Year 2020 will go down in history as one of the worst years in music industry. Luckily this didn’t stop bands from releasing new music. Our Nordic Metal Staff has chosen their TOP-5 albums for this year and they are listed below by each staff member.

 

Tero Tolkki

1. Kaunis Kuolematon – Syttyköön toinen aurinko
2. Dynazty – The Dark Delight
3. Turmion Kätilöt – Global Warning
4. Humavoid – Lidless
5. Lost Society – No Absolution

Daniel Ramos

1. Enslaved – Utgard
2. Gösta Berlings Saga – Konkret Musik
3. Ihsahn – Pharos (EP)
4. Lordi – Killection
5. Mokoma – Ihmissokkelo

Serena Solomon

1. Aleah – Aleah
2. Mercury Circle – The Dawn of Vitriol
3. Katatonia – City Burials
4. Kaunis Kuolematon – Syttyköön Toinen Aurinko
5. Kallomäki – Uuden Kuun Aika I & II

Nikki Katsi

1. Desolator – Sermon of Apathy
2. Kaunis Kuolematon – Syttyköön toinen aurinko
3. Dark Tranquillity – Moment
4. Katatonia – City Burials
5. Soliloquium – Things We Leave Behind

Marci Novotna

1. Tungsten – Tundra
2. Dynazty – The Dark Delight
3. Ensiferum – Thalassic
4. Turmion Kätilöt – Global Warning
5. …and Oceans – Cosmic World Mother

Slayanys Maniax

1. Humavoid – Lidless
2. Kaunis Kuolematon – Syttyköön toinen aurinko
3. Aleah – Aleah
4. Katatonia – City Burials
5. 13 Rounds – Rat Race

Kris Murias

1. Dynazty – The Dark Delight
2. Lordi – Killection
3. Defecto – Duality
4. Smackbound – 20/20
5. One Desire – Midnight Empire

Sophie Hekate

1. …and Oceans – Cosmic World Mother
2. Finntroll – Vredesvävd
3. Dark Tranquillity – Moment
4. Myrkur – Folkesange
5. Verikalpa – Tuoppitanssi