The Best Metal Albums of 2020

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	H.E.A.T H.E.A.T II	Feb 21, 2020	93.6	34	0
2	SkeleToon Nemesis	Sep 25, 2020	92.5	40	2
3	Dark Tranquillity Moment	Nov 20, 2020	91.3	42	0
4	John Petrucci Terminal Velocity	Aug 28, 2020	92.4	27	1
5	Septicflesh Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX [Live]	Jul 31, 2020	93.1	18	3
6	Kiko Loureiro Open Source	Jul 10, 2020	93.6	16	1
7	Majestica A Christmas Carol	Dec 4, 2020	92.9	16	1
8	Epadun Opus Ethereal	Feb 2, 2020	100	3	0
9	InsaneRattles Irradiation [EP]	Feb 20, 2020	100	3	0
10	Ulcerate Stare into Death and Be Still	Apr 24, 2020	93.5	12	0
11	Unleash the Archers Abyss	Aug 21, 2020	91.8	16	1
12	Fates Warning Long Day Good Night	Nov 6, 2020	93.3	11	0
13	Violet Cold Noir Kid	Mar 1, 2020	90.6	20	1
14	Draconian Under a Godless Veil	Oct 30, 2020	92.3	13	1
15	Testament Titans of Creation	Apr 3, 2020	89.2	23	1
16	Elder Omens	Apr 24, 2020	92	12	1
17	Odraza Rzeczom	May 8, 2020	92.5	10	0
18	Anaal Nathrakh Endarkenment	Oct 2, 2020	93.1	8	0
19	Kamelot I Am the Empire: Live from the 013 [Live]	Aug 14, 2020	91.7	11	2
20	Inquisition Black Mass for a Mass Grave	Nov 20, 2020	93.6	7	1
21	Sepultura Quadra	Feb 7, 2020	89.7	17	2
22	Lustre The Ashes of Light	Apr 24, 2020	96.7	3	1
23	Remnants of the Fallen All the Wounded and Broken	Nov 12, 2020	88.5	19	1
24	Traitor Zero the Traitor	Nov 27, 2020	93.3	6	0
25	Paradise Lost Obsidian	May 15, 2020	90.6	9	1
26	Ensiferum Thalassic	Jul 10, 2020	90.6	9	0
27	Deftones Ohms	Sep 25, 2020	90.6	9	0
28	Benighted Obscene Repressed	Apr 10, 2020	93.8	4	0
29	GoatPenis Decapitation Philosophy	Dec 21, 2020	93.8	4	0
30	Kvelertak Splid	Feb 14, 2020	95	3	0
31	Black Crown Initiate Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape	Aug 7, 2020	95	3	0
32	Neptunian Maximalism Éons	Jun 26, 2020	95	3	1
33	Silver Lake by Esa Holopainen Silver Lake by Esa Holopainen	May 28, 2020	95	3	1
34	Pain of Salvation Panther	Aug 28, 2020	90.6	8	2
35	Trick or Treat The Legend of the XII Saints	Apr 24, 2020	92	5	0
36	Seven Spires Emerald Seas	Feb 14, 2020	88.8	10	0
37	Havukruunu Uinuos syömein sota	Aug 14, 2020	90.8	6	0
38	Akhlys Melinoë	Dec 14, 2020	90.8	6	0
39	Perdition Temple Sacraments of Descension	Mar 27, 2020	92.5	4	0
40	Cult of Fire Moksha	Mar 21, 2020	90	7	0
41	One Desire Midnight Empire	May 22, 2020	90	7	0
42	Sons of Apollo MMXX	Jan 17, 2020	87.3	13	2
43	Sodom Genesis XIX	Nov 27, 2020	86.4	16	0
44	Worm Gloomlord	Jan 24, 2020	93.3	3	0
45	200 Stab Wounds Piles of Festering Decomposition [EP]	Apr 10, 2020	93.3	3	0
46	Atramentus Stygian	Aug 21, 2020	93.3	3	0
47	The Ocean Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic \| Cenozoic	Sep 25, 2020	93.3	3	0
48	Aara En Ergô Einai	Apr 3, 2020	93.3	3	1
49	Nuclear Power Trio A Clear and Present Rager [EP]	Oct 30, 2020	93.3	3	0
50	Rage Wings of Rage	Jan 10, 2020	91	5	1

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