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	112	6
2	Death The Sound of Perseverance	Aug 31, 1998	92.1	93	9
3	Rhapsody Symphony of Enchanted Lands	Oct 5, 1998	91	114	14
4	Cradle of Filth Cruelty and the Beast	Apr 27, 1998	91.9	88	8
5	Sad Legend Sad Legend	Dec 1998	92.8	60	3
6	Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse	Aug 18, 1998	92.2	64	4
7	Therion Vovin	May 4, 1998	93.9	42	5
8	Stratovarius Visions of Europe [Live]	Jul 7, 1998	94	37	3
9	Blind Guardian Nightfall in Middle-Earth	Apr 24, 1998	92.3	49	7
10	Yngwie Malmsteen Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor Op.1	Feb 18, 1998	91.8	50	2
11	Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment	Mar 10, 1998	92.1	42	1
12	Stratovarius Destiny	Oct 5, 1998	90.1	59	9
13	Theatre of Tragedy Aégis	Aug 18, 1998	91	26	2
14	Symphony X Twilight in Olympus	Mar 13, 1998	90.8	27	3
15	Ayreon Into the Electric Castle: A Space Opera	Aug 30, 1998	93.7	13	1
16	Shadow Gallery Tyranny	Sep 22, 1998	90.8	24	2
17	Covenant Nexus Polaris	Mar 24, 1998	90	26	2
18	Savatage The Wake of Magellan	Jul 7, 1998	90.3	22	5
19	Exhumed Gore Metal	Nov 23, 1998	90.3	22	0
20	Marilyn Manson Mechanical Animals	Sep 14, 1998	89.4	22	0
21	Dawn Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)	1998	91.3	14	2
22	Dying Fetus Killing on Adrenaline	Jul 27, 1998	89.3	22	2
23	Iced Earth Something Wicked This Way Comes	Jun 22, 1998	88.6	24	4
24	Anathema Alternative 4	Aug 11, 1998	91.2	13	2
25	Bruce Dickinson The Chemical Wedding	Sep 15, 1998	91.5	12	1
26	Sentenced Frozen	Jul 15, 1998	91.5	12	0
27	Explorers Club Age of Impact	Jul 28, 1998	93.1	8	2
28	김경호 (Kim Kyungho) 00:00:1998	May 26, 1998	87.8	27	2
29	Angra Fireworks	Jul 14, 1998	86	40	6
30	Rainy Sun Porno Virus	1998	91.2	12	0
31	서태지 (Seo Taiji) Seo Tai Ji	Jul 7, 1998	91.9	10	1
32	System of a Down System of a Down	Jun 30, 1998	87	29	2
33	Metallica Garage Inc.	Nov 24, 1998	83.9	58	6
34	Amon Amarth Once Sent from the Golden Hall	Feb 12, 1998	89	17	1
35	Diabolical Masquerade Nightwork	Sep 21, 1998	90.8	11	2
36	Vitalij Kuprij Extreme Measures	Aug 11, 1998	91	10	2
37	Edguy Vain Glory Opera	Jan 15, 1998	85.1	37	5
38	Eldritch El Niño	Nov 20, 1998	92.3	7	2
39	Incantation Diabolical Conquest	Apr 28, 1998	89.2	14	0
40	Helloween Better Than Raw	May 2, 1998	84.3	42	4
41	Arch Enemy Stigmata	May 18, 1998	84.6	39	4
42	Angel Dust Border of Reality	Aug 21, 1998	89.6	12	3
43	Trans-Siberian Orchestra The Christmas Attic	1998	89.5	12	1
44	Inquisition Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult	1998	89.5	12	2
45	The Sins Of Thy Beloved Lake of Sorrow	1998	87.2	20	3
46	Axel Rudi Pell Oceans of Time	Aug 21, 1998	92.3	6	0
47	Labyrinth Return to Heaven Denied	Jun 24, 1998	88.2	15	3
48	Dio Inferno - the Last in Live [Live]	Feb 28, 1998	88.7	13	2
49	Naglfar Diabolical	Jul 28, 1998	88.6	13	2
50	Metal Church Live [Live]	Oct 5, 1998	89.3	11	2

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