It’s that time of the year again! Since 2020 is coming to an end really soon, it’s about time for our staff to publish their lists regarding the best albums for the year. In this atypical year, where we were pretty much deprived of live shows, music was still a faithful companion and a way of coping. The amount of quality releases was immense, so it’s not always an easy choice. Eventually, some releases of enormous quality may have been forgotten – or discovered later on.
So here they are, the choices for the best releases of this past year in the opinion of one of our editors – Rita Limede:
1. Ulcerate – Stare Into Death and Be Still
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ke2f1tvxCQ
2. Cytotoxin – Nuklearth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY7djxo6lz0
3. Enslaved – Utgard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkEXIpym5E0
4. Pain of Salvation – Panther
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QKmOJl4GXQ
5. Thy Catafalque – Naiv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R02BzZH4J1s
6. Benighted – Obscene Repressed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFIeb2OPgUo
7. Sólstafir – Endless Twilight of Codependent Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=286xijabYRA
8. Gaerea – Limbo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25BHJ66oSzM
9. Nero Di Marte – Immoto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBHIvizSwMw
10. Blackfield – For The Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BFvm7G1bwY
11. Dark Tranquility – Moment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_CfzJ9GZ4M
12. Zeal & Ardor – Wake of A Nation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELKdyI3raGA
13. Benediction – Scriptures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUcd_koHUn8
14. Pestifer – Expanding Oblivion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYW0vml0e9M
15. Xenobiotic – Mordrake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnD3-Gvyd84
16. My Dying Bride – The Ghost of Orion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1DI7447ia0
17. Katla – allt þetta helvítis myrkur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdK5s83pbCk
18. Ingested – Where Only Gods May Tread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfjIgxgwC8c
19. Paradise Lost – Obsidian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urugx_wSBy8
20. Stillbirth – Revive the Throne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2qs7RsCkCE
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