98/100

(6/2/20 – Lacerated Enemy Records)

#8. Corrupted Saint – Mutilated Before the Masses

Florida, USA – Deathrash – 98/100

(12/25/20 – Redefining Darkness Records)

#9. Sutrah – Aletheia

Quebec, CAN – Tech/Prog. Death – 97/100

(3/13/20 – The Artisan Era)

#10. Wraith – Index Case: The Quarantine Sessions

Indiana, USA – Blackened Thrash/Speed – 97/100

(5/4/20 – Independent)


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