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Termina 2020 ¡por fín! Convendremos que ha sido el peor año de nuestras vidas a muchos niveles relacionados con el maldito virus, ese que nos ha privado de libertad y de vivir como cada uno quisiera.
Sin embargo, 2020 ha sido un año excepcional en cuanto al nivel de lanzamientos discográficos y, además, hemos tenido más tiempo para escuchar música por lo que la cantidad de discos a destacar es muy grande. Así las cosas, nuestras listas son solo una pequeña guía de discos maravillosos, de metal de alto voltaje.

Sirva nuestra lista con lo mejor de 2020 para desear a todos nuestros lectores un feliz año 2021 a todos los niveles.
Y ahora, sin más dilación, los ganadores son:

BANDA DEL AÑO: AC/DC
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DISCO DEL AÑO: DRACONIAN ‘UNDER A GODLESS VEIL’
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BANDA REVELACIÓN: SHALLOW WATERS
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MEJOR DIRECTO: DREAM THEATER
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Votos – Banda – Título del disco
38 DRACONIAN – UNDER A GODLESS VEIL
34 Oceans of Slumber – Oceans of Slumber
31 Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkenment
28 Paradise Lost – Obsidian
25 LIK – Misanthropic breed
23 Napalm Death – Throes of joy in the jaws of defeatism
23 Vhäldemar – Straight to hell
22 Benediction – Scriptures
18 Warkings – Revenge
17 Lords of Black – Alchemy of Souls pt 1
17 Heaven Shall Burn – Of Truth and Sacrifice
17 Mr. Bungle – The raging wrath of the easter bunny
15 Disavowed – Revocation of the Fallen
15 Trivium – What the dead men say
15 My Dying Bride – Ghost of Orion
14 Ulcerate – Stare into Death and Be Still
14 Raventale – Planetarium II
13 Dark Tranquillity – Moment
13 Testament – Titans of creation
12 Nightwish – Human :II: Nature
12 Sorcerer – Lamenting of the innocent
11 Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary man
10 Crippled Black Phoenix – Ellengaest
10 Lovebites – Electric pentagram
10 Fires in the distance – Echoes From Deep November
10 Mentalist – Freedom of Speach
10 Gathering Of Kings – Discovery
10 Korgonthurus – Kuolleestasyntynyt
10 Arrayan Path – The Marble Gates to Apeiron
10 Deftones – Ohms
10 Oranssi Pazuzu – Mestarin Kynsi
10 Sons Of Apollo – MMXX
10 Warbringer – Weapons of tomorrow
10 Necrophobic – Dawn of the damned
10 Hällas – Fading hero
9 Myrkur – Folkesange
9 Stoneflower – Finally
9 Trick or Treat – The Legend of the XII Saints
9 Mercyless – The Mother of All Plagues
9 Bythos – The Womb of Zero
9 Diabulus in Musica – Euphonic enthropy
9 Scardust – Strangers
9 The Ocean – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic I Cenozoic
9 Lamb of god – Lamb of god
9 Pain Of Salvation – Panther
9 And Oceans – Cosmic world mother
9 Ulver – Flowers of evil
8 Injector – Hunt of the rawhead
8 Defeated Sanity – The Sanguinary Impetus
8 Lionville – Magic is alive
8 Secrets of the Moon – Black house
8 Delain – Apocalypse & Chill
8 Avatar – Hunter gatherer
8 Ensiferum – Thalassis
8 Kvelertak – Splid
8 Gaerea – Limbo
8 Haken – Virus
8 Kari Rueslatten – Sorgekape
7 Dool – Summerland
7 Porta Nigra – Schöpfungswut
7 Judge Minos – The Keeper of imbalance
7 Konvent – Puritan Masochism
7 Primal Fear – Metal commando
7 Mare Cognitum/Spectral Lore – Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine
7 Light Field Reverie – Another World
7 Harem Scarem – Change the world
7 Unreqvited – Empathica
7 Aeternam – Al Qassam
7 Buffalo Summer – Desolation blue
7 Sepultura – Quadra
7 Typhon – Mass produced perfection
6 Bütcher – 666 goats carry my chariot
6 Déhà – Contrast II
6 Dropdead – Dropdead
6 AC/DC – PWR UP
6 OLS – Widma
6 H.E.A.T. – II
6 Predicacor – In tenebris
6 Beyond Death – Accept you fate
6 Skeletoon – Nemesis
6 Shallow Waters – Bed of snakes
6 DGM – Tragic separation
5 Nyrst – Orsök
5 The Spirit – Cosmic Terror
5 Fluisteraars – Bloem
5 Disbelief – Ground collapse
5 Katatonia – City Burials
5 Vader – Solitude Madness
5 Thrashwall – Thrashwall
5 Demons & Wizards – III
5 Mercury Circle – The Dawn Of Vitriol
5 Ross the Boss – Born of Fire
5 Amaranthe – Manifest
5 Reverber – Sect of faceless
5 Cycle of Suffering – Sylosis
4 Fuck the Facts – Pleine Noirceur
4 Shores of Null – Beyond the Shores
4 Vanishing Point – Dead Elysium
4 Afsky – Ofte jeg drømmer mig død
4 Sez Naus – Retales
4 Stormburner – Shadow rising
4 Brave The Cold – Scarcity
4 Me And That Man – New Man, New Songs, Same Shit Vol.1
4 Mystic Prophecy – Metal Division
4 Blue Oyster Cult – The Symbol Remains
4 Tar Pond – Electric protocol of constant sadness
4 Obsidian Kingdom – Meat machine
4 Skeletal Remains – The Entombment of Chaos
3 Undergang – Aldrig I Livet
3 Varg – Zeichen
3 Necrot – Mortal
3 The devil’s trade – The Call the Iron Peak
3 Countless Skies – Glow
3 An Autumn For Crippled Children – All fell silent, everything went quiet
3 Immorgon – As shadows fall
3 Witches – The fates
3 Derek Sherinian – The phoenix
3 August Burns Red – Guardians
2 Falconer – From a dying ember
2 Hjelvik – Welcome to hel
2 Beyond the black – Horizons
2 Alyanza – Life, human…
2 Imperial Triumphant – Alphaville
2 Enslaved – Utgard
2 Wings of Destiny – Ballads
2 My Silent wake – Damnum Per Seacolorum
2 Moonlight Haze – Lunaris
2 Kalandra – The Line
2 Toundra – Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
2 Meth Leppard – Woke
1 Armored Saint – Punching the sky
1 Tomorrow’s Rain – Hollow
1 Royal Hunt – Dystopia
1 Mors Principium Est – Seven
1 Ulfven – Bland aska och sten
1 Marche Funébre – Eingereicht
1 Cytotoxin – Nuklearth
1 Aposento – Conjuring The New Apocalipse
1 Hatebreed – Weight Of The False Self
1 The Night Flight Orchestra – Aeromantic
1 The Black Dahlia Murder – Verbonious
1 Black Fate – Ithaca
1 Ratpenat – 50 % Glam, 50 Clavegueram

