Albums of 2020

[Jimi Shandrix]

Good to see a reissue for this late 90's gem. Out this week.

 

 

[betting competition]

18 hours ago, Jimi Shandrix said:

Good to see a reissue for this late 90's gem. Out this week.

 

 

loved this album in the late 90s.

[NorthernLights]

I tried putting together my own personal top 20 for 2020.

20. Winterfylleth – The Reckoning Dawn
19. Paradise Lost – Obsidian
18. Drain - California Cursed
17. Imperial Triumphant – Alphaville
16. Lamb of God - Lamb of God
15. Enter Shikari - Nothing is True & Everything is Possible
14. My Dying Bride - Ghosts of Orion
13. Spanish Love Songs – Brave Faces Everyone
12. Bury Tomorrow – Cannibal
11. Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
10. Killer Be Killed - Reluctant Hero
9. Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?
8. Creeper – Sex, Death & the Infinite Void
7. Puscifer - Existential Reckoning
6. Uada - Djinn
5. Biffy Clyro - A Celebration of Endings
4. Trivium – What the Dead Men Say
3. Code Orange – Underneath
2. Enslaved – Utgard
1. Loathe – I Let It In and It Took Everything

[tongue_tied_danny]

On 25/11/2020 at 12:10, betting competition said:

I noticed that Rough Trade and also 6 Music album of the year is SAULT (Untitled (Black Is)). 

Don't know much about them but will give the 4 Albums they have released in the last 18 months a listen. 

 

On 25/11/2020 at 12:42, Boostin' Kev said:

They're all brilliant. Best group there is right now. 

I'd never heard of them until seeing them mentioned on this thread. I've been checking them out.

Wildfires is a cracking tune...

 

[The Naitch]

Top 3 for me this year are Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia, Jessie Ware's What's Your Pleasure? and Steps have released an absolute pop belter in What The Future Holds. Honourable mention to Kylie's Disco because why not?

[Hamish's Passenger]

Having only listened to 3 albums that were released this year, my favourite of the year would be Holy Moly by Blues Pills. Tremendous band and a very good album.

[Alert Mongoose]

May not have been released in 2020 but new to me this year. Really like them

 

[NotThePars]

1 hour ago, The Naitch said:

Top 3 for me this year are Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia, Jessie Ware's What's Your Pleasure? and Steps have released an absolute pop belter in What The Future Holds. Honourable mention to Kylie's Disco because why not?

That Kylie one that was released as a single a few months back sounded like a The Horrors track to me. Was really good.

[Dunning1874]

Seeing a couple of people mention Creeper in here, those who like them probably already know about it but if you haven't already then check out Salem, Will Gould's side project. If I was including EPs in my albums of the year their self-titled would be number one, with Zeal & Ardor's Wake of a Nation second.

However as EPs don't count, here's the 20:

20. Garganjua - Toward The Sun
19. Midnight - Rebirth By Blasphemy
18. Cerebral Desecration - Further Than The Bottom
17. Mr Bungle - The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo
16. DRAIN - California Cursed
15. Gaerea - Limbo
14. Annihilator - Ballistic, Sadistic
13. Pallbearer - Forgotten Days
12. Lamb of God - Lamb of God
11. Beneath The Massacre - Fearmonger
10. God Dethroned - Illuminati 
9. Bleed From Within - Fracture
8. Napalm Death - Throes of Joy In The Jaws of Defeatism
7. Sharptooth - Transitional Forms
6. Irist - Order of the Mind
5. Deftones - Ohms
4. Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
3. Code Orange - Underneath
2. Trivium - What The Dead Men Say
1. Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?

 

[the aggressive beggar]

On 29/11/2020 at 00:48, tongue_tied_danny said:

 

I'd never heard of them until seeing them mentioned on this thread. I've been checking them out.

Wildfires is a cracking tune...

 

Brilliant album, just downloaded it yesterday and don't think I'll have it off for a while.  Her vocals on Wildfire are beautiful, that along with Stop Dem and Why we Cry are the stand out tracks for me.

[NotThePars]

6 hours ago, Dunning1874 said:

Seeing a couple of people mention Creeper in here, those who like them probably already know about it but if you haven't already then check out Salem, Will Gould's side project. If I was including EPs in my albums of the year their self-titled would be number one, with Zeal & Ardor's Wake of a Nation second.

However as EPs don't count, here's the 20:

20. Garganjua - Toward The Sun
19. Midnight - Rebirth By Blasphemy
18. Cerebral Desecration - Further Than The Bottom
17. Mr Bungle - The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo
16. DRAIN - California Cursed
15. Gaerea - Limbo
14. Annihilator - Ballistic, Sadistic
13. Pallbearer - Forgotten Days
12. Lamb of God - Lamb of God
11. Beneath The Massacre - Fearmonger
10. God Dethroned - Illuminati 
9. Bleed From Within - Fracture
8. Napalm Death - Throes of Joy In The Jaws of Defeatism
7. Sharptooth - Transitional Forms
6. Irist - Order of the Mind
5. Deftones - Ohms
4. Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
3. Code Orange - Underneath
2. Trivium - What The Dead Men Say
1. Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?

