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Some Albums I Listened To In 2020 (part 1)

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Godthrymm - Reflections When Hamish Hamilton Glencross left My Dying Bride due to "irreconcilable differences" he hardly dropped off the metal music radar altogether.  Continuing with his guitar (and bass) duties in Vallenfyre the former Solstice man first pitched up with Godthrymm in 2018.  Picking up vocals along with his more renowned guitar work, Hamish has started to forge yet another quality death/doom act which currently has fellow MDB and Solstice skinsman Shaun Taylor-Steels and the superbly named Sasquatch Bob in the ranks also. Reflections  might be the best doom record of the year for me.  The caveat being that I listen to very little doom so this isn't as bold a statement as it initially may sound.  With me having played the record three or four times so far in the past week I think it is fair to say that I still have some way to go with it before I can say I have unlocked all of the nuances and devilish detail contained over the eight tracks on offer.  What