Here’s our 2020 top releases lists by staff members and contributors; as always, feel free to share yours in the comments.

All entries are linked to an official Youtube video or to a Spotify/Bandcamp album stream. Click on the links to stream the music!

Patrick Saad's Top Releases of 2020
1
Pain of Salvation - Panther
2
Sólstafir - Endless Twilight of Codependent Love
3
The Ocean Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
4
Code Orange - Underneath
5
Crippled Black Phoenix - Ellengæst
Joe Francis' Top Releases of 2020
1
Ensiferum - Thalassic
2
MetallicA - S&M2
3
Dark Tranquillity - Moment
4
Black Crown Initiare - Violent Portraits Of Doomed Escape
5
Alestorm - Curse of the Crystal Coconut
6
Lamb Of God - Lamb Of God
7
Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?
8
Fintroll - Vredesvävd
9
Paradise Lost - Obsidian
10
Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still
  • Honorable Mentions
11
Sepultura - Quadra
12
Carach Angren - Franckensteina Strataemontanus
13
Deftones – Ohms
Rami Rouhana's Top Releases of 2020
1
Igorrr - Spirituality and Distortion
2
Psychotic Waltz - The God Shaped Void
3
Pain of Salvation - Panther
4
Intronaut - Fluid Existential Inversions
5
My Dying Bride - The Ghot of Orion
6
Mamaleek - Come & See
7
Conception - State of Deception
8
Green Carnation - Leaves of Yesteryear
9
Long Distance Calling - How do we want to live?
9
Grayceon - Mothers Weavers Vultures