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2018 Metal Album Releases
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Jul 13
Deafheaven
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
82
critic score
(32)
80
user score
(1,038)
Jun 1
Ghost
Prequelle
82
critic score
(14)
77
user score
(873)
Oct 31
Poppy
Am I A Girl?
60
critic score
(4)
69
user score
(822)
Apr 20
Sleep
The Sciences
84
critic score
(11)
78
user score
(572)
Mar 9
Judas Priest
Firepower
79
critic score
(14)
77
user score
(402)
Jun 8
Zeal and Ardor
Stranger Fruit
80
critic score
(9)
78
user score
(382)
Mar 2
Rolo Tomassi
Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It
83
critic score
(9)
78
user score
(311)
Aug 24
Alice in Chains
Rainier Fog
72
critic score
(13)
62
user score
(263)
Sep 28
Horrendous
Idol
87
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(262)
Oct 5
ICE NINE KILLS
The Silver Scream
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(256)
Oct 5
Behemoth
I Loved You at Your Darkest
81
critic score
(11)
76
user score
(249)
Jan 26
Portal
Ion
81
critic score
(9)
71
user score
(238)
Nov 29
Grimes
We Appreciate Power
79
user score
(190)
Sep 14
Holy Fawn
Death Spells
83
user score
(168)
Mar 3
Clown Core
Toilet
68
user score
(165)
Nov 16
Sigh
Heir To Despair
85
critic score
(6)
74
user score
(163)
Apr 13
Breaking Benjamin
Ember
62
critic score
(5)
59
user score
(163)
Oct 5
High on Fire
Electric Messiah
80
critic score
(15)
74
user score
(152)
Mar 16
Rivers of Nihil
Where Owls Know My Name
86
critic score
(5)
78
user score
(151)
Jul 13
Imperial Triumphant
Vile Luxury
84
critic score
(5)
78
user score
(150)
Oct 19
Disturbed
Evolution
59
critic score
(10)
37
user score
(147)
Aug 31
KEN mode
Loved
78
critic score
(8)
77
user score
(143)
May 11
The Body
I Have Fought Against It, But I Can't Any Longer.
76
critic score
(12)
79
user score
(134)
Jul 13
Between the Buried and Me
Automata II
85
critic score
(7)
76
user score
(130)
Oct 26
Haken
Vector
73
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(123)
Apr 27
Godsmack
When Legends Rise
65
critic score
(2)
32
user score
(122)
Jul 20
Skeletonwitch
Devouring Radiant Light
80
critic score
(9)
75
user score
(122)
May 18
Five Finger Death Punch
And Justice for None
53
critic score
(5)
22
user score
(121)
Mar 9
Between the Buried and Me
Automata I
79
critic score
(10)
73
user score
(119)
Sep 7
Pig Destroyer
Head Cage
83
critic score
(10)
69
user score
(115)
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Sep 28
Beartooth
Disease
72
critic score
(3)
70
user score
(110)
Jul 20
Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway
Dictator
65
critic score
(6)
65
user score
(104)
Jun 29
Bullet For My Valentine
Gravity
52
critic score
(6)
44
user score
(100)
Jan 26
Tribulation
Down Below
82
critic score
(10)
72
user score
(100)
Jun 8
YOB
Our Raw Heart
83
critic score
(13)
75
user score
(94)
Aug 24
Jesus Piece
Only Self
76
critic score
(5)
73
user score
(92)
Aug 31
Thou
Magus
81
critic score
(14)
72
user score
(91)
Nov 2
The Ocean Collective
Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic
80
critic score
(7)
81
user score
(91)
Apr 20
TesseracT
Sonder
69
critic score
(9)
72
user score
(88)
May 4
Parkway Drive
Reverence
71
critic score
(7)
65
user score
(85)
Jan 26
Machine Head
Catharsis
54
critic score
(6)
34
user score
(84)
Jun 29
Converge
Beautiful Ruin
90
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(82)
Oct 31
Slipknot
All Out Life
85
user score
(75)
Apr 13
Møl
JORD
78
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(74)
Jan 19
Of Mice & Men
Defy
83
critic score
(4)
60
user score
(71)
Apr 6
Panopticon
The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness
72
critic score
(5)
72
user score
(69)
Jun 8
Tomb Mold
Manor of Infinite Forms
76
critic score
(5)
72
user score
(69)
May 18
At The Gates
To Drink From The Night Itself
79
critic score
(11)
69
user score
(69)
Mar 2
Slugdge
Esoteric Malacology
86
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(64)
Aug 6
Strawberry Hospital
Grave Chimera
74
user score
(64)
Sep 28
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs
King of Cowards
77
critic score
(10)
67
user score
(63)
Oct 5
Author & Punisher
Beastland
75
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(60)
Sep 28
Riverside
Wasteland
73
critic score
(4)
75
user score
(57)
Jul 27
Frontierer
Unloved
76
user score
(55)
Nov 16
Portrayal of Guilt
Let Pain Be Your Guide
80
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(55)
Sep 21
Voivod
The Wake
86
critic score
(10)
75
user score
(55)
Oct 26
Poppy
X
84
user score
(52)
Jul 13
Chelsea Grin
Eternal Nightmare
56
critic score
(5)
68
user score
(52)
Jul 6
Immortal
Northern Chaos Gods
76
critic score
(7)
71
user score
(51)
May 18
Amorphis
Queen of Time
80
critic score
(6)
76
user score
(51)
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