Según Exclaim!
https://exclaim.ca/music/article/exclaim_s_top_20_pop_and_rock_albums_part_two-best_of_2018
10. Low - Double Negative
9. Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love
8. Blood Orange - Negro Swan
7. Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer
6. Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears
5. Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams
4. Beach House - 7
3. Mitski - Be the Cowboy
2. Robyn - Honey
1. U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited
Según la Decibel
https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2018/11/15/spoiler-here-are-decibels-top-40-albums-of-2018/
40 Panopticon, The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness I and II, Bindrune
39 Hate Eternal, Upon Desolate Sands, Season of Mist
38 Cosmic Church, Tattymys, Self-released
37 KEN mode, Loved, Season of Mist
36 Monster Magnet, Mindfucker Napalm
35 Wake, Misery Rites, Translation Loss
34 Thou, Magus, Sacred Bones
33 Zeal and Ardor, Stranger Fruit, MVKA
32 Devouring Star, The Arteries of Heresy, Dark Descent
31 Corrosion of Conformity, No Cross No Crown, Nuclear Blast
30 Sepulcher, Panoptic Horror, Edged Circle Productions
29 Svalbard, It's Hard To Have Hope, Translation Loss
28 Horrendous, Idol, Season of Mist
27 Abhorrence, Megalohydrothalassophobic, Svart
26 Visigoth, Conqueror's Oath, Metal Blade
25 Mortuous, Through Wilderness, Tankcrimes
24 Portal, Ion, Profound Lore
23 Mournful Congregation, The Incubus of Karma, 20 Buck Spin
22 Sleep, The Sciences, Third Man
21 Funeral Mist, Hekatomb, Norma Evangelium Diaboli
20 Outer Heaven, Realms of Eternal Decay, Relapse
19 Varathron, Patriarchs of Evil, Agonia
18 The Atlas Moth, Coma Noir, Prosthetic
17 Tomb Mold, Manor of Infinite Forms, 20 Buck Spin
16 Satan, Cruel Magic, Metal Blade
15 Chapel of Disease, ...¦And as We Have Seen the Storm, We Have Embraced the Eye, Ván
14 Deafheaven, Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, Anti-
13 Voivod, The Wake, Century Media
12 Haunt, Burst Into Flames, Shadow Kingdom
11 At the Gates, To Drink from the Night Itself, Century Media
10 Pig Destroyer, Head Cage, Relapse
9 Khemmis, Desolation, 20 Buck Spin
8 Immortal, Northern Chaos Gods, Nuclear Blast
7 Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Wasteland, Rise Above
6 Skeletonwitch, Devouring Radiant Light, Prosthetic
5 Judas Priest, Firepower, Columbia
4 Evoken, Hypnagogia, Profound Lore
3 UADA, Cult of a Dying Sun, Eisenwald
2 Tribulation, Down Below, Century Media
1 YOB, Our Raw Heart, Relapse
Según Stereogum, de metal...
https://www.stereogum.com/2024835/the-10-best-metal-albums-of-2018/franchises/2018-in-review/
10 Ritual Necromancy - Disinterred Horror (Dark Descent Records)
9 Sear Bliss - Letters From The Edge (Hammerheart Records)
8 Tanith - Citadel (Self-released)
7 Unfelled - Beneath Distant Skies (Cold Ways)
6 Délétère - De Horae Leprae (Sepulchral Productions)
5 Fórn - Rites Of Despair (Gilead Media)
4 Mournful Congregation - The Incubus Of Karma (20 Buck Spin)
3 Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods (Nuclear Blast)
2 Agrimonia - Awaken (Southern Lord Recordings)
1 Fluisteraars / Turia - De Oord (Eisenwald)
Y en general...
https://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-best-albums-of-2018/
50 Rico Nasty - Nasty (Atlantic)
49 SOPHIE - OIL OF EVERY PEARL's UN-INSIDES (Transgressive/Future Classic)
48 Drug Church - Cheer (Pure Noise)
47 Lil Baby & Gunna - Drip Harder (Quality Control)
46 Jon Hopkins - Singularity (Domino)
45 The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (Polydor)
44 Denzel Curry - TA1300 (Loma Vista)
43 Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of (Warp)
42 Holy Fawn - Death Spells (Whelmed)
41 Camp Cope - How To Socialise & Make Friends (Run For Cover)
40 Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar (Ninja Tune)
39 MGMT - Little Dark Age (Columbia)
38 Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer (Wondaland/Bad Boy/Atlantic)
