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2020's end-of-year listmania yielded a set of records (including a tie for tenth place) that we deem indisputable champions. Well, unless you want to dispute these on Twitter, anyway.

Senior Editor Jon Rosenthal shares his favorite picks from 2020.

Langdon Hickman's top picks for the year range from the emotionally harrowing to just plain kickass.

Ivan Belcic's eclectic list runs the gamut from the horrifying to the exuberant.

Chris Rowella highlights his top picks of 2020 -- exceptional albums for an exceptional (but in the other sense of the word) year.

The Ripped to Shreds mastermind looks back at 2020's most disgusting jams, featuring even more putrid artwork.

In this episode, Andrew, Joe, and Langdon discuss their favorite heavy metal albums of 2020, using them to reflect on how trying and tumultuous the year has been.

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.

Robert Andersson of Morbus Chron named his new project after the now-defunct band's greatest album, and for a damn good reason: Sweven's "The Eternal Resonance" one-ups anything you can throw at it. Here's our in-depth review.

All the new metal releasing between March 15th and March 21st, 2020 -- spin (or skip) new music from Malokarpatan, Lucifer, Master Boot Record, and more.