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	90.4	75	1
2	Seventh Wonder	Tiara	Oct 12, 2018	93.3	27	2
3	Dark Mirror ov Tragedy	The Lord ov Shadows	Aug 20, 2018	91.7	25	3
4	Chapel of Disease	...And as We Have Seen the Storm, We Have Embraced the Eye	Nov 23, 2018	95	11	0
5	Opeth	Garden of the Titans: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre [Live]	Nov 2, 2018	94	12	1
6	Amorphis	Queen of Time	May 18, 2018	91.8	16	1
7	Within Destruction	Deathwish	Mar 30, 2018	93	12	2
8	Silence Lies Fear	Shadows of the Wasteland	Mar 20, 2018	93.3	11	1
9	Sulphur Aeon	The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos	Dec 21, 2018	95.8	6	2
10	Michael Romeo	War of the Worlds / Pt. 1	Jul 27, 2018	92.5	12	0
11	Day of Mourning	This Too Will Pass	Apr 13, 2018	91.4	13	1
12	Molested Divinity	Desolated Realms Through Iniquity	Mar 18, 2018	96.3	4	0
13	The Night Flight Orchestra	Sometimes the World Ain't Enough	Jun 29, 2018	90	17	1
14	Orphaned Land	Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs	Jan 26, 2018	95	5	0
15	Rivers of Nihil	Where Owls Know My Name	Mar 16, 2018	86.8	31	2
16	Impellitteri	The Nature of the Beast	Oct 12, 2018	92.5	8	0
17	Anaal Nathrakh	A New Kind of Horror	Sep 28, 2018	90.5	12	0
18	Kalmah	Palo	Apr 6, 2018	86.3	27	1
19	Eneferens	The Bleakness of Our Constant	Oct 26, 2018	93.8	4	1
20	Tomb Mold	Manor of Infinite Forms	Jun 8, 2018	95	3	0
21	Graupel	Bereavement	Jul 4, 2018	95	3	0
22	Dynazty	Firesign	Sep 28, 2018	95	3	0
23	Fatuous Rump	Disposing Slobs of Corporal Fatberg	May 6, 2018	91.7	6	1
24	Slugdge	Esoteric Malacology	Mar 1, 2018	89.4	10	0
25	Beyond Creation	Algorythm	Oct 12, 2018	88.3	11	0
26	Inferi	Revenant	Apr 21, 2018	90.8	6	0
27	Mad Hatter	Mad Hatter	Feb 23, 2018	90.8	6	0
28	Barren Earth	A Complex of Cages	Mar 30, 2018	92.5	4	0
29	Cryptopsy	The Book of Suffering - Tome II [EP]	Oct 26, 2018	92.5	4	0
30	Sacral Rage	Beyond Celestial Echoes	Oct 19, 2018	92.5	4	0
31	Shining	X - Varg Utan Flock	Jan 5, 2018	88.9	9	0
32	Drudkh	Їм часто сниться капіж (They Often See Dreams About the Spring)	Mar 9, 2018	93.3	3	0
33	Augury	Illusive Golden Age	Mar 30, 2018	93.3	3	0
34	Maestrick	Espresso della vita: Solare	May 23, 2018	93.3	3	0
35	Reek of the Unzen Gas Fumes	Buddha Composted Pond [EP]	Oct 24, 2018	93.3	3	0
36	Profanatica	Altar of the Virgin Whore [EP]	Nov 2, 2018	93.3	3	0
37	兀突骨	背水之陣 (The Final Stand)	Oct 24, 2018	93.3	3	0
38	All That Remains	Victim of the New Disease	Nov 9, 2018	91	5	0
39	Marius Danielsen's Legend of Valley Doom	Marius Danielsen's Legend of Valley Doom Part 2	Nov 30, 2018	90	6	0
40	Skeletonwitch	Devouring Radiant Light	Jul 20, 2018	89.3	7	0

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