Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2018

Published: November 15, 2018 14:45 Source

# 1

Our Raw Heart by YOB

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Doom Metal

# 2

Down Below by Tribulation

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Gothic Metal Heavy Metal

# 3

Cult of a Dying Sun by Uada

Album • May 25 / 2018 Melodic Black Metal

# 4

Hypnagogia by Evoken

Album • Nov 09 / 2018 Funeral Doom Metal Death Doom Metal

# 5

Firepower by Judas Priest

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Heavy Metal

# 6

Devouring Radiant Light by Skeletonwitch

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Melodic Black Metal

# 7

Wasteland by Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Heavy Psych

# 8

Northern Chaos Gods by Immortal

Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Black Metal

# 9

Desolation by Khemmis

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Doom Metal Epic Doom Metal

# 10

Head Cage by Pig Destroyer

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Metalcore

# 11

To Drink From The Night Itself by At The Gates

Album • May 18 / 2018 Melodic Death Metal

# 13

The Wake by Voivod

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Progressive Metal

# 14

Ordinary Corrupt Human Love by Deafheaven

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Blackgaze Post-Metal

# 15

...And as We Have Seen the Storm, We Have Embraced the Eye by Chapel Of Disease

Album • Nov 23 / 2018 Heavy Metal Death Metal

# 16

Cruel Magic by Satan

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Heavy Metal

# 17

Manor of Infinite Forms by Tomb Mold

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Death Metal

# 18

Coma noir by The Atlas Moth

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Post-Metal

# 19

Patriarchs of Evil by Varathron

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Melodic Black Metal

# 20

Realms of Eternal Decay by Outer Heaven

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Death Metal

# 21

Hekatomb by Funeral Mist

Album • Jun 15 / 2018 Black Metal

# 22

The Sciences by Sleep

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Stoner Metal Doom Metal

# 23

The Incubus of Karma by Mournful Congregation

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Funeral Doom Metal

# 24

Ion by Portal

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Technical Death Metal Dissonant Death Metal

# 25

Through Wilderness by Mortuous

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Death Metal

# 26

Conqueror's Oath by Visigoth

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Heavy Metal US Power Metal

# 27

Megalohydrothalassophobic by Abhorrence

EP • Sep 14 / 2018 Death Metal

# 28

Idol by Horrendous

Album • Sep 28 / 2018 Progressive Metal Death Metal

# 29

Its Hard to Have Hope by Svalbard

Album • May 25 / 2018 Post-Hardcore Neocrust

# 30

Panoptic Horror by Sepulcher

Album • Sep 14 / 2018 Thrash Metal

# 31

No Cross No Crown by Corrosion of Conformity

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Stoner Metal Southern Metal

# 32

The Arteries of Heresy by Devouring Star

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Black Metal Death Metal

# 33

Stranger Fruit by Zeal & Ardor

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Avant-Garde Metal Spirituals

# 34

Magus by Thou

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Doom Metal Sludge Metal

# 35

Misery Rites by Wake

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Grindcore

# 36

Mindfucker by Monster Magnet

Album • Mar 23 / 2018 Stoner Rock

# 37

Loved by KEN mode

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Noise Rock Post-Hardcore Sludge Metal

# 38

Täyttymys by Cosmic Church

Album • May 13 / 2018 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 39

Upon Desolate Sands by Hate Eternal

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Death Metal

# 40

The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness, Part 1 by Panopticon

Album • Apr 06 / 2018