CRITICS’ LISTS 2020
JERRY EWING (Editor)
1. ENSLAVED Utgard (NUCLEAR BLAST)
2. RICK WAKEMAN & THE ENGLISH ROCK ENSEMBLE The Red Planet (R&D MULTIMEDIA)
3. GREEN CARNATION Leaves Of Yesteryear (SEASON OF MIST)
4. FISH Weltschmerz (CHOCOLATE FROG)
5. COLDBONES The Cataclysm (DUNK!)
6. KATATONIA City Burials (PEACEVILLE)
7. MARIANA SEMKINA Sleepwalking (KSCOPE)
8. PG.LOST Oscillate (PELAGIC)
9. CALIGULA’S HORSE Rise Radiant (INSIDEOUT)
10. RING VAN MÖBIUS The 3rd Majesty (APOLLON)
11. DYBLE LONGDON Between A Breath And A Breath (ENGLISH ELECTRIC)
12. HEDVIG MOLLESTAD Ekhidna (RUNE GRAMMOFON)
13. MOTORPSYCHO The All Is One (STICKMAN/RUNE GRAMMOFON)
14. GAZPACHO Fireworker (KSCOPE)
15. JACK HUES Primitif (DAWN CHORUS)
16. SANGUINE HUM A Trace Of Memory (BAD ELEPHANT MUSIC)
17. MARTIN GRECH Hush Mortal Core (MARTIN GRECH MUSIC)
18. CHIMPAN A The Empathy Machine (TIGERMOTH)
19. LUNATIC SOUL Through Shaded Woods (KSCOPE)
20. MS AMY BIRKS All That I Am & All That I Was (MAB)
NATASHA SCHARF (Deputy Editor)
1. FISH Weltschmerz (CHOCOLATE FROG)
2. PAIN OF SALVATION Panther (INSIDEOUT)
3. LUNATIC SOUL Through Shaded Woods (KSCOPE)
4. ENSLAVED Utgard (NUCLEAR BLAST)
5. KATATONIA City Burials (PEACEVILLE)
6. MARIANA SEMKINA Sleepwalking (KSCOPE)
7. HAKEN Virus (INSIDEOUT)
8. DYBLE LONGDON Between A Breath And A Breath (ENGLISH ELECTRIC)
9. ULVER Flowers Of Evil (HOUSE OF MYTHOLOGY)
10. AA WILLIAMS Forever Blue (BELLA UNION)
11. THE PINEAPPLE THIEF Versions Of The Truth (KSCOPE)
12. NIGHTWISH Human.:II: Nature. (NUCLEAR BLAST)
13. GODSTICKS Inescapable (KSCOPE)
14. GREEN CARNATION Leaves Of Yesteryear (SEASON OF MIST)
15. PG.LOST Oscillate (PELAGIC)
16. CALIGULA’S HORSE Rise Radiant (INSIDEOUT)
17. OCEANS OF SLUMBER Oceans Of Slumber (CENTURY MEDIA)
18. ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF All Thoughts Fly (SOUTHERN LORD)
19. JONATHAN HULTÉN Chants From Another Place (KSCOPE)
20. ELEPHANT Tree Habits (HOLY ROAR)
RUSSELL FAIRBROTHER (Art Editor)
1. FISH Weltschmerz (CHOCOLATE FROG)
2. HEDVIG MOLLESTAD Ekhidna (RUNE GRAMMOFON)
3. CHEER-ACCIDENT Chicago XX (CUNEIFORM)
4. JULIA MARCELL Skull Echo (LONG BRANCH)
5. DYBLE LONGDON Between A Breath And A Breath (ENGLISH ELECTRIC)
6. HAKEN Virus (INSIDEOUT)
7. WORLDSERVICE PROJECT Hiding In Plain Sight (RARENOISE)
8. ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF All Thoughts Fly (SOUTHERN LORD)
9. THREE COLOURS DARK The Science Of Goodbye (FIREFLY MUSIC)
10. OCEANS OF SLUMBER Oceans Of Slumber (CENTURY MEDIA)
11. RICK WAKEMAN & THE ENGLISH ROCK ENSEMBLE The Red Planet (R&D MULTIMEDIA)
12. RÏCÏNN Nereid (BLOOD MUSIC)
13. THE END Allt Är Intet (RARENOISE)
14. MYRKUR Folkesange (RELAPSE)
15. WAX MACHINE Earthsong Of Silence (BEYOND BEYOND IS BEYOND)
16. JOHN HOLDEN Rise And Fall (SELF-RELEASE)
17. KAVUS TORABI Hip To The Jag (BELIEVERS ROAST)
18. COLIN BASS & DANIEL BIRO Still (SARGASSO)
19. PAIN OF SALVATION Panther (INSIDEOUT)
20. THE TANGENT Auto Reconnaissance (INSIDEOUT)
JO KENDALL (Associate Editor)
1. DYBLE LONGDON Between A Breath And A Breath (ENGLISH ELECTRIC)
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