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1
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Protest The Hero - Fortress
January 29, 2008
Progressive Metal
,
Metalcore
Score
100
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Music
Spotify
2
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Cult of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
July 8, 2008
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
,
Post-Metal
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Cynic - Traced in Air
November 17, 2008
Progressive Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Shinedown - The Sound of Madness
June 24, 2008
Hard Rock
,
Post-Grunge
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle, Part I
June 10, 2008
Black Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
6
.
Made Out of Babies - The Ruiner
June 24, 2008
Post-Hardcore
,
Sludge Metal
,
Noise Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Daylight Dies - Lost to the Living
July 14, 2008
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Jarboe & Justin K Broadrick - J²
March 18, 2008
Drone
,
Experimental
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
9
.
Gojira - The way of all flesh
October 13, 2008
Progressive Metal
,
Death Metal
,
Progressive Death Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
The Faceless - Planetary Duality
November 11, 2008
Technical Death Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
November 23, 2008
Hard Rock
,
Industrial Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Psycroptic - Ob(Servant)
September 26, 2008
Death Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
13
.
Brother Von Doom - Relentless
October 14, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Capricorns - River, Bear Your Bones
July 28, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Landmine Marathon - Rusted Eyes Awake
October 0, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
October 6, 2008
Death Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Misery Index - Traitors
September 30, 2008
Death Metal
,
Grindcore
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Enslaved - Vertebrae
September 29, 2008
Progressive Metal
,
Black Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Early Man - Beware The Circling Fin
October 14, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Trivium - Shogun
September 30, 2008
Thrash Metal
,
Melodic Metalcore
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Moss - Sub Templum
May 26, 2008
Drone Metal
,
Funeral Doom Metal
,
Sludge Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Krallice - Krallice
July 11, 2008
Black Metal
,
Atmospheric Black Metal
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
See You Next Tuesday - Intervals
October 21, 2008
Deathcore
,
Grindcore
,
Mathcore
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
American Me - Heat
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Neuraxis - The Thin Line Between
July 15, 2008
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings MetalSucks awarded albums throughout 2008.
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