The Best Metal Albums of 1989

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Rank	Artist	Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Sepultura	Beneath the Remains	Sep 5, 1989	92.6	76	8
2	Morbid Angel	Altars of Madness	May 12, 1989	93.5	60	4
3	X Japan	Blue Blood	Apr 21, 1989	90.1	80	6
4	Mötley Crüe	Dr. Feelgood	Sep 1, 1989	91.2	46	5
5	Skid Row	Skid Row	Jan 24, 1989	88.9	71	5
6	Blue Murder	Blue Murder	Apr 25, 1989	91	42	5
7	Savatage	Gutter Ballet	Nov 1, 1989	91	38	5
8	Devil Doll	The Girl Who Was...Death	Mar 24, 1989	89.6	38	0
9	Overkill	The Years of Decay	Oct 13, 1989	90.7	27	2
10	Whitesnake	Slip of the Tongue	Nov 18, 1989	90.7	26	2
11	Sodom	Agent Orange	Jun 1, 1989	89.2	36	2
12	Carcass	Symphonies of Sickness	Jul 1, 1989	89.5	31	4
13	Coroner	No More Color	May 21, 1989	93.9	11	0
14	Obituary	Slowly We Rot	1989	90	24	1
15	Pestilence	Consuming Impulse	Dec 25, 1989	91.2	17	0
16	Testament	Practice What You Preach	Aug 4, 1989	87.6	37	4
17	King Diamond	Conspiracy	Aug 1989	90.3	19	3
18	Anthem	Hunting Time	May 21, 1989	93.3	9	1
19	Black Sabbath	Headless Cross	Apr 17, 1989	89	24	3
20	Autopsy	Severed Survival	Apr 24, 1989	92	12	0
21	Kreator	Extreme Aggression	Jun 19, 1989	88.4	26	1
22	Terrorizer	World Downfall	Nov 13, 1989	88.2	27	3
23	Aerosmith	Pump	Sep 1989	90.3	15	3
24	Fates Warning	Perfect Symmetry	Aug 1989	94.2	6	1
25	Helloween	Live in the U.K. [Live]	Apr 6, 1989	87.2	29	4
26	Bolt Thrower	Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness	Oct 28, 1989	90	15	0
27	Faith No More	The Real Thing	Jun 20, 1989	90.3	13	2
28	Annihilator	Alice in Hell	Sep 5, 1989	87	26	2
29	Necrodeath	Fragments of Insanity	1989	91.1	10	0
30	Alice Cooper	Trash	Jul 1989	87.2	21	0
31	Project Rock in Korea	Project Rock in Korea	Apr 1989	91.3	8	0
32	Rage	Secrets in a Weird World	1989	87.9	17	1
33	Exodus	Fabulous Disaster	Jan 13, 1989	87.9	16	2
34	Danger Danger	Danger Danger	Jun 27, 1989	88.8	13	2
35	Dark Angel	Leave Scars	Jan 24, 1989	89.4	11	0
36	Bellzlleb	Bellzlleb	Oct 1989	95	3	0
37	Dream Theater	When Dream and Day Unite	Mar 6, 1989	83.3	42	4
38	Strangeways	Walk in the Fire	1989	94.7	3	0
39	W.A.S.P.	The Headless Children	Apr 15, 1989	86	22	1
40	Helstar	Nosferatu	Sep 1989	92	5	2

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