The Best Metal Albums of 2008

Rank	Artist	Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Avantasia	The Scarecrow	Jan 25, 2008	89.7	71	7
2	Opeth	Watershed	May 30, 2008	89.1	63	3
3	Theocracy	Mirror of Souls	Nov 26, 2008	90.8	38	3
4	Lifelover	Konkurs	Oct 15, 2008	93.2	21	0
5	Seventh Wonder	Mercy Falls	Sep 12, 2008	93.2	20	2
6	Krisiun	Southern Storm	Jul 21, 2008	91.6	28	1
7	Between the Buried and Me	Colors Live [Live]	Oct 14, 2008	94.7	13	1
8	Revenge	Infiltration.Downfall.Death	Feb 25, 2008	96.3	8	0
9	Amon Amarth	Twilight of the Thunder God	Sep 17, 2008	91.1	24	0
10	Equilibrium	Sagas	Jun 27, 2008	87.7	50	2
11	Toxic Holocaust	An Overdose of Death...	Sep 2, 2008	89.6	26	1
12	In Mourning	Shrouded Divine	Jan 2, 2008	91.9	15	2
13	Mercenary	Architect of Lies	Mar 21, 2008	88.7	30	1
14	Cynic	Traced in Air	Nov 17, 2008	88.3	30	2
15	Scar Symmetry	Holographic Universe	Jun 20, 2008	85.5	56	7
16	Coldworld	Melancholie²	Mar 24, 2008	88.2	29	2
17	Royal Hunt	Paradox II: Collision Course	Mar 14, 2008	88.3	28	4
18	Symphonity	Voice From the Silence	Aug 15, 2008	91	15	1
19	Septicflesh	Communion	Mar 17, 2008	89	22	2
20	Infernal Chaos	Metamorphosis [EP]	Jul 8, 2008	89.9	17	3
21	Blasphemophagher	Nuclear Empire of Apocalypse	Sep 15, 2008	95	5	1
22	Bloodbath	The Wacken Carnage [Live]	Jun 2, 2008	94.2	6	0
23	Hour of Penance	The Vile Conception	Feb 23, 2008	89.3	17	1
24	Trivium	Shogun	Sep 30, 2008	85.3	42	2
25	Firewind	The Premonition	Mar 25, 2008	87.2	27	3
26	Dir En Grey	Uroboros	Nov 12, 2008	93.3	6	0
27	Work of Art	Artwork	Feb 22, 2008	93.8	5	0
28	Omnium Gatherum	The Redshift	Sep 22, 2008	86.5	25	3
29	Ikuinen Kaamos	Closure [EP]	Dec 13, 2008	90.4	10	2
30	Darkspace	Dark Space III	May 30, 2008	88	16	1
31	Bloodbath	The Fathomless Mastery	Oct 6, 2008	89.6	11	1
32	Metallica	Death Magnetic	Sep 12, 2008	78.5	141	7
33	Draconian	Turning Season Within	Feb 29, 2008	87.1	19	3
34	Kalmah	For the Revolution	Apr 23, 2008	84.7	33	2
35	Origin	Antithesis	Apr 1, 2008	86.8	20	2
36	Sylosis	Conclusion of an Age	Oct 24, 2008	87.9	15	0
37	Heaven Shall Burn	Iconoclast	Jan 25, 2008	84.3	34	2
38	Ayreon	01011001	Jan 28, 2008	91	7	1
39	Eluveitie	Slania	Feb 15, 2008	86.2	21	2
40	Bullet For My Valentine	Scream Aim Fire	Jan 29, 2008	85.7	23	3

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