Metal Injection's Top 20 Albums of 2018
I started this in 2016 in an effort to effectively calculate what we, the Metal Injection writers, were collectively fans of. For 2018, I decided to employ the same strategy as the last two years — a two-step approach. In addition to this, I added a couple more tiebreakers. This initial count does m
Published: December 28, 2018 21:00
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| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A New Kind of Horror | Anaal Nathrakh | Sep-28-2018, Black Metal |
| #2 | Where Owls Know My Name | Rivers of Nihil | Mar-16-2018, Progressive Metal |
| #3 | Northern Chaos Gods | Immortal | Jul-06-2018, Black Metal |
| #4 | Stranger Fruit | Zeal & Ardor | Jun-08-2018, Avant-Garde Metal |
| #5 | Our Raw Heart | YOB | Jun-08-2018, Doom Metal |
| #6 | Automata I | Between The Buried And Me | Mar-09-2018, Progressive Metal |
| #7 | Head Cage | Pig Destroyer | Sep-07-2018, Metalcore |
| #8 | The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness, Part 1 | Panopticon | Apr-06-2018, |
| #9 | White Noise and Black Metal | Craft | Jun-22-2018, Black Metal |
| #10 | Desolation | Khemmis | Jun-22-2018, Doom Metal |
| #11 | Unbound | Sargeist | Oct-11-2018, Black Metal |
| #12 | Welcome to Bonkers | Nekrogoblikon | Apr-13-2018, Melodic Death Metal |
| #13 | Errorzone | Vein.fm | Jun-22-2018, Metalcore |
| #14 | Manor of Infinite Forms | Tomb Mold | Jun-08-2018, Death Metal |
| #15 | Heavy Yoke | Azusa | Nov-16-2018, Progressive Metal |
| #16 | Realms of Eternal Decay | Outer Heaven | Oct-12-2018, Death Metal |
| #17 | Idol | Horrendous | Sep-28-2018, Progressive Metal |
| #18 | Àmr | Ihsahn | May-04-2018, Progressive Metal |
| #19 | Devouring Radiant Light | Skeletonwitch | Jul-20-2018, Melodic Black Metal |
| #20 | Down Below | Tribulation | Jan-26-2018, Gothic Metal |
| #21 | Automata II | Between The Buried And Me | Jul-13-2018, Progressive Metal |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A New Kind of Horror | Anaal Nathrakh | Album, Sep-28-2018, Black Metal |
| #2 | Where Owls Know My Name | Rivers of Nihil | Album, Mar-16-2018, Progressive Metal |
| #3 | Northern Chaos Gods | Immortal | Album, Jul-06-2018, Black Metal |
| #4 | Stranger Fruit | Zeal & Ardor | Album, Jun-08-2018, Avant-Garde Metal |
| #5 | Our Raw Heart | YOB | Album, Jun-08-2018, Doom Metal |
| #6 | Automata I | Between The Buried And Me | Album, Mar-09-2018, Progressive Metal |
| #7 | Head Cage | Pig Destroyer | Album, Sep-07-2018, Metalcore |
| #8 | The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness, Part 1 | Panopticon | Album, Apr-06-2018, |
| #9 | White Noise and Black Metal | Craft | Album, Jun-22-2018, Black Metal |
| #10 | Desolation | Khemmis | Album, Jun-22-2018, Doom Metal |
| #11 | Unbound | Sargeist | Album, Oct-11-2018, Black Metal |
| #12 | Welcome to Bonkers | Nekrogoblikon | Album, Apr-13-2018, Melodic Death Metal |
| #13 | Errorzone | Vein.fm | Album, Jun-22-2018, Metalcore |
| #14 | Manor of Infinite Forms | Tomb Mold | Album, Jun-08-2018, Death Metal |
| #15 | Heavy Yoke | Azusa | Album, Nov-16-2018, Progressive Metal |
| #16 | Realms of Eternal Decay | Outer Heaven | Album, Oct-12-2018, Death Metal |
| #17 | Idol | Horrendous | Album, Sep-28-2018, Progressive Metal |
| #18 | Àmr | Ihsahn | Album, May-04-2018, Progressive Metal |
| #19 | Devouring Radiant Light | Skeletonwitch | Album, Jul-20-2018, Melodic Black Metal |
| #20 | Down Below | Tribulation | Album, Jan-26-2018, Gothic Metal |
| #21 | Automata II | Between The Buried And Me | Album, Jul-13-2018, Progressive Metal |