Year in review
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Max Heilman’s 60 best metal albums of 2020: 20-11
The 60 best metal albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Code Orange, Napalm Death, Garganjua, Pallbearer, Xibalba, Imperial Triumphant, Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin, Methwitch, Anaal Nathrakh and Huntsmen. We’re close to the last circle of hell, so I suppose Code Orange applies in more way than…
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Max Heilman’s 60 best metal albums of 2020: 30-21
The 60 best metal albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Deftones, Tallah, Loathe, Ulthar, Pyrrhon, Bedsore, Orthodox, Katla, -(16)- and Boris. Thirty down, 30 to go! We’re in the thick of our journey through metal in 2020. This is really where the true standouts start to come…
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Max Heilman’s 60 best metal albums of 2020: 40-31
The 60 best metal albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Killer Be Killed, Winterfylleth, Igorrr, Kall, Incantation, Wayfarer, Ether Coven, Eye of Nix, In The Company Of Serpents and Sólstafir. We’re nearing the half-way point! The hits keep on coming (literally), with RIFF’s countdown of 2020’s 60…
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RIFF’s best concert photography of 2020, starring Tove Lo and KISS
RIFF photographers’ best work in 2020 included these shots of Poppy, Seventeen, The Struts, Colony House, Little Image, KISS, Injury Reserve, Suzi Analogue, Elbow, Tones & I, Thundercat, Thrice, Tove Lo, George Clinton and Ramblin’ Jack Elliot. In this abbreviated year of concerts, we asked our photographers to provide…
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Max Heilman’s 60 best metal albums of 2020: 50-41
The 60 best metal albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): The Black Dahlia Murder, Elder, Sumac, Botanist, Vile Creature, Today is the Day, Cult of Fire, Mare Cognitum & Spectral Lore, End and Reverorum ib Malacht. Welcome to the second beatdown in a six-part beatdown series counting…
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Max Heilman’s 60 best metal albums of 2020: 60-51
The 60 best metal albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Great American Ghost, Azusa, Oranssi Pazuzu, Primitive Man, Obsidian Kingdom, Malokarpatan, My Dying Bride, Boundaries, Behold The Arctopus and O Zorn. Historians will likely look back on 2020 as one of the worst years ever. Luckily, metal…
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The 20 best hip-hop albums of 2020
Our list of the 20 best hip-hop albums of 2020 includes Megan Thee Stallion, Big Sean, Backxwash, Dizzee Rascal, Busta Rhymes, Aminé, Bambu, Nas, Public Enemy, R.A. the Rugged Man, Benny the Butcher, Eminem, Logic, Homeboy Sandman, Royce da 5’9″, Aesop Rock, clipping., Black Thought, Run the Jewels and…
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The 75 best albums of 2020: 10-1
The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Fiona Apple, Doves, Run The Jewels, Thurston Moore, Fantastic Negrito, Jónsi, Code Orange, Hayley Williams and Tame Impala. And so, we’ve arrived at the end of this countdown of the best 75 albums of 2020. If you haven’t yet,…
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The 75 best albums of 2020: 20-11
The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, Caribou, The Chicks, Joji, Nathaniel Rateliff, Deftones, he Psychedelic Furs, Open Mike Eagle and Thundercat. Now we’re getting into the really good stuff. If you missed the still-good-but-not-quite-as-good stuff you can find 75-61, 60-51, 50-41, 40-31 and…
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The 75 best albums of 2020: 30-21
The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Sufjan Stevens, Jehnny Beth, John Frusciante, METZ, Pearl Jam, clipping., Hailey Whitters, Black Thought, Throwing Muses and Phoebe Bridgers. We’re starting to get into the nitty gritty of our list of the best albums of the year. These next…
