2020 comes to an end and without any doubt it will be rememberd as a historic year. But not only for the mad circumstances: a pandemic that drives all of us insane, an election that might have prevented the end of democracy, no, but also for tons of amazing albums that will write history. Epic Metal has been especially blessed with highly anticipated albums, great newcomers as well as legends returning with a bang. Limiting all these amazing albums to just 20 of them was a very difficult task, yet we tried to do it and now we present to you: Our Top 20 albums of 2020. While these lists will also include non-epic albums, we will publish a joint list of the 10 best Epic Metal albums of this year soon! Stay tuned and enjoy! – Divine Victim

Blaze Breeg:

1. Possessed Steel – Aedris

2. Megaton Sword – Blood Hails Steel – Steel Hails Fire

3. Dexter Ward – III

4. Wytch Hazel – III: Pentecost

5. Tyrant – Hereafter

6. Hittman – Destroy all Humans

7. Lord Vigo – Danse de Noir

8. Cirith Ungol – Forever Black

9. Kramp – Gods of Death

10. Crystal Skull – Ancient Tales

11. Spell – Opulent Decay

12. Greyhawk – Keepers of the Flame

13. Eternal Champion – Ravening Iron

14. Old Mother Hell – Lord of Demise

15. Pale Divine – Consequence of Time

16. Shadow Warrior – Cyberblade

17. Armored Saint – Punching the Sky

18. Spirit Adrift – Enlightened in Eternity

19. Runemaster – Wanderer

20. Glacier – The Passing of Time

Divine Victim:

1. Possessed Steel – Aedris

2. Dark Forest – Oak, Ash & Thorn

3. Wytch Hazel – III: Pentecost

4. Dexter Ward – III

5. Solitary Sabred – By Fire & Brimstone

6. Crépuscule D’Hiver – Par-delà Noireglaces et Brumes-Sinistres

7. Havukruunu – Uinuos Syömein Sota

8. Eternal Champion – Ravening Iron

9. Romuvos – The Baltic Crusade

10. Old Mother Hell – Lord of Demise

11. Ironsword – Servants of Steel

12. Glacier – The Passing of Time

13. Crystal Skull – Ancient Tales

14. Greyhawk – Keepers of the Flame

15. Spell – Opulent Decay

16. Cirith Ungol – Forever Black

17. Kramp – Gods of Death

18. The Wizar’d – Subterranean Exile

19. Traveler – Termination Shock

20. Cloven Hoof – Age of Steel

Mr. Metalsson:

Getreu meinem Motto “Irgendwo zwischen Underground und Mainstream”.

1. Eternal Champion – Ravening Iron

2. Possessed Steel – Aedris

3. Stallion – Slaves of Time

4. Terra Atlantica – Age of Steam

5. Alestorm – Curse of the Crystal Coconut

6. Hatebreed – Weight of the False Self

7. Myrkur – Folkesange

8. Ensiferum – Thalassic

9. Sodom – Genesis XIX

10. Kramp – Gods of Death

11. Dark Forest – Oak, Ash & Thorn

12. Cirith Ungol – Forever Black

13. Atramentus – Stygian

14. Memories of Old – The Zeramin Game

15. Megaton Sword – Blood Hails Steel – Steel Hails Fire

16. Hyems – Anatomie des Scheiterns

17. Ambush – Infidel

18. Sacred Outcry – Damned for all Time

19. Stygian Crown – s/t

20. Nightwish – Human :||: Nature