The Best Metal Albums of 1998

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
101	Primal Fear Primal Fear	Feb 1998	81.7	19	4
102	Katatonia Discouraged Ones	Apr 27, 1998	85	8	1
103	Apocalyptica Inquisition Symphony	Sep 22, 1998	85.4	7	2
104	Gordian Knot Gordian Knot	1998	85.8	6	0
105	Grave Digger Knights of the Cross	May 18, 1998	85	7	2
106	Behemoth Pandemonic Incantations	Mar 2, 1998	82.9	11	1
107	Joe Satriani Crystal Planet	Mar 3, 1998	88.3	3	1
108	Beseech ...From a Bleeding Heart	May 5, 1998	88.3	3	0
109	Mystic Circle Drachenblut	1998	88.3	3	0
110	Riot Shine On [Live]	Oct 6, 1998	88.3	3	0
111	Evoken Embrace the Emptiness	1998	88.3	3	1
112	Seth Les Blessures de l'Âme	1998	88.3	3	0
113	Buckethead Colma	Mar 24, 1998	88.3	3	0
114	Hecate Enthroned Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre	1998	87	4	0
115	Sex Machineguns Sex Machineguns	Oct 16, 1998	86.8	4	0
116	Superior Younique	1998	88	3	0
117	Gates of Ishtar At Dusk and Forever	Feb 28, 1998	85	6	1
118	Gorgoroth Destroyer, or About How to Philosophize With the Hammer	May 18, 1998	84.3	7	1
119	Rage XIII	Mar 23, 1998	83	9	0
120	Black Hole 내가 사는 방식 (The Way)	Nov 1998	84	7	0
121	Necrophagia Holocausto De La Morte	1998	86.3	4	1
122	Great White Great Zeppelin: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin [Live]	1998	87.3	3	0
123	André Andersen Changing Skin	1998	86	4	1
124	Pig Destroyer Explosion in Ward 6 [EP]	1998	85	5	0
125	Steel Heavy Metal Machine [EP]	1998	85	5	0
126	Running Wild The Rivalry	Feb 9, 1998	84.2	6	0
127	Crowbar Odd Fellows Rest	1998	85.5	4	1
128	Rob Zombie Hellbilly Deluxe	1998	82.5	8	0
129	Cryhavoc Sweetbriers	1998	86.7	3	0
130	...And Oceans The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts	1998	84.2	5	1
131	Thy Serpent Christcrusher	Aug 11, 1998	83.3	6	0
132	God Dethroned The Grand Grimoire	Jan 20, 1998	85	4	0
133	Lacuna Coil Lacuna Coil [EP]	1998	85	4	0
134	Horna Kohti yhdeksän nousua	1998	84.8	4	0
135	Black Sabbath Reunion [Live]	Oct 20, 1998	79.3	14	1
136	Aerosmith A Little South of Sanity [Live]	Oct 20, 1998	83.4	5	3
137	Benediction Grind Bastard	May 19, 1998	82.5	6	0
138	Suffocation Despise the Sun [EP]	1998	82.5	6	0
139	Agathodaimon Blacken the Angel	1998	84	4	0
140	Metallica Fuel [EP]	Mar 1998	83	5	0
141	Tristania Widow's Weeds	Mar 9, 1998	82.2	6	1
142	Slayer Diabolus in Musica	Jun 9, 1998	75.1	30	3
143	Blue Oyster Cult Heaven Forbid	Mar 24, 1998	85	3	1
144	Carpathian Forest Black Shining Leather	1998	85	3	1
145	Darkwoods My Betrothed Witch Hunts	1998	85	3	1
146	Gorefest Chapter 13	1998	85	3	0
147	Elffor Into the Dark Forest	1998	84.7	3	3
148	Meshuggah Chaosphere	Nov 10, 1998	74.8	29	0
149	Astarte Doomed Dark Years	1998	84.3	3	0
150	Riot Inishmore	Jan 27, 1998	82	5	0

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