VOTACIONES INDIVIDUALES
En este apartado figuran las valoraciones individuales de parte del equipo que formamos parte de Empire y se dividen en tres bloques: 10 mejores discos, mejor directo / streaming, banda del año y banda revelación.

MARC GUTIÉRREZ
Draconian – Under a godless veil
Oceans of Slumber – Oceans of Slumber
LIK – Misanthropic breed
Nightwish – Human :II: Nature
Sorcerer – Lamenting the innocent
Nyrst – Orsök
Kari Rueslatten – Sorgekape
Obsidian Kingdom – Meat machine
Beyond the Black – Horizons
Shallow Waters – Shallow Waters

Banda del año: Oceans of Slumber
Banda revelación: Shallow Waters
Directo / Streaming: Kari Rueslatten

JERO GARCIA
Crippled Black Phoenix – Ellengaest
Draconian – Under a Godless Veil
Secrets of the Moon – Black House
Dool – Summerland
Paradise Lost – Obsidian
Dark Tranquillity – Moment
Necrophobic – Dawn of the Damned
My Dying Bride – Ghost of Orion
Shallow Waters – Bed of Snakes
Ulver – Flowers of Evil

Banda del año: Counting Hours
Banda revelación: Shallow Waters
Directo / Streaming: Vreid

IRENE SERRANO
Fires in the distance – Echoes From Deep November
Myrkur – Folkesange
Reventale – Planetarium II
Light Field Reverie – Another World
Déhà – Contrast II / I Breathe Needles
Mercury Circle – The Dawn Of Vitriol
Shores of Null – Beyond the Shores
The devil’s trade – The Call the Iron Peak
My Silent wake – Damnum Per Seacolorum
Marche Funébre – Eingereicht

