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The Best Albums of July 2020
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/the-best-albums-of-july-2020/"></div>Thirteen favorites from the last 31 days (give or take an extra week or two).<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/the-best-albums-of-july-2020/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Shadow of the Horns: Heavy Metal Summer
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/shadow-of-the-horns-heavy-metal-summer/"></div>Everything sucks, but we can still have fun by playing metal really loud. <!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/shadow-of-the-horns-heavy-metal-summer/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe” captured cruel detachment in the face of tragedy
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/bobbie-gentry-ode-to-billie-joe-unconscious-cruelty/"></div>Blood on the Tracks returns with a Southern gothic tale of suicide and unconscious cruelty.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/bobbie-gentry-ode-to-billie-joe-unconscious-cruelty/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Working through grief and healing through Camel’s ‘The Snow Goose’
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/camel-snow-goose-grief-healing-listening-progressive-rock/"></div>The therapeutic qualities of an iconic '70s instrumental prog record.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/camel-snow-goose-grief-healing-listening-progressive-rock/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Shadow of the Horns: Gateway Grunge
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/shadow-of-the-horns-grunge-gateway-metal/"></div>How Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Nirvana made me love metal.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/shadow-of-the-horns-grunge-gateway-metal/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Shadow of the Horns: Metal in support of Black Lives Matter
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/shadow-of-the-horns-metal-black-lives-matter/"></div>The community steps up.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/shadow-of-the-horns-metal-black-lives-matter/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
The Best Albums of May 2020
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/best-albums-may-2020/"></div>Our nine favorite records of the past month.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/best-albums-may-2020/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
I’m Listening to Progressive Rock: Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/kate-bush-hounds-of-love-progressive-rock/"></div>A perfect prog album, one rarely acknowledged as such.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/kate-bush-hounds-of-love-progressive-rock/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Treble Roundtable: A big batch of Bandcamp recommendations
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/treble-roundtable-big-batch-bandcamp-recommendations/"></div>Here's what you should buy/download while Bandcamp is waiving its revenue share.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/treble-roundtable-big-batch-bandcamp-recommendations/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
The Best Albums of April 2020
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/the-best-albums-of-april-2020/"></div>Eleven new albums you need in your headphones.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/the-best-albums-of-april-2020/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Shadow of the Horns April: Home Sweet Dungeon
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/shadow-horns-home-sweet-dungeon-best-metal/"></div>Some classic, black metal home-cookin'!<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/shadow-horns-home-sweet-dungeon-best-metal/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
The Best Albums of March 2020
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/the-best-albums-of-march-2020/"></div>The best albums from an extremely long month.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/the-best-albums-of-march-2020/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Shadow of the Horns: Surviving Self-Isolation
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/shadow-of-the-horns-march-self-isolation/"></div>How to survive the quarantine, plus the best new metal tracks of the month. <!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/shadow-of-the-horns-march-self-isolation/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Treble Roundtable: Non-Musical Quarantine Activities
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/treble-roundtable-non-musical-quarantine-activities/"></div>The stuff getting us through the COVID-era that isn't in our headphones.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/treble-roundtable-non-musical-quarantine-activities/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Treble Roundtable: Quarantunes
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/treble-roundtable-quarantunes/"></div>What we're listening to while we're stuck inside.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/treble-roundtable-quarantunes/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
J.J. Anselmi’s Doomed to Fail tells a sludgy story
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/doomed-to-fail-jj-anselmi-book-review/"></div>J.J. Anselmi's new book dives into the narratives of doom, sludge and post-metal.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/doomed-to-fail-jj-anselmi-book-review/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
The grim urban legend of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight”
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/phil-collins-in-the-air-tonight-urban-legend/"></div>A story of a drowning that never was...or was it?<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/phil-collins-in-the-air-tonight-urban-legend/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
I’m Listening To Progressive Rock: Steven Wilson’s ‘Grace for Drowning’
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/im-listening-to-progressive-rock-steven-wilsons-grace-for-drowning/"></div>A story of recovery and starting over, with the help of a British progressive rock visionary.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/im-listening-to-progressive-rock-steven-wilsons-grace-for-drowning/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
The Best Albums of February 2020
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/the-best-albums-of-february-2020/"></div>10 albums from the past month that need to go in your headphones.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/the-best-albums-of-february-2020/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->
Shadow of the Horns: 50 Years of The Riff
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/shadow-of-the-horns-50-years-metal-best-riffs/"></div>A selection of some of the greatest riffs of all time, for a very special anniversary.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.treblezine.com/shadow-of-the-horns-50-years-metal-best-riffs/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->