The Best Metal Albums of 1988

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II	Aug 1, 1988	93.7	186	13
2	Queensrÿche Operation: Mindcrime	May 3, 1988	93.8	105	8
3	Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son	Apr 11, 1988	93.6	79	6
4	Death Leprosy	Nov 16, 1988	93.8	68	4
5	Coroner Punishment for Decadence	Aug 1, 1988	94.5	51	1
6	Metallica ...And Justice for All	Aug 25, 1988	89.1	168	14
7	Crimson Glory Transcendence	Nov 1, 1988	92.5	69	5
8	Slayer South of Heaven	Jul 5, 1988	89.7	89	5
9	Judas Priest Ram It Down	May 17, 1988	89.3	77	5
10	Jason Becker Perpetual Burn	Aug 8, 1988	92.1	34	3
11	Megadeth So Far, So Good... So What!	Jan 19, 1988	88	85	4
12	Impellitteri Stand in Line	1988	88.2	65	5
13	Bathory Blood Fire Death	Oct 8, 1988	89.7	45	5
14	Overkill Under the Influence	Jul 5, 1988	91.3	28	1
15	Testament The New Order	May 5, 1988	88.8	46	2
16	Bon Jovi New Jersey	Sep 13, 1988	89.3	40	7
17	Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force Odyssey	Apr 8, 1988	88.5	48	2
18	Cinderella Long Cold Winter	Jul 5, 1988	89.8	30	2
19	Manowar Kings of Metal	Nov 18, 1988	88.7	35	4
20	Vio-lence Eternal Nightmare	Jun 27, 1988	87.6	43	2
21	Voivod Dimension Hatröss	Jun 29, 1988	90.2	18	0
22	Dokken Beast From the East [Live]	1988	90.4	17	3
23	Scorpions Savage Amusement	Apr 22, 1988	89.8	19	0
24	Running Wild Port Royal	Sep 27, 1988	90.4	16	3
25	L.A. Guns L.A. Guns	Jan 4, 1988	90.8	14	2
26	외인부대 (Foreign Legion) 외인부대	Jan 15, 1988	88.1	25	2
27	Pestilence Malleus Maleficarum	Sep 1988	88.3	23	2
28	Vinnie Moore Time Odyssey	Jun 1988	89	17	2
29	Van Halen OU812	May 24, 1988	89.5	15	1
30	Riot ThunderSteel	Mar 24, 1988	89	16	2
31	David Lee Roth Skyscraper	Jan 21, 1988	90	12	1
32	Poison Open Up and Say...Ahh!	May 21, 1988	87	21	1
33	Marty Friedman Dragon's Kiss	Aug 8, 1988	86.8	22	1
34	X Japan Vanishing Vision	1988	85	30	0
35	Adramelch Irae Melanox	1988	87.2	18	1
36	Stryper In God We Trust	Jun 28, 1988	84.8	31	4
37	Éxodo The New Babylon	1988	91.7	6	0
38	King Diamond Them	Jul 1988	85.3	24	5
39	Vow Wow Vibe	Aug 6, 1988	90	8	1
40	Sadus Illusions	1988	86.8	16	0
41	Ozzy Osbourne No Rest for the Wicked	Nov 1, 1988	84.2	29	0
42	Kingdom Come Kingdom Come	1988	86.5	17	2
43	Anthrax State of Euphoria	Sep 18, 1988	83.2	36	2
44	Napalm Death From Enslavement to Obliteration	Sep 16, 1988	85.4	21	0
45	Razor Violent Restitution	1988	87.8	11	0
46	Carcass Reek of Putrefaction	Jul 1988	82.1	41	4
47	Grinder Dawn for the Living	1988	93.3	3	0
48	Scanner Hypertrace	1988	84.9	20	2
49	Winger Winger	Aug 10, 1988	86.3	14	1
50	Nuclear Assault Survive	1988	87.2	11	1

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