The Top 20 Metal Albums of 1989
01. Pestilence (Netherlands) - Consuming Impulse
02. Deathrow (Germany) - Deception Ignored
03. Coroner (Switzerland) - No More Color
04. Running Wild (Germany) - Death or Glory
05. Bolt Thrower (UK) - Realm of Chaos
06. Soundgarden (USA) - Louder Than Love
07. Ministry (USA) - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
08. Voivod (Canada) - Nothingface
09. Morbid Angel (USA) - Altars of Madness
10. Sabbat (UK) - Dreamweaver
11. King Diamond (Denmark) - Conspiracy
12. Toxic (USA) - Think This
13. Watchtower (USA) - Control and Resistance
14. Zed Yago (Germany) - Pilgrimage
15. Rage (Germany) - Secrets in a Weird World
16. Carcass (UK) - Symphonies of Sickness
17. Mordred (USA) - Fool's Game
18. Lizzy Borden (USA) - Master of Disguise
19. Paradox (Germany) - Heresy
20. Helstar (USA) - Nosferatu
1989 was where all the leftover awesome was stored, another superb year of releases, more than I could justly list here in a short time. The top eight are all flawless masterworks for me, I included Soundgarden because they too were playing to metal crowds before the whole grunge thing took off in the following decade, and I even caught them live on a bill with Voivod and Faith No More, before the latter had blown up. Of special note, my favorite death metal record of all time Consuming Impulse crowns my selections for the year, and my favorite industrial metal record of all time is also present in Ministry's finest hour. Lots of solid thrash, well developed speed/power metal and a few early death metal gems round out the choices.
UPDATED FOR 2021
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