So that happened. And by that, I mean 2020. While I personally had a fairly good year overall, not having shows and festivals to go to was strange to say the least. But hey, we’ll see what 2021 brings. I listened to more new albums in 2020 than I’ve ever listened to before… by a lot. A lot a lot. 217 albums to be exact. And several EP’s as well (not included in my list). So. Much. Music.

 

Marcus Miller’s Top 100 for 2020

1. Static-X – Project Regeneration Vol. 1
2. Lamb of God – Lamb of God
3. Deftones – Ohms
4. Dark Tranquillity – Moment
5. Sepultura – Quadra
6. Marilyn Manson – We Are Chaos
7. Devildriver – Dealing With Demons pt. 1
8. Myrkur – Folkesange
9. Testament – Titans of Creation
10. Gone is Gone – If Everything Happens For a Reason… Then Nothing Really Matters At All

11. Stone Temple Pilots – Perdida
12. Within the Ruins – Black Heart
13. Amaranthe – Manifest
14. August Burns Red – Guardians
15. Lorna Shore – Immortal
16. Maya Hawke – Blush
17. Powerman 5000 – The Noble Rot
18. The Unguided – Father Shadow
19. Mors Principium Est – Seven
20. Necrophobic – Dawn of the Damned

21. Hatebreed – Weight of the False Self
22. Tallah – Matriphagy
23. Delain – Apocalypse & Chill
24. Venom Prison – Primeval
25. Loathe – I Let it in and it Took Everything
26. Chris Stapleton – Starting Over
27. Paris Jackson – wilted
28. ARO – Vacare Adamare
29. Mushroomhead – A Wonderful Life
30. Bush – The Kingdom

31. Haken – Virus
32. Sevendust – Blood & Stone
33. Repentance – God for a Day
34. Bleed From Within – Fracture
35. Onslaught – Generation Antichrist
36. God Dethroned – Illuminati
37. Kansas – The Absence of Presence
38. Sylosis – Cycle of Suffering
39. Emmure – Hindsight
40. Seether – Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

41. Caroline Vreeland – Notes on Sex & Wine
42. Bury Tomorrow – Cannibal
43. Ascension of the Watchers – Apochrypha
44. Enslaved – Utgard
45. Alpha Wolf – A Quiet Place to Die
46. The Ghost Inside – The Ghost Inside
47. Make Them Suffer – How to Survive a Funeral
48. Katatonia – City Burials
49. Thrown into Exile – Illusion of Control
50. Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man

51. Red – Declaration
52. Trivium – What the Dead Men Say
53. John Petrucci – Terminal Velocity
54. Code Orange – Underneath
55. Green Day – Father of All Motherfuckers
56. The Weeknd – After Hours
57. Norah Jones – Pick Me Up Off the Floor
58. Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts V and VI
59. Echosmith – Lonely Generation
60. Suicide Silence – Become the Hunter

61. Vader – Solitude in Madness
62. Public Enemy – What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down?
63. Fit for a King – The Path
64. Dynazty – The Dark Delight
65. Avatar – Hunter Gatherer
66. Killer Be Killed – Reluctant Hero
67. AC/DC – Power Up
68. The Ocean – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
69. Kataklysm – Unconquered
70. Melanie C – Melanie C

71. Armored Saint – Punching the Sky
72. Ghostmane – Anti-Icon
73. Ingested – Where Only Gods May Tread
74. Halsey – Manic
75. Smashing Pumpkins – Cyr
76. Awolnation – Angel Miners & The Lightning Riders
77. Havok – V
78. Misery Signals – Ultraviolet
79. Aversions Crown – Hell Will Come For Us All
80. Caligula’s Horse – Rise Radiant

81. Clint Lowery – God Bless the Renegades
82. Heathen – Empire of the Blind
83. Allen/Olzon – Worlds Apart
84. Draconian – Under a Godless Veil
85. Sodom – Genesis XIX
86. Puscifer – Existential Reckoning
87. Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
88. Acacia Strain – Slow Decay
89. Heaven Shall Burn – Of Truth and Sacrifice
90. Sons of Apollo – MMXX

91. Nightwish – Human. :II: Nature.
92. In Hearts Wake – Kaliyuga
93. The Word Alive – Monomania
94. The Amity Affliction – Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them
95. Kylie Minogue – Disco
96. King 810 – AK Concerto No. 47, 11th Movement in G Major
97. Black Crown Initiate – Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape
98. Logic – No Pressure
99. Incantation – Sect of Vile Divinities
100. Seven Spires – Emerald Seas

 

 

 

Bryan Bardes’ Top Albums

Sepultura- Quadra * album of the year*
Lamb of God- self titled
Paradise Lost- Obsidian
Caspian- On Circles
Kiko Loureiro- Open Source
Katatonia- City Burials
Unleash The Archers- Legacy
Elefson- No Cover
Ascension of the Watchers- Apocrypha
Black Stone Cherry- Human Condition

EP of the year- tie
Bring Me The Horizon-Post-Human: Survival Horror
Soilwork-A Whisp of the Atlantic

 

 

 

 

 

Bobby Mansfield’s Top Albums

Lamb of God – self titled
Trivium – What the Dead Men Say
In This Moment – Mother
Nightwish – Human. :II: Nature.
Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man
Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts VI: Locusts
Static-X – Project Regeration Vol. 1
Amaranthe – Manifest
Devin Townsend – Order Magnitude
Deftones – Ohms
Puscifer – Existential Reckoning
Poppy – I Disagree
Delain – Apocalypse & Chill
Adelitas Way – Shine On
Marilyn Manson – We Are Chaos
Joe Satriani – Shapeshifting
Lauren Strange – The Solution
Palaye Royale – The Bastards
Unleash the Archers – Abyss
Seether – Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Sevendust – Blood & Stone
The Lees of Memory – Moonshot

Killswitch Engage – Atonement II: B-Sides for Charity

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Neff’s Top Albums

EP of the year: PVA – Toner

Albums (in no particular order)

SAULT: Untitled (Black Is)
Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Bad Bunny: YHLQMDLG
Code Orange: Underneath
Lianne La Havas: Lianne La Havas
Tame Impala: The Slow Rush
Brent Faiyaz: F*** The World
Chris Stapleton: Starting Over
Lil Uzi Vert: Eternal Atake
Blackpink: The Album
Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia