Rolling Stone's 20 Best Metal Albums of 2018

Rolling Stone staffers rank the 20 best metal albums of 2018, including the latest from Judas Priest, Daughters and Sleep.

Published: December 12, 2018 14:29 Source

# 1

The Sciences by Sleep

Album • Apr 20 / 2018 Stoner Metal Doom Metal

# 2

You Won't Get What You Want by Daughters

Album • Oct 26 / 2018 Noise Rock Industrial Rock

# 3

Firepower by Judas Priest

Album • Mar 09 / 2018 Heavy Metal

# 4

Dictator by Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway

Album • Jul 20 / 2018 Alternative Metal

# 5

Ordinary Corrupt Human Love by Deafheaven

Album • Jul 13 / 2018 Blackgaze Post-Metal

# 6

Errorzone by Vein.fm

Album • Jun 22 / 2018 Metalcore Mathcore

# 7

Northern Chaos Gods by Immortal

Album • Jul 06 / 2018 Black Metal

# 8

The Wake by Voivod

Album • Sep 21 / 2018 Progressive Metal

# 9

Time & Space by Turnstile

Album • Feb 23 / 2018 Hardcore Punk New York Hardcore

# 10

The Long Walk by Uniform

Album • Aug 17 / 2018 Industrial Metal Noise Rock

# 12

Eternal Return by Windhand

Album • Oct 05 / 2018 Doom Metal

# 13

Ion by Portal

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

# 14

Our Raw Heart by YOB

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Doom Metal

# 15

Joy as an Act of Resistance. by IDLES

Album • Aug 31 / 2018 Post-Punk Post-Hardcore

# 16

Manor of Infinite Forms by Tomb Mold

Album • Jun 08 / 2018 Death Metal

# 17

Unloved by Frontierer

Album • Jul 27 / 2018 Mathcore

# 18

To Drink From The Night Itself by At The Gates

Album • May 18 / 2018 Melodic Death Metal

# 19

Ghostly White by Deceased

Album • Nov 16 / 2018 Thrash Metal Death Metal

# 20

Only Love by The Armed

Album • Apr 27 / 2018 Post-Hardcore Noise Rock