Top 10 Releases of 2020

 By now you might've figured that this blogspot is mostly dead...

But here's my Top 10 Releases of the year again (with adjusted rating system):

Panopticon & Nechochwen – Split LP (Bindrune, 12”) 110%

Melodic, emotional, at times progressive Black Metal with Folk Elements.

Really versatile. Panopticon side is a tad stronger. Still love both though.

UADA – Djinn LP (Eisenwald, 12”) 107%

THE modern Black Metal Band if you ask me.

A highly anticipated release that doesn’t let down.

Deconsecrate - Dark Night Of The Soul LP (Reality, 12”) 105%

If you’re trying to play brutal, H8000 Style 90s Metalcore in the ‘20s

and it doesn’t sound exactly like this: leave it. You’re doing it wrong.

Ancst - Summits Of Despondency LP (Lifeforce, 12”) 102%

Blackened Crust Metal(core) with a twist

Funeral Leech - Death Meditation LP (Carbonized, 12”) 100%

The epitome of filthy Doom Death Metal

Signs Of Spring - Yes, You're An Angel EP (Wretched / Paranoid, MC) 97%

XVX 90s Style blackened melodic Metalcore 

Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota LP (Naturmacht, 12”) 95%

Viking/Pagan Black Metal

Eden Is Gone – Scattering Of My Malice EP (Bound By Modern Age, 12”) 92%

90s Style Blackened EdgeMetal(core)

Cleansing – Dark Current EP (Bound By Modern Age, 12”) 90%

Unyielding Straight Edge Metalcore

Witness The Fall – Closure LP (Bound By Modern Age, 12”) 90%

Melodic oldschool Metalcore

Noteable mentions in no particular order: Vanguard - Rage of Deliverance EP,  xUntold Sufferingx –Demo EP, Ceremonial Castings – Salem 1692, Ritual Of Decay – Tremble Before Violence EP,
Ritual Of Decay / Carnivore Crusher - Split EP, Memento – Demo 2020, Castigator -
Impressions From The Abyss LP, Unworthy Of Life - Enslaved EP, Enslave -
The Impeachment Of Man EP, Forward To Eden - Ready To Kill For The Cult LP,
Audn - Vökudraumsins Fangi LP, Grima - Rotten Garden LP, ...

Also, if anyone cares, here's a small recap of my own releases during this year.