Current Events > Now that you've had time, what were your favorite music releases in 2020?

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My own list is in no particular order, but I want to single out two releases on this list, each for a different reason: Royal Swan and Astrology of the Nine. Royal Swan was the most listenable album of the year for me by a mile, and I always found myself returning to it, and Astrology of the Nine was the most ambitious album I encountered last year and I applaud it for the high quality throughout despite its amazing length.

Albums:
Wayfarer - A Romance With Violence (Black Metal)
Fliege - The Invisible Seam (Melodic Black Metal)
Phoxjaw - Royal Swan (Hard Rock/Metal)
The Ghost Inside - The Ghost Inside (Metalcore)
Respire - Black Line (Blackened Hardcore)
Lord Almighty - Wither (Black Metal)
Fates Warning - Long Day, Good Night (Progressive Metal)
My Lonely Sea - Havoc (Black Metal)
The Ocean - Phanerozoic II (Progressive Metal)
Dessiderium - Shadow Burn (Blackened Melodic Death Metal)
Firelink - Firelink (Black Metal)
Protest the Hero - Palimpsest (Progressive Metal)
Green Druid - At the Maw of Ruin (Doom Metal)
Katatonia - City Burials (Doom)
Mare Cognitum/Spectral Lore - Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine (Atmospheric Black Metal)
The Birthday Massacre - Diamonds (Gothic Rock)
Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant (Progressive Metal)
Crystal Lake - The Voyages (Metalcore)
It Only Ends Once - Chasms Will Never Be Filled (Blackgaze)
Silver Knife - Unyielding, Unseeing (Black Metal)

EPs and other releases:
Thrawsunblat - Insula (Black Metal)
Errant - Errant (Progressive Death Metal)
Pure Wrath - The Forlorn Soldier (Black Metal)
Soilwork - A Whisp of the Atlantic (Melodic Death Metal)
Serpent Column - Endless Detainment (Black Metal)
Knights of the Round - Seven (Final Fantasy Metal)

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Hum - Inlet
Prizes Roses Rosa - The Kinspiral
Keeley Forsyth - Debris
Machine+ - Samsara
GAS - Zeit

I didn't listen to much.

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Dua Lipa

thats it

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Nice I've always liked your taste in music so I'm gonna be checking it all out.

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PUP - This Place Sucks Ass

Also Machine Gun Kellys album while mostly dogshit had 2 bangers on it - Forget me too and Bloody Valentine

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Hellzapoppin posted...

Hum - Inlet

This was a good one, imo. Nice choice.

Flockaveli posted...

Nice I've always liked your taste in music so I'm gonna be checking it all out.

Yay, :D . You'll have to keep me updated whenever you get around to it.

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Music came out in 2020?

ShibaToken posted...

Music came out in 2020?

Plenty of great stuff came out, >.< . You just have to be looking for it.

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Lianne La Havas: s/t
Greg Dulli: Random Desire
Hum: Inlet
Jessie Ware: What's Your Pleasure?
Soft Kill: Dead Kids R.I.P. City
Andy Bell: The View From Halfway Down
Future Islands: As Long As You Are
Bob Mould: Blue Hearts
Moses Sumney: Gr
Smashing Pumpkins: CYR
Phoebe Bridgers" Punisher
Gordi: Our Two Skins
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist: Alfredo
Kairon; IRSE!: Polysomn
The Flaming Lips: American Head
The Midnight: Monsters
Deftones: Ohms
Fontaines D.C.: A Hero's Death
Apollo Brown & Che Noir: As God Intended
Soccer Mommy: Color Theory
Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters
EOB: Earth
Run The Jewels: RTJ4
Wire: Mind Hive
The Psychedelic Furs: Made Of Rain
Damien Jurado: What's New, Tomboy?
Porridge Radio: Every Bad
X: Alphabetland
Pearl Jam: Gigaton
Pure X: s/t
The Avalanches: We Will Always Love You
Doves: The Universal Want
Spice: s/t
Droid Bishop: Music

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I think Future Nostalgia legitimately may have been the only 2020 album I listened to. It's great anyway but I guess it was my favorite by default

The Stokes - The New Abnormal
Joji - Nectar

Thats pretty much it for me.

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In no particular order:

Windy & Carl - Allegiance and Conviction
Bibio - Sleep on the Wing
Julianna Barwick - Healing is a Miracle
Fleet Foxes - Shore
Noveller - Arrow
Kelpe - Run With the Floating, Weightless Slowness

Enjoyed all of these a lot this year. Bolded my favorites. Just in release order otherwise:

Brothers of Metal - Emblas Saga
Dawn of Solace - Waves
Demons & Wizards - III
Dynazty - The Dark Delight
Wolfheart - Wolves of Karelia
Dance Gavin Dance - Afterburner
Katatonia - City Burials
Descend - The Deviant
Haken - Virus
Orbit Culture - Nija
Kamelot - I Am the Empire (Live from the 013)
Unleash the Archers - Abyss
The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
Chaos Divine - Legacies
Mors Principium Est - Seven
Countless Skies - Glow
Dark Tranquillity - Moment
Kaunis Kuolematon - Syttykn Toinen Aurinko
Persuader - Necromancy
Soilwork - A Whisp of the Atlantic
I Legion - Overcome the Tides

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My top 10 of the year, no order

Anytime Cowboy-S/T
Jennifer Touch -Behind The Wall
Oranssi Pazuzu -Mestarin kynsi
Skeleton -S/T
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs -Viscerals
Lowrider -Refractions
Arnaud Robotini -This is a Quarantine
Osees -Protean Threat
Black Helium -The Wholly Other
All Hits -Men and Their Work

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TendoDRM posted...

Enjoyed all of these a lot this year. Bolded my favorites. Just in release order otherwise:

Dawn of Solace - Waves
Katatonia - City Burials
The Ocean - Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
Dark Tranquillity - Moment
Soilwork - A Whisp of the Atlantic

Great choices, :D

BuckVanHammer posted...

Oranssi Pazuzu -Mestarin kynsi

This one wasn't bad, imo, but I don't felt like I "got" it, >.<

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Nija by Orbit Culture

Probably a top 5 all time for me

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80s rock is the GOAT music golem

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Goatslapper posted...

80s rock is the GOAT music golem

k

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Bump

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will probably copy and pasta these and listen to them over time lol

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