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	93.9	175	13
2	Queensrÿche Operation: Mindcrime	May 3, 1988	93.9	100	8
3	Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son	Apr 11, 1988	93.4	68	6
4	Coroner Punishment for Decadence	Aug 1, 1988	95.1	45	0
5	Death Leprosy	Nov 16, 1988	93.9	54	3
6	Metallica ...And Justice for All	Aug 25, 1988	89	161	14
7	Crimson Glory Transcendence	Nov 1, 1988	92.6	67	5
8	Slayer South of Heaven	Jul 5, 1988	89.7	79	5
9	Judas Priest Ram It Down	May 17, 1988	89.6	69	5
10	Megadeth So Far, So Good... So What!	Jan 19, 1988	88.3	79	3
11	Jason Becker Perpetual Burn	Aug 8, 1988	92.1	31	2
12	Impellitteri Stand in Line	1988	88.2	64	5
13	Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force Odyssey	Apr 8, 1988	88.9	42	2
14	Bathory Blood Fire Death	Oct 8, 1988	89.3	38	5
15	Testament The New Order	May 5, 1988	88.7	41	1
16	Overkill Under the Influence	Jul 5, 1988	91	24	1
17	Cinderella Long Cold Winter	Jul 5, 1988	90.3	27	2
18	Vio-lence Eternal Nightmare	1988	88.5	38	1
19	Bon Jovi New Jersey	Sep 13, 1988	89	33	6
20	Manowar Kings of Metal	Nov 18, 1988	88.7	31	4
21	Dokken Beast From the East [Live]	1988	90.8	15	2
22	Running Wild Port Royal	Sep 27, 1988	90.4	16	3
23	Scorpions Savage Amusement	Apr 22, 1988	90.1	17	0
24	L.A. Guns L.A. Guns	Jan 4, 1988	91.5	12	2
25	Pestilence Malleus Maleficarum	Sep 1988	88.9	21	1
26	외인부대 (Foreign Legion) 외인부대	Jan 15, 1988	88.1	24	1
27	Voivod Dimension Hatröss	Jun 29, 1988	89.5	16	0
28	David Lee Roth Skyscraper	Jan 21, 1988	91.7	9	0
29	Riot ThunderSteel	Mar 24, 1988	89	16	2
30	Vinnie Moore Time Odyssey	Jun 1988	89.2	15	1
31	Poison Open Up and Say...Ahh!	May 21, 1988	87.4	20	1
32	Vow Wow Vibe	Aug 6, 1988	92.5	6	1
33	Marty Friedman Dragon's Kiss	Aug 8, 1988	87.5	19	0
34	Stryper In God We Trust	Jun 28, 1988	84.8	30	4
35	X Japan Vanishing Vision	1988	84.6	29	0
36	Adramelch Irae Melanox	1988	87.1	16	0
37	Van Halen OU812	May 24, 1988	89.1	10	1
38	Éxodo The New Babylon	1988	92	5	0
39	Sadus Illusions	1988	87.7	13	0
40	King Diamond Them	Jul 1988	85.6	21	4
41	Carcass Reek of Putrefaction	Jul 1988	82.9	34	4
42	Napalm Death From Enslavement to Obliteration	Sep 16, 1988	85.4	19	0
43	Anthrax State of Euphoria	Sep 18, 1988	83.3	30	2
44	Scanner Hypertrace	1988	84.9	20	2
45	Nuclear Assault Survive	1988	89.3	7	0
46	Ozzy Osbourne No Rest for the Wicked	Nov 1, 1988	84.4	21	0
47	Kingdom Come Kingdom Come	1988	86.1	14	1
48	Helstar A Distant Thunder	Nov 1988	88.7	7	2
49	Candlemass Ancient Dreams	Nov 23, 1988	88.6	7	2
50	Winger Winger	Aug 10, 1988	85.9	13	1

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