Nodus tollens in english series#

There are records that I fell asleep to almost every night since they were released (number 3 ), thrilling new discoveries ( 95 ), old masters making a triumphant return ( 6 )… and in the case of number ONE, records that unleashed their black irradiant glories extremely late in the year yet annihilated everything else that had come before. There were things of beauty ( 58, 24 ) and ugliness ( 49, 38 ).

There are records that immediately blew my mind (number 92, number 2, number 8 ), records that crept up over time to become firm favourites (number 31 ), expected hypebeasts (number 4 ) and records that deserve FAR more attention ( 59, 63 ). The original shortlist was over 200 albums long and I’ve (excruciatingly) whittled it down to a hundred of the finest – there is no “near misses” section, because in a year in which we were absolutely spoiled for good music as most had much else better to do in quarantine, there are simply too many that would have very deservedly made the cut. These are just the records that tickled my own personal blasphemy glands juuuust right. I’m not the grand arbiter of taste or final word on anything. So remember: this is in no way a definitive list. Of those, I probably only checked out around a thousand, tops. At a cursory glance, Metal Archives has 3146 full-length black metal albums logged as being released last year.

Nodus tollens in english series#

After a marathon stretch we’re finally here, hammering the last rusty nail into our 2020 LISTCRUSH series – the full-length albums that resonated most with me throughout 2020. Greetings, infernal warbröethers and all that.