Episode 307 Best Of 2020

Thunder Underground

In this episode we cover our Top 20 albums of 2020. We kick the episode off with talk about some near misses, some non hard rock favorites (Sturgill Simpson, Chis Stapleton, Orville Peck, The Struts), our official honorable mentions from Mitch Perry Group. Dirty Shirley, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Stone Cherry, Avatar and Killer Be Killed, why we left Richie Kotzen and Me and That Man off our lists, love for EPs from Junkyard, Nixons, Soilwork, love for the cover explosion from Charlie Benante and friends, cover albums from Ellefson, Chris Cornell, Clutch and BPMD, and a look to 2021 with Damon Johnson, Evergrey, Saxon, Lajon Witherspoon and more. We then get into our Top 20 countdown: Thunder Underground's Top 20 of 2020: 1 Armored Saint - Punching the Sky 2 Testament - Titans of Creation EP 273 3 Body Count - Carnivore 4 Kirk Windstein - Dream in Motion EP 29 / 79 5 Hatebreed - Weight of the False Self EP 196 BYRNE / 260 FRANK / CS WAYNE 6 Night Flight Orchestra - Aeromatic 7 Thundermother - Heat Wave 8 AC/DC - PowerUP 9 Haunt - Flashback EP 247 10 Lamb of God - s/t 11 Black Swan - Shake the World EP 255 ROBIN / 305 REB BEACH 12 Healing the Fray - s/t EP 12 / 74 / 271 13 Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown - Pressure EP 297 14 Spirit Adrift - Enlightened in Eternity 15 Sevendust - Blood & Stone EP 119 16 Mr. Bungle - The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo 17 Lucifer - III 18 Biff Byford - School of Hard Knocks EP 169 19 Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism 20 Dark Tranquillity - Moment EP 303 Honorable Mentions: Avatar - Hunter Gatherer EP 90 Killer Be Killed - Reluctant Hero Mitch Perry Group - Music Box EP 2621 / 292 / 302 Ozzy Osbourne - Ordinary Man Black Stone Cherry - The Human Condition Dirty Shirley - s/t Thanks for listening, and please share! #podcast #allkillernofiller #armoredsaint #testament #bodycount #bestof2020 This episode is brought to you by DEB Concerts. Follow DEB on Facebook and Twitter to get updates on upcoming shows at the IDL Ballroom from Queensryche, Lita Ford and more! This episode is also brought to you by Med Pharm. Follow their Facebook page and visit medpharmok.com to find out why they are “Cannabis With a Cause.” 30% of profits go towards building no-kill animal shelters in the area. They have a wide selection of products, and they have a doctor on site every Friday and Saturday. Mention Thunder Underground and receive 10% off on your first purchase! This episode is also brought to you by Sunset Tattoo Tulsa. Sunset Tattoo has over 25 years of experience, and is located at 3146 E. 15th St. in Tulsa, OK. They are state licensed and Mother approved! The tattoos are "Done Good and Proper" so be sure to like their facebook page for more details. This episode is also brought to you by Hella Hot Hot Sauce LLC. HHHS produces small batch artisanal hot sauces that are hand bottled by wife and husband ownership in the San Francisco bay area of California. Among many great sauce options, they offer artist collaborations, including previous podcast guests "Florida Frank's Florida Heat" - Frank Novinec of Hatebreed (Ep 260) and "Brain Jerk" - Digestor of Ghoul (Ep 205). Give them a visit today, give their page a 'like', and tell them we sent you! Check them out, and buy some hot sauce here: www.hellahothotsauce.com/ Become a Thunder Underground #patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thunderunderground Stream us anytime everywhere podcasts are heard.