![]() ![]() ABSTRACT THE LIGHT – Magna Sapientia Quaerere – to the depths of thy soul… (Talheim Records)ħ1. GUIGNOL NOIR – Mantric Malediction(Repose Records)ħ2. AFSKY – Ofte jeg drømmer mig død(Vendetta Records / Old Mill Artefacts / Screaming Skull Records)ħ5. THECODONTION – Supercontinent (I, Voidhanger Productions / Repose Records)ħ6. FAIDRA – Six Voices Inside(Northern Silence Productions)ħ7. ![]() GJENDØD – Angrep (Hellthrasher Productions)ħ8. STARLESS DOMAIN – Alma (Crown & Throne / Aesthetic Death / Tartarus Records)Ĩ0. EBONY PENDANT – Incantation Of Eschatological Mysticism (ASRAR / Forbidden Sonority / Grime Stone Records)Ĩ1. GRÓGALDR – Illness Unto The Womb Of Spirit (GoatowaRex / Perverse Homage)Ĩ2. KHTHONIIK CERVIIKS – Æequiizoiikum (Iron Bonehead Productions)Ĩ3. HORNA – Kuoleman Kirjo (World Terror Committee)Ĩ4. AKHLYS – Melinoë (Debemur Morti Productions)Ĩ6. DUMAL – The Confessor (Fólkvangr Records / Vigor Deconstruct)Ĩ7. MYSTRAS – Castles Conquered And Reclaimed (I, Voidhanger Records)Ĩ8. MAVORIM – Axis Mundi (Purity Through Fire)Ĩ9. VAMPIRSKA – Tortuous Omens of Blood & Candlewax (Crown & Throne)ĩ0. REVERORUM IB MALACHT – Vad är inte sju huvud?(Le Narthécophore / Rubeus Obex)ĩ1. GRAVEIR – King Of The Silent World(Impure Sounds / Brilliant Emperor)ĩ2. CURSE UPON A PRAYER – Infidel (Saturnal Records)ĩ3. OLD NICK – Pretty Much Everything They Released This Year (Grime Stone Records)ĩ4. BLATTARIA – Dream, Dwell, Die(Harlequinflesh / A Fine Day To Die Records)ĩ5. ONIRIK – The Fire Cult Beyond Eternity (I, Voidhanger Records)ĩ6. ANCIENT BURIAL – Beyond The Watchtowers (Signal Rex)ĩ7. ENEPSIGOS – Wrath Of Wraths(Osmose Productions)ĩ8. FORTRESS OF THE OLDEN DAYS – Verlassenheit(Worship Tapes / A Pile Of Graves)ĩ9. Have at it, Listcrush is finally done for another year. I’d probably give label of the year to the untouchable Debemur Morti Productions and if you want to check out what I consider to be the strongest demos, EPs or Splits I heard last year, read Part 1 HERE and Part 2 HERE. ![]() This list is strictly black/blackened, so if you’d like recommendations for other genres hit me up – for example my top death metal album was Ulcerate, of course, followed by Atræ Bilis. If any of the album titles are highlighted, clicking that will take you to our coverage of the album (reviews, premieres, interviews and all that good stuff). There are records that I fell asleep to almost every night since they were released (number 3 ), thrilling new discoveries ( 95 ), old masters making a triumphant return ( 6 )… and in the case of number ONE, records that unleashed their black irradiant glories extremely late in the year yet annihilated everything else that had come before. There were things of beauty ( 58, 24 ) and ugliness ( 49, 38 ). There are records that immediately blew my mind (number 92, number 2, number 8 ), records that crept up over time to become firm favourites (number 31 ), expected hypebeasts (number 4 ) and records that deserve FAR more attention ( 59, 63 ). The original shortlist was over 200 albums long and I’ve (excruciatingly) whittled it down to a hundred of the finest – there is no “near misses” section, because in a year in which we were absolutely spoiled for good music as most had much else better to do in quarantine, there are simply too many that would have very deservedly made the cut. These are just the records that tickled my own personal blasphemy glands juuuust right. I’m not the grand arbiter of taste or final word on anything. So remember: this is in no way a definitive list. Of those, I probably only checked out around a thousand, tops. At a cursory glance, Metal Archives has 3146 full-length black metal albums logged as being released last year. After a marathon stretch we’re finally here, hammering the last rusty nail into our 2020 LISTCRUSH series – the full-length albums that resonated most with me throughout 2020. Greetings, infernal warbröethers and all that.
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