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	93.4	167	10
2	Queensrÿche	Operation: Mindcrime	May 3, 1988	94	86	5
3	Coroner	Punishment for Decadence	Aug 1, 1988	95.4	29	0
4	Metallica	...And Justice for All	Aug 25, 1988	87.9	138	12
5	Crimson Glory	Transcendence	Nov 1, 1988	91.7	57	4
6	Iron Maiden	Seventh Son of a Seventh Son	Apr 11, 1988	92.6	45	4
7	Death	Leprosy	Nov 16, 1988	93.4	36	2
8	Judas Priest	Ram It Down	May 17, 1988	89.7	61	5
9	Slayer	South of Heaven	Jul 5, 1988	89.7	59	4
10	Jason Becker	Perpetual Burn	Dec 12, 1988	93.1	25	1
11	Megadeth	So Far, So Good... So What!	Jan 19, 1988	88.3	69	3
12	Bathory	Blood Fire Death	Oct 8, 1988	90.7	33	2
13	Napalm Death	From Enslavement to Obliteration	Sep 16, 1988	92.8	18	0
14	Overkill	Under the Influence	Jul 5, 1988	92.4	19	1
15	Impellitteri	Stand in Line	1988	87.9	49	4
16	Vio-lence	Eternal Nightmare	1988	90.1	29	0
17	Tormentor	Anno Domini	1988	92.7	14	0
18	Bon Jovi	New Jersey	Sep 13, 1988	89.3	27	4
19	Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force	Odyssey	Apr 8, 1988	88.5	30	1
20	Cinderella	Long Cold Winter	Jul 5, 1988	89.5	22	2
21	Voivod	Dimension Hatröss	Jun 29, 1988	91.8	12	0
22	Scorpions	Savage Amusement	1988	91.9	10	0
23	Testament	The New Order	May 5, 1988	87.7	25	1
24	Pestilence	Malleus Maleficarum	Sep 1988	90.2	13	0
25	Marty Friedman	Dragon's Kiss	Aug 8, 1988	88.5	17	0
26	외인부대 (Foreign Legion)	외인부대	Jan 15, 1988	87.4	21	2
27	Riot	ThunderSteel	Mar 24, 1988	90.2	11	2
28	Running Wild	Port Royal	Sep 27, 1988	90	11	2
29	Adramelch	Irae Melanox	1988	87.3	17	0
30	Vinnie Moore	Time Odyssey	Jun 1988	90	9	1
31	King Diamond	Them	Jul 1988	86.9	18	4
32	Manowar	Kings of Metal	Nov 18, 1988	86.3	20	4
33	Carcass	Reek of Putrefaction	Jul 1988	83.7	35	5
34	Éxodo	The New Babylon	1988	91	6	1
35	Poison	Open Up and Say...Ahh!	May 21, 1988	86.7	16	1
36	X Japan	Vanishing Vision	1988	84.5	25	0
37	Anthrax	State of Euphoria	Sep 18, 1988	85.6	17	2
38	Stryper	In God We Trust	Jun 28, 1988	83.7	25	4
39	U.D.O.	Animal House	1988	90.6	5	1
40	Dokken	Beast From the East [Live]	1988	89.3	6	1

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