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1990 ALBUM GENRE SCORE 1 QUEENSRYCHE EMPIRE PROGRESSIVE METAL 2 SLAYER SEASONS IN THE ABYSS THRASH / DEATH 3 MEGADETH RUST IN PEACE TECHNO THRASH 4 CELTIC FROST VANITY / NEMESIS THRASH / DEATH 5 OBITUARY CAUSE OF DEATH DEATH METAL 6 PARADISE LOST LOST PARADISE DOOM DEATH 7 KREATOR COMA OF SOULS THRASH / DEATH 8 MALMSTEEN Yngwie J. ECLIPSE GLAM / POP METAL 9 ALICE IN CHAINS FACELIFT GRUNGE 10 SUICIDAL TENDENCIES LIGHTS CAMERA REVOLUTION THRASH / ALTERNATIVE 11 ANTHRAX PERSISTENCE OF TIME SPEED METAL 12 AC/DC THE RAZORS EDGE HARD ROCK 13 BLACK SABBATH TYR HEAVY METAL (MELODIC) 14 PANTERA COWBOYS FROM HELL THRASH METAL 15 SCORPIONS CRAZY WORLD HEAVY METAL 16 EXTREME EXTREME II PORNOGRAFFITTI FUNKY POP METAL 17 IRON MAIDEN NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING HEAVY METAL 18 TESTAMENT SOULS OF BLACK THRASH METAL 19 SACRED REICH THE AMERICAN WAY SPEED METAL