My Favourite Music Of 2020

Top 10 albums of 2020: 

1. Gold Key - Panic Machine 
2. clipping - Visions of Bodies Being Burned
3. Paradise Lost – Obsidian 
4. Elephant Tree – Habits 
5. Napalm Death – Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism
6. …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – X: The Godless Void and Other Stories 
7. Winterfylleth – The Reckoning Dawn 
8. Crippled Black Phoenix – Ellengast 
9. Sparks – A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip 
10. Igorrr – Spirituality And Distortion 

Near misses (in no order)

• Deftones - Ohms 
• Video Nasties - Dominion 
• Mr. Bungle - The Raging Wrath Of the Easter Bunny Demo
• Phoxjaw - Royal Swan 
• Desert Storm - Omens 
• Green Carnation - Leaves Of Yesteryear 
• Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant 
• Biffy Clyro - A Celebration Of Endings 
• Marilyn Manson - We Are Chaos 
• Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment 
• Run The Jewels - RTJ4 
• My Dying Bride - The Ghost Of Orion 
• Puscifer - Existential Reckoning 

EPs

1. Carcass - Despicable
2. Ihsahn - Pharos 
3. Zeal & Ardor - Wake A Nation 
4. Corrupt Moral Altar - Patiently Waiting For Wonderful Things 
5. My Dying Bride - Macabre Cabaret 
6. Ihsahn - Telemark 
7. Bob Vylan - Northern Line

Favourite Albums Based On Spotify Plays (i.e. the songs with the most plays):

1. Haken - Prosthetic
2. Green Carnation - Leaves Of Yesteryear
3. Paradise Lost - Obsidian
4. Gold Key - Panic Machine
5. Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant
6. Mr Bungle - The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo
7. Elephant Tree - Habits
8. Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment
9. My Dying Bride - Like Gods Of The Sun
10. Napalm Death - Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism

First random tunes of the day - Friday

1. The Apollo Programme Was A Hoax - Refused
   
2. This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed - Mars Volta
   
3. E5150 - Black Sabbath
   
4. Lori Meyers - NoFX
   
5. Don't Try Suicide - Queen
   
6. Better? - Propellerheads
   
7. Reality - The Berzerker
   
8. Rapture - Paradise Lost
   
9. Teardrop - Massive Attack
   
10. Hit The Lights - Metallica
    
11. One More Time - Daft Punk
    
12. The Poison Pen - The Scaramanga Six
    
13. Father To Son - Queen
    

First random tunes of the day - Wednesday

1. Get Your Fight On - Suicidal Tendencies
   
2. The Orange Monkey - PJ Harvey
   
3. Captive Bolt Pistol - Carcass
   
4. The Real Problem - Body Count
   
5. Journey Into Jade - Cathedral
   
6. Human Oddity - The Scaramanga Six
   
7. Introduce Yourself - Faith No More
   
8. Night Of The Seagulls - Cathedral
   
9. Life In Velvet - Between The Buried And Me
   
10. L'via L'viaquez - The Mars Volta
    
11. Standing In Blood - Nocturnus
    
12. Contempt - Entombed
    
13. One Day - Bjork
    

First random tunes of the day - Thursday

1. Swallow My Pride - Ramones
   
2. Angelworm Angel - Cardiacs
   
3. My Wave - Soundgarden
   
4. Beautiful - Smashing Pumpkins
   
5. Intimate Secretary - Raconteurs
   
6. 22 Acacia Avenue - Iron Maiden
   
7. Giant Bones - Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
   
8. The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction Of Dale) - Queen
   
9. Racing The Tide - Chemical Brothers
   
10. Mr. Softee Theme - Nuclear Assault
    
11. 4-24-05 - Fantomas
    
12. Chaos Calling - The Gates Of Slumber
    
13. The Thirteen Cryptical Prophecies Of Mu - Bal Sagoth
    
14. What Is The Light? - Flaming Lips
    
15. Blood And Thunder - The Gates Of Slumber
    
16. Colours - Sisters Of Mercy
    

First random tunes of the day - Wednesday

1. disp_tx_skel_mach_murx - Melvins
   
2. Angel Tears - Paradise Lost
   
3. Going Blind - Melvins
   
4. Under My Chin - Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
   
5. The Gospel - Dandy Warhols
   
6. Forgive Our Fathers - Godflesh
   
7. Drink To Be Sick - Lawnmower Deth
   
8. Learn From This Mistake - Down
   
9. I'm Gonna Crawl - Led Zeppelin
   
10. He's A Whore - Big Black
    
11. Da Funk - Daft Punk
    
12. Rotgut - Tomahawk
    
13. Trio Cu Patru - Fanfare Ciocarlia
    
14. Andromeda - Mastodon
    
15. The 11th Hour - Rancid
    
16. Night Of The Hunter - Fantomas
    
17. P-Pop-Slop - Melt Banana
    

First random tunes of the day - Friday

1. Understanding Salesmen - Eels
   
2. I Would Never Wanna Be Young Again - Gogol Bordello
   
3. The Rage - Judas Priest
   
4. Firebirds! - Clutch
   
5. Send A Picture Of Mother - Johnny Cash
   
6. Stir It Up - Bob Marley
   
7. An Eternity Of Lies - Paradise Lost
   
8. Ninja - Skindred
   
9. Ravens Guide Our Way - Grand Magus
   
10. Money - Pink Floyd
    
11. As It Was - Melvins
    
12. Cloud Of Forgetting - Swans
    

First random tunes of the day - Friday

1. Seabeast - Mastodon
   
2. HOW --++-- - Melvins
   
3. Bodies - Smashing Pumpkins
   
4. Orion - Metallica
   
5. I Will Lay Down My Bones Among The Rocks And Roots - Wolves In The Throne Room