TOP 5 METAL ALBUMS OF 1998 as chosen by you | Overkill Reviews

[@jabrane1564]

Glad that the sound of perseverance got 5 skulls. Such a great album.

[@lukejoynes9799]

Its literally my favourite album of all time with Jane Doe by Converge as a close 2nd.

[@josephalthaus3210]

Their last album, and some of their finest work

[@primalscream1698]

The best!

[@DarkOracleOfDeath]

I have to learn not to scroll down before the end of the video anymore. :))

[@rottenparts]

Andrei Predescu Right?!?! Throughout the video I was thinking "TSOP came out in '98, I hope they mention it, will they?" and did the same thing you did, which totally ruined the suspense.

[@facelessandnameless]

My Arms Your Hearse is probably Opeth’s most underrated album. It seems to go forgotten...which is a shame because it’s absolutely brilliant.

[@omind1]

Yeah this hits hard with a full feeling that someone ( er me) that grew up with classic prog and was a cross over, hammerhead yahoo. Wouldn't work If the composition/ writing wasnt so strong.

[@dylanmcmahon4902]

Man, honestly I forgot Obscura came out that year. One of the towering achievements in technical death metal. Love the dissonance and the jazz fusion influences, and the absolutely manic playing. Great video as always guys!

[@ecxhp138]

"[The Sound of Perseverance] is a weird album for people because there is a new line-up..." So who wants to tell her?

[@ELICARLO11]

I usually just hear the music and not see reviews, but comments like yours are gold man, seriously jajaja you made my day, my face hurts x all the laught...thank you

[@heyimgoingtoplaysomegames]

Hahaha, kind of, like. Every.Death.Album.Ever.

[@infernukeorreka9351]

Bolt Thrower - Mercenary should've been in that list but other than that, I have no complaints great list!

[@mojopin2000]

oushuehuehue 1998 was a letdown.

[@felipegiraldo8100]

@@ChosenInterval weakest? NO GUTS NO GLORY PLS.

[@Steamedclamz]

Mercenary is my favorite Bolt Thrower record. Unfortunately it's regarded for being their worst record.

[@LunyMilky]

It was short but sweet the time devoted to talk about that legendary record. A bunch of those might be good metal records, but TSOP is a great historic moment in music, regardless of genres \m/

[@shawnsmith8558]

I'd argue Gorguts Obscura is also on par with TSOP, in that it has and still is incredibly unique and influential, and sounded like nothing before. (Also the fact that most of its material was written by 93, 94?) - its just a very challenging, surreal listen, so its harder to get into TSOP which is comparatively accessible.. one of death's most melodic works

[@CWMartin_ForestDweller]

My Arms, Your Hearse is definitely my all-time favorite Opeth album. Hell yeah!

[@meshuggah24]

are people forgetting how mindblowing chaoshere was in 1998??

[@norwardradtke1361]

Yes they are

[@timfrancis2130]

I am glad Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Bruce Dickinson- Chemical Wedding were honorable mentions, but... 1998 was also a perhaps the best year for the underground power and prog metal scenes. It was like Metal was making a small resurgence. Here are just some of those great albums... EdGuy - Vain Glory Opera Nightwish - Oceanborn HammerFall - Legacy of Kings Symphony X - Twilight in Olympus Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands Virgin Steele - Invictus Angra - Fireworks Helloween - Better Than Raw Stratovarius - Destiny

[@metalzealot]

Great List! Invictus is my favorite VS album! I would also add Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle Earth.

[@petertapola8097]

Nightwish basically birthed a new genre with Oceanborn. Still one of their best albums. Invictus is awesome too. It's so much better than anything else VS did IMO.

[@mauriciom5555]

I really love and like a lot of that albums, that Helloween album is insane!! but for most of trve metalheads Power Metal doesn't exist!!!

[@THEshaggyrogers]

Tim Francis Motorhead - snake bite love?

[@derekobs9688]

@@metalzealot BD is in the top 5 and rightfully so, their best and uncontested best power metal album in general from that year

[@embracerodusk2537]

Morbid Angel: Formulas Fatal To The Flesh.