 

Reading this list and respecting a WhatsApp chat brother on a different wavelength as I know we're still vibing

 

[Dunning1874]

14 hours ago, NotThePars said:

Reading this list and respecting a WhatsApp chat brother on a different wavelength as I know we're still vibing

 

The WhatsApp brothers will always vibe.

[Jimi Shandrix]

Just been on AOTY website where they accumulate all the best of the year lists into one big super list. I took from it that 2020 has been far from a classic year for music. Checked out half a dozen tracks from everything in their top 10. Seems to be very heavy on anodyne female singer-songwriters. Fiona Apple is comfortably in the lead. I didn't like Tori Amos the first time round so I'm afraid it does nothing for me.  Phoebe Bridgers is second with a very late 90's sounding borefest. Sort of like a female Bright Eyes. Taylor Swift doing very well. If you like The National or Bon Iver you'd probably like this. I prefer her old pop bangers. Albanian ned Dua Lipa doing well with her poundland Robyn impression. The one album that really grabbed me was Run The Jewels. Hadn't listened to them before now, but by f**k, it sounds huge.

[Brilliantdisguise]

Seeing a couple of people mention Creeper in here, those who like them probably already know about it but if you haven't already then check out Salem, Will Gould's side project. If I was including EPs in my albums of the year their self-titled would be number one, with Zeal & Ardor's Wake of a Nation second.
However as EPs don't count, here's the 20:
20. Garganjua - Toward The Sun
19. Midnight - Rebirth By Blasphemy
18. Cerebral Desecration - Further Than The Bottom
17. Mr Bungle - The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo
16. DRAIN - California Cursed
15. Gaerea - Limbo
14. Annihilator - Ballistic, Sadistic
13. Pallbearer - Forgotten Days
12. Lamb of God - Lamb of God
11. Beneath The Massacre - Fearmonger
10. God Dethroned - Illuminati 
9. Bleed From Within - Fracture
8. Napalm Death - Throes of Joy In The Jaws of Defeatism
7. Sharptooth - Transitional Forms
6. Irist - Order of the Mind
5. Deftones - Ohms
4. Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
3. Code Orange - Underneath
2. Trivium - What The Dead Men Say
1. Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?
 

You've just made these band names and albums up. Not one have I heard of. Not a fan of mainstream music?

[Jimi Shandrix]

4 minutes ago, Brilliantdisguise said:

On 08/12/2020 at 17:01, Dunning1874 said:

Seeing a couple of people mention Creeper in here, those who like them probably already know about it but if you haven't already then check out Salem, Will Gould's side project. If I was including EPs in my albums of the year their self-titled would be number one, with Zeal & Ardor's Wake of a Nation second.
However as EPs don't count, here's the 20:
20. Garganjua - Toward The Sun
19. Midnight - Rebirth By Blasphemy
18. Cerebral Desecration - Further Than The Bottom
17. Mr Bungle - The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo
16. DRAIN - California Cursed
15. Gaerea - Limbo
14. Annihilator - Ballistic, Sadistic
13. Pallbearer - Forgotten Days
12. Lamb of God - Lamb of God
11. Beneath The Massacre - Fearmonger
10. God Dethroned - Illuminati 
9. Bleed From Within - Fracture
8. Napalm Death - Throes of Joy In The Jaws of Defeatism
7. Sharptooth - Transitional Forms
6. Irist - Order of the Mind
5. Deftones - Ohms
4. Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
3. Code Orange - Underneath
2. Trivium - What The Dead Men Say
1. Svalbard - When I Die, Will I Get Better?
 

You've just made these band names and albums up. Not one have I heard of. Not a fan of mainstream music?

Napalm Death are mainstream. You should give them a listen. Big influence on Mumford & Sons.

[Ira Gaines]

Deftones play arenas. We're not talking about some no marks here.

[coprolite]

22 minutes ago, Jimi Shandrix said:

Napalm Death are mainstream. You should give them a listen. Big influence on Mumford & Sons.

Something about associating Mumford and sons with both napalm and death is really quite appealing. 

[coprolite]

Do EPs count as albums? Assuming they do, Dusty Bugs by Opiou is my pick of the year. I'm not up to speed with your modern genre definitions but it's some kind of electro funk and track 4 "why not" is the bounciest thing i've heard in years. 

[Thereisalight..]

Sea Girls, Amy MacDonald, Haim, Alanis Morrisette, Taylor Swift would be my top 5 albums this year. Gave Steps a listen the other day and tbf to them it’s pop gold

Edited December 11, 2020 by Thereisalight..

[Jimi Shandrix]

After discussing Napalm Death with the Lewis Capaldi fan above, I went and had a wee blast of "Enslavement" on You Tube to remind myself of many happy days listening to Peel as a teen and came across this from 1989. Napalm Death on a BBC kids tv programme called "What's That Noise". They come on about 1minute 15 seconds in. Can you imagine this being on the Beeb at 4 in the afternoon now?  Can't help but think that all the various tribes from that time lost the war.