Banda del año: Fires in the Distance
Banda revelación: Mercury Circle
Directo / Streaming: Dark Tranquillity

JUAN ESPINOZA
Oranssi Pazuzu – Mestarin Kynsi
Mercyless – The Mother of All Plagues
Gaerea – Limbo
Konvent – Puritan Masochism
Benediction – Scriptures
The Spirit – Cosmic Terror
Kari Rueslatten – Sørgekåpe
Draconian – Under a Godless Veil
Ocean Of Slumber – Oceans Of Slumber
Aposento – Conjuring The New Apocalipse

Banda del año: AC/DC
Banda revelación: Konvent
Directo / Streaming: Oranssi Pazuzu

KIKE MOLLA
Paradise Lost – Obsidian
Diabulus in musica – Euphonic enthropy
Ensiferum – Thalassis
Typhon – Mass produced perfection
Beyond Death – Accept you fate
Reverber – Sect of faceless
Sez Naus – Retales
Varg – Zeichen
Hjelvik – Welcome to hel
The Black Dahlia Murder – Verbonious

Banda del año: Imperial Age
Banda revelación: Imperial Age
Directo / Streaming: Typhus

JUAN SANZ
Warbringer – Weapons of tomorrow
Lamb of God – Lamb of God
Avatar – Hunter Gatherer
Testament- Titans of Creations
Trivium – What the Dead Men Say
Cycle of Suffering – Sylosis
Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man
Nighwish –  Human :II: Nature
Enslaved – Utgard
Sepultura – Quadra

Banda de año: Slipknot
Banda Revelación: NS / NC
Directo / Streaming: Unleash the Archers

JOAQUIM VALLS
Napalm Death – Throes of joy in the jaws of defeatism
Benediction – Scriptures
Mr. Bungle – The raging wrath of the easter bunny
Buffalo Summer – Desolation blue
Dropdead – Dropdead
Hällas – Fading hero
Tar Pond – Electric protocol of constant sadness
My Dying Bride – The ghost of orion
Meth Leppard – Woke
Ratpenat – 50 % Glam, 50 Clavegueram

Banda del año: Autopsy
Banda revelación: Night
Directo / Streaming: Obituary

GERARD BRULL
Korgonthurus – Kuolleestasyntynyt
Bythos – The Womb of Zero
Mare Cognitum/Spectral Lore – Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine
Unreqvited – Empathica
OLS – Widma
Fluisteraars – Bloem
Afsky – Ofte jeg drømmer mig død
Countless Skies – Glow
Kalandra – The Line
Ulfven – Bland aska och sten

Banda del año: Korgonthurus
Banda revelación: Bythos
Directo / Streaming: Mork

TONI LÓPEZ
Arrayan Path – The Marble Gates to Apeiron
Scardust – Strangers
Haken – Virus
Aeternam – Al Qassam
Sorcerer – The lamenting of the Innocent
Skeletoon – Nemesis
Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkenment
DGM – Tragic Separation
Falconer – From a dying ember
Royal Hunt – Dystopia

Banda del año: Allegaeon
Banda revelación: Altesia
Directo / Streaming: Dream Theater

ALFONSO DÍAZ
Lords of Black – Alchemy of souls pt. I
Trivium – What the dead men say
Vhäldemar – Straight to hell
Primal Fear – Metal commando
Testament – Titans of creation
Thrashwall – Thrashwall
Stormburner – Shadow rising
Witches – The fates
Alyanza – Life, human…
Armored Saint – Punching the sky

Banda del año: AC/DC
Banda revelación: Iriat
Directo / Streaming: The Night Flight Orchestra

XÈNIA VON ERETICY
Ulcerate – Stare into Death and Be Still
Draconian – Under a Godless Veil
Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkenment
Porta Nigra – Schöpfungswut
Necrophobic – Dawn of the Damned
Oceans of Slumber – Oceans of Slumber
Fuck the Facts – Pleine Noirceur
Shallow Waters – Bed of Snakes 
Imperial Triumphant – Alphaville
Obsidian Kingdom – Meat Machine

Banda del año: Ikarass
Banda revelación: Odraza
Directo / Streaming: Angelus Apatrida

YMIR PEIRÓ
Gathering Of Kings – Discovery
Stoneflower – Finally
Lionville – Magic is alive
Harem Scarem – Change the world
H.E.A.T. – II
Hällas – Conundrum
Vanishing Point – Dead Elysium
DGM – Tragic separation
Toundra – Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
Black Fate – Ithaca

