King Diamond and the Grinch may have (allegedly) been trying to prevent Christmas presents, but Metalheads Podcast steps up and brings you some holiday cheer with our Top 25 Metal Albums of 2018. Spike some egg nog, strap on a helmet and buckle up your seatbelt. The year-end in your rear-end goes off the rails like Ozzy’s crazy train and culminates in crimes against sobriety. We also do lists and stuff. Don’t say we never gave you anything.

Metalheads Podcast Top 20 Albums of 2018

20) Hands of Despair - Well of the Disquieted
19) Infera Bruo - Cerement
18) Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed
17) Parius - The Eldritch Realm
16) Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name
15) The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic
14) Glacial Tomb - Glacial Tomb
13) Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos
12) Allfather - And All Will Be Desolation
11) Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy
10) High on Fire - Electric Messiah
9) Ihsahn - Amr
8) King Goat - Debt of Aeons
7) Behemoth - I Loved You at Your Darkest
6) Tomb Mold - Manor Of Infinite Forms
5) Judas Priest - Firepower
4) Yob - Our Raw Heart
3) Horrendous - Idol
2) Khemmis - Desolation
1) Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

George's Top 25 Albums of 2018

25) Deceased - Ghostly White
24) Obliteration - Cenotaph Obscure
23) Uada - Cult of a Dying Sun
22) Skeletonwitch - Devouring Radiant Light
21) Ashes of Ares - Well of Souls
20) Cult Leader - A Patient Man
19) Chapel of Disease - And As We Have Seen The Storm
18) The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic
17) Evoken - Hypnagogia
16) High on Fire - Electric Messiah
15) Voivod - The Wake
14) Hands of Despair - Well of the Disquieted
13) Glacial Tomb - Glacial Tomb
12) Vreid - Lifehunger
11) Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name
10) Ihsahn - Amr
9) Infera Bruo - Cerement
8) Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest
7) Infestus - Thrypsis
6) Allfather - And All Will Be Desolation
5) Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy
4) King Goat - Debt of Aeons
3) Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos
2) Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology
1) Khemmis - Desolation

#1 album of 2018 across all music styles: Thrawsunblat - Great Brunswick Forest

Jay's Top 25 Albums of 2018

25) Sallow Moth- Death Spore
24) Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed
23) Crawl - Rituals
22) Khemmis - Desolation
21) Ghastly - Death Velour
20) Napalm Death - Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs
19) Pig Destroyer - Head Chage
18) Slaegt - The Wheel
17) Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos
16) Chapel of Disease - And As We Have Seen The Storm
15) Horrendous - Idol
14) Monster Magnet - Mindfucker
13) The Crown - Cobra Speed Venom
12) Parius - The Eldtrich Realm
11) Judas Priest - Firepower
10) Ihsahn - Amr
9) Tribulation - Down Below
8) Allfather - And All Will Be Desolation
7) Tomb Mold - Manor of Infinite Form
6) Primordial - Exile Amongst the Ruins
5) High on Fire - Electric Messiah
4) King Goat - Debt of Aeons
3) Behemoth - I Loved You at Your Darkest
2) Yob - Our Raw Heart
1) Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

Will's Top 25 Albums of 2018

25) Parius - The Eldtrich Realm
24) Genocide Pact - Order of Torment
23) King Goat - Debt of Aeons
22) Gruesome - Twisted Prayers
21) Deicide - Overtures of Blasphemy
20) Allfather - And All Will Be Desolation
19) Wilt - Ruin
18) Glacial Tomb - Glacial Tomb
17) Vyrant - Exordium
16) Tomb Mold - Manor Of Infinite Forms
15) Evoken - Hypnagogia
14) Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed
13) Conan - Existential Void Guardian
12) Akhenaten - Golden Serpent God
11) Un - Sentiment
10) Behemoth - I Love You at Your Darkest
9) Crescent - Order of Amenti
8) Ocean of Grief - Nightfall's Lament
7) Judas Priest - Firepower
6) Lago - Sea of Duress
5) Yob - Our Raw Heart
4) Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology
3) Horrendous - Idol
2) High on Fire - Electric Messiah
1) Khemmis - Desolation

John's Top 25 Albums of 2018

25) Sylvaine - Atoms Aligned, Coming Undone
24) Evoken - Hypnagogia
23) Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed
22) Obliteration - Cenotaph Obscure
21) The Atlas Moth - Coma Noir
20) Infera Bruo - Cerement
19) Ashes of Ares - Well of Souls
18) Yob - Our Raw Heart
17) King Goat - Debt of Aeons
16) In the Woods… - Cease the Day
15) Ghastly - Death Velour
14) Tomb Mold - Manor Of Infinite Forms
13) Eneferens - The Bleakness of Our Constant
12) Ihsahn - Amr
11) Barren Earth - A Complex of Cages
10) Hands of Despair - Well of the Disquieted
9) Kriegsmaschine - Apocalypticists
8) Michael Romeo - The War of the Worlds Pt 1
7) Judas Priest - Firepower
6) Khemmis - Desolation
5) Parius - The Eldritch Realm
4) Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology
3) Horrendous - Idol
2) The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic
1) Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy

Matt's Top 25 Albums of 2018

25) Arkona - Kram
24) Cult Leader - A Patient Man
23) Wayfarer - World's Blood
22) Witchskull - Coven's Will
21) Owl - Nights in Distortion
20) Skeletonwitch - Devouring Radiant Light
19) Infera Bruo - Cerement
18) The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic
17) Sumac - Love In Shadow
16) Ihsahn - Amr
15) Yashira - Shrine
14) Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos
13) Judas Priest - Firepower
12) Morne - To The Night Unknown
11) Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed
10) Tomb Mold - Manor of Infinite Forms
9) Kosmogyr - Eviternity
8) Yob - Our Raw Heart
7) Uada - Cult of a Dying Sun
6) Glacial Tomb - Glacial Tomb
5) Panopticon - The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness
4) Khemmis - Desolation
3) Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology
2) Horrendous - Idol
1) Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

Markisan's Top 25 Albums of 2018

25) Lago - Sea of Duress
24) Mournful Congregation - The Incubus of Karma
23) Crawl - Rituals
22) High on Fire - Electric Messiah
21) Slaegt - The Wheel
20) Glacial Tomb - Glacial Tomb
19) Cult Leader - A Patient Man
18) Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name
17) Yashira - Shrine
16) Evoken - Hypnagogia
15) Allfather - And All Will Be Desolation
14) The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic
13) Light This City - Terminal Bloom
12) Uada - Cult of a Dying Sun
11) Outer Heaven - Realms of Eternal Decay
10) Un - Sentiment
9) Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology
8) Altars of Grief - Iris
7) Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos
6) Agrimonia - Awaken
5) Tomb Mold - Manor of Infinite Forms
4) King Goat - Debt of Aeons
3) Of Feather and Bone - Bestial Hymns of Perversion
2) The Atlas Moth - Coma Noir
1) Khemmis - Desolation

Also check out Markisan's site to read the reasoning behind his picks.