The Best Metal Albums of 1998

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Rank	Artist	Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Nightwish	Oceanborn	Oct 1, 1998	92.5	80	8
2	Sad Legend	Sad Legend	Dec 1998	92.5	56	3
3	Rhapsody	Symphony of Enchanted Lands	Oct 5, 1998	89.4	97	14
4	Yngwie Malmsteen	Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Op.1	Feb 18, 1998	92.6	45	2
5	Cradle of Filth	Cruelty and the Beast	Apr 27, 1998	90.7	68	6
6	Stratovarius	Visions of Europe [Live]	Jul 7, 1998	93.3	33	3
7	Therion	Vovin	May 4, 1998	94.6	24	2
8	Opeth	My Arms, Your Hearse	Aug 18, 1998	91.5	49	4
9	Liquid Tension Experiment	Liquid Tension Experiment	Mar 10, 1998	92.2	40	2
10	Death	The Sound of Perseverance	Aug 31, 1998	89.9	66	6
11	Blind Guardian	Nightfall in Middle-Earth	Apr 24, 1998	92.8	30	5
12	Dawn	Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)	1998	96.4	7	0
13	Symphony X	Twilight in Olympus	Mar 13, 1998	91.1	20	2
14	Stratovarius	Destiny	Oct 5, 1998	87.7	43	5
15	Exhumed	Gore Metal	Nov 23, 1998	93	12	0
16	서태지 (Seo Taiji)	Seo Tai Ji	Jul 7, 1998	93	12	1
17	Dying Fetus	Killing on Adrenaline	Jul 27, 1998	92.3	14	1
18	Shadow Gallery	Tyranny	Sep 22, 1998	90.8	19	2
19	The Chasm	Deathcult for Eternity: the Triumph	1998	92.1	13	1
20	Falkenbach	...Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri...	Jan 21, 1998	94.6	7	1
21	Ayreon	Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera	Aug 30, 1998	93.4	9	1
22	Theatre of Tragedy	Aégis	Aug 18, 1998	90.5	17	2
23	김경호 (Kim Kyungho)	00:00:1998	Jun 1998	88.1	27	2
24	Marilyn Manson	Mechanical Animals	Sep 14, 1998	91.7	11	0
25	Rainy Sun	Porno Virus	1998	92.1	10	1
26	Incantation	Diabolical Conquest	Apr 28, 1998	94.2	6	0
27	Gorguts	Obscura	May 23, 1998	92.5	8	0
28	Trans-Siberian Orchestra	The Christmas Attic	1998	92.9	7	1
29	Vitalij Kuprij	Extreme Measures	Aug 11, 1998	92.3	8	1
30	The Sins Of Thy Beloved	Lake of Sorrow	1998	88.4	19	2
31	Darkane	Rusted Angel	Oct 12, 1998	90.4	11	1
32	Katatonia	Discouraged Ones	Apr 27, 1998	90.6	10	0
33	Metallica	Garage Inc.	Nov 24, 1998	83.9	45	5
34	Devin Townsend	Ocean Machine - Biomech	Mar 2, 1998	92.5	6	0
35	Angra	Fireworks	Jul 14, 1998	85.1	31	5
36	Explorers Club	Age of Impact	Jul 28, 1998	93	5	1
37	Diabolical Masquerade	Nightwork	Sep 21, 1998	91	7	1
38	Savatage	The Wake of Magellan	Jul 7, 1998	89.4	10	4
39	Covenant	Nexus Polaris	Mar 24, 1998	86.5	19	3
40	Helloween	Better Than Raw	May 2, 1998	83.7	36	3
41	Deicide	When Satan Lives [Live]	Oct 20, 1998	89.7	9	1
42	Iced Earth	Something Wicked This Way Comes	Jun 17, 1998	87.4	15	4
43	Metal Church	Live [Live]	Oct 5, 1998	90	8	2
44	Arch Enemy	Stigmata	May 18, 1998	84.2	30	4
45	Edguy	Vain Glory Opera	Jan 15, 1998	84.3	29	5
46	Dio	Inferno - the Last in Live [Live]	Feb 28, 1998	88.4	11	2
47	Fear Factory	Obsolete	Jul 28, 1998	88.8	10	0
48	Anathema	Alternative 4	Aug 11, 1998	89.2	9	0
49	System of a Down	System of a Down	Jun 30, 1998	88.3	11	0
50	Amon Amarth	Once Sent From the Golden Hall	Feb 12, 1998	88.9	9	1

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