[@b0gdan491]

Probably their best album.

[@DraconianPolicy]

Yeah, that was a great one.

[@derekobs9688]

@@b0gdan491 covenant

[@DazMalzbier]

Outside of Metal, i would also pick Queens Of The Stone Age`s selftitled album and Refused "The Shape Of Punk To Come"

[@DazMalzbier]

oh, and Turbonegro "Apocalypse Dudes"

[@petecanthropus9947]

Sarah: Since you have mentioned Pagan Altar once again, I'll take the opportunity to thank you for letting us/me know about them. I've never been very much into doom metal (besides a few very famous bands, say Candlemass, etc.), but now I'm a "novice converted" Pagan Altar fan. I've even bought all of their 4 albums in a short period, despite of especially Lords of Hypocrisy and Mythical and Magical are not very easy to find. Thanks again, and go on !

[@alantinoalantonio]

Bruce Dickinson's The Chemical Wedding is one of the greatest masterpieces in Metal history!!!

[@chrispoole9463]

Alan Lopez loved it

[@soullessSiIence]

Lol

[@superunknown2812]

Totally.agree think his solo stuff is sooòo underated!!!!!

[@Concatenate]

Chemical Wedding was absolutely brilliant. Totally agree.

[@alantaylorfc]

It is a truly wonderful record.

[@AT-5000_Autodialer]

Is everybody gonna pretend they weren't listening to korn that year?

[@Weedeater58]

H1987 like you said pretending

[@Chaz4543]

depends how old people were then.

[@Preacher357]

H1987 who is pretending? I did not listen to them then, and I don't listen to them now.

[@UltraViolentHippie]

H1987 nope! They were my gateway to Heavy Metal!

[@jondubb35]

Ahahaha. Most of these hipsters who do reviews for Banger (outside of Sam and Martin of course) weren’t even born or were toddlers in 1998. Even if they were alive and old enough to listen to music on their own, no way they’d admit to listening to Korn. Would destroy their so-called credibility with the rest of the hipster metal shills.

[@curt15c00l]

I appreciate you not tearing the SOAD album to shreds just because it gets lumped together with the nu-metal bands of their era. The album still kicks ass!

[@Cyraxthe666]

Running Wild - The Rivalry deserves an honourable mention. One of their best albums, and their last with Jorg Michael on drums. Best of 1998 imo.

[@MetalPersonJ]

Rivalry, while having its problems, kills everything on this list.

[@Myrkskog]

'Obsolete' was my gateway into Metal. Love a bit of the old "Edgecrusher"!

[@apoplexiamusic]

it's a fantastic record to this day! :D

[@DemonmachinE]

Nightfall in Middle Earth and Sound of Perseverance are both on my personal list of "perfect albums". 1998 was a glorious year.

[@MetalTrenches]

My Arms Your Hearse > Still Life

[@facelessandnameless]

Metal Trenches Nah, Still Life is their pinnacle

[@filipdzero8739]

@@facelessandnameless Ghost of Perdition for me \m/

[@wesleyheitz8359]

@@filipdzero8739 overrated song

[@Metalton95]

Hm, I'd pick Symphony X - Twillight in Olympus Dying Fetus - Killing on Adrenaline Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle Earth (good job voting ppl! BG's 2nd best imo) Death - TSOP (gj again!!) Honorable albums: My Opeth - Arms, Your Hearse & Stratovarius - Destiny

[@Dragondarkness30]

Fear Factory's Obsolete still remains one of my favorite records to date of that time. They have released other records since changing up the style but this record is for sure at the top for me. The new album Genexus is definitely one of my new favorites it has some of that old school vibe but still it comes close but a more mature record.

[@MK-oz2lf]

Demanufacture, Obsolete, and then Genexus is tied with Mechanize as my favorite FF albums. I hope they do an Obsolete anniversary tour.

[@bromag1]

No Nile Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

[@Jorthax]

Too much for the mall-core kiddies.

[@jorgequiroz1027]

When you have Gorguts on the list, Nile is nothing.

[@gillaliglaou2840]

@@jorgequiroz1027 um, no.

