Loudwire's 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019

Did your favorite metal album make the cut?

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# 1

METAWAR by 3TEETH

Album • Jul 05 / 2019 Industrial Metal Industrial Rock

# 2

Outstrider by Abbath

Album • Jul 05 / 2019 Black Metal

# 3

Spiritual Instinct by Alcest

Album • Oct 25 / 2019 Post-Metal Blackgaze

# 4

Apoptosis by Allegaeon

Album • Apr 19 / 2019 Technical Death Metal

# 5

Berserker by Amon Amarth

Album • May 03 / 2019 Melodic Death Metal

# 6

Pretty Buff by Angel Du$t

Album • Mar 15 / 2019 Pop Punk Alternative Rock

# 7

Angel of Light by Angel Witch

Album • Nov 01 / 2019 Heavy Metal

# 8

Shaped by Fire by As I Lay Dying

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Melodic Metalcore

# 9

METAL GALAXY by BABYMETAL

Album • Oct 08 / 2019 Alternative Metal Trance Metal

# 10

Hidden History of the Human Race by Blood Incantation

Album • Nov 22 / 2019 Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 11

Hallucinogen by Blut Aus Nord

Album • Sep 19 / 2019 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 12

True North by Borknagar

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Progressive Metal

# 13

The Door to Doom by Candlemass

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Epic Doom Metal Doom Metal

# 14

Death Atlas by Cattle Decapitation

Album • Nov 29 / 2019 Technical Death Metal

# 15

Nothing Left to Love by Counterparts

Album • Nov 01 / 2019 Metalcore Melodic Metalcore

# 16

Wretched Illusions by Creeping Death

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Death Metal

# 17

The Ruins of Fading Light by Crypt Sermon

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Epic Doom Metal Traditional Doom Metal

# 18

A Dawn to Fear by Cult Of Luna

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Post-Metal

# 19

Peace by Demon Hunter

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Alternative Metal

# 20

War by Demon Hunter

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Melodic Metalcore Alternative Metal

# 21

Empath by Devin Townsend

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Progressive Metal Avant-Garde Metal

# 22

Obscene Majesty by Devourment

Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Slam Death Metal

# 23

Distance Over Time by Dream Theater

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Progressive Metal

# 24

Luciferous by Enterprise Earth

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Deathcore

# 25

Veleno by Fleshgod Apocalypse

Album • May 24 / 2019 Symphonic Metal Death Metal

# 26

Deserted by Gatecreeper

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Death Metal

# 27

TRAUMA by I Prevail

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Alternative Metal Trancecore Nu Metal

# 28

I, The Mask by In Flames

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Alternative Metal

# 29

Heart Like a Grave by Insomnium

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Melodic Death Metal

# 30

Macro by Jinjer

Album • Oct 25 / 2019 Progressive Metal Alternative Metal

# 31

Atonement by Killswitch Engage

Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Melodic Metalcore

# 32

A Different Shade of Blue by Knocked Loose

Album • Aug 23 / 2019 Metalcore

# 33

The Nothing by Korn

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Nu Metal

# 34

Absolute by Kublai Khan TX

Album • Oct 04 / 2019 Metalcore Beatdown Hardcore

# 35

Disguise by Motionless In White

Album • Jun 07 / 2019 Alternative Metal Nu Metal

# 36

In Cauda Venenum by Opeth

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Progressive Rock

# 37

The Wings of War by Overkill

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Thrash Metal

# 38

Periphery IV: HAIL STAN by Periphery

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Djent Progressive Metal

# 39

Rammstein by Rammstein

Album • May 17 / 2019 Neue Deutsche Härte

# 40

The Heretics by Rotting Christ

Album • Feb 15 / 2019 Melodic Black Metal

# 41

The Great War by Sabaton

Album • Jul 19 / 2019 Power Metal

# 42

The Correlation Between Entrance and Exit Wounds by SeeYouSpaceCowboy...

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Metalcore Mathcore

# 43

We Are Not Your Kind by Slipknot

Album • Aug 09 / 2019 Alternative Metal

# 44

Verkligheten by Soilwork

Album • Jan 11 / 2019 Melodic Death Metal

# 45

Heavy Metal Rules by Steel Panther

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Glam Metal Hard Rock

# 46

Fear Inoculum by TOOL

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Progressive Metal

# 47

Pressure by Wage War

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Alternative Metal Melodic Metalcore

# 48

SO WHAT? by While She Sleeps

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Alternative Metal Melodic Metalcore

# 49

The Valley by Whitechapel

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Deathcore Metalcore

# 50

Resist by Within Temptation

Album • Feb 01 / 2019 Alternative Metal