37 Birds In Row - We Already Lost The World (Deathwish, Inc.)
36 Ryley Walker - Deafman Glance (Dead Oceans)
35 Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs (Tan Cressida/Columbia)
34 Kamasi Washington - Heaven And Earth (Young Turks)
33 Dear Nora - Skulls Example (Orindal)
32 Tirzah - Devotion (Domino)
31 The Armed - Only Love (No Rest Until Ruin/Throatruiner)
30 Iceage - Beyondless (Matador)
29 Teyana Taylor - K.T.S.E. (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam)
28 Kali Uchis - Isolation (Virgin EMI)
27 Adrianne Lenker - abysskiss (Saddle Creek)
26 U.S. Girls - In A Poem Unlimited (4AD)
25 Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams (Merge)
24 Wild Pink - Yolk In The Fur (Tiny Engines)
23 Noname - Room 25 (Self-released)
22 Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It (Holy Roar)
21 Rosalía - El Mal Querer (Sony)
20 Tomberlin - At Weddings (Saddle Creek)
19 Illuminati Hotties - Kiss Yr Frenemies (Tiny Engines)
18 Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog (Saddle Creek)
17 Half Waif - Lavender (Cascine)
16 Brockhampton - Iridescence (RCA)
15 Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt (Fat Possum/Bella Union)
14 Vince Staples - FM (Def Jam)
13 Lucy Dacus - Historian (Matador)
12 Robyn - Honey (Konichiwa/Interscope)
11 Pusha T - Daytona (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam)
10 Mitski - Be The Cowboy (Dead Oceans)
9 Father John Misty - God's Favorite Customer (Sub Pop/Bella Union)
8 Low - Double Negative (Sub Pop)
7 Soccer Mommy - Clean (Fat Possum)
6 Flasher - Constant Image (Domino)
5 Beach House - 7 (Sub Pop/Bella Union)
4 Cardi B - Invasion Of Privacy (Atlantic)
3 Ariana Grande - Sweetener (Republic)
2 Snail Mail - Lush (Matador)
1 Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (MCA Nashville)
Lo mejor del metal según la Rolling Stone
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-metal-albums-2018-763783/
20 The Armed, ...˜Only Love'
19 Deceased, ...˜Ghostly White'
18 At the Gates, ...˜To Drink From the Night Itself'
17 Frontierer, ...˜Unloved'
16 Tomb Mold, ...˜Manor of Infinite Forms'
15 Idles, ...˜Joy as an Act of Resistance'
14 Yob, ...˜Our Raw Heart'
13 Portal, ...˜Ion'
12 Windhand, ...˜Eternal Return'
11 Haunt, ...˜Burst Into Flame'
10 Uniform, ...˜The Long Walk'
9 Turnstile, ...˜Time & Space'
8 Voivod, ...˜The Wake'
7 Immortal, ...˜Northern Chaos Gods'
6 Vein, ...˜Errorzone'
5 Deafheaven, ...˜Ordinary Corrupt Human Love'
4 Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway, ...˜Dictator'
3 Judas Priest, ...˜Firepower'
2 Daughters, ...˜You Won't Get What You Want'
1 Sleep, ...˜The Sciences'
Según Ben Hozie (Bodega):
Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
Palberta - Roach Goin' Down
Iceage - Beyondless
Guerilla Toss - Twisted Crystal
Daniel Blumberg - Minus
Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
Lithics - Mating Surfaces
Stephen Malkmus - Sparkle Hard
Mezzanine Swimmers - Black Cat In Heat
Gift Wrap - Losing Count
Frankie Cosmos - Vessel
Shame - Songs of Praise
Pill - Soft Hell
Shark Toys - Labyrinths
Idles - Joy as an act of resistance
Según Alan Robert (Life of Agony):
Madball - For the Cause
BillyBio - Feed the Fire
Jonathan Davis - Black Labyrinth
Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots
Shinedown - Attention Attention
Clutch - Book of Bad Decisions
Muse - Simulation Theory
Alien Weaponry - Tu
A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant
All Hail The Yeti - Highway Crosses
Sick Of It All - Wake the Sleeping Dragon
Según Kevin Morby:
Snail Mail - Lush
SHY BOYS - Bell House
Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
King Tuff - The Other
Night Shop - In The Break
Anna St. Louis - If Only There Was A River
Waxahatchee - Great Thunder EP
Cut Worms - Hollow Ground
Bonny Doon - Long Wave
Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt
Tierra Whack - Whack World
Hailu Mergia - Lala Belu
Mount Eerie - Now Only
Damien Jurado - The Horizon Just Laughed
Richard Swift - The Hex
Según Peter Holmström (Dandy Warhols):
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Wrong Creatures
Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples
A Place To Bury Strangers - Pinned & Re-Pinned
MIEN - MIEN
Liars - 1/1 & Titles With The World Fountain (TFCF)
You Said Strange - Salvation Prayer
Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Something Else
Les Big Bird - Iran, Iraq, IKEA
The KVB - Only Now Forever
Según Eric Hudson (Foxing):
10. Red Dead Redemption 2 (Video Game)
9. The Haunting of Hill House (TV show)
8. Westworld Season 2 (TV show)
7. Turnstile - Time & Space (Music)
6. Vein - Errorzone (Music)
5. God of War (Video Game)
4. Barry (TV show)
3. Spider-Man (Video Game)
2. Mandy (Movie)
1. Mitski - Be the Cowboy (Music)
Según Anthony Green (Circa survive):
Turnstile - Time & Space
Deafheaven - Ordinance Corrupt Human Love
Foxing - Nearer My God
Found Wild - S/T EP
boygenius - boygenius
J. Cole - KOD
Mogwai - KIN Soundtrack
This Will Destroy You - New Others
Soccer Mommy - Clean
Obongjayar - Never Change
Jonny Greenwood - Phantom Thread
Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
Hail the Sun - Mental Knife
Freeway - Think Free
Gouge Away - Burnt Sugar
Childish Gambino - Summer Pack
SALES - forever & ever
Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
Nothing - Dance On The Blacktop
Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses
Taken - With Regard To EP
Good Morning - Prize // Reward
Vacationer - Mindset
Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys
Touche Amore - 10 Years / 1000 Shows - Live at the Regent Theater
Jon Brion - Le grand bain Soundtrack
Según Nate Newton (Converge):
Anna Von Hauswolf - Dead Magic
Yob - Our Raw Heart
Sumac - Love In Shadow
John Coltrane - Both Directions At Once
Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance
Giuda - Rock N Roll Music
Wrong - Feel Great
Maggot Heart - Dusk To Dusk
Split Cranium - I'm The Devil And I'm Ok (shameless self promotion I know)
War On Women - Capture The Flag
Ray Lamontagne - Part Of The Light
Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus - Boygenius
Tomb Mold - Manor Of Infinite Forms
David Eugene Edwards & Alexander Hacke - Risha
Haan - By The Grace Of Blood And Guts
Viagra Boys - Street Worms
Black Thought - Streams Of Thought Vol 1&2
Vanishing Kids - Heavy Dreamer
Corrosion Of Conformity - No Cross No Crown
Mandy - OST
Sunstroke - Second Floor/Seven
Terror - Total Retaliation
Marissa Nadler - For My Crimes
First Aid Kit - Ruins
Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
Emma Ruth Rundle - On Dark Horses
Part Chimp - Cheap Thriller
Tribulation - Down Below
Turbonegro - Rocknroll Machine
Autopsy - Puncturing the Grotesque
Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed
Kapital & Richard Pinhas - Flux
Brian Eno & Kevin Shields - The Weight Of History ep
Anna Burch - Quit The Curse
Fu Manchu - Clone Of The Universe
Holy Motors - Slow Sundown
Superchunk - What A Time To Be Alive
American Nightmare - American Nightmare
Painted Doll - Painted Doll
Keiji Haino and Sumac - American Dollar Bill
Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 - Black Times
Screaming Females - All At Once
Hot Snakes - Jericho Sirens
Judas Priest - Firepower
Teenage Wrist - Chrome Neon Jesus
Earthless - Black Heaven
The Messthetics - Messthetics
Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain
Eagle Twin - The Thundering Heard
Will Haven - Muerte
Arms Race - The Beast
Septic Tank - Rotting Civilisation
The Damned - Evil Spirits
Sleep - The Sciences
Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Graveyard - Peace
The Body - I Have Fought Against It...¦.
