The Best Metal Albums of 1989

Rank	Artist	Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Sepultura	Beneath the Remains	Sep 5, 1989	92.4	71	7
2	Morbid Angel	Altars of Madness	May 12, 1989	92.7	50	1
3	X Japan	Blue Blood	Apr 21, 1989	90.2	72	5
4	Mötley Crüe	Dr. Feelgood	Sep 1, 1989	91.2	44	4
5	Savatage	Gutter Ballet	Nov 1, 1989	91.5	34	5
6	Blue Murder	Blue Murder	Apr 25, 1989	91.1	37	5
7	Skid Row	Skid Row	Jan 24, 1989	88.5	67	5
8	Devil Doll	The Girl Who Was...Death	Mar 24, 1989	89.6	36	0
9	Overkill	The Years of Decay	Oct 13, 1989	91	24	2
10	Whitesnake	Slip of the Tongue	Nov 18, 1989	90.5	24	2
11	Black Sabbath	Headless Cross	Apr 17, 1989	90.9	20	3
12	Coroner	No More Color	May 21, 1989	93.8	10	0
13	Testament	Practice What You Preach	Aug 4, 1989	88.4	33	4
14	Carcass	Symphonies of Sickness	Jul 1, 1989	89.1	25	3
15	Sodom	Agent Orange	Jun 1, 1989	88.1	31	2
16	Anthem	Hunting Time	May 21, 1989	93.8	8	1
17	Helloween	Live in the U.K. [Live]	Apr 6, 1989	87.6	28	4
18	Obituary	Slowly We Rot	1989	88.8	21	1
19	King Diamond	Conspiracy	Aug 1989	89.1	19	2
20	Kreator	Extreme Aggression	Jun 19, 1989	88.5	21	1
21	Terrorizer	World Downfall	Nov 13, 1989	88.7	20	2
22	Pestilence	Consuming Impulse	Dec 25, 1989	89.8	15	0
23	Autopsy	Severed Survival	Apr 24, 1989	92.5	8	0
24	Necrodeath	Fragments of Insanity	1989	92.4	8	0
25	Bolt Thrower	Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness	Oct 28, 1989	90.5	12	0
26	Faith No More	The Real Thing	Jun 20, 1989	91.1	10	1
27	Aerosmith	Pump	Sep 1989	89.9	13	3
28	Annihilator	Alice in Hell	Sep 5, 1989	86.9	25	2
29	Rage	Secrets in a Weird World	1989	89.1	15	1
30	Project Rock in Korea	Project Rock in Korea	Apr 1989	91.3	8	0
31	Dream Theater	When Dream and Day Unite	Mar 6, 1989	84.4	37	4
32	Exodus	Fabulous Disaster	Jan 13, 1989	89.1	12	2
33	Alice Cooper	Trash	Jul 1989	87.1	19	0
34	Danger Danger	Danger Danger	Jan 27, 1989	88.7	12	2
35	L.A. Guns	Cocked & Loaded	Aug 22, 1989	90.3	8	2
36	W.A.S.P.	The Headless Children	Apr 15, 1989	87.8	14	0
37	Running Wild	Death or Glory	Nov 8, 1989	88.2	12	1
38	Nuclear Assault	Handle With Care	1989	88.8	10	0
39	Godflesh	Streetcleaner	Nov 13, 1989	89.8	6	1
40	Accept	Eat the Heat	Jan 15, 1989	88.5	8	0
41	Scanner	Terminal Earth	1989	88.4	8	2
42	Loudness	Soldier of Fortune	Sep 17, 1989	87.4	10	2
43	Repulsion	Horrified	May 29, 1989	85.9	13	1
44	Blind Guardian	Follow the Blind	Oct 25, 1989	86.1	12	2
45	Joe Satriani	Flying in a Blue Dream	Oct 1989	88.3	7	2
46	Dark Angel	Leave Scars	Jan 24, 1989	87.2	9	0
47	Paradox	Heresy	Feb 1, 1989	88.3	6	0
48	Onslaught	In Search of Sanity	Aug 22, 1989	88.6	5	1
49	Pink Cream 69	Pink Cream 69	1989	85.5	10	2
50	Badlands	Badlands	May 11, 1989	86.9	7	1

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