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…

Jpegmafia Here we finally are, at my top 10 albums of 2018! If you’re just now joining me, check out part one, part two, part three and part four before diving in. Ready for the grand conclusion? Let’s unearth these incredible albums! 10. Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love After spearheading mainstream…

Wrekmeister Harmonies It’s finally here… the time when music nerds scramble to compile all of the albums they enjoyed during the year! This was a particularly strong year for music of all types, both mainstream and independent. I even had a hard time narrowing down my favorites down to 50…

Countless songwriters only scratch the surface of love as a connective human experience. Sumac transcends that trope on Love In Shadow. The post-metal power trio pushes itself to its compositional limit on its third LP, pouring all of its primal passion into an erratic rumination on a cornerstone of consciousness.…

Sumac, courtesy. Drug Church, “Avoidarama” — If Turnstile formed in Seattle during the mid-’90s, there’s a good chance Drug Church would have emerged. This Albany, New York group has all the stomp riffs hardcore kids like to flail around to. But there’s a distinct flavor of slacker rock in…