Best heavy metal from 2020

 Here's my list of favourite heavy metal albums from 2020, various kind of heavy, traditional, doom/stoner & speed metal. In alphabetical order. Click to go to the review. And feel free to make suggestions in comments.

Demonic Death Judge - The Trail

 

King Gorm - King Gorm

 

 Megaton Sword - Blood Hails Steel - Steel Hails Fire

 

Midnight - Rebirth By Blasphemy

 

Pimmit Hills - Heathens & Prophets

 

Sons of Disaster - Cursed

 Tyrant - Hereafter

 

 

King Gorm - King Gorm (2020)

King Gorm was a Danish king, but this King Gorm is a Californian band. On this outstanding first album they sound half 70' style progressive rock and half early heavy metal, imagine a mix of Yes, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, and Ghost. Keyboards melodies? Check. Epicness? Check. A bit cheesy? Well, yes, check, but here it's more a plus than a problem. A very nicely crafted and addictive album, I really enjoy it.
Oh, and I can't resist posting the picture of the band, I usually don't do that, but they are so triumphantly magnificent on this picture...

The Bandcamp page.