The Best Metal Albums of 1998

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
101	Grave Digger Knights of the Cross	May 18, 1998	85	7	2
102	Behemoth Pandemonic Incantations	Mar 2, 1998	83.3	10	1
103	Dream Theater Once in a Live Time [Live]	1998	80.4	19	2
104	Beseech ...From a Bleeding Heart	May 5, 1998	88.3	3	0
105	Mystic Circle Drachenblut	1998	88.3	3	0
106	Riot Shine On [Live]	Oct 6, 1998	88.3	3	0
107	Evoken Embrace the Emptiness	1998	88.3	3	1
108	Skinless Progression Towards Evil	Apr 12, 1998	88.3	3	0
109	Seth Les Blessures de l'Âme	1998	88.3	3	0
110	Buckethead Colma	Mar 24, 1998	88.3	3	0
111	Hecate Enthroned Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre	1998	87	4	0
112	Gordian Knot Gordian Knot	1998	86	5	0
113	Sex Machineguns Sex Machineguns	Oct 16, 1998	86.8	4	0
114	Superior Younique	1998	88	3	0
115	Gates of Ishtar At Dusk and Forever	Feb 28, 1998	85	6	1
116	Gorgoroth Destroyer, or About How to Philosophize With the Hammer	May 18, 1998	84.3	7	1
117	Rage XIII	Mar 23, 1998	83	9	0
118	Black Hole 내가 사는 방식 (The Way)	Nov 1998	84	7	0
119	Great White Great Zeppelin: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin [Live]	1998	87.3	3	0
120	André Andersen Changing Skin	1998	86	4	1
121	Pig Destroyer Explosion in Ward 6 [EP]	1998	85	5	0
122	Steel Heavy Metal Machine [EP]	1998	85	5	0
123	Running Wild The Rivalry	Feb 9, 1998	84.2	6	0
124	Crowbar Odd Fellows Rest	1998	85.5	4	1
125	Rob Zombie Hellbilly Deluxe	1998	82.5	8	0
126	God Dethroned The Grand Grimoire	Jan 20, 1998	86.7	3	0
127	Lacuna Coil Lacuna Coil [EP]	1998	86.7	3	0
128	Cryhavoc Sweetbriers	1998	86.7	3	0
129	...And Oceans The Dynamic Gallery of Thoughts	1998	84.2	5	1
130	Thy Serpent Christcrusher	Aug 11, 1998	83.3	6	0
131	Horna Kohti yhdeksän nousua	1998	84.8	4	0
132	Suffocation Despise the Sun [EP]	1998	82.5	6	0
133	Agathodaimon Blacken the Angel	1998	84	4	0
134	Metallica Fuel [EP]	Mar 1998	83	5	0
135	Tristania Widow's Weeds	Mar 9, 1998	82.2	6	1
136	Slayer Diabolus in Musica	Jun 9, 1998	75.1	30	3
137	Blue Oyster Cult Heaven Forbid	Mar 24, 1998	85	3	1
138	Carpathian Forest Black Shining Leather	1998	85	3	1
139	Darkwoods My Betrothed Witch Hunts	1998	85	3	1
140	Gorefest Chapter 13	1998	85	3	0
141	Elffor Into the Dark Forest	1998	84.7	3	3
142	Black Sabbath Reunion [Live]	Oct 20, 1998	78.3	13	1
143	Astarte Doomed Dark Years	1998	84.3	3	0
144	Aerosmith A Little South of Sanity [Live]	Oct 20, 1998	83	4	3
145	Benediction Grind Bastard	May 19, 1998	82	5	0
146	Riot Inishmore	Jan 27, 1998	82	5	0
147	Marduk Nightwing	Aug 4, 1998	80.8	6	0
148	Samchung 탈출즉시 개죽음	Oct 7, 1998	80	7	0
149	Iron Maiden Virtual XI	Mar 23, 1998	74.6	23	3
150	Judas Iscariot Distant in Solitary Night	1998	83.3	3	0

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