2020 End Of The Year Lists: Best Albums

Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2020 End Of The Year Lists, the Best Albums of the year. The stipulation is that said album/EP had to have been released this year.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER (Except 1-10, there’s too many good ones to put a number on them)!!!

01) Greg Puciato- Child Soldier: Creator Of God
02) In Parallel- Fashioner
03) Run The Jewels- RTJ IV
04) Killer Be Killed- Reluctant Hero
05) Bush- The Kingdom
06) The Smashing Pumpkins- Cyr
07) Nothing- The Great Dismal
08) Deftones- Ohms
09) En Minor- When The Cold Truth Has Worn Out It’s Miserable Welcome
10) Trivium- What The Dead Men Say
11) Horseneck- Fever Dream
12) O’Brother- You and I
13) Marilyn Manson- We Are Chaos
14) Sevendust- Blood and Stone
15) Be Well- The Weight and The Cost
16) Umbra Vitae- Shadow Of Life
17) End- Splinters From An Ever Changing Face
18) Nine Inch Nails- Ghosts V and VI
19) Clint Lowery- God Bless The Renegades
20) Loathe- I Let It In And It Took Everything
21) Strangelight- Adult Themes
22) Ken Andrews- What’s Coming
23) Pallbearer- Forgotten Days
24) Sparta- Trust The River
25) Jesse Draxler- Reigning Cement

2020 End Of The Year Lists: Best Producer/Mixer

Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2020 End Of The Year Lists, the Top 10 Producers/Mixers. The stipulation is that, an album/EP had to have been released this year.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Nick Rowe/Steve Evetts- Greg Puciato: Child Soldier; Creator Of God
02) Billy Corgan- The Smashing Pumpkins: Cyr
03) Mark Nash/Ken Andrews- In Parallel: Fashioner
04) Terry Date- Deftones: Ohms
05) Will Yip- Nothing: The Great Dismal
06) EL-P- Run The Jewels: RTJ IV
07) Josh Wilbur- Killer Be Killed: Reluctant Hero, Trivium: What The Dead Men Say
08) Loathe- Loathe: I Let It In and It Took Everything
09) Shooter Jennings- Marilyn Manson: We Are Chaos
10) Brian McTernan- Be Well: The Weight and The Cost

Best Albums of 2020…So Far

2020 has definitely been a strange one that’s for sure. Thankfully, through all the craziness and madness, there have been a few bright spots as far as new music goes. At least we have that during all this. And with all the time we’ve had, it’s been nice to be able to delve into band catalogs as well as discover some really good new bands and albums. So, here is a nice list (with links to the albums) for you to check out. These are the Best Albums of 2020…So Far (in no particular order by the way).

Run The Jewels- Run The Jewels IV:

 

Trivium- What The Dead Men Say:

O’Brother- You and I:

Umbra Vitae- Shadow Of Life:

 
Molitoth- The Tribunal:

Old Lung- Old Lung EP:

 
Ozorn- Your Killer:

 

Mrs. Piss- Mrs. Piss:

Old Man Gloom- Seminar VIII- Light Of Meaning:

Old Man Gloom- Seminar IX- Darkness Of Being:

Elder- Omens:

Sparta- Trust The River:

End- Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face:

Killswitch Engage- Atonement II:

Horseneck- Fever Dream:

Loathe- I Let It In And It Took Everything:

Lamb Of God- Lamb Of God:

Nine Inch Nails- Ghosts V- Together:

Nine Inch Nails- Ghosts VI- Darkness: