Ippocalyptica
Now that it is very unlikely that the absolutely phenomenal Death Fortress will ever release another album, it is rather fitting that Hate Forest - the band that most inspired the sound of Death Fortress - has released perhaps the best album of its career in Hour of the Centaur. This album should have appeared on more 2020 AOTY lists, and I think that time will be very kind to its standing. This is black metal manifested as pure fury with uncompromising vision, and is a force to behold.