The Best Metal Albums of 2018

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Rank	Artist	Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Judas Priest	Firepower	Mar 9, 2018	90.2	74	1
2	Seventh Wonder	Tiara	Oct 12, 2018	92.9	23	2
3	Within Destruction	Deathwish	Mar 30, 2018	94.4	11	2
4	Opeth	Garden of the Titans: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre [Live]	Nov 2, 2018	94	12	1
5	Chapel of Disease	...And as We Have Seen the Storm, We Have Embraced the Eye	Nov 23, 2018	95	9	0
6	Dark Mirror ov Tragedy	The Lord ov Shadows	Aug 20, 2018	90.8	22	2
7	Amorphis	Queen of Time	May 18, 2018	91.8	16	1
8	Sulphur Aeon	The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos	Dec 21, 2018	95.8	6	2
9	Michael Romeo	War of the Worlds / Pt. 1	Jul 27, 2018	92.5	12	0
10	Orphaned Land	Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs	Jan 26, 2018	96	5	0
11	Silence Lies Fear	Shadows of the Wasteland	Mar 20, 2018	92.5	10	1
12	Day of Mourning	This Too Will Pass	Apr 13, 2018	91.7	11	1
13	Inferi	Revenant	Apr 21, 2018	95	5	0
14	The Night Flight Orchestra	Sometimes the World Ain't Enough	Jun 29, 2018	89.3	16	1
15	Anaal Nathrakh	A New Kind of Horror	Sep 28, 2018	90.5	12	0
16	Rivers of Nihil	Where Owls Know My Name	Mar 16, 2018	86	31	2
17	Kalmah	Palo	Apr 6, 2018	86.9	25	1
18	Impellitteri	The Nature of the Beast	Oct 12, 2018	92.1	7	0
19	Fatuous Rump	Disposing Slobs of Corporal Fatberg	May 6, 2018	92.5	6	1
20	Slugdge	Esoteric Malacology	Mar 1, 2018	89.4	10	0
21	Beyond Creation	Algorythm	Oct 12, 2018	88.3	11	0
22	Mad Hatter	Mad Hatter	Feb 23, 2018	90.8	6	0
23	Shining	X - Varg Utan Flock	Jan 5, 2018	88.9	9	0
24	All That Remains	Victim of the New Disease	Nov 9, 2018	91	5	0
25	Sleep	The Sciences	Apr 20, 2018	88.3	9	0
26	Archgoat	The Luciferian Crown	Sep 14, 2018	88.8	8	0
27	Marius Danielsen's Legend of Valley Doom	Marius Danielsen's Legend of Valley Doom Part 2	Nov 30, 2018	90	6	0
28	Fabio Lione / Alessandro Conti	Fabio Lione / Alessandro Conti	Jan 26, 2018	86.4	13	1
29	Fecundation	Decomposition of Existence	Feb 17, 2018	90	5	0
30	Craft	White Noise and Black Metal	Jun 22, 2018	90	5	0
31	Skeletonwitch	Devouring Radiant Light	Jul 20, 2018	89.2	6	0
32	Architects	Holy Hell	Nov 9, 2018	88.3	6	0
33	Omnium Gatherum	The Burning Cold	Aug 31, 2018	81.6	26	2
34	Madmans Esprit	무의식의 의식화 (Conscientization of Unconsciousness)	Oct 1, 2018	87.5	6	0
35	Tribulation	Down Below	Jan 26, 2018	84.1	13	0
36	A Perfect Circle	Eat the Elephant	Apr 20, 2018	84.4	11	1
37	Watain	Trident Wolf Eclipse	Jan 5, 2018	87	5	0
38	Frozen Crown	The Fallen King	Feb 9, 2018	87	5	0
39	Kamelot	The Shadow Theory	Apr 6, 2018	80	25	1
40	Obscura	Diluvium	Jul 13, 2018	83	12	0

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