10 songs of 2020
2020 is almost over, thank fuck and to celebrate lets look back at the year in terms of what musical gems were released through all the chaos. These are just a select few of my personal favourite songs of 2020, some I covered some I haven’t also this is in no particular order as I couldn’t rank them, you should definitely check all these bands out though. Now here is Miss Metals top 10 songs of 2020
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Black Tar Superstar - Hail To The Succubus
Released back in October, Hail to the succubus is a heavy catchy offering from Black tar superstars ‘Old gods awake’ EP, as a person not familiar with doom or sludge metal, I can still enjoy it.
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Vexing Hex - Red Harvest
2020 was definitely the year for the Illinois trio known as Vexing Hex after signing to Wiseblood records, re-releasing their debut EP haunt and now releasing Red Harvest a haunting track full of deep messaging and well done musicianship, utilizing instruments like violin to give the track a more ‘horror’ sound.
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Scathed- Deceit
Irish hard rockers Scathed are back to blow our minds with heavy, metal infused ‘Deceit’, a perfect fit for the bands established hard rock/metal sound, I need to give props to vocalist Ainsly on her powerful vocals, its just another example of scathe’s dedication to their craft.
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Paper Tigers- No Ghosts Walk
Catchy, pop inspired and infectious, No Ghosts Walk is another offering from the amazing Belfast based Paper Tigers, the alt rock trio strike again, their sound is upbeat and impossible not to sing along to.
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Witchkicker - Afraid To Be Nothing
Another hard hitting Witchkicker track? These ladies are truly blowing it out of the park after the punk sounding Nature, Nurture or Regret they come back with this hard rock anthem and was definitely a high point for the year.
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Horrenda - Axewound
Blackmetal band Horrenda unleashed this heavy track earlier this year, they take a lot of inspiration from irish myths and paganism, beautifully crafted and amazingly played, these boys have a love for what they do and you can feel it with this track, i'm not a blackmetal fan but even I can rock out to this.
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Florence Black - Bird On A Chain
Welsh rockers Florence Black came out with Bird On A Chain, a hardrock, politically charged song it was definitely one of my favourites of the year, currently working on a full length album, i'm excited to hear what they release next.
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Cannibalistic Martyr - Devils in the detail
I’m sorry, were you expecting me to not include this metalcore banger? Not only is the name super fucking outthere but its a genuinly good track, i love the effects on the monolauge at the end and the mix between screaming and singing, band only started this year and are already giving is amazing quality releases.
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Sedimento - El Pacto
So I am not a spanish speaker, I do not understand a word of whats being sang, however, I fucking love this song, its slow yet heavy and gives off influence from so many styles, its a beautifully put together track, I just love it.
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Stone Sea - Dream Song
The title says it all, a heavy yet flowy song, it sends you into almost a dream-like state, It changes from dream to nightmare and I absolutely love it, its one of those songs you can listen to as you fall asleep. Its amazing