RJD's Best Albums Of 2020

This is the best 2020 had to offer. It's a good thing we had music...

11. Eternal Champion - "Ravening Iron" (11/20/20, No Remorse)

-Power. Sword. Domination.

10. Nick Cave - "Idiot Prayer" (11/20/20, Bad Seeds) 

-Isolated. Ivory. Poet.

9. King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - "K.G." (11/20/20, Flightless)

-Psychedelic. Playful. Microtones.

8. Run The Jewels - "RTJ4" (6/3/20, RBC)

-Brave. Yank. Rap.

7. The Budos Band - "Long In The Tooth" (10/9/20, Daptone)

-Brass. Funk. Machismo.

6. Thy Catafalque - "Naiv" (1/24/20, Season Of Mist)

-Guttural. Avant-garde. Colors.

5. Man Man - "Dream Hunting In The Valley Of The In-Between" (5/1/20, Sub Pop)

-Circus. Gravel. Fun.

4. Mr. Bungle - "The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo" (10/30/20, Ipecac)

-Sophomoric. Thrash. Nostalgia.

3. Enslaved - "Utgard" (10/2/20, Nuclear Blast)

-Progressive. Otherworldly. Vikings.

2. Igorrr - "Spirituality And Distortion" (3/27/20, Metal Blade)

-Desert. Savage. Chaos.

1. Spirit Adrift - "Enlightened In Eternity" (10/16/20, 20 Buck Spin)

-Classic. Fist-pounding. Metal.

Best album of 2020.

Best Albums of 2019

10. Sleater-Kinney - The Center Won't Hold

9. Sault - 7

8. Mike Patton & Jean-Claude Vannier - Corpse Flower

7. Mikal Cronin - Seeker

6. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rat's Nest

5. Billie Eilish - When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

4. Bon Iver - i,i

3. Nick Cave - Ghosteen

2. Bonnie Prince Billy - I Made a Place

1. Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka

Best Albums Of The Decade (2010s!)

30. Witchcraft - "Legend" (Sweden, 2012)

29. Sean Rowe - "Madman" (New York, 2014)

28. Sammal  - "Sammal" (Finland, 2013)

27. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Push The Sky Away" (Australia, 2013)

26. Matt Elliott - "The Broken Man" (France/England, 2012)

25. Zeal & Ardor - "Stranger Fruit" (Switzerland, 2018)

24. Amorphis - "Queen Of Time" (Finland, 2018)

23. Ghost - "Meliora" (Sweden, 2015)

22. Enslaved - "RIITIIR" (Norway, 2012)

21. Rodrigo Y Gabriela - "Mettavolution" (Mexico, 2019)

20. Skeletonwitch - "Devouring Radiant Light (Ohio, 2018)

19. Iced Earth - "Live In Ancient Kourion" (Florida, 2013)

18. Black Mountain - "Wilderness Heart" (Canada, 2010)

17. Ty Segall - "Manipulator" (California, 2014)

16. The Dillinger Escape Plan - "Option Paralysis" (New Jersey, 2010)

15. Beastmilk - "Climax" (Finland, 2013)

14. Amyl And The Sniffers - "Amyl And The Sniffers" (Australia, 2019)

13. Kadavar - "Berlin" (Germany, 2015)

12. Grinderman - "Grinderman 2" (Australia, 2010)

11. Power Trip - "Nightmare Logic" (Texas, 2017)

10. Amigo The Devil - "Everything Is Fine" (Florida, 2018)

9. Cobalt - "Slow Forever" (Colorado, 2016)

8. The Budos Band - "The Budos Band III" (Staten Island, 2010)

7. Madder Mortem - "Marrow" (Norway, 2018)

6. Jonathan Wilson - "Fanfare" (California, 2013)

5. Horrendous - "Anareta" (Philadelphia, 2015)

4. The Tallest Man On Earth - "The Wild Hunt" (Sweden, 2010)

3. Leprous - "Bilateral" (Sweden, 2011)

2. Graveyard - "Hisingen Blues" (Sweden, 2011)

1. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - "Nonagon Infinity" (Australia, 2016)