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Best progressive death metal songs of the 2020s

It opened with nobody able to tour, so records got finished in bedrooms and discovery moved to a feed. Drill turned up in every city with a postcode, and Afrobeats and Latin pop went mainstream worldwide without waiting to be translated.

Songs from the progressive death metal albums of the 2020s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.

Woe (Instrumental Version) cover№ 1This Torment Has No End, Only New Beginnings (Instrumental)An Abstract Illusion · Woe (Instrumental Version)
  1. 2Woe (Instrumental Version) coverIn The Heavens Above, You Will Become A Monster (Instrumental)An Abstract Illusion · Woe (Instrumental Version)
  2. 3Woe (Instrumental Version) coverBlomsterkrans (Instrumental)An Abstract Illusion · Woe (Instrumental Version)
  3. 4Woe (Instrumental Version) coverProsperity (Instrumental)An Abstract Illusion · Woe (Instrumental Version)
  4. 5Woe (Instrumental Version) coverTear Down This Holy Mountain (Instrumental)An Abstract Illusion · Woe (Instrumental Version)
  5. 6Woe (Instrumental Version) coverSlaves (Instrumental)An Abstract Illusion · Woe (Instrumental Version)
  6. 7Woe (Instrumental Version) coverThe Behemoth That Lies Asleep (Instrumental)An Abstract Illusion · Woe (Instrumental Version)
  7. 8Woe coverThis Torment Has No End, Only New BeginningsAn Abstract Illusion · Woe
  8. 9Woe coverIn The Heavens Above, You Will Become A MonsterAn Abstract Illusion · Woe
  9. 10Woe coverBlomsterkransAn Abstract Illusion · Woe
  10. 11Woe coverProsperityAn Abstract Illusion · Woe
  11. 12Woe coverTear Down This Holy MountainAn Abstract Illusion · Woe
  12. 13Woe coverSlavesAn Abstract Illusion · Woe
  13. 14Woe coverThe Behemoth That Lies AsleepAn Abstract Illusion · Woe
  14. 15The Sleeping City coverThe Sleeping CityAn Abstract Illusion · The Sleeping City
  15. 16The Sleeping City coverSilverfieldsAn Abstract Illusion · The Sleeping City
  16. 17The Sleeping City coverEmmettAn Abstract Illusion · The Sleeping City
  17. 18The Sleeping City coverFrost FlowerAn Abstract Illusion · The Sleeping City
  18. 19The Sleeping City coverLike A Geyser Ever EruptingAn Abstract Illusion · The Sleeping City
  19. 20The Sleeping City coverNo Dreams Beyond Empty HorizonsAn Abstract Illusion · The Sleeping City
  20. 21The Sleeping City coverBlackmurmurAn Abstract Illusion · The Sleeping City
  21. 22Blind in Abyssal Realms coverHierothesionOrdh · Blind in Abyssal Realms
  22. 23Blind in Abyssal Realms coverBlind in Abyssal RealmsOrdh · Blind in Abyssal Realms
  23. 24Blind in Abyssal Realms coverPhlegraean FieldsOrdh · Blind in Abyssal Realms
  24. 25Blind in Abyssal Realms coverMoon of UrdOrdh · Blind in Abyssal Realms
  25. 26Blind in Abyssal Realms coverApis BullOrdh · Blind in Abyssal Realms
  26. 27A Sonication coverA SonicationObscura · A Sonication
  27. 28A Sonication coverThe Sun EaterObscura · A Sonication
  28. 29A Sonication coverStardustObscura · A Sonication
  29. 30A Sonication coverBeyond the Seventh SunObscura · A Sonication
  30. 31A Sonication coverThe ProlongingObscura · A Sonication
  31. 32A Sonication coverIn SolitudeObscura · A Sonication
  32. 33A Sonication coverEvenfallObscura · A Sonication
  33. 34A Sonication coverSilver LiningsObscura · A Sonication

One great song, one bad album

Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.

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