The Best Metal Albums of 1998

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
101	Jeremy Out of Fear	1998	86.3	7	1
102	Primal Fear Primal Fear	Feb 1998	81.7	19	4
103	Katatonia Discouraged Ones	Apr 27, 1998	85	8	1
104	Apocalyptica Inquisition Symphony	Sep 22, 1998	85.4	7	2
105	Gordian Knot Gordian Knot	1998	85.8	6	0
106	Beseech ...From a Bleeding Heart	May 5, 1998	87.5	4	0
107	Grave Digger Knights of the Cross	May 18, 1998	85	7	2
108	Behemoth Pandemonic Incantations	Mar 2, 1998	82.9	11	1
109	Joe Satriani Crystal Planet	Mar 3, 1998	88.3	3	1
110	Mystic Circle Drachenblut	1998	88.3	3	0
111	Riot Shine On [Live]	Oct 6, 1998	88.3	3	0
112	Evoken Embrace the Emptiness	1998	88.3	3	1
113	Seth Les Blessures de l'Âme	1998	88.3	3	0
114	Buckethead Colma	Mar 24, 1998	88.3	3	0
115	Hecate Enthroned Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre	1998	87	4	0
116	Sex Machineguns Sex Machineguns	Oct 16, 1998	86.8	4	0
117	Superior Younique	1998	88	3	0
118	Gates of Ishtar At Dusk and Forever	Feb 28, 1998	85	6	1
119	Gorgoroth Destroyer, or About How to Philosophize With the Hammer	May 18, 1998	84.3	7	1
120	Rage XIII	Mar 23, 1998	83	9	0
121	Black Hole 내가 사는 방식 (The Way)	Nov 1998	84	7	0
122	Necrophagia Holocausto De La Morte	1998	86.3	4	1
123	Great White Great Zeppelin: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin [Live]	1998	87.3	3	0
124	André Andersen Changing Skin	1998	86	4	1
125	Pig Destroyer Explosion in Ward 6 [EP]	1998	85	5	0
126	Steel Heavy Metal Machine [EP]	1998	85	5	0
127	Running Wild The Rivalry	Feb 9, 1998	84.2	6	0
128	Crowbar Odd Fellows Rest	1998	85.5	4	1
129	Rob Zombie Hellbilly Deluxe	1998	82.5	8	0
130	Cryhavoc Sweetbriers	1998	86.7	3	0
131	...And Oceans The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts	1998	84.2	5	1
132	Thy Serpent Christcrusher	Aug 11, 1998	83.3	6	0
133	God Dethroned The Grand Grimoire	Jan 20, 1998	85	4	0
134	Lacuna Coil Lacuna Coil [EP]	1998	85	4	0
135	Horna Kohti yhdeksän nousua	1998	84.8	4	0
136	Black Sabbath Reunion [Live]	Oct 20, 1998	79.3	14	1
137	Aerosmith A Little South of Sanity [Live]	Oct 20, 1998	83.4	5	3
138	Benediction Grind Bastard	May 19, 1998	82.5	6	0
139	Suffocation Despise the Sun [EP]	1998	82.5	6	0
140	Agathodaimon Blacken the Angel	1998	84	4	0
141	Metallica Fuel [EP]	Mar 1998	83	5	0
142	Tristania Widow's Weeds	Mar 9, 1998	82.2	6	1
143	Slayer Diabolus in Musica	Jun 9, 1998	75.1	30	3
144	Blue Oyster Cult Heaven Forbid	Mar 24, 1998	85	3	1
145	U.D.O. No Limits	1998	85	3	0
146	Carpathian Forest Black Shining Leather	1998	85	3	1
147	Darkwoods My Betrothed Witch Hunts	1998	85	3	1
148	Gorefest Chapter 13	1998	85	3	0
149	Elffor Into the Dark Forest	1998	84.7	3	3
150	Astarte Doomed Dark Years	1998	84.3	3	0

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