With the first half of 2018 behind us, various publications have been taking to sharing what they feel are the best albums released this year thus far. The UK edition Metal Hammer is among the latest publication to do so, sharing what they feel are ‘The 50 Best Metal Albums Of The Year So Far’, as per the publication’s own reviews of the albums in the magazine itself
You can dig into that list with reviews and descriptions over at this location or you can read on for a flat list to see if their choices line up with your own. Notably the list was offered in alphabetical order:
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- Agrimonia – “Awaken“
- Amorphis – “Queen Of Time“
- Andrew WK – “You’re Not Alone“
- Anna Von Hausswolff – “Dead Magic“
- At The Gates – “To Drink From The Night Itself“
- Auri – “Auri“
- Autopsy – “Puncturing The Grotesque“
- Baptists – “Beacon Of Faith“
- Between The Buried And Me – “Automata I“
- Boss Keloid – “Melted On The Inch“
- Burgerkill – “Adamantine“
- Conjurer – “Mire“
- Corrosion Of Conformity – “No Cross No Crown“
- Dark Buddha Rising – “II“
- Deströyer 666 – “Call Of The Wild“
- Dimmu Borgir – “Eonian“
- Erdve – “Vaitojimas“
- Fucked And Bound – “Suffrage“
- Ghost – “Prequelle“
- GosT – “Possessor“
- Harm’s Way – “Posthuman“
- Ihsahn – “Àmr“
- Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik – “Hugsjá“
- Judas Priest – “Firepower“
- Kamelot – “The Shadow Theory“
- Legend Of The Seagullmen – “Legend Of The Seagullmen“
- Lik – “Carnage“
- LLNN – “Deads“
- Møl – “Jord“
- Monotheist – “Scourge“
- Necrophobic – “Mark Of The Necrogram“
- Oceans Of Slumber – “The Banished Heart“
- Orange Goblin – “The Wolf Bites Back“
- Orphaned Land – “Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs“
- Parkway Drive – “Reverence“
- Portal – “Ion“
- Primordial – “Exile Amongst The Ruins“
- Shining – “ X – Varg Utan Block“
- Svalbard – “It’s Hard To Have Hope“
- TesseracT – “Sonder“
- The Body – “I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer“
- The Faceless – “In Becoming A Ghost“
- The Good, The Bad And The Zugly – “Misanthropical House“
- Visigoth – “Conquer’s Oath“
- Voices – “Frightened“
- Watain – “Trident Wolf Eclipse“
- Will Haven – “Muerte“
- Winterfylleth – “The Hallowing Of Heirdom“
- YOB – “Our Raw Heart“
- Zeal & Ardor – “Stranger Fruit“
If you missed it previously, you’ll see that critical acclaim doesn’t always guarantee sales as these are the top selling metal/hard rock albums of the year thus far.
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