The Music 2020 Writers' Poll: Alasdair Belling

Album Of The Year

1. Myrkur - Folkesange
2. Code Orange - Underneath
3. Trivium - What The Dead Men Say
4. sleepmakeswaves - These Are Not Your Dreams
5. Ornassi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
6. Enslaved - Utgard
7. Napalm Death - Throes In The Jaws Of Defeatism
   
8. Kvelertak - Splid
9. Deftones - Ohms
10. IDLES - Ultra Mono

Song Of The Year

1. Code Orange - Swallowing The Rabbit Whole
2. Myrkur - House Carpenter
3. sleepmakeswaves - Zelda
4. Kvelertak - Crack Of Doom
5. Mastodon - A Commotion

Artist Of The Year

1. Stephen Carpenter
2. Brann Dailor
3. Amalie Bruun

International Artist Live Performance Of The Year

1. Tool
2. Queen
3. Of Monsters And Men

Australian Artist Live Performance Of The Year

1. John Farnham
2. #1 Dads
3. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

Movie Of The Year

1. The King Of Staten Island

Highlight Of The Year

The highlight of the year was, funnily enough, taking the time to realise how great it is to still have music and art to listen to and consume. In a truly awful year for the events industry, having the realisation that you need to have arts in your life more than you ever appreciated before is a really beautiful thing.

Prediction For Next Year

I think that next year will be a 'healing' year. Not one where everything goes back to normal, but one where things gradually return and people don't take it for granted. I also think that you're going to see the new kids on the heavy music block rule the airwaves more than ever - the era of Iron Maiden, Metallica and even Slipknot is fading - and that's a good thing!