The Best Metal Albums of 1988

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Rank	Artist name	Album title	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Helloween	Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II	1988-08-01	93.1	159	9
2	Queensrÿche	Operation: Mindcrime	1988-05-03	94.2	80	4
3	Coroner	Punishment for Decadence	1988-08-01	95.4	27	0
4	Iron Maiden	Seventh Son of a Seventh Son	1988-04-11	92.9	43	4
5	Crimson Glory	Transcendence	1988-11-01	91.7	56	4
6	Metallica	...And Justice for All	1988-08-25	88	126	12
7	Death	Leprosy	1988-11-16	93.3	35	1
8	Judas Priest	Ram It Down	1988-05-17	89.8	55	5
9	Megadeth	So Far, So Good... So What!	1988-01-19	88.9	63	3
10	Jason Becker	Perpetual Burn	1988-12-12	92.8	24	1
11	Slayer	South of Heaven	1988-07-05	88.9	52	3
12	Bathory	Blood Fire Death	1988-10-08	90.4	31	2
13	Napalm Death	From Enslavement to Obliteration	1988-09-16	92.9	17	0
14	Impellitteri	Stand in Line	1988	87.9	49	4
15	Vio-lence	Eternal Nightmare	1988	90.4	25	0
16	Overkill	Under the Influence	1988-07-05	91.7	17	1
17	Tormentor	Anno Domini	1988	92.5	13	0
18	Bon Jovi	New Jersey	1988-09-13	89.9	22	3
19	Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force	Odyssey	1988-04-08	88.5	30	1
20	Cinderella	Long Cold Winter	1988-07-05	90.1	20	2
21	Voivod	Dimension Hatröss	1988-06-29	92.3	10	0
22	Scorpions	Savage Amusement	1988	91.9	10	0
23	Testament	The New Order	1988-05-05	87.9	25	1
24	Pestilence	Malleus Maleficarum	1988-09	90.7	12	0
25	Marty Friedman	Dragon's Kiss	1988-08-08	88.5	17	0
26	외인부대 (Foreign Legion)	외인부대	1988-01-15	87.4	21	2
27	Riot	ThunderSteel	1988-03-24	90.2	11	2
28	Adramelch	Irae Melanox	1988	87.3	17	0
29	Vinnie Moore	Time Odyssey	1988-03	90	9	1
30	Poison	Open Up and Say...Ahh!	1988-05-21	87.2	15	1
31	Éxodo	The New Babylon	1988	91	6	1
32	Running Wild	Port Royal	1988-09-27	88.9	9	2
33	King Diamond	Them	1988-07	86.1	16	3
34	X Japan	Vanishing Vision	1988	84.5	23	0
35	Anthrax	State of Euphoria	1988-09-18	85.6	17	2
36	Carcass	Reek of Putrefaction	1988-07	82.9	31	4
37	L.A. Guns	L.A. Guns	1988-01-04	90	6	1
38	U.D.O.	Animal House	1988	90.6	5	1
39	Stryper	In God We Trust	1988-06-28	83.7	24	4
40	Manowar	Kings of Metal	1988-11-18	85.1	17	4
41	Dokken	Beast From the East [Live]	1988	89.3	6	1
42	Ozzy Osbourne	No Rest for the Wicked	1988-11-01	85.3	15	0
43	Nuclear Assault	Survive	1988	90	5	0
44	Danzig	Danzig	1988-08-09	89.2	6	0
45	Rigor Mortis	Rigor Mortis	1988-10-17	86.3	11	0
46	Razor	Violent Restitution	1988	87.5	8	0
47	Flotsam And Jetsam	No Place for Disgrace	1988	88.5	6	1
48	Scanner	Hypertrace	1988	83.6	16	1
49	Cacophony	Go Off!	1988	85.1	11	1
50	Bolt Thrower	In Battle There Is No Law	1988-06-12	88.2	5	2
51	Winger	Winger	1988-08-10	85	9	0
52	Blind Guardian	Battalions of Fear	1988-05-18	82.5	16	3
53	Guns N' Roses	G N' R Lies	1988-11-28	82.1	15	1
54	Pantera	Power Metal	1988	83.4	10	0
55	Kingdom Come	Kingdom Come	1988	84.7	7	1
56	Mekong Delta	The Music of Erich Zann	1988	85.3	6	0
57	Europe	Out of This World	1988-08-09	85.2	5	0
58	Vicious Rumors	Digital Dictator	1988	85	5	1
59	Sanctuary	Refuge Denied	1988	84.8	5	0
60	Charisma	Run Away	1988	80.1	9	0
61	Van Halen	OU812	1988-05-24	82.6	5	0
62	Fates Warning	No Exit	1988-03-23	82	5	2
63	Anthem	Gypsy Ways	1988-05-21	81.2	6	0
64	Forbidden	Forbidden Evil	1988-09-30	78.1	11	0
65	Vixen	Vixen	1988-09	78	5	0
66	작은하늘 (Small Sky)	New Little Sky	1988-11-10	76.4	7	0
67	Ministry	The Land of Rape and Honey	1988-01	75.8	6	0
68	Sinawe	FreeMan	1988-07	76.2	5	0
69	Deathrow	Deception Ignored	1988	74.2	5	1
70	Celtic Frost	Cold Lake	1988-09-01	67.8	15	2

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