Metacritic Aggregate: 2020 Old Music: Metal

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

• Blues/Gospel
• Country/Americana/Folk
• Classical/New Age
• Electronica/Dance
• Hip-Hop/R&B
• Jazz
• Metal
• World
• Everything

Ranking

1. Motorhead: Ace of Spades [40th Anniversary Edition] (Sanctuary) {9}: AM:*, ClR:*, PM_r:14, RC_v:17; rs_x:4, yjed:+ -- A:92/3
2. Linkin Park: Hybrid Theory [20th Anniversary Edition] (Warner) {4}: AM:*, K:*, SC:*, Spk:* -- A:90/5
3. Boris: Amplifier Worship (Third Man) {3}: Mj:*, No_r:23; aqd:+
4. Mastodon: Medium Rarities (Reprise) {2}: Gl:*, K:* -- A:70/6, M:74/5
5. NWOBHM Thunder: New Wave of British Heavy Metal 1978-1986 (Cherry Red -3CD) {2}: AM:*; am_z:+
6. 16-17: Phantom Limb (1995-2018, Trost) {1}: TN:* -- TH:B
7. Boris: Absolutego (1996, Third Man) {1}: aqd:+
8. The Sword: Chronology: 2006-2018 (Craft) {1}: AM:*
9. Trouble: Manic Frustration (Hammerheart) {1}: bc_r:+
10. Trouble: Psalm 9 (Hammerheart) {1}: bc_r:+
11. Trouble: The Skull (Hammerheart) {1}: bc_r:+
12. Trouble: Trouble (Hammerheart) {1}: bc_r:+
13. Jobcentre Rejects Vol 3: Ultra Rare NWOBHM 1978-1983 (Jobcentre Rejects) {1}: SE_r:61
14. Jobcentre Rejects Volume 4: Ultra Rare FWOSHM 1978-1983: First Wave of Swedish Heavy Metal (Jobcentre Rejects) {1}: SE_r:61