The quality of the musical output was one of the few highlights of 2020. Digging deeper into a few releases that I missed over the course of this year only further cemented that take. Pennsylvania outfit Tallah solidified themselves as one of the leaders of the nu metal revival movement with their dynamic, monstrous debut Matriphagy, Drain reignited my interest in crossover thrash with California Cursed and Undeath entered a time machine to the early days of death metal with the raw, riffy auditory horror movie that is Lesions of a Different Kind. Here's where these new discoveries along with the other great and not so great LP's and EP's of 2020 currently stand in my book.
()=Ranking on my initial 2020 year-end list
new=Record that I heard after completing my initial 2020 year-end list
EP's:
14.(13) Horse the Band-Your Fault (C)
13.(12) Incubus-Trust Fall (Side B) (C)
12.(11) Crossfaith-Species (C+)
11.(10) Tove Lo-Bikini Porn (B-)
10.(9) Flatbush Zombies-Now, More than Ever (B)
9.(8) Hayley Williams-Petals for Armor I (B)
8.(new) Pressure Cracks-This is Called Survival (B)
7.(7) Megan Thee Stallion-Suga (B)
6.(6) RMR-Drug Dealing is a Lost Art (B)
5.(5) Alleageon-Concerto in DM (B+)
4.(4) Inferi-Of Sunless Realms (B+)
3.(3) Kali Uchis-To Feel Alive (A-)
2.(2) System of a Down-Protect the Land/Genocidal Humanoidz (A-)
1.(1) Every Time I Die-A Colossal Wreck/Desperate Pleasures (A)
LP's:
130.(126) Poppy-I Disagree (D+)
129.(125) Selena Gomez-Rare (D+)
128.(124) BackxWash-God Has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It (C-)
127.(123) Phoebe Bridgers-Punisher (C-)
126.(122) Kesha-High Road (C-)
125.(121) Charli XCX-How I'm Feeling Now (C-)
124.(120) Chloe x Halle-Ungodly Hour (C)
123.(119) Bedsore-Hypnagogic Hallucinations (C)
122.(118) Kyle-See You When I Am Famous!!!!!!!!!!! (C)
121.(117) The Chicks-Gaslighter (C)
120.(116) Spanish Love Songs-Brave Faces Everyone (C)
119.(115) Lady Gaga-Chromatica (C)
118.(114) Juicy J-The Hustle Continues (C)
117.(113) Trivium-What the Dead Men Say (C)
116.(112) Fiona Apple-Fetch the Bolt Cutters (C)
115.(111) Lianne La Havas-Lianne La Havas (C)
114.(110) Perfume Genius-Set My Heart on Fire Immediately (C)
113.(109) Jeff Rosenstock-No Idea (C)
112.(108) Tennis-Swimmer (C)
111.(106) Suicide Silence-Become the Hunter (C+)
110.(105) Afterbirth-Four Dimensional Flesh (C+)
109.(104) Kehlani-It Was Good Until It Wasn't (C+)
108.(103) $ucideboy$-Stop Staring at the Shadows (C+)
107.(102) Katy Perry-Smile (C+)
106.(101) Purity Ring-Womb (C+)
105.(100) Yukika-Soul Lady (C+)
104.(99) Drake-Dark Lane Demo Tapes (C+)
103.(98) The Fall of Troy-Mukiltearth (C+)
102.(97) Future and Lil Uzi Vert-Pluto x Baby Pluto (C+)
101.(96) Pyrrohn-Abcess Time (B-)
100.(95) Wailin' Storms-Rattle (B-)
99.(94) Westside Gunn-Pray for Paris (B-)
98.(93) Bury Tomorrow-Cannibal (B-)
97.(92) Pop Smoke-Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon (B-)
96.(91) Various Artists-Birds of Prey: The Album (B-)
95.(90) Aversions Crown-Hell Will Comes Us for All (B-)
94.(89) Lil Yachty-Lil Boat 3 (B-)
93.(88) Jessie Ware-What's Your Pleasure? (B-)
92.(87) Lil Uzi Vert-Eternal Atake (B-)
91.(86) Aeternam-Al Qassam (B-)
90.(85) Loathe-I Let It In and It Took Everything (B-)
89.(84) Killer Be Killed-Reluctant Hero (B-)
88.(107) King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard-K.G. (B-)
87.(82) Invent,Animate-Greyview (B-)
86.(81) Rico Nasty-Nightmare Vacation (B-)
85.(80) Chris Stapleton-Starting Over (B-)
84.(83) Kid Cudi-Man on the Moon III: The Chosen (B-)
