2020 may have sucked overall, but metal did not. Bands and record labels truly rallied in the 2nd half of the year to deliver us some outstanding audio gifts. So, nestle in to a snug spot by your Christmas tree, pour a tankard of spiked nog and listen to us unwrap the very best metal presents of 2020. Plus, revel in the joy of John's Dork Fartress! Episode 110 – The Top 25 Metal Albums of 2020. Happy holidays to you and yours!

METALHEADS PODCAST COMBINED TOP 25

25) Triptykon - Requiem
24) Convocation - Ashes Coalesce
23) Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full
22) Barishi Old Smoke
21) Exist - Egoiista
20) Abigor - Totschläger (A Saintslayer's Songbook)
19) Esoctrilihum - Eternity of Shaog
18) Morta Skuld - Suffer for Nothing
17) Plague - Portraits of Mind
16) Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
15) Necrot - Mortal
14) The Ocean Collective - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
13) Spirit Adrift - Enlightened in Eternity
12) Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
11) Cryptic Shift - Visitations from Enceladus
10) Wayfarer - A Romance with Violence
09) Megaton Sword - Blood Hails Steel - Steel Hails Fire
08) Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
07) Uada - Djinn
06) Temple of Void - The World That Was
05) Of Feather and Bone - Sulfuric Disintegration
04) Wake - Devouring Ruin
03) Ulcerate - Stare Into Death and Be Still
02) Enslaved - Utgard
01) Incantation - Sect of Vile Divinities

GEORGE'S TOP 25

25) Cellar Vessel - Vein Beneath the Soil
24) Venomous Concept - Politics Versus the Erection
23) Skaldr - Scythe of Our Errors
22) Putrid Offal - Sicknesses Obsessions
21) Svart Crown - Wolves Among the Ashes
20) Disbelief - The Ground Collapses
19) Necrot - Mortal
18) Megaton Sword - Blood Hails Steel - Steel Hails Fire
17) Spirit Adrift - Enlightened in Eternity
16) Tombs - Under Sullen Skies
15) Infera Bruo - Rites of the Nameless
14) The Ocean Collective - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
13) Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
12) Temple of Void - The World That Was
11) Morta Skuld - Suffer for Nothing
10) Uada - Djinn
09) Ulcerate - Stare Into Death and Be Still
08) Wake - Devouring Ruin
07) Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
06) Cadaver - Edder & Bile
05) Of Feather and Bone - Sulfuric Disintegration
04) Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
03) Incantation - Sect of Vile Divinities
02) Enslaved - Utgard
01) Abigor - Totschläger (A Saintslayer's Songbook)

JAYS TOP 25

25) AC/DC - Power Up
24) Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations 2020
23) Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
22) Esoctrilihum - Eternity of Shaog
21) Cryptic Shift - Visitations from Enceladus
20) Svart Crown - Wolves Among the Ashes
19) Drought - Trimurti
18) Of Feather and Bone - Sulfuric Disintegration
17) …And Oceans - Cosmic World Mother
16) Dark Fortress - Spectres from the Old World
15) Those Snakes - Widowmaker
14) Proscription - Conduit
13) Ulcerate - Stare Into Death and Be Still
12) Inferi - Of Sunless Realms
11) Vanden Plas - The Ghost Xperiment: Illumination
10) Necrot - Mortal
09) Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
08) Wayfarer - A Romance with Violence
07) Odraza - Rzeczom
06) Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
05) Enslaved - Utgard
04) Uada - Djinn
03) Triptykon - Requiem
02) Incantation - Sect of Vile Divinities
01) Megaton Sword - Blood Hails Steel - Steel Hails Fire

