Stereogum's 10 Best Metal Albums of 2018

First, some housekeeping. In place of what would have been November’s Black Market column, you are now (in early December) getting our TOP 10 METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR (*terrifying thunderclap*) MINUS A MONTH AND A BIT (*sadder, softer thunderclap*). At the end of this month, as a sort of “special edition” of December’s Black […]

Published: December 06, 2018 16:40 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 De Oord Fluisteraars, Turia Sep-28-2018, Atmospheric Black Metal
#2 Awaken Agrimonia Jan-26-2018, Atmospheric Sludge Metal
#3 Northern Chaos Gods Immortal Jul-06-2018, Black Metal
#4 The Incubus of Karma Mournful Congregation Mar-23-2018, Funeral Doom Metal
#5 Rites of Despair Fórn Sep-21-2018, Doom Metal
#6 De horae leprae Délétère Jun-15-2018, Black Metal
#7 Beneath Distant Skies Unfelled Dec-12-2017, Atmospheric Black Metal
#9 Letters From the Edge Sear Bliss Jul-01-2018, Melodic Black Metal
#10 Disinterred Horror Ritual Necromancy May-25-2018, Death Metal
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | De Oord | FluisteraarsTuria | Album, Sep-28-2018, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #2 | Awaken | Agrimonia | Album, Jan-26-2018, Atmospheric Sludge Metal |
| #3 | Northern Chaos Gods | Immortal | Album, Jul-06-2018, Black Metal |
| #4 | The Incubus of Karma | Mournful Congregation | Album, Mar-23-2018, Funeral Doom Metal |
| #5 | Rites of Despair | Fórn | Album, Sep-21-2018, Doom Metal |
| #6 | De horae leprae | Délétère | Album, Jun-15-2018, Black Metal |
| #7 | Beneath Distant Skies | Unfelled | EP, Dec-12-2017, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #9 | Letters From the Edge | Sear Bliss | Album, Jul-01-2018, Melodic Black Metal |
| #10 | Disinterred Horror | Ritual Necromancy | Album, May-25-2018, Death Metal |