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)
