AOTY 2018

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The Best Metal Albums of 2018

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2018

1. Sigh - Heir To Despair

Sigh - Heir To Despair

November 16, 2018

Critic Score

88

5 reviews

2. Sleep - The Sciences

Sleep - The Sciences

April 20, 2018

Critic Score

85

10 reviews

3. Between the Buried and Me - Automata II

Between the Buried and Me - Automata II

July 13, 2018

Critic Score

84

5 reviews

4. Voivod - The Wake

Voivod - The Wake

September 21, 2018

Critic Score

84

8 reviews

5. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

July 13, 2018

Critic Score

83

27 reviews

6. YOB - Our Raw Heart

YOB - Our Raw Heart

June 8, 2018

Critic Score

83

9 reviews

7. Pig Destroyer - Head Cage

Pig Destroyer - Head Cage

September 7, 2018

Critic Score

82

9 reviews

8. Architects - Holy Hell

Architects - Holy Hell

November 9, 2018

Critic Score

82

10 reviews

9. Skeletonwitch - Devouring Radiant Light

Skeletonwitch - Devouring Radiant Light

July 20, 2018

Critic Score

82

8 reviews

10. Behemoth - I Loved You at Your Darkest

Behemoth - I Loved You at Your Darkest

October 5, 2018

Critic Score

82

8 reviews

11. Thou - Magus

August 31, 2018

Critic Score

82

13 reviews

12. Tribulation - Down Below

Tribulation - Down Below

January 26, 2018

Critic Score

81

9 reviews

13. Zeal and Ardor - Stranger Fruit

Zeal and Ardor - Stranger Fruit

June 8, 2018

Critic Score

81

5 reviews

14. Portal - Ion

January 26, 2018

Critic Score

81

7 reviews

15. KEN mode - Loved

KEN mode - Loved

August 31, 2018

Critic Score

80

6 reviews

16. Obscura - Diluvium

Obscura - Diluvium

July 13, 2018

Critic Score

80

5 reviews

17. Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed

Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed

January 26, 2018

Critic Score

79

5 reviews

18. At The Gates - To Drink From The Night Itself

At The Gates - To Drink From The Night Itself

May 18, 2018

Critic Score

79

8 reviews

19. Vein - Errorzone

Vein - Errorzone

June 22, 2018

Critic Score

79

5 reviews

20. High on Fire - Electric Messiah

High on Fire - Electric Messiah

October 5, 2018

Critic Score

79

12 reviews

21. Ghost - Prequelle

Ghost - Prequelle

June 1, 2018

Critic Score

78

10 reviews

22. Sumac - Love in Shadow

Sumac - Love in Shadow

September 21, 2018

Critic Score

77

8 reviews

23. Uniform & The Body - Mental Wounds Not Healing

Uniform & The Body - Mental Wounds Not Healing

June 8, 2018

Critic Score

77

7 reviews

24. Between the Buried and Me - Automata I

Between the Buried and Me - Automata I

March 9, 2018

Critic Score

77

7 reviews

25. Windhand - Eternal Return

Windhand - Eternal Return

October 5, 2018

Critic Score

77

5 reviews

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