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Andrew Sacher lists his favorite heavy releases of 2020.

IO staffers and editors came together to assemble eight gnarly and heavy releases that hit shelves last month — March 2020 brought us some of the most challenging and exciting heavy music to date, and here are our top favorites.

All the new metal releasing between March 8th and March 14th, 2020 — spin (or skip) new music from Rotting Kingdom, Code Orange, Smoulder, Satan, and more.

“If Code Orange are contemporary hardcore’s answer to nu-metal, then ‘The Hurt Will Go On’ is the band taking a stab at Powerman 5000.” Stream the new EP inside.

The metalcore pioneers lay waste to Terminal 5, featuring a cameo from Dimitri Minakakis and support from Code Orange

Ten albums, one through line: Kurt Ballou

Our trusty What Assails You columnist lets loose his top picks of this year, including Converge, Candy, and Code Orange

Including Sleep, Pallbearer, Wolves In The Throne Room and more

Tour dates also include their leg on the Metallica/Avenged Sevenfold jaunt

The “Killthrax” tour now has Code Orange on one leg, and Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta on the other