[@charlescrumpler510]

Spirit Crusher was my introduction to Death and death metal. Sound of Perseverance is my second favorite Death album (Human being number one), but it still ranks way above many other albums. The cover art is absolutely fantastic. The whole list in general is really strong. Good job, guys!

[@____smith]

Charles Crumpler The original art sucks. The reissue art is really cool.

[@charlescrumpler510]

I’ve got a soft spot for the original. It’s worse than the reissue, but it still portrays the ominous nature of what is to come.

[@____smith]

Charles Crumpler That's true. The original does have a sense of mystery.

[@MartyWilson100]

Nifelheim - The Devil's Force Impaled Nazarene - Rapture King Diamond - Voodoo Mercyful Fate - Dead Again Bolt Thrower - Mercenary Iron Maiden - Virtual XI Motörhead - Snake Bite Love Hammerfall - Legacy Of Kings Stratovarius - Destiny Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

[@alzhul6938]

No Exhumed, HammerFall, Nile, Symphony X, Amon Amarth, Dying Fetus (all of those bands put out Iconic albums that year)

[@BaronSenf]

More Top 5 candidates: Amon Amarth - Once Sent from the Golden Hall. Nightwish - Oceanborn. Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands. Edguy - Vain Glory Opera. Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes. Children of Bodom - Something Wild. What a great year for metal...

[@NoSubjection1]

This list desperately needs Chaosphere from Meshuggah.

[@cosmo.genesis]

fuck yees my dude

[@Nothing-bl7bj]

Yes, you bass loving space ghost, yes

[@MrCalmao]

One of the best records by Meshuggah easily.

[@disco_duckbill]

I fkn love that Death album. Spirit Crusher is one of the most Metal songs ever... invisible oranges come out for that.

[@hillelr]

Two albums that are masterpieces in my opinion that came out that year: Aegis - Theater Of Tragedy Widows weeds - Tristania

[@lifeeternal9823]

Off the top of my head 5. Primordial - a journeys end 4.falkenbach - magni album (not in English) 3. Opeth - my arms your hearse 2. Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth 1. Rhapsody - Symphony of enchanted land

[@cabalofdemons]

Slayer- Diabolus in Musica Cradle Of Filth- Cruelty And The Beast Crowbar- Odd Fellows Rest

[@blucu001]

YES! Blind Guardian made the list! Also, I love that more people are recognizing Hansi as one of the genre's best vocalists.

[@Preacher357]

My list: 1. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding 2. Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes 3. Death - The Sound of Perseverance 4. Symphony X - Twilight in Olympus 5. Slayer - Diabolus in Musica (I know a lot of people hate this album, but other than a couple of songs, I always thought it was a pretty good record, especially compared with the crap that was coming out at that time) *Savatage - The Wake of Magellan could also have been included in this list for me even though it was actually released in 1997 in Europe. I will give it an honorable mention.

[@Preacher357]

MegaCrasherMusic Other than those 1 or two songs I never heard that much NuMetal influence on that album. Slayer was always a very rhythmic, groove oriented band when they slowed down. That was one of the things that I really liked about them. It is not as though Tom Araya was actually rapping the lyrics. Point is still one of my favorite songs they ever recorded. Screaming From the Sky has such a heavy groove to it, and Scrum absolutely rips. I am not saying it was their best album by any means, but compared to everything else coming out in 1998, I did not think it was half bad. It got quite a bit of rotation in my cassette player back then.

[@shashanknhebbar9514]

Its good to see both death and opeth on top 5 1998 records..

[@zughiaq]

Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands Hammerfall - Legacy of Kings Bruce Dickinson - Chemical Wedding Savatage - The Wake of Magellan Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

[@Grindiskhan]

Inhale Exhale by Nasum is the best record of 1998

[@diegoherrera1422]

YES WE GOT A NEW VIDEO!!!!

[@trumptizzarro5343]

How she gets excited feels almost like she's proud of us as her own children accomplishing goals. Sweet!!!

[@ethancarr1051]

No 'Cruelty and The Beast'?!?! That's absurd!! Whether you like 'Cradle Of Filth' nowadays or not, that album is an absolute classic by anyone's standards. I'm sorry but this video pissed me off.

