Here’s an ongoing unordered list of 2020 albums that have been in heavy rotation. I’ll add to this post as I discover albums throughout the year.
Cuttin’ Grass Volume 1 – The Butcher Shoppe Sessions
Nashville’s psychedelic country badass Sturgill Simpson moves over to his own, independent label, and bluegrassifies his back catalog with an all-star backing band. And it is awesome!
20 songs, 55 minutes
Release date: October 16, 2020
If you like: Sturgill + Bluegrass
Enlightened in Eternity
The fourth studio effort from Arizona heavy-hitting duo Spirit Adrift is sure to land on many end-of-year lists.
8 songs, 45 minutes
Release date: October 16, 2020
If you like: Maiden! Priest!
Withering Earth
by Scorched Oak
The heavy-hitting debut album from this German trio will certainly be up there on my end-of-year list!
5 songs, 48 minutes
Release date: September 18, 2020
If you like: Kadavar, Kyuss
Venus Skytrip
by Psychlona
Desert-inspired fuzzed space riffs!
8 songs, 49 minutes
Release date: August 21, 2020
If you like: Black Rainbows, Wo Fat
Nothing as the Ideal
All Them Witches deliver another best-in-class genre-bending long player for heavy music lovers.
8 songs, 43 minutes
Release date: September 4, 2020
If you like: Baroness, Kadavar, King Buffalo
In Search Of Lost Time
by Protoje
Protoje offers up another top-to-bottom masterclass in reggae revival.
10 songs, 36 minutes
Release date: August 28, 2020
If you like: Damien Marley, Chronixx
El Dorado
by Marcus King
A soulful debut solo album from one of the hottest young guns in modern blues scene.
12 songs, 42 minutes
Release date: January 17, 2020
If you like: Lukas Nelson, Billy Strings, Gov’t Mule
Refractions
by Lowrider
Nearly twenty years since their last studio album, Sweden’s Lowrider drops a stunning long player.
6 songs, 41 minutes
Release date: February 21, 2020
If you like: King Buffalo, Elder, Kyuss