Loudwire's 30 Best Metal Albums of 2018

What's No. 1?

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# 1

The Sciences by Sleep

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Stoner Metal Doom Metal

# 2

Prequelle by Ghost

Album • Jun 01 / 2018 Hard Rock

# 3

Firepower by Judas Priest

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Heavy Metal

# 4

Stranger Fruit by Zeal & Ardor

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Avant-Garde Metal Spirituals

# 5

Wasteland by Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats

Album • Oct 12 / 2018 Heavy Psych

# 6

Errorzone by Vein.fm

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Metalcore Mathcore

# 7

Grimmest Hits by Black Label Society

Album • Jan 19 / 2018 Heavy Metal Southern Metal

# 8

Automata I by Between The Buried And Me

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Progressive Metal

# 9

Down Below by Tribulation

Album • Jan 26 / 2018 Gothic Metal Heavy Metal

# 10

Our Raw Heart by YOB

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Doom Metal

# 11

Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic by The Ocean

Album • Nov 02 / 2018 Progressive Metal Atmospheric Sludge Metal

# 12

You Won't Get What You Want by Daughters

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Noise Rock Industrial Rock

# 13

Queen of Time by Amorphis

Album • May 18 / 2018 Progressive Metal

# 14

Upon Desolate Sands by Hate Eternal

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Death Metal

# 15

Where Owls Know My Name by Rivers of Nihil

Album • Mar 16 / 2018 Progressive Metal Technical Death Metal

# 16

Electric Messiah by High On Fire

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Sludge Metal Stoner Metal

# 17

Automata II by Between The Buried And Me

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Progressive Metal

# 18

Legend of the Seagullmen by Legend Of The Seagullmen

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Alternative Metal

# 19

Jord by MØL

Album • Apr 13 / 2018 Blackgaze

# 20

Love In Shadow by Sumac

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Atmospheric Sludge Metal

# 21

Conqueror's Oath by Visigoth

Album • Feb 09 / 2018 Heavy Metal US Power Metal

# 22

I Loved You at Your Darkest by Behemoth

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Black Metal Death Metal

# 23

Head Cage by Pig Destroyer

Album • Sep 07 / 2018 Metalcore

# 24

Amerikkkant by Ministry

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Industrial Metal

# 25

The Contagion in Nine Steps by Lychgate

Album • Mar 30 / 2018 Avant-Garde Metal Black Metal

# 26

The Hunt for White Christ by Unleashed

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Death Metal

# 27

White Noise and Black Metal by Craft

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Black Metal

# 28

Heir To Despair by Sigh

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 Avant-Garde Metal Progressive Metal

# 29

Northern Chaos Gods by Immortal

Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Black Metal

# 30

Ordinary Corrupt Human Love by Deafheaven

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Blackgaze Post-Metal