30 Best Metal Albums of 2020
From Napalm Death to Ulcerate to Black Curse to Faceless Burial to Boris to Necrot, here are our favorite metal albums of the year...
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Patrick Kindlon (Self Defense Family, Drug Church) talks favorite albums of 2020
”This year was clarifying in some ways. I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels like a change is imminent. Look how many old acts are on my list. That’s not sustainable. We have to give a bit of a mulligan to young acts as they were likely afraid to release in a year they couldn’t tour...”
Bandcamp exclusives for today’s fundraiser (Sonic Youth, Fucked Up, stacked comps & more)
Boris live albums and rarities, Mikey Erg demos, a Hot Snakes rarity, a William Tyler EP, unearthed Hop Along songs from 2005, a Jason Isbell live album, Hedwig's John Cameron Mitchell, three huge compilations, and more special releases out for Bandcamp Friday...
anti-racism punk/metal Bandcamp benefit comp ft. Thou, War On Women, Sunn O))) & more out now
It benefits the Movement for Black Lives and also features Modern Life Is War, Burn, Primitive Man, END, SECT, Racetraitor, Xibalba, Amygdala, All Torn Up! (ft. Stza Crack), and many others...
Thou, War On Women, Sunn O))), Racetraitor, Xibalba, more on anti-racist benefit Bandcamp comp
The stacked comp benefits the Movement for Black Lives and also features Modern Life Is War, Burn, Primitive Man, END, SECT, Amygdala, All Torn Up! (ft. Stza Crack), Cult Leader, Terminal Nation, Dawn Ray'd, Vile Creature, and more...
Tributes to Power Trip’s Riley Gale from Code Orange, Deafheaven, Touche Amore, Ice-T & many more
Tributes to Riley have been pouring in from all over the metal and hardcore communities, including from Converge, Lamb of God, Hatebreed, Thursday, La Dispute, Overkill, Kreator, Harms Way, Fucked Up, Trash Talk, Coheed, Full of Hell, Turnstile, and still many, many more...
15 must-hear metal albums of 2020 (so far)
From the thrashy new Boris album to death metal up and comers like Ulthar and Terminal Nation to industrial-metal torch carriers Code Orange, here are 15 metal albums from this year (so far) not to miss...
Notable Releases of the Week (8/7)
This week's Notable Releases include Phil Elverum's first album as The Microphones in 17 years, the last album Jason Molina recorded before his passing, Neurosis' Steve Von Till, 4AD-signed rapper Tkay Maidza, and more...
Terminal Nation discuss every track on their killer new album (which is streaming)
'Holocene Extinction' pulls from black/death metal and hardcore, and it's 35 minutes of in-your-face, abrasive, cathartic, really fucking good protest music.
20 New Metal & Hardcore Songs Out This Week
New heaviness from Full of Hell/HEALTH, Primtive Man, Primitive Blast, Skeletal Remains, Venomous Concept, Draagyn, Ihsahn, Gone Is Gone, Gargoyl, R.I.P., Terminal Nation, The Fall of Troy, An Albatross, and more...