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…

Bandcamp Friday Sept. 4, 2020. Clockwise from left: Botanist, Clipping., Hania Rani, Coil, Power Trip, Sun Ra, Hammock, Kelly Lee Owens, L.A. Witch and Roomful of Teeth. If anyone has a unique opportunity to support independent music, it’s Bandcamp. But the Bandcamp Friday concept has taken that support to…