More than three years on from the first time they received the honour, English metalcore outfit Architects have taken out The Faction’s Hardest 100 for the third time.
Having first launched back in 2018, The Faction’s Hardest 100 has kept fans of heavy music satisfied for a few years now, allowing them to have their say in what the best song of the previous year was in the harder genres.
Announced over the weekend, The Faction’s 2020 Hardest 100 was the fourth annual countdown revealed by the streaming radio station, with Architects’ “Animals” taking out the top spot after counting 40,000 votes.
This was the third time that the group had appeared at the top of the chart, having previously won the inaugural countdown back in early 2018 with “Doomsday”, and repeating the feat in 2019 with “Hereafter”. 2020 saw the poll topped by Polaris and their single “Masochist”.
Of course, Polaris weren’t too far from the minds of listeners either, featuring at number three with “Hypermania”, one of their eight appearances in the chart.
Elsewhere, Bring Me the Horizon proved a prolific force, with seven tracks (three of which were in the top ten), while Alpha Wolf appeared six times (including at number two with “Akudama”), and both Machine Gun Kelly and Make Them Suffer appeared four times.
The Faction’s Hardest 100 of 2020
100. RedHook – “Dead Walk”
99. Outloved – “Hurt Me”
98. Dream on Dreamer – “Feel So Empty”
97. Dance Gavin Dance – “Prisoner”
96. Alpha Wolf – “Rot in Pieces”
95. I Prevail – “DOA (feat. Joyner Lucas)”
94. Bad/Love – “Drag Me Under”
93. Stand Atlantic – “Jurassic Park”
92. Yours Truly – “Composure”
91. Nautical Mile – “Purgatory”
90. Justice for the Damned – “Guidance from the Pain”
89. Our Last Enemy – “Never Coming Back”
88. Bloom – “Daylight”
87. Yungblud – “Acting like that (feat. Machine Gun Kelly & Travis Barker)”
86. The Amity Affliction – “Forever”
85. Polaris – “Creatures of Habit”
84. Outloved – “Blind & Falling”
83. Machine Gun Kelly – “Body Bag (feat. YUNGBLUD & Bert McCracken)”
82. Loathe – “Two-Way Mirror”
81. Diamond Construct – “Enigma”
80. Currents – “Monsters”
79. Crystal Lake – “Disobey”
78. Yours Truly – “Funeral Home”
77. The Gloom in the Corner – “Violence”
76. Falling in Reverse – “Carry On”
75. The Gloom in the Corner – “Requiem”
74. System of a Down – “Protect the Land”
73. Stand Atlantic – “Shh!”
72. Alpha Wolf – “a quiet place to die”
71. Hands Like Houses – “The Water”
70. Trivium – “Catastrophist”
69. Spiritbox – “Constance”
68. Parkway Drive – “Carrion – Live at Wacken”
67. Reliqa – “Mr Magic”
66. blink-182 – “Quarantine”
65. System of a Down – “Genocidal Humanoidz”
64. Polaris – “All of This Is Fleeting”
63. Ocean Grove – “SENSE AGAIN”
62. Deftones – “Genesis”
61. Isotopes – “Flower”
60. Enter Shikari – “{ The Dreamer’s Hotel }”
59. Alpha Wolf – “bleed 4 you (feat. Lizi Blanco)”
58. While She Sleeps – “SLEEPS SOCIETY”
57. The Amity Affliction – “Catatonia”
56. Ocean Grove – “THOUSAND GOLDEN PEOPLE”
55. The Gloom in the Corner – “Warfare”
54. Machine Gun Kelly – “concert for aliens”
53. Code Orange – “Swallowing the Rabbit Whole”
52. Priorities – “If I Believed”
51. Polaris – “Martyr (Waves)”
50. Lamb of God – “Memento Mori”
49. All Time Low – “Monsters (feat. Demi Lovato and blackbear)”
48. Make Them Suffer – “Soul Decay”
47. Silent Planet – “Trilogy”
46. Make Them Suffer – “Drown with Me”
45. Trophy Eyes – “Figure 8”
44. Slowly Slowly – “Race Car Blues”
43. Justice for the Damned – “Pain Is Power”
42. Inertia – “Heavy Eyes”
41. In Hearts Wake – “Son of a Witch”
40. Stand Atlantic – “Blurry”
39. Deftones – “Ohms”
38. Alpha Wolf – “Creep”
37. Spiritbox – “Blessed Be”
36. Slaughter to Prevail – “Demolisher”
35. Bring Me the Horizon – “One Day the Only Butterflies Left Will Be in Your Chest As You March to Your Death (feat. Amy Lee)”
34. Gojira – “Another World”
33. ERRA – “Snowblood”
32. Falling in Reverse – “The Drug in Me Is Reimagined”
31. Polaris – “Above My Head”
30. Diamond Construct – “Psychosis”
29. Machine Gun Kelly – “bloody valentine”
28. Thy Art Is Murder – “Killing Season”
27. Bring Me the Horizon – “1×1 (feat. Nova Twins)”
26. Alpha Wolf – “Restricted (R18+)”
25. Polaris – “Vagabond”
24. Northlane – “Enemy of the Night”
23. Polaris – “Pray for Rain”
22. The Ghost Inside – “Aftermath”
21. A Day to Remember – “Brick Wall”
20. Machine Gun Kelly – “forget me too (feat. Halsey)”
19. A Day to Remember – “Mindreader”
18. Spiritbox – “Holy Roller”
17. Polaris – “Landmine”
16. In Hearts Wake – “Worldwide Suicide”
15. Make Them Suffer – “Bones”
14. Bring Me the Horizon – “Dear Diary”
13. Make Them Suffer – “Erase Me”
12. Bring Me the Horizon – “Obey (feat. YUNGBLUD)”
11. Architects – “Black Lungs”
10. The Amity Affliction – “Soak Me in Bleach”
9. Spiritbox – “Holy Roller (feat. Ryo Kineshita)”
8. Bring Me the Horizon – “Teardrops”
7. In Hearts Wake – “Hellbringer (feat. Jamie Hails)”
6. Bring Me the Horizon – “Kingslayer (feat. Babymetal)”
5. Eskimo Callboy – “Hypa Hypa”
4. Bring Me the Horizon – “Parasite Eve”
3. Polaris – “Hypermania”
2. Alpha Wolf – “Akudama”
1. Architects – “Animals”