[@geckomoriahreborn8447]

i'm a big cradle fan :D

[@SonataFanatica]

1998 is still my favourite year in metal. There were so many amazing albums that I'm having a very hard time even choosing a top 10, let alone a top 5. Among my favourites are: Nocturnal Rites: Tales of Mystery and Imagination Blind Guardian: Nightfall in Middle-Earth Avalon: Vision Eden Labyrinth: Return to Heaven Denied Nightwish: Oceanborn Ayreon: Into the Electric Castle Destiny's End: Breathe Deep the Dark Fates Warning: Still Life Helloween: Better Than Raw Fear Factory: Obsolete Iced Earth: Something Wicked This Way Comes KenZiner: Timescape Mephistopheles: Songs for the Desolate Ones Rage: XIII Rhapsody: Legendary Tales Shadow Gallery: Tyranny Symphony X: Twilight in Olympus Bal-Sagoth: Battle Magic ... to name just a few.

[@metfan4l]

What? No Obsolete by Fear Factory? :( For shame...

[@BirdsElopeWithTheSun09]

Yeah, that album destroys.

[@benmunckhof-swain1341]

Agreed! It probably should have replaced the SOAD record on this list

[@Jorgetime]

It was on the shout outs

[@rickjovel]

I agree with Sarah... Incantation - Diabolical Conquest would of been nice. But also Dying Fetus - Killing on Adrenaline... Nile -Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka.... Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal to the Flesh... and sheesh, why not, even Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast... because all the sudden I saw little vampire people EVERYWHERE when this record came out. Good thing I was not on their menu due to my love of garlic bread.

[@SWE87HS]

Some of my favorite albums of 1998 Edguy - Vain Glory Opera Grave Digger - Knights Of The Cross Hammerfall - Legacy Of Kings Helloween - Better Than Raw Godsmack - Godsmack U.D.O. - No Limits Kiss - Psycho Circus Nightwish - Oceanborn Motörhead - Overnight Sensation Soilwork - Steel Bath Suicide Primal Fear - Primal Fear Stratovarius - Destiny

[@TheMightyGrimlock]

I voted for Blind Guardian as that album is one of my favourite records of all time. Others I would have mentioned if I'd been given the chance: - Katatonia, Discouraged Ones - Refused, The Shape of Punk to Come - Vison of Disorder, Imprint - Converge , When Forever Comes Crashing - Cradle of Filth, Cruelty and the Beast - Angel Corpse, Exterminate - Iron Monkey, Our Problem I could probably go on... 98 was a good year for me. I was 18 and just discovering extreme music. Fun times.

[@ModernDayWarrior2112]

I like Sarah’s enthusiasm, it’s adorable 😍

[@nathansciarone5627]

True passion 🖤

[@tweevers2]

Pain of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake,EverGrey -The Dark Discovery,Converge - When Forever Comes Crashing,Devin Townsend - Infinity...and the seemingly always forgotten giants Malevolent Creation -The Fine Art of Murder

[@BEANSON98]

I'm surprised no one chose Chaosphere by Meshuggah, that album is amazing and still holds up today.

[@NoneBuriedDeeper]

This list needs Clutch's Elephant Riders.

[@SnowTheJamMan]

Of course Dying Fetus didn't make the cut smh

[@pypeij]

HaliniSnow preach!

[@CosmicAnimosty138]

KILLING ON ADRENALINE!

[@bearslappinfish5356]

My Arms Your Hearse IS Opeths best album, and one of the greatest prog/death metal albums of all time. When is such a beautiful song.

[@ais6863]

one not mentioned... Hammerfall - Legacy of Kings.

[@garrettmckinney7565]

oh yeah huh. what a beautiful record

[@sopwithsnoopy8779]

Still their best album, in my opinion.

