The Best Metal Albums of 2008

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Rank	Artist name	Album title	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Avantasia	The Scarecrow	2008-01-25	89.8	71	6
2	Theocracy	Mirror of Souls	2008-11-26	91.1	38	3
3	Opeth	Watershed	2008-05-30	88.8	62	3
4	Lifelover	Konkurs	2008-10-15	93.2	21	0
5	Krisiun	Southern Storm	2008-07-21	91.6	28	1
6	Between the Buried and Me	Colors Live [Live]	2008-10-14	94.7	13	1
7	Amon Amarth	Twilight of the Thunder God	2008-09-17	91.1	24	0
8	Equilibrium	Sagas	2008-06-27	87.9	49	2
9	Seventh Wonder	Mercy Falls	2008-09-12	91.9	18	2
10	Mercenary	Architect of Lies	2008-03-21	89.1	31	1
11	In Mourning	Shrouded Divine	2008-01-02	91.9	15	2
12	Cynic	Traced in Air	2008-11-17	88.4	31	2
13	Scar Symmetry	Holographic Universe	2008-06-20	85.7	57	7
14	Toxic Holocaust	An Overdose of Death...	2008-09-02	89.1	25	1
15	Revenge	Infiltration. Downfall. Death	2008-02-25	96	5	0
16	Symphonity	Voice From the Silence	2008-08-15	91	15	1
17	Coldworld	Melancholie²	2008-03-24	88.3	27	2
18	Septicflesh	Communion	2008-03-17	89	22	2
19	Royal Hunt	Paradox II: Collision Course	2008-03-14	88	27	4
20	Infernal Chaos	Metamorphosis [EP]	2008-07-08	89.9	17	3
21	Trivium	Shogun	2008-09-30	85.7	44	2
22	Dir En Grey	Uroboros	2008-11-12	94.2	6	0
23	Hour of Penance	The Vile Conception	2008-02-23	89.3	17	1
24	Firewind	The Premonition	2008-03-25	87.2	27	2
25	Bloodbath	The Wacken Carnage [Live]	2008-06-02	94	5	0
26	Work of Art	Artwork	2008-02-22	93.8	5	0
27	Ikuinen Kaamos	Closure [EP]	2008-12-13	90.4	10	2
28	Omnium Gatherum	The Redshift	2008-09-22	86.2	26	3
29	Kalmah	For the Revolution	2008-04-23	84.9	34	2
30	Darkspace	Dark Space III	2008-05-30	88	16	1
31	Heaven Shall Burn	Iconoclast	2008-01-25	84.7	34	2
32	Bullet For My Valentine	Scream Aim Fire	2008-01-29	86.3	23	3
33	Sylosis	Conclusion of an Age	2008-10-24	87.9	15	0
34	Metallica	Death Magnetic	2008-09-12	78.3	137	8
35	Eluveitie	Slania	2008-02-15	86.6	20	2
36	Draconian	Turning Season Within	2008-02-29	86.8	19	2
37	Ayreon	01011001	2008-01-28	91	7	1
38	Cavalera Conspiracy	Inflikted	2008-03-24	87.8	14	1
39	Disturbed	Indestructible	2008-06-03	85.6	22	3
40	Carach Angren	Lammendam	2008-04-18	88.9	10	2
41	Testament	The Formation of Damnation	2008-04-29	83.6	32	1
42	Ihsahn	angL	2008-05-26	88.6	10	0
43	Bloodbath	The Fathomless Mastery	2008-10-06	87.8	12	2
44	Origin	Antithesis	2008-04-01	85.8	19	2
45	Wedard	Wo die Ewigkeit die Zeit berührt	2008-09	91.4	5	1
46	Won	모래시계	2008-01-29	90.5	6	0
47	Jeff Loomis	Zero Order Phase	2008-08-22	86.5	15	2
48	Haggard	Tales of Ithiria	2008-08-29	88.6	9	1
49	Nevermore	The Year of the Voyager [Live]	2008-10-20	90.3	6	1
50	Dark Empire	Humanity Dethroned	2008-05-05	90	6	0