WILL's TOP 25

25) Temple of Dread - World Sacrifice
24) Skaldr - Scythe of Our Errors
23) Mammon's Throne - Forward Unto Flame
22) Vrenth - Baptism Death
21) Midnight - Rebirth by Blasphemy
20) Ilsa - Preyer
19) Exgenesis - Solve et Coagula
18) Loud Night - Mindnumbing Pleasure
17) Morta Skuld - Suffer for Nothing
16) Necrot - Mortal
15) Apep - The Invocation of the Deathless One
14) Gorephilia - In the Eye of Nothing
13) Konvent - Puritan Masochism
12) Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism
11) Wake - Devouring Ruin
10) Of Feather and Bone - Sulfuric Disintegration
09) Uada - Djinn
08) Plague - Portraits of Mind
07) Dopelord - Sign of the Devil
06) Velnias - Scion of Aether
05) Wayfarer - A Romance with Violence
04) Incantation - Sect of Vile Divinities
03) Ulcerate - Stare Into Death and Be Still
02) Barishi - Old Smoke
01) Temple of Void - The World That Was

JOHN's TOP 25

25) Vanden Plas - The Ghost Xperiment: Illumination
24) Black Curse - Endless Wound
23) Dawnwalker - Ages
22) Morta Skuld - Suffer for Nothing
21) Faceless Burial - Speciation
20) Omnivortex - Diagrams of Consciousness
19) Exgenesis - Solve et Coagula
18) Cosmic Putrefaction - The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers
17) Shards of Humanity - Cold Logic
16) Temple of Void - The World That Was
15) Skeletal Remains - The Entombment of Chaos
14) Dark Fortress - Spectres from the Old World
13) Fates Warning - Long Day Good Night
12) Plague - Portraits of Mind
11) Spirit Adrift - Enlightened in Eternity
10) Marrasmieli - Between Land and Sky
09) Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
08) Paradise Lost - Obsidian
07) The Ocean Collective - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
06) The Reticent - The Oubliette
05) Sweven - The Eternal Resonance
04) Wills Dissolve - Echoes
03) Enslaved - Utgard
02) Exist - Egoiista
01) Cryptic Shift - Visitations from Enceladus

MATT's TOP 25

25) Skeleton - Skeleton
24) Amiensus - Abreaction
23) Chrome Waves - Where We Live
22) Lascaille's Shroud - Othercosmic Divinations I
21) Wayfarer - A Romance with Violence
20) Those Snakes - Widowmaker
19) Ars Magna Umbrae - Apotheosis
18) Rebel Wizard - Magickal Mystical Indifference
17) Serpent Column - Kathodos
16) Necrot - Mortal
15) Vengeful Spectre - 殞煞 Vengeful Spectre
14) Tombs - Under Sullen Skies
13) The Ocean Collective - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
12) Cryptic Shift - Visitations from Enceladus
11) Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
10) Ulcerate - Stare Into Death and Be Still
09) Uada - Djinn
08) Draghkar - At the Crossroads of Infinity
07) Of Feather and Bone - Sulfuric Disintegration
06) Spirit Adrift - Enlightened in Eternity
05) Incantation - Sect of Vile Divinities
04) Esoctrilihum - Eternity of Shaog
03) Temple of Void - The World That Was
02) Wake - Devouring Ruin
01) Enslaved - Utgard

MARKISAN'S TOP 25

25) Morwinyon - Pristine
24) Black Royal - Firebride
23) Astralborne - Eternity's End
22) Dawnwalker - Ages
21) Cryptic Shift - Visitations from Enceladus
20) Vengeful Spectre - 殞煞 Vengeful Spectre
19) Gaerea - Limbo
18) Wayfarer - A Romance with Violence
17) Sons of a Wanted Man - Kenoma
16) Olhava - Ladoga
15) Of Feather and Bone - Sulfuric Disintegration
14) Firelink - Firelink
13) Dephosphorus - Sublimation
12) Witnesses - Doom II
11) Lascaille's Shroud - Othercosmic Divinations I
10) Enslaved - Utgard
09) Drown - Subaqueous
08) Ulcerate - Stare Into Death and Be Still
07) Unleash the Archers - Abyss
06) Unreqvited - Empathica
05) Incantation - Sect of Vile Divinities
04) Megaton Sword - Blood Hails Steel - Steel Hails Fire
03) Convocation - Ashes Coalesce
02) Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou - May Our Chambers Be Full
01) Wake - Devouring Ruin

Metalheads Podcast Top 25 Metal Albums 2020 Year End