[@mvunit3]

Well . . . At least 4 out of 5 on my Top 20+ :). "My Arms, your Hearse" was my No. 1. Though I wouldn't discover it until I heard "Still Life" 1st. My list for the year . . . 1. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse 2. Pain of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake 3. Meshuggah - Chaosphere 4. Kings X - Tapehead 5. Arch Enemy - Stigmata (the "Johan Liiva" era, MUCH more heavy and the Guitar solos . . . damn!) Death - The Sound of Perseverance Prototype - Cloned Ep Alarum - Fluid Motion Symphony X - Twilight in Olympus Gorguts - Obscura Mercury Rising - Building Rome Enchant - Break (Prog Rock/Metal) Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle Liquid Tension Experiment Extol - Burial Sculptured - The Spear of the Lilly is Aureoled Devin Townsend - Infinity Destiny's End - Breathe Deep the Dark Mind Odyssey - Nailed to the Shade Entwined - Dancing Under Glass Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka Vintersorg - Till Fjälls Ulver - Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Brainstorm - Unholy Threshold - Clone Superior - Younique Power of Omens - Eyes of the Oracle Iced Earth - Something wicked this way comes Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal to the Flesh Cryptopsy - Whisper Supremacy The Haunted - The Haunted Freak Kitchen - Freak Kitchen Eniac Requiem - Space Eternal Void The Gathering - How to measure a Planet Enslaved - Blodhemn Bolt Thrower - Mercenary Kekal - Beyond the glimpse of dreams Katatonia - Discouraged Ones Anathema - Alternative 4 Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding Angra - Fireworks Savatage - The Wake of Magellan sHeavy - Electric Sheep King Diamond - Voodoo Kamelot - Siége Perilous Virgin Steele - Invictus My Dying Bride - 34.788%... Complete Sentenced - Frozen Theatre of Tragedy - Aégis Nightwish - Oceanborn \m/

[@ZomBeneath]

Serj was already like 50 when the first System record came out.

[@green9766]

xd

[@MsAlen111]

EverEve - Stormbirds, Anathema - Alternative 4, Stratovarius - Destiny and Labyrinth - Return To Heaven Denied worth mentioning... I just realized...1998. was great year for metal!!!

[@disco_duckbill]

Awesome album by Fear Factory, it's a classic and should've made the Top 5 ahead of those 4/5 album's. It had waaay more influence than SOAD, for starters.

[@Tikitackfouls]

Totally forgot about The Chasm's Deathcult album! I forgot they started in the late 90s!

[@DasEberschwein]

Who the fuck voted for System of a Down's S/T? They are a great band but this album is just mediocre. Meshuggah's "Chaosphere", Marduk's "Nightwing", Mysticum's "In the Streams of Inferno", Nile's "Amongst the Catacombs", Vintersorg's "Till Fjälls" and also Cradle of Filth's "Cruelty and the Beast" are way better than this one.

[@Tikitackfouls]

Max Power Nile?!

[@nicholasromig5506]

god Catacombs of Nephren Ka DID come out in 98, huh? I'm old.

[@chrishawkins2267]

Good point. Were it 1999, Cradle of Filth would have made the top 5, but even gems like "Cruelty..." seem overlooked these days.

[@Concatenate]

I don't know why I thought Chaosphere came out in 97, but you're right. I think a lot of people who LOVED Destroy Erase Improve didn't think so highly of Chaosphere for some reason. I'm one of those who thought it was a masterpiece. Very few records I consider to be "perfect" and Chaosphere is one of those records.

[@TheDrRandomness]

They are a very popular band thats why.

[@mikestanislaus1107]

My favorites of 1998: Death-The sound of perseverance System of a down Meshuggah-Chaosphere Fear Factory-Obsolete Slayer-Diabolus in musica

[@federiconoguera1162]

No Symphony X record in the list 😭

[@GardenSkeleton]

The first system of a down has some of the sickest breakdowns in metal , im dead ass foos

[@tykekai3555]

Personally I would have included Amon Amarth - Once Sent from the Golden Hall.

[@jamiemc2313]

I went into this video dreading the picks as I don't always agree with the BangerTV crowd... ... but these were some great picks really. A really good mix of important albums from various metal subgenres of the time. Well done.

[@waldorf2007]

Sarah's performance = 5 Dragon Skulls

[@LanceLustHugeTheWarningFan]

I disagree. 666 Dragon Skulls from Satan's necklace!