At The Gates - To Drink From The Night Itself
Red Hare - Little Acts Of Destruction
Gouge Away - Burnt Sugar
Parquet Courts - Wide Awake
Svalbard - It's Hard To Have Hope
Baptists - Beacon Of Faith
The Dead Tongues - Unsung Passage
Horse Feathers - Appreciation
Denim & Leather - Sacred Autism
Masta Ace & Marco Polo - A Breukelen Story
Lucifer - Lucifer II
Voivod - The Wake
Cardi B - Invasion Of Privacy
Heldon - Heldon II (reiussue)
Body/Head - The Switch
Chastity - Death Lust
Death Grips - Year Of The Snitch
Oh Sees - Smote Reverser
Fotocrime - Principle Of Pain
Austin Lucas - Immortal Americans
Nothing - Dance On The Blacktop
C Average - III
Soft Kill - Savior
Tragedy - Fury
High On Fire - Electeric Messiah
Windhand - Eternal Return
Author & Punisher - Beastland
St Vincent - MassEducation
Wiles - Both EP's
Lesser Glow - Ruined
Prince - Piano & Microphone 1983
Gruesome - Twisted Prayers
Wournos - Wournos 1
Super Unison - Stella
Swizz Beats - Poison
Action Bronson - White Bronco
J Mascis - Elastic Days
Myrkur - Juniper
Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
The Primals - All Love Is True Love
Mitski - Be The Cowboy
Jaye Jayle - No Trail And Other Unholy Paths
Mazzy Star - Still EP
Black Mare & Offret - Alone Among Mirrors
Según James Graham (Twilight Sad):
Kathryn Joseph - From When I Wake The Want Is
Low - Double Negative
Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar
Mogwai - Kin
Michael Timmons - Bone Coloured
We Were Promised Jetpacks - The More I Sleep The Less I Dream
Mastersystem - Dance Music
Christine and The Queens - Chris
Aidan Moffatt & RM Hubbert - Here Lies The Body
Mitski - Be The Cowboy
Según Jim Suptic (Get Up Kids):
Gaz Coombes - World's Strongest Man
Graham Coxon - The End of the F**ing World (Original Songs and Score)
Art Brut - Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!
Lily Allen - No Shame
Albert Hammond Jr. - Francis Trouble
Superchunk - What a Time to be Alive
Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
Shame - Songs of Praise
Jeff Tweedy - Warm
The XCERTS - Hold on to Your Heart
Según Jake Ewald (Modern Baseball, Slaughter Beach dog):
Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs
Erin Rae - Putting On Airs
Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog
Jeff Tweedy - Warm
Kurt Vile - Bottle It In
Nap Eyes - I'm Bad Now
The Sidekicks - Happiness Hours
Three Man Cannon - S/T
Tierra Whack - Whack World
Vince Staples - FM!
Según Sean Huber (Modern Baseball, Steady Hands):
10. Tiny Moving Parts - Swell
9. Nervus - Everything Dies
8. Bayside - Acoustic Vol 2
7. The All Brights - The White Album EP
6. The Wombats - Beautiful People will Ruin Your Life
5. American Trappist - Tentanda Via
4. Restorations - LP5000
3. Pass Away - The Hell I've Always Seen
2. Smoking Popes - Into The Agony
1. The Dirty Nil - Master Volume
Según JR Hayes (Pig Destroyer):
1) Shining - X-Varg Utan Flock
2) Deceased - Ghostly White
3) Outer Heaven - Realms of Eternal Decay
4) Skull Fist - Way of the Road
5) Kill Everything - Scorched Earth
6) Thou - Magus
7) Wake - Misery Rites
8) Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods
9) Funeral Mist - Hekatomb
10) Mantar - The Modern Art of Setting Ablaze
Según Lou Koller (Sick of it all):
Madball: For the Cause
Turnstile: Time and Space
Eminem: Kamikaze
Candy: Good to Feel
Wisdom In Chains: Nothing in Nature Respects Weakness
Not Scientists: Golden Staples
Behemoth: I Loved You at Your Darkest
INVSN: Forever Rejected
High Tension: Purge
Zeke: Hellbender
Según Laura Jane Grace (Against me!):
Slothrust - The Pact
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers - Years
Neko Case - Hell-On
CHVRCHES - Love Is Dead
Cursive - Vitriola
Superorganism - S/T
Cat Power - Wanderer
The Dirty Nil - Master Volume
Mitski - Be The Cowboy
Screaming Females - All At Once