The Best Metal Albums of 2020

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
51	Pyramaze Epitaph	Nov 13, 2020	90	6	0
52	Russell Allen / Anette Olzon Worlds Apart	Mar 6, 2020	87.5	10	2
53	Sacred Outcry Damned for All Time	Oct 2, 2020	91.3	4	1
54	Bring Me the Horizon Post Human: Survival Horror [EP]	Oct 30, 2020	85.4	15	4
55	Primal Fear Metal Commando	Jul 24, 2020	88.1	8	0
56	Paysage d'Hiver Im Wald	Jan 25, 2020	90	5	1
57	Dynazty The Dark Delight	Apr 3, 2020	89.2	6	0
58	Memories of Old The Zeramin Game	Sep 18, 2020	86.9	10	0
59	Cult of Fire Nirvana	Mar 21, 2020	87.2	9	2
60	Amaranthe Manifest	Oct 2, 2020	87.5	8	1
61	Temperance Viridian	Jan 24, 2020	91.7	3	0
62	Midnight Rebirth by Blasphemy	Jan 24, 2020	91.7	3	1
63	Ecchymosis Ritualistic Intercourse Within Abject Surrealism	Nov 26, 2020	91.7	3	0
64	Undeath Lesions of a Different Kind	Oct 23, 2020	91.7	3	0
65	Lethian Dreams A Shadow of Memories	Sep 25, 2020	91.7	3	0
66	Worm Shepherd In the Wake Ov Sòl	Dec 25, 2020	91.7	3	0
67	Havok V	May 1, 2020	87.9	7	0
68	Brothers of Metal Emblas Saga	Jan 10, 2020	84	17	2
69	The Black Dahlia Murder Verminous	Apr 17, 2020	86.7	9	0
70	Lamb of God Lamb of God	Jun 19, 2020	82.8	22	3
71	Mors Principium Est Seven	Oct 23, 2020	88.3	6	0
72	Defeated Sanity The Sanguinary Impetus	Jul 24, 2020	90	4	0
73	Countless Skies Glow	Nov 4, 2020	90	4	1
74	Lorna Shore Immortal	Jan 31, 2020	85.6	11	0
75	Loathe I Let It in and It Took Everything	Feb 7, 2020	89	5	1
76	Revenge Strike.Smother.Dehumanize	May 22, 2020	89	5	1
77	Warkings Revenge	Jul 31, 2020	89	5	0
78	Tallah Matriphagy	Oct 2, 2020	89	5	1
79	Akhlys Melinoë	Dec 14, 2020	89	5	0
80	Delain Apocalypse & Chill	Feb 7, 2020	86.9	8	0
81	Lovebites Electric Pentagram	Jan 29, 2020	85.6	10	0
82	Igorrr Spirituality and Distortion	Mar 27, 2020	87.5	6	1
83	Messgram Cheers for the Failures	Apr 17, 2020	81.6	23	2
84	Duoxini Sins of Society [EP]	Feb 21, 2020	88	5	0
85	Emyn Muil Afar Angathfark	Sep 20, 2020	88	5	0
86	Serenity The Last Knight	Jan 31, 2020	86.4	7	0
87	Dream Theater Distant Memories - Live in London [Live]	Nov 27, 2020	83.1	15	0
88	Caligula's Horse Rise Radiant	May 22, 2020	88.8	4	0
89	Elffor Unholy Throne of Doom	Apr 22, 2020	88.8	4	0
90	Exocrine Maelstrom	Jun 26, 2020	90	3	0
91	Ingested Where Only Gods May Tread	Aug 14, 2020	90	3	0
92	Wildness Ultimate Demise	Oct 30, 2020	90	3	0
93	Eternal Idol Renaissance	Nov 6, 2020	90	3	1
94	Acid Mammoth Under Acid Hoof	Jan 24, 2020	90	3	0
95	Edu Falaschi Temple of Shadows in Concert [Live]	Aug 5, 2020	90	3	0
96	Haken Virus	Jul 24, 2020	85.6	8	0
97	Metallica & San Francisco Symphony S&M 2 [Live]	Aug 28, 2020	83.2	13	1
98	Heaven Shall Burn Of Truth and Sacrifice	Mar 20, 2020	85	8	1
99	Christian Muenzner Path of the Hero	Mar 20, 2020	87	5	1
100	Ayreon Transitus	Sep 25, 2020	87	5	1

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