[@damiankarras]

1. Opeth - M.A.Y.H. 2. Anathema - Alternative 4 3. Katatonia - Discouraged Ones 4. Devin Townsend - Infinity 5. Bruce Dickinson - Chemical Wedding Honourable Mention Half of Kiss - Psycho Circus

[@AllThingsProg]

What!? System of a Down?? Holy shit..unbelievable! I'm not saying it's a bad album, but come on!! 1998 had so many better classics!

[@soullessSiIence]

That's what happens when you let people vote. The majority are retarded, so, there's the result.

[@KevinStudent]

That album is fantastic! Still holds up in my opinion.

[@cripplingautism5785]

these lists are mainly just a popularity contest rather than something based on objective merit.

[@KevinStudent]

Well... to be fair, by nature, things that lots of people like are going to be popular, and therefore people will view them as "best"

[@AllThingsProg]

When you have albums like Meshuggah's CHAOSPHERE, The Chasm's DEATHCULT FOR ETERNITY, Ayreon's INTO THE ELECTRIC CASTLE, Godspeed You! Black Emperor's F#A#(INFINITY), Therion's VOVIN, Incantation's DIABOLICAL CONQUEST; it's shocking to see an album like SOAD end up at no. 4 on an all metal channel! These albums are way more superior in terms of song writing, creativity, and influence on the metal genre.

[@peradetlic519]

Pro Pain-Pro Pain Cannibal Corpse-Gallery Of Suicide Dying Fetus-Killing On Adrenaline Death-Sound Of Perseverance

[@thelax5311]

Big ups, My Arms Your Hearse.

[@reece0013]

Meshuggah should've made the list in my opinion. I'd say Chaosphere was probably the album where they pretty much found their sound but with out being as derivative as they were on latter albums

[@nelson123784]

Exhumed-Gore Metal?

[@briancook3923]

Cannibal Corpse - Gallery of Suicide

[@nicholasromig5506]

as far as heavy music, I guess my 3 from 98 would be Nile's Catacombs of Nephren Ka, Electric Wizard's Supercoven (yeah it's an EP, it's also like 45 minutes long) and Refused's Shape of Punk To Come.

[@X-Factor-by2kz]

I never liked System of a Down. Not really my style of metal.

[@chrispoole9463]

David, right there with you.

[@alantinoalantonio]

David that's because its not metal. \m/

[@BirdsElopeWithTheSun09]

I don't like them either, but they're definitely metal, comedy metal like Tenacious D.

[@dbo0729]

Thats because it's not real metal.

[@mickej84]

I think Soad are great but they are not metal.

[@noahcody5986]

Would of loved to see chemical wedding and something wicked but still... nice picks! Probably take allot of heat for this but fuck it... follow the leader was a shot out. Would of loved to see cruelty and the beast on there too. Masterpiece. Keep doing what you all do! This channel is the best.

[@thenotsoguitarguy9429]

I don't have much to contribute here. In 1998, I was off in obscure hardcore/crust/power violence land. It was my reaction to Nu Metal. I am glad to see the Death record at #1, though. Wicked record.

[@birdtheidiot3002]

Ditto.

[@LordNothing]

I rejected nu-metal too, and still do. Most of the bands of that "subgenre" didn't even like the metal scene at all.

[@carlosjantarada7212]

Ok... it's all a matter of opinion but this list intrigues me. Besides Death's last studio album and Opeth's MAYH (that are two pivotal albums) the lack of milestones like the aforementioned Dickinson and Meshuggah albums is something that really puzzles me. And not a single reference to Devin Townsend's Infinity, Black Sabbath's Reunion (featuring the first originals with Ozzy in 20 YEARS???), Black Star's Barbed Wire Soul or even Nasum's Inhale/ Exhale? ok.

[@nastylittlecritter]

Rob Zombie’s Hellbilly Deluxe is always going to be my favorite album of ‘98. Say what you will about Rob and his Solo work, I’ve always loved the album, it’s always appealed to me.

[@RockLibertyWarrior]

I remember being a senior in high school and being very skeptical when i walked into the local CD store in my small town. I bought it and I was not let down, till this day it is still my favorite Zombie album, I remember playing this non stop at home and in my car!!!

