Metalheads Podcast Top 25 Metal Albums 2020 Midyear

In this special, 7-hour episode we welcome our friend James Lewis of Decibel Magazine to count down our 25 favorite albums released between January and June. We also reveal our Top 5 Album Covers and Top 5 EPs of the year so far. Plus, Matt tries to reference every song title on Metallica's Black Album, George perfects the art of speaking at half speed, and Markisan chases rainbows and crashes in a mead haze, only to make the greatest comeback in metal podcasting history. The ultimate TOP 25 METAL ALBUMS of 2020 MIDYEAR are here! Accept no subsititutes.

The Compiled Podcast List

25. Sons of a Wanted Man - Kenoma
24. Fluisteraars - Bloem
23. Tombs - Monarchy of Shadows
22. Odraza - Rzeczom
21. Exgenesis - Solve Et Coagula
20. Dark Fortress - Spectres From The Old World
19. Cosmic Putrefaction - The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers
18. Nekrovault - Totenzug: Festering Peregrination
17. Disbelief - The Ground Collapses
16. Hail Spirit Noir - Eden in Reverse
15. Svart Crown - Wolves Among the Ashes
14. Esoctrilium - Eternity Of Shaog
13. Firelink - Firelink
12. Sweven - The Eternal Resonance
11. Shards Of Humanity - Cold Logic
10. Those Snakes - Widowmaker
9. Black Curse - Endless Wound
8. Drought - Trimurti
7. Alkymist - Sanctuary
6. Plague - Portraits of Mind
5. Wake - Devouring Ruin
4. Cryptic Shift - Visitations From Enceladus
3. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
2. Temple of Void - The World That Was
1. Ulcerate - Stare into Death and Be Still

George’s Top 25 Albums of 2020 Midyear

25. Feed Them Death - Panopticism: Belong/Be Lost
24. Konvent - Puritan Masochism
23. Carach Angren - Frankensteina Strataemontanus
22. Odraza - Rzeczom
21. Cryptic Shift - Visitations From Enceladus
20. Exgenesis - Solve et Coagula
19. Shards of Humanity - Cold Logic
18. Death Courier - Necrotic Verses
17. Antipope - Apostle of Infinite Joy
16. Like Rats - Death Monolith
15. Sorcerer - Lamenting of the Innocent
14. Firelink - Firelink
13. Sweven - The Eternal Resonance
12. Wake - Devouring Ruin
11. Hail Spirit Noir - Eden in Reverse
10. Disbelief - The Ground Collapses
9. Benighted - Obscene Repressed
8. Temple of Void - The World That Was
7. Svart Crown - Wolves Among the Ashes
6. Horned Almighty  - To Fathom the Master's Grand Design
5. Tombs - Monarchy of Shadows
4. Ulcerate - Stare Into Death and Be Still
3. Alkymist - Sanctuary 
2. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
1. Abysmal Dawn - Phylogenesis

Jay’s Top 25 Albums of 2020 Midyear

25. Cosmic Putrefaction - The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers
24. WitchSkull - A Driftwood Cross
23. Kveltertak - Splid
22. Exgenesis - Solve et Coagula
21. Bell Witch and Aerial Ruin - Stygian Bough Vol. 1
20. Plague - Portraits of Mind
19. Alkymist - Sanctuary
18. Nekrovault - Totenzug: Festering Peregrination
17. Malist - The Mantle of the Rising Sun
16. Cryptic Shift - Visitations From Enceladus
15. Sons of a Wanted Man - Kenoma
14. Lord Vigo - Danse de Noir
13. Esoctrilium - Eternity Of Shaog
12. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
11. Fluisteraars - Bloem
10. Svart Crown - Wolves Among the Ashes
9. Disbelief - The Ground Collapses
8. Ulcerate - Stare Into Death and Be Still
7. Ulthar - Providence
6. Dark Fortress - Spectres From The Old World
5. …And Oceans - Cosmic World Mother
4. Those Snakes - Widowmaker
3. Drought - Trimurti
2. Odraza - Rzeczom
1. Triptykon - Requiem

Will’s Top 25 Albums of 2020 Midyear

25. Funeral Leech - Death Meditation
24. Like Rats - Death Monolith
23. Graceless - Where Vultures Know Your Name
22. Black Curse - Endless Wound
21. The Astral Void - Earthen Tomb
20. Blaze of Perdition - The Harrowing of Hearts
19. Solothus - Realm of Ash and Blood
18. Cosmic Putrefaction - The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers
17. Nekrovault - Totenzug: Festering Peregrination
16. Dearth - To Crown All Befoulment
15. Wayward Dawn - Haven of Lies
14. Rotting Kingdom - A Deeper Shade of Sorrow
13. Alkymist - Sanctuary
12. Velnias - Scion of Aeter
11. Exgenesis - Solve et Coagula
10. Wake - Devouring Ruin
9. Mammon's Throne - Forward Unto Flame
8. Hyborian - Volume II
7. Midnight - Rebirth of Blasphemy
6. Konvent - Puritan Masochism
5. Plague - Portraits of Mind
4. Dopelord - Sign of the Devil
3. Ulcerate - Stare Into Death and Be Still
2. Barishi - Old Smoke
1. Temple of Void - The World That Was

