Readers Pick the Best Debut LP of 2020

As we wind down our Best of 2020 countdown, we reveal the results of another poll – best debut album. There were over 1,600 votes in total.

Here are the results:

1. Takatak – ‘Acrophase’ 294 votes 17.96 %
2. Brave the Cold – ‘Scarcity’ 155 votes 9.47 %
3. Greg Puciato – ‘Child Soldier: Creator of God’ 135 votes 8.25 %
4. End – ‘Splinters from an Ever-Changing Face’ 86 votes 5.25 %
5. Undeath – 'Lesions of a Different Kind' 85 votes 5.19 %
6. Corey Taylor – ‘CMFT’ 83 votes 5.07 %
7. Hjelvik – 'Welcome to Hel' 81 votes 4.95 %
8. Kirk Windstein – ‘Dream in Motion’ 65 votes 3.97 %
9. Cult of Lilith – 'Mara' 64 votes 3.91 %
10. Melted Bodies – 'Enjoy Yourself' 62 votes 3.79 %
11. Tallah – ‘Matriphagy’ 59 votes 3.6 %
12. Black Curse – ‘Endless Wound’ 52 votes 3.18 %
13. Gulch – 'Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress' 52 votes 3.18 %
14. Viscera – 'Obsidian' 50 votes 3.05 %
15. Umbra Vitae – ‘Shadow of Life’ 47 votes 2.87 %
16. Skeleton – ‘Skeleton’ 38 votes 2.32 %
17. Gargoyl – ‘Gargoyl’ 33 votes 2.02 %
18. En Minor – ‘When the Cold Truth Has Worn Its Miserable Welcome Out’ 29 votes 1.77 %
19. White Stones – ‘Kuarahy’ 26 votes 1.59 %
20. Sweven – 'The Eternal Resonance' 25 votes 1.53 %
21. Nug – ‘Alter Ego’ 20 votes 1.22 %
22. Apple Sauce – ‘Apple Sauce’ 13 votes 0.79 %
23. Imonolith – ‘State of Being’ 12 votes 0.73 %
24. The Weapon – ‘A Repugnant Turn of Events’ 12 votes 0.73 %
25. Hellgarden – 'Making Noise, Living Fast' 9 votes 0.55 %
26. Konvent – 'Puritan Masochism' 9 votes 0.55 %
27. Big Scenic Nowhere – ‘Vision Beyond Horizon’ 8 votes 0.49 %
28. Molitoth – 'The Tribunal' 8 votes 0.49 %
29. City of Souls – ‘Synaesthesia’ 7 votes 0.43 %
30. Let Us Prey – ‘Virtues of the Vicious’ 7 votes 0.43 %
31. Etherius – ‘Chaos. Order. Renewal.’ 6 votes 0.37 %
32. Killkount – 'Konflict & Terror' 5 votes 0.31 %