[@dantebelmont1408]

3-meshuggah- Chaosphere 2-gorguts- obscura 1-death -The Sound of Perseverance

[@Flugmorph]

personally i love the s/t system of a down album out of all of these the most. Its the band that brought me into metal all those years ago and i still love their music even if i moved on to many other styles of music. I know and love the other entries aswell though, especially obscura.

[@dustyoldtapes580]

I was 18 in 1998. I didn't have access to most of this stuff at the time. I relied on crappy corporate FM radio, because I couldn't afford pricey import CD's from Europe, and didn't have any underground metal magazines to tell me which ones to buy if I did have the money. But when I went away to college, the local AOR station did a metal show at 1:00 A.M. on Saturday night (although they called it "heavy rock" to avoid actually using the word metal). I remember the guy played a lot of Fear Factory, Rob Zombie, Soulfly, and weirdly, this was where I first heard both Godsmack and Kid Rock. He did play something off Sound of Perseverance, though. However, if I'm to be honest and resist the temptation to revise my own history (I KNOW most of you guys weren't listening to Bathory in '84), my main jam in '98 was most definitely Monster Magnet's Powertrip album, which I still love to this day.

[@frostkillht]

No black metal albums :(

[@tlazaroff]

Good list, but I was so sad to see Sentenced Frozen wasn't on the list. Not only is it my favorite album of 1998, but its the band's best record, and one of the best flowing heavy metal albums of all time. (imho)

[@Valhalla_Awaits94]

Nightfall in Middle Earth is a fucking masterpiece!

[@galosniper7010]

yup

[@russell2890]

i got goosebumps when i heard that spirit crusher riff

[@blackhatch46]

I think I am the only one who does not like obscura.

[@blackhatch46]

Absolutely.

[@s-viv9232]

No, sounds to noisy for tech death for me. Early stuff was okay.

[@diosrightcalfmuscle4090]

It is a very challenging album. You're not alone when you don't get it and you're not stupid for it.

[@goatmoonwarmaster4641]

I don't like it nothing special

[@Kataxu]

@@goatmoonwarmaster4641 Yeah its not special in today's context, sure. But in 1998....

[@THEEArmoredSaint]

Thank you, Sarah, for the book recommendation! I'm ALWAYS looking for quality books on metal and Mean Deviation had not been on my radar. Thanks!

[@MrLukas20071994]

No Bolt Thrower? No Meshuggah? No Nile? No Fear Factory? No Amon Amarth? Come on. This bands released albums 1998 too and they are awesome and worth to put in this list. Maybe next time make a choose for "Top 10 Album of..." :D

[@THEshaggyrogers]

Cant believe no one really chose snake bite lover from Motörhead

[@TheTrueKailash]

my arms, whos arse?

[@infernalsymphonytv2928]

I would say that Destiny by Stratovarius came out in 98 also and is easily a better power metal album than NFIME. All other picks are fine though.

[@SamK-th1qr]

PLEASE REVIEW KALMAH’S LATEST ALBUM 🙏🏻

[@zeroveda]

Another GREAT Kalmah's album for sure!!!

[@cerveshred]

Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands Nightwish - Oceanborn Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal To The Flesh Primal Fear - Primal Fear

[@iwanttoforceavegantoeatmea7596]

Do you enjoy these albums?

[@cerveshred]

The Inquisitor Yeah....back then especially MA Formulas fatal

[@iwanttoforceavegantoeatmea7596]

Then I don't like them.

[@cerveshred]

The Inquisitor Check Rhapsody...is still pretty badass album

[@goatmoonwarmaster4641]

Good choices

[@niklasbahn655]

Where is Bolt Thrower?

[@markk6151]

Chaosphere - Meshuggah and When Blood & Fire Bring Rest - Zao are my favorite.

[@allanmcmillan3850]

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[@chrishawkins2267]

That's actually one of my favorite Cannibal albums too

[@joshimawashi]

Thats what i voted for...

[@RequiemAeternum]

It just isn't a very good list at all.