51	Psycroptic	(Ob)Servant	2008-09-26	90	6	0
52	Unearth	The March	2008-10-14	88.1	9	1
53	Celestia	Frigidiis Apotheosia : Abstinencia Genesiis	2008-01-23	89.7	6	2
54	Serenity	Fallen Sanctuary	2008-08-29	85.4	16	2
55	Bring Me The Horizon	Suicide Season	2008-09-29	88.6	7	0
56	Hateform	Dominance	2008-01-30	90	5	1
57	Défaillance	Contemplation Misanthropique de l´Humanité...	2008-01-04	90	5	1
58	All Shall Perish	Awaken the Dreamers	2008-09-16	87	10	1
59	Galneryus	Reincarnation	2008-09-10	81.3	35	2
60	Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force	Perpetual Flame	2008-10-13	84.1	18	4
61	Exmortus	In Hatred's Flame	2008-07-29	86.1	11	0
62	Moonspell	Night Eternal	2008-05-19	88.7	6	0
63	Edguy	Tinnitus Sanctus	2008-11-14	80.5	39	4
64	Motörhead	Motörizer	2008-08-26	89	5	0
65	Almah	Fragile Equality	2008-09-24	86.8	8	0
66	Rage	Carved in Stone	2008-02-22	85.3	11	1
67	Gojira	The Way of All Flesh	2008-10-13	83	18	0
68	Guns N' Roses	Chinese Democracy	2008-11-25	80.1	35	4
69	Esoteric	The Maniacal Vale	2008-05-19	87.5	6	0
70	Van Canto	Hero	2008-09-26	87.5	6	0
71	Animals Killing People	Kentucky Fried Killing	2008-11	87.5	6	1
72	Everon	North	2008	87.5	6	0
73	Deicide	Till Death Do Us Part	2008-04-28	83.7	14	2
74	Edenbridge	My Earth Dream	2008-04-25	85	10	3
75	Dragonforce	Ultra Beatdown	2008-08-20	78.8	41	5
76	Jeremy	Quo Vadis, Domine?	2008-09	86.4	7	2
77	Journey	Revelation	2008-06-03	85.8	8	1
78	In Flames	A Sense of Purpose	2008-04-04	78.3	45	5
79	Sonic Syndicate	Love and Other Disasters	2008-09-19	83.3	14	2
80	Forest of Shadows	Six Waves of Woe	2008-11-19	87.6	5	1
81	N.EX.T	666 Trilogy Part 1 [EP]	2008-12-09	82.2	17	1
82	Revolution Renaissance	New Era	2008-06-06	81.6	18	3
83	Hibria	The Skull Collectors	2008-12-10	79.1	31	0
84	Brother Firetribe	Heart Full of Fire	2008-05-06	87	5	0
85	ReinXeed	The Light	2008-05-30	83.1	12	2
86	Light This City	Stormchaser	2008-11-11	86.8	5	0
87	Protest The Hero	Fortress	2008-01-29	85.3	7	1
88	Serpent	xGODx	2008-02-20	83.3	11	2
89	Dominici	O3 a Trilogy - Part III	2008-04-22	86.6	5	0
90	Saint Deamon	In Shadows Lost From the Brave	2008-01-25	85.8	6	0
91	The Faceless	Planetary Duality	2008-11-11	83.3	10	2
92	Jorn	Lonely Are the Brave	2008-06-06	86.2	5	0
93	Sabaton	The Art of War	2008-05-30	84.1	8	2
94	MyGrain	Signs of Existence	2008-02-13	81.9	13	2
95	Dead Congregation	Graves of the Archangels	2008-01-31	86	5	0
96	Dream Theater	Chaos in Motion 2007/2008 [Live]	2008-09-30	83.3	9	0
97	Extreme	Saudades De Rock	2008-08-12	82.8	10	1
98	Marionette	Spite	2008-04-28	85	6	0
99	Nyktalgia	Peisithanatos	2008-05-20	82.6	10	1
100	Judas Priest	Nostradamus	2008-06-16	75.2	55	6

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