At the end of the 80s the Thrash metal popularity go down… those five or Ten years of success are destined to disappear and only will survive just a bunch of popular bands like Metallica, Slayer, Overkill, Kreator, Testament, Megadeth, Anthrax and a few more.
Maybe the reasons was the irruption of the Glam Metal, Grunge Music was all over the place too, I always believed that the popularity of Pantera . But the real thing is the world its a little bit tired of the lack of originality of the genre and the new bands are part of the same.

1.Mantic Ritual - Executioner

2.Bonded By Blood - Feed The Beast

3.Havok - Burn

4.Blessed Curse - Blessed Curse

5.Evile - Skull

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These are the 30 albums I listened to the most in 2018. I haven't paid much attention to the albums' order. It's been a pretty good year for metal, just like every year; if you are willing to search, you will find. I'd love to hear how good or bad you think this list is.

Best EP: Cleõphüzz - Wizard Of Phüzz

1.Et Moriemur - Epigrammata

2.Judas Priest - Firepower

3.Varathron - Patriarchs Of Evil

4.Dee Snider - For The Love Of Metal

5.Chapel Of Disease - ...And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye

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1.Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram

2.Aborted - TerrorVision

3.Bloodbath - The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn

4.Deicide - Overtures Of Blasphemy

5.Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods

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The best and the worst albums of 2018 in my opinion.

Few notes:
- covering death metal, goregrind, porngrind, deathgrind, grindcore, thrash metal, black metal, crossover, hardcore, stoner whatever.
- in order from best to worst
- rated on a scale from 0 to 10
- few lines so I remember wtf it was about

1.Meat Spreader - A Swarm Of Green Flies Over The Rusty Pot

2.Judas Priest - Firepower

3.Haemorrhage / Hemdale / Meat Spreader - Fallen In Gore

4.Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed

5.Cancer - Shadow Gripped

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1.Angra - ØMNI

2.Barren Earth - A Complex Of Cages

3.Between The Buried And Me - Automata I

4.Borealis - The Offering

5.In Vain - Currents

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1.Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram

2.Aborted - TerrorVision

3.Judas Priest - Firepower

4.Deicide - Overtures Of Blasphemy

5.Monstrosity - The Passage Of Existence

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1.Hate Eternal - Upon Desolate Sands

2.Bloodbath - The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn

3.Pestilence - Hadeon

4.Monstrosity - The Passage Of Existence

5.De Profundis - The Blinding Light Of Faith

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No stars - Don't know yet
✮✮✮✮✮ - Incredible, possibly Album Of The Year
✮✮✮✮½ - Awesome
✮✮✮✮ - Solid release
✮✮✮½ - Good release
✮✮✮ - Not bad
✮✮½ - Shuffle material (probably boring as an album)
✮✮ - Disappointing

1.Barren Earth - A Complex Of Cages

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Tribulation - Down Below

4.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

5.Madder Mortem - Marrow

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Rankings subject to change as I listen to the albums more or less. Ratings based on personal taste. Done making these lists after this one. Getting pretty tired of metal.

1.Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest

2.Dimmu Borgir - Eonian

3.Machine Head - Catharsis

4.Tribulation - Down Below

5.Kataklysm - Meditations

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1.Saxon - Thunderbolt

2.Harakiri For The Sky - Arson

3.Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram

4.Judas Priest - Firepower

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

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