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1988 ALBUM GENRE SCORE

1 METALLICA

... AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

SPEED METAL

2 IRON MAIDEN

SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON

HEAVY METAL

3 SLAYER

SOUTH OF HEAVEN

THRASH / DEATH

4 VOIVOD

DIMENSION HATROSS

INDUSTRIAL THRASH

5 CANDLEMASS

ANCIENT DREAMS

DOOM

6 DINOSAUR JR.

BUG

GRUNGE

7 HELLOWEEN

KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS Part II

POWER METAL (MELODIC)

8 MALMSTEEN Yngwie J.

ODYSSEY

GLAM / POP METAL

9 QUEENSRYCHE

OPERATION: MINDCRIME

PROGRESSIVE METAL

10 VAN HALEN

OU812

GLAM / POP METAL

11 SCORPIONS

SAVAGE AMUSEMENT

HEAVY METAL

12 LEE ROTH David

SKYSCRAPER

GLAM / POP METAL

13 TESTAMENT

THE NEW ORDER

THRASH METAL

14 SATRIANI Joe

DREAMING #11

GUITAR ROCK

15 GUNS N' ROSES

LIES

GLAM / POP METAL

16 SATRIANI Joe

NOT OF THIS EARTH

GUITAR ROCK

17 MEGADETH

SO FAR, SO GOOD… SO WHAT!

TECHNO THRASH