John’s Top 25 Albums of 2020 Midyear

25. Grey Skies Fallen - Cold Dead Lands
24. Godthrymm - Reflections
23. Obsidian Tongue - Volume III
22. Exgenesis - Solve et Coagula
21. Winterfylleth - The Reckoning Dawn
20. Soliloquium - Things We Leave Behind
19. Sorcerer - Lamenting of the Innocent
18. Green Carnation - Leaves of Yesteryear
17. Intronaut - Fluid Existential Inversions
16. Dark Fortress - Spectres From The Old World
15. Shards of Humanity - Cold Logic
14. Hex A.D. - Astro Tongue in the Electric Garden
13. Fluisteraars - Bloem
12. Plague - Portraits of Mind
11. Psychotic Waltz - The God-Shaped Void
10. Temple of Void - The World That Was
9. Sectile - Falls Apart
8. Marrasmieli - Between Land And Sky
7. Hail Spirit Noir - Eden in Reverse
6. Black Curse - Endless Wound
5. Paradise Lost - Obsidian
4. Cosmic Putrefaction - The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers
3. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
2. Sweven - The Eternal Resonance
1. Cryptic Shift - Visitations From Enceladus

Matt’s Top 25 Albums of 2020 Midyear

25. Graceless - Where Vultures Know Your Name
24. Odious Mortem - Synesthesia
23. Horned Almighty - To Fathom the Master's Grand Design
22. Chopping Mall - Mauled By A Magical Bear With Scalding Hot Liquid Cheese Spraying From Its Eyesockets
21. Vengeful Spectre - Vengeful Spectre
20. Svartkonst - Black Waves
19. Caustic Wound - Death Posture
18. Obsidian Tongue - Volume III
17. Ulcerate - Stare Into Death and Be Still
16. Plague - Portraits of Mind
15. Calligram - The Eye is the First Circle
14. Bait - Revelation of the Pure
13. Black Curse - Endless Wound
12. Uprising - II
11. Nekrovault - Totenzug: Festering Peregrination
10. Psychonaut - Unfold the God Man
9. Those Snakes - Widowmaker
8. Lesser Glow - Nullity
7. Shards of Humanity - Cold Logic
6. Cryptic Shift - Visitations From Enceladus
5. Drought - Trimurti
4. Esoctrilium - Eternity Of Shaog
3. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
2. Wake - Devouring Ruin
1. Temple of Void - The World That Was

Markisan’s Top 25 Albums of 2020 Midyear

25. In the Company of Serpents - Lux
24. Black Curse - Endless Wound
23. Perdition Temple - Sacraments of Descension
22. Alkymist - Sanctuary
21. Witnesses - Doom II
20. Like Rats - Death Monolith
19. Tombs - Monarchy of Shadows
18. Helfró - Helfró
17. Stygian Crown - Stygian Crown
16. Malist - To Mantle the Rising Sun
15. Solothus - Realm of Ash and Blood
14. Astralborne - Eternity's End
13. Sojourner - Premonitions
12. Plague - Portraits of Mind
11. Black Royal - Firebride
10. Sons of a Wanted Man - Kenoma
9. Drown - Subaqueous
8. Vengeful Spectre - Vengeful Spectre
7. Dark Forest - Oak, Ash and Thorn
6. Forlesen - Hierophant Violent
5. Cryptic Shift - Visitations From Enceladus
4. Ulcerate - Stare Into Death and Be Still
3. Firelink - Firelink
2. Unreqvited - Empathica
1. Wake - Devouring Ruin

James’ Top 25 Albums of 2020 Midyear

25. Cosmic Putrefaction - The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers
24. Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin kynsi
23. Traveler - Termination Shock
22. Funeral Leech - Death Meditation
21. Angerot - The Divine Apostate
20. Temple of Void - The World that Was
19. Vader - Solitude in Madness
18. Haunt - Flashback
17. Dark Fortress - Spectres from the Old World
16. Cult of Fire - Nirvana/Moksha
15. Sweven - The Eternal Resonance
14. Ulthar - Providence
13. ACxDC - Satan Is King
12. White Stones - Kuarahy
11. Akurion - Come Forth to Me
10. Goden - Beyond Darkness
9. Midnight - Rebirth by Blasphemy
8. Golden Light - Sacred Colour of the Source of Light
7. In the Company of Serpents - Lux
6. Xibalba - Años en infierno
5. Butcher - 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
4. Velnias - Scion of Aether
3. Wormhole - The Weakest Among Us
2. Afterbirth - Four Dimensional Flesh
1. Godthrymm - Reflections