[@shawnsmith8558]

these are awesome choices! So happy Gorguts got in the top 5! But Death, Opeth and Blind Guardian are some of my favourite bands, too! Great that Iced Earth made the top 10, first band that got me into metal! Lastly Sarah you have some mad good taste btw! I'm surprised Incantation didn't get more votes, because they are classic, and The Chasm is one of my favourite death metal bands~ Its interesting to note that Don Corchado of the Chasm, also did vocals and bass on Incantation's diabolical conquest (mentioned here), he's awesome! Cheers!!

[@d1l4te43]

I'm just glad people are showing some love for bands like System of a Down. Never expected a channel whos viewers I saw as mainly elitist scumbags to put a nu metal styled band on a top 5 list. I have a little more faith in the metal community.

[@Breeelax]

Amen, man.

[@iwanttoforceavegantoeatmea7596]

>elitist scumbags >Banger TV Ha.

[@matt11708]

D1L4TE nu metal was the era in 98 I used to like it kill me.

[@PerfectMask1]

Apparently they're not 'metal' according to some idiots on this page

[@tropicalpigeon5848]

The reason you see so many elitists is due to them being some of the more vocal people in the metal community.

[@KingSNAFU]

Nice to see Blind Guardian on here. My only problem with Death's Sound of Perseverance is that I didn't like the direction Chuck was taking his voice.

[@machine-madedog5059]

Honestly, it’s one of the Death albums I spin the least. I just don’t hear in it what others hear. They hear a masterpiece, I hear a talented songwriter who feels constrained and bored by extreme metal and would rather go in another direction. The

[@henrywalton5967]

Parsons Turbine I think its sad to hear Chuck's vocals like that too, he was so good spiritual healing - human era

[@ijustgotreallystoned638]

"THE" WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT "THE" PLEASE I BEG YOU

[@deathailsatan]

no Cruelty & the Beast!?!?!?

[@killerpeaches7]

"The Sound of Perseverence" hands down the best of a not very good year... but it did give us (IMO) the best Death Album. Love the more black metal rasp Chuck had used on this nad the preceding album... but the drums, bass, riffs, time changes.. even without Gene Hoglan or Steve DiGiorgio, I think it actually has the best drums an bass of any Death album. Other standouts from a year of slim pickings? (I really was depressed musically for most of 1993-2003, TBH. The Iron Maiden "Blaze Era" and Metallica's Alt Rock sure didn't help) -Apocalyptica - Inquisition Symphony -Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding -Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes -Korn - Follow the Leader (Not a huge fan of Korn overall, but will give credit where due.. Metal Elitism has always been stupid) -Meshuggah - Chaosphere -Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka -Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse -Tristania - Widow's Weeds kept it from being a complete disaster, and there were other with promise, like "Oceanborn" by Nightwish (who would need another album to really come into their sound), but on the whole... talk about a barren wasteland, especially in the USA... and this was still largely pre internet, so people can look back on it now and say.. but there was this album, or that.... but for those of us who lived through it? Over half the albums we listen to today, we had no idea were out for another 4-5 years, often. Hell things were bad enough that I remember around 2000 hearing Kittie at Ozzfest (mighta been 01, don't remember for sure) , thinking finally a band with some balls and anger... even if it was teenagers spitting out Rap Metal. But that is just how limp the overall US Metal scene had gotten, with crap like Creed and Limp Bizkit being pushed to the forefront. Always wanted to like Gorguts... their music was pretty awesome... but their vocals were ass terrible even for the Death Metal Style. System of the Down? Ugh.. A sure sign of everything that was wrong with "Metal" in this era. Am glad Opeth got the love, even if they became a little too much the darling for the community in the mid 2000s. Never really got bit by the Blind Guardian bug, but can at least see why they made the cut. And yes, Death absolutely did put out far and away the best album of 1998. Death and Bolt Thrower, among the only bands I can think of that had the fortune of their final album being their best. But damn I wish we still had Chuck with us.

[@lucasbeer353]

1. Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth 2. King Diamond - Voodoo 3. Mercyful Fate - Dead Again 4. Running Wild - The Rivalry 5. Helloween - Better than Raw