83.(79) Joji-Nectar (B-)
82.(78) Body Count-Carnivore (B)
81.(77) Faceless Burial-Speciation (B)
80.(76) 2 Chainz-So Help Me God! (B)
79.(75) Warbringer-Weapons of Tomorrow (B)
78.(74) Greg Puciato-Child Solider: Fortune of God (B)
77.(73) Rotting Out-Ronin (B)
76.(72) Future-High Off Life (B)
75.(71) Sylosis-Cycle of Suffering (B)
74.(70) Plini-Impulse Voices (B)
73.(69) Kodak Black-Bill Israel (B)
72.(new) Viscera-Obsidian (B)
71.(68) Dogleg-Melee (B)
70.(67) Good Tiger-Raised in a Doomsday Cult (B)
69.(66) Finntroll-Vredesvavd
68.(65) The Ocean-Phanerozic II: Mesozoic/Cenozic (B)
67.(64) Hatebreed-Weight of the False Self (B)
66.(63) Oranassi Pazuzu-Mestrain kynsi (B)
65.(62) Umbra Vitae-Shadow of Life (B)
64.(61) Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist-Alfredo (B)
63.(60) Cytotokin-Nuklearth (B)
62.(59) Testament-Titans of Creation (B)
61.(58) Lil Uzi Vert-Lil Uzi Vs. the World 2 (B)
60.(57) Denzel Curry x Kenny Beats-Unlocked (B)
59.(56) Defeated Sanity-The Sanguinary Impetus (B)
58.(55) Sevdaliza-Shabrang (B)
57.(54) Cryptic Shift-Visitations from Enceladus (B)
56.(53) Young Nudy-Anyways (B)
55.(52) Phoxjaw-Royal Swan (B)
54.(46) Megan Thee Stallion-Good News (B)
53.(51) Taylor Swift-Evermore (B)
52.(50) Carly Rae Jepsen-Dedicated Side B (B)
51.(47) Within the Ruins-Black Heart (B)
50.(45) VoidCeremony-Entropic Reflections Continuum: Dimensional Unravel (B)
49.(44) Intervals-Circadian (B)
48.(43) Touche Amore-Lament (B)
47.(49) Emmure-Hindsight (B)
46.(48) Don Toliver-Heaven or Hell (B)
45.(42) Beneath the Massacre-Fearmonger (B)
44.(40) Make Them Suffer-How to Survive a Funeral (B)
43.(39) Intronaut-Fluid Extensional Inversions (B)
42.(38) The Ghost Inside-The Ghost Inside (B)
41.(37) Action Bronson-Only for Dolphins (B)
40.(36) Lamb of God-Lamb of God (B)
39.(26) Misery Signals-Ultraviolet (B)
38.(new) Undeath-Lesions of a Different Kind (B)
37.(35) Machine Gun Kelly-Tickets to My Downfall (B)
36.(34) Dance Gavin Dance-Afterburner (B)
35.(33) Hayley Williams-Petals for Armor (B)
34.(32) Amine-Limbo (B)
33.(30) Tame Impala-The Slow Rush (B)
32.(31) Victoria Monet-Jaguar (B)
31.(41) Playboi Carti-Whole Lotta Red (B)
30.(29) Idles-Ultra Mono (B)
29.(28) Juice WRLD-Legends Never Die (B)
28.(27) Four Year Strong-Brain Pain (B)
27.(new) Drain-California Cursed (B+)
26.(25) August Burns Red-Guardians (B+)
25.(24) Gunna-WUNNA (B+)
24.(23) Ulcerate-Stare Into Death and Be Still (B+)
23.(22) Protest the Hero-Palimpsest (B+)
22.(15) Ariana Grande-Positions (B+)
21.(20) City Morgue-Toxic Boogaloo (B+)
20.(19) Venom Prison-Primeval (B+)
19.(17) Mac Miller-Circles (B+)
18.(16) Gulch-Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress (B+)
17.(21) Miley Cyrus-Plastic Hearts (B+)
16.(14) Taylor Swift-Folklore (B+)
15.(13) Kali Uchis-Sin mideo (del amor y otros demonios) (B+)
14.(12) Black Crown Initiate-Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape (B+)
13.(18) Yves Tumor-Heaven to a Tortured Mind (B+)
12.(11) Dua Lipa-Future Nostalgia (B+)
11.(10) 21 Savage and Metro Boomin-Savage Mode II (B+)
10.(9) The Black Dahlia Murder-Verminous (B+)
9.(8) END-Splinters from an Ever-Changing Face (B+)
8.(7) Halsey-Manic (B+)
7.(6) Kvelertak-Splid (A-)
6.(4) Deftones-Ohms (A-)
5.(3) Run the Jewels-RTJ4 (A-)
4.(new) Tallah-Matriphagy (A-)
3.(5) Bring Me the Horizon-POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR (A-)
2.(2) Rina Sawayama-Sawayama (A)
1.(1) The Weeknd-After Hours (A)
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