The Best Metal Albums of 2008

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Avantasia The Scarecrow	Jan 25, 2008	90.2	83	7
2	Lifelover Konkurs	Oct 15, 2008	93.8	26	0
3	Seventh Wonder Mercy Falls	Sep 12, 2008	93.3	27	3
4	Theocracy Mirror of Souls	Nov 26, 2008	91.3	36	4
5	Opeth Watershed	May 30, 2008	88.3	70	3
6	Krisiun Southern Storm	Jul 21, 2008	91.8	31	1
7	Between the Buried and Me Colors Live [Live]	Oct 14, 2008	95.5	13	1
8	Amon Amarth Twilight of the Thunder God	Sep 17, 2008	90.3	37	1
9	Equilibrium Sagas	Jun 27, 2008	88.5	56	2
10	Ayreon 01011001	Jan 28, 2008	95.9	10	1
11	Septicflesh Communion	Mar 17, 2008	89.7	31	2
12	Blasphemophagher Nuclear Empire of Apocalypse	Sep 15, 2008	95	9	1
13	Royal Hunt Paradox II: Collision Course	Mar 14, 2008	89.2	31	5
14	In Mourning Shrouded Divine	Jan 2, 2008	91.7	17	2
15	Trivium Shogun	Sep 30, 2008	86.6	50	1
16	Coldworld Melancholie²	Mar 24, 2008	89.5	25	2
17	Mercenary Architect of Lies	Mar 21, 2008	88.7	30	1
18	Toxic Holocaust An Overdose of Death...	Sep 2, 2008	88.9	26	1
19	Dir En Grey Uroboros	Nov 12, 2008	93.8	8	0
20	Symphonity Voice From the Silence	Aug 15, 2008	91	15	1
21	Origin Antithesis	Apr 1, 2008	88.6	26	2
22	Scar Symmetry Holographic Universe	Jun 20, 2008	85.6	50	7
23	Revenge Infiltration.Downfall.Death	Feb 25, 2008	90.9	13	0
24	Firewind The Premonition	Mar 25, 2008	87.5	28	3
25	Infernal Chaos Metamorphosis [EP]	Jul 8, 2008	89.3	17	3
26	Cynic Traced in Air	Nov 17, 2008	87.4	25	1
27	Dead Congregation Graves of the Archangels	Jan 31, 2008	91.3	10	1
28	Agalloch The White [EP]	Feb 29, 2008	95	4	0
29	Bullet for My Valentine Scream Aim Fire	Jan 28, 2008	86.5	28	2
30	Bloodbath The Wacken Carnage [Live]	Jun 2, 2008	91.9	8	0
31	Metallica Death Magnetic	Sep 12, 2008	79.2	149	10
32	Draconian Turning Season Within	Feb 29, 2008	88.1	19	3
33	Bring Me the Horizon Suicide Season	Sep 29, 2008	90	12	2
34	Ikuinen Kaamos Closure [EP]	Dec 13, 2008	90.3	11	2
35	Omnium Gatherum The Redshift	Sep 22, 2008	86.2	27	3
36	Eluveitie Slania	Feb 15, 2008	86.8	23	3
37	Hour of Penance The Vile Conception	Feb 23, 2008	88.4	15	1
38	Nuclear Desecration Desecrated Temple of Impurity	2008	95	3	0
39	Scars on Broadway Scars on Broadway	Jul 29, 2008	95	3	0
40	Bloodbath The Fathomless Mastery	Oct 6, 2008	88.3	14	1
41	Revocation Empire of the Obscene	May 2008	90.6	8	0
42	Testament The Formation of Damnation	Apr 29, 2008	84	36	2
43	Jeff Loomis Zero Order Phase	Aug 22, 2008	87.5	16	2
44	Haggard Tales of Ithiria	Aug 29, 2008	88.7	12	1
45	Wedard Wo die Ewigkeit die Zeit berührt	Sep 2008	92.4	5	1
46	Bob Katsionis NOEMON	Oct 14, 2008	93.3	4	0
47	Heaven Shall Burn Iconoclast	Jan 25, 2008	84.2	31	2
48	Unearth The March	Oct 14, 2008	89.1	10	1
49	Mgła Groza	Aug 13, 2008	90	8	1
50	Serenity Fallen Sanctuary	Aug 29, 2008	86.2	19	3

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