Take A Chance On Rock ‘n’ Roll by Couch Slut New York noisy sludge merchants Couch Slut continue to deliver feel-bad hits with disturbing and poignant storytelling often drawn from the perilous travails of their members’ lives. Old-school Finnish oddballs drop some of the stoner riffs from their sound in exchange for galactic darkness without sacrificing their unabashed and-roll writing style.Ĭouch Slut – Take a Chance on Rock ‘n’ Roll More like Netflix and collective upheaval, amirite? made for a timely release at the height of the George Floyd unrest. Riot-ready and anthemic deathgrind from L.A. Members of Artificial Brain, Helmet and more explore proggy, psychedelic slam with mind-flaying delight. Without further ado, here are 35 great albums from 2020 that you may have missed!ĭaniel Corchado from the Chasm’s traditional metal side project finds its hooky groove. With that in mind, if you hear something you like, please consider supporting these releases monetarily. Too often these releases, especially the totally independent ones, are funded at a loss from the pockets of boutique label curators or the musicians themselves. They were released only on small, independent labels in the United States, or were self-released by enterprising musicians on their own means with one exception. The following records, in alphabetical order, met Decibel’s quality bar but for whatever reason – too much material, too little space, even less time – didn’t make it into the magazine last year (though more than a few made it onto the blog).
#BEST METAL ALBUMS OF 2020 TORRENT#
The COVID-19 epidemic may have curbed the global economy, but it failed to stymie the torrent of 2020’s quality metal releases – some we could not cover in print.
While the glut of 2020 “best-of” lists has passed, including Decibel’s own illustrious Top 40 Albums of the Year selections, some notable records have yet to get their due.