The Best Metal Albums of 2008

Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Avantasia The Scarecrow	Jan 25, 2008	90	78	7
2	Lifelover Konkurs	Oct 15, 2008	93.8	25	0
3	Theocracy Mirror of Souls	Nov 26, 2008	91.5	39	4
4	Seventh Wonder Mercy Falls	Sep 12, 2008	92.9	27	3
5	Opeth Watershed	May 30, 2008	88.4	69	3
6	Krisiun Southern Storm	Jul 21, 2008	91.7	32	1
7	Between the Buried and Me Colors Live [Live]	Oct 14, 2008	95.2	14	1
8	Revenge Infiltration.Downfall.Death	Feb 25, 2008	96.3	10	0
9	Amon Amarth Twilight of the Thunder God	Sep 17, 2008	91.4	28	1
10	Equilibrium Sagas	Jun 27, 2008	87.9	53	2
11	Blasphemophagher Nuclear Empire of Apocalypse	Sep 15, 2008	96.4	7	1
12	Royal Hunt Paradox II: Collision Course	Mar 14, 2008	89	33	5
13	Mercenary Architect of Lies	Mar 21, 2008	89	32	1
14	Ayreon 01011001	Jan 28, 2008	94	10	1
15	In Mourning Shrouded Divine	Jan 2, 2008	91.7	17	2
16	Septicflesh Communion	Mar 17, 2008	89.5	28	2
17	Toxic Holocaust An Overdose of Death...	Sep 2, 2008	89.4	28	1
18	Coldworld Melancholie²	Mar 24, 2008	88.6	31	2
19	Origin Antithesis	Apr 1, 2008	89.2	25	2
20	Scar Symmetry Holographic Universe	Jun 20, 2008	85.6	57	7
21	Proclamation Messiah of Darkness and Impurity	Jan 30, 2008	94.6	7	1
22	Cynic Traced in Air	Nov 17, 2008	88.3	30	2
23	Trivium Shogun	Sep 30, 2008	85.8	50	2
24	Symphonity Voice From the Silence	Aug 15, 2008	91	15	1
25	Dir En Grey Uroboros	Nov 12, 2008	93.6	7	0
26	Agalloch The White [EP]	Feb 29, 2008	95	5	0
27	Draconian Turning Season Within	Feb 29, 2008	88.5	21	3
28	Infernal Chaos Metamorphosis [EP]	Jul 8, 2008	89.3	17	3
29	Firewind The Premonition	Mar 25, 2008	87.1	28	3
30	Darkspace Dark Space III	May 30, 2008	88.6	18	2
31	Work of Art Artwork	Feb 22, 2008	93.2	6	0
32	Metallica Death Magnetic	Sep 12, 2008	79.2	152	9
33	Bloodbath The Wacken Carnage [Live]	Jun 2, 2008	91.9	8	0
34	Bloodbath The Fathomless Mastery	Oct 6, 2008	89.3	14	1
35	Ikuinen Kaamos Closure [EP]	Dec 13, 2008	90.3	11	2
36	Eluveitie Slania	Feb 15, 2008	87.1	23	2
37	Hour of Penance The Vile Conception	Feb 23, 2008	88.3	17	1
38	Omnium Gatherum The Redshift	Sep 22, 2008	86.2	27	3
39	Sylosis Conclusion of an Age	Oct 24, 2008	88.4	16	0
40	Bullet For My Valentine Scream Aim Fire	Jan 29, 2008	86.3	26	3

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