Too Soon? Jeff Treppel’s Best Metal Albums of 2020… So Far

Halfway through the year already! Even though a bunch of stuff got pushed back because of the pandemic, I’ve still listened to a ton of metal while attempting to bring you guys accurate write-ups of each week’s new releases. Some of it even stuck with me. Here’s a mostly accurate list of my faves so far.

-(16)- – Dream Squasher (Relapse)
Azusa – Loop of Yesterdays (Solid State)
Bütcher – 666 Goats Carry My Chariot (Osmose)
Cirith Ungol – Forever Black (Metal Blade)
Elder – Omens (Armageddon)
Haunt – Mind Freeze (Shadow Kingdom)
Intronaut – Fluid Existential Inversions (Metal Blade)
Lucifer – Lucifer III (Century Media)
Maserati – Enter the Mirror (Temporary Residence)
Midnight – Rebirth by Blasphemy (Metal Blade)
The Night Flight Orchestra – Aeromantic (NB)
Oranssi Pazazu – Mestarin Kynsi (NB)
Paradise Lost – Obsidian (NB)
Thy Catalfaque – Naiv (SoM)
Traveler – Termination Shock (Gates of Hell)