Banda del año: Ritchie Kotzen
Banda revelación: Waiting for Monday
Directo / Streaming: Eclipse

ENRIQUE SOBRINO
Mentalist – Freedom of Speach
Warkings – Revenge
Vhaldemar – Straight to hell
Judge Minos – The Keeper of imbalance
Predicacor – In tenebris
Demons & Wizards – III
Mystic Prophecy – Metal Division
Lords of Black – Alchemy of souls part 1
Moonlight Haze – Lunaris
Skeletoon – Nemesis

Banda del año: Predicador
Banda revelación: Judge Minos
Directo / Streaming: Desert

MAESE LEIVA
Sons Of Apollo – MMXX
Pain Of Salvation – Panther
Kvelertak – Splid
Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Men
AC/DC – PWR UP
Paradise Lost – Obsidian
Blue Oyster Cult – The Symbol Remains
Derek Sherinian – The phoenix
Dark Tranquility – Moment
The Night Flight Orchestra – Aeromantic

Banda del Año: AC/DC
Banda revelación: NS / NC
Directo / Streaming: Metallica

DANI RUIZ
Lovebites – Electric Pentagram
Trick or Treat – The Legend of the XII Saints
Injector – Hunt of the rawhead
Vhäldemar – Straight to hell
Bütcher – 666 goats carry my chariot
Ross the Boss – Born of Fire
Lords of Black – Alchemy of Souls pt 1
Immorgon – As shadows fall
Wings of Destiny – Ballads
Mors Principium Est – Seven

Banda del año: Trick or Treat
Banda revelación: Cran Arcanaria
Directo / Streaming: NS / NC

SORAYA MUÑOZ
Disavowed – Revocation of the Fallen
Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkenment
LIK – Misanthropic Breed
Benediction – Scriptures
Sepultura – Quadra
Vader – Solitude Madness
Undergang – Aldrig I Livet
Skeletal Remains – The Entombment of Chaos
Cytotoxin – Nuklearth

Banda del año: AC/DC
Banda revelación: Bis·nte
Directo / Streaming: Analepsy

CARLES OLIVER
Anaal Nathrakh – Endarkentment
Mr. Bungle – The Ranging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny
Defeated Sanity – The Sanguinary Impetus
LIK – Misanthropic Breed
Napalm Death – Throes of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism
Disavowed – Revocation of the Fallen
Brave The Cold – Scarcity
Necrot – Mortal
Skeletal Remains – The Entombment Of Chaos
Hatebreed – Weight Of The False Self

Banda del año: AC/DC
Banda revelación: Blood from the Soul
Directo / Streaming: Dream Theater

CARLOS DE LA PUENTE
Heaven Shall Burn – Of Truth and Sacrifice
Warkings – Revenge
Delain– Apocalypse & Chill
My Dying Bride – Thr Ghost of Orion
Dark Tranquillity – Moment
Amaranthe – Manifest
Draconian – Under a Godless Veil
August Burns Red – Guardians
Nightwish – Human :II: Nature
Paradise Lost – Obsidian

Banda del año: Amaranthe
Banda revelación: Majestica
Directo / Streaming: Heaven Shall Burn

VIVIEN SCALBERT
Oceans of Slumber – Oceans of Slumber
The Ocean – Phanerozoic II : Mesozoic I Cenozoic
Ulver – Flowers of Evil
Heaven Shall Burn – Of Truth and Sacrifice
Paradise Lost – Obsidian
Katatonia – City Burials
Me And That Man – New Man, New Songs, Same Shit Vol.1
An Autumn For Crippled Children – All fell silent, everything went quiet
My Dying Bride – The Ghost of Orion
Pain of Salvation – Panther

Banda del año: Oceans of Slumber
Banda revelación: Beyond the Black
Directo / Streaming: NS / NC

F.
Deftones – Ohms
And Oceans – Cosmic world mother
Oceans of Slumber – Oceans of Slumber
Napalm Death – Throes of joy in the jaws of defeatism
Raventale – Planetarium II
Disbelief – Ground collapse
Ulcerate – Stare into death and be still
Draconian – Under a godless veil
LIK – Misanthropic breed
Tomorrow’s Rain – Hollow

Banda del año: LIK
Banda revelación: Yoth Iria
Directo / Streaming: Rage