1988 in heavy metal music
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This is an article about the events of heavy metal in the year 1988.
[edit] Newly formed bands
- Amon Amarth (known as Scum till 1992)
- Cadaver
- Cannibal Corpse
- Carnage
- Demolition Hammer
- Dismember
- Eyehategod
- Gamma Ray
- Mr. Big
- Nine Inch Nails
- Paradise Lost
- Pungent Stench
[edit] Albums
- AC/DC - Blow Up Your Video
- Anthrax - State of Euphoria
- Armored Saint - Saints Will Conquer
- Beowülf - Lost My Head... But I'm Back on the Right Track
- Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear
- Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law
- Bon Jovi - New Jersey
- Cacophony - Go Off!
- Carcass - Reek of Putrefaction
- Celtic Frost - Cold Lake
- Crimson Glory - Transcendence
- D.R.I. - 4 of a Kind
- Danzig - Danzig
- Death - Leprosy
- Dokken - Beast from the East
- Europe - Out of This World
- Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
- Guns N' Roses - GN'R Lies
- Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2
- Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
- Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn
- Judas Priest - Ram It Down
- Killer Dwarfs- Big Deal
- King Diamond - "Them"
- King Kobra - King Kobra III
- Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come
- Kiss - Smashes, Thrashes & Hits
- Lillian Axe - Lillian Axe
- Living Colour - Vivid
- Manowar - Kings of Metal
- Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What!
- Metallica - ...And Justice for All
- Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
- Motörhead - No Sleep at All (live)
- Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration
- Nuclear Assault - Survive
- Overkill - Under the Influence
- Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest for the Wicked
- Pantera - Power Metal
- Poison - Open Up And Say...Ahh!
- Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
- Ratt - Reach for the Sky
- Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis
- Running Wild - Port Royal
- Running Wild - Ready for Boarding
- Saint Vitus - Mournful Cries
- Scorpions - Savage Amusement
- Slayer - South of Heaven
- Sodom - Mortal Way Of Live
- Soundgarden - Fopp, Ultramega OK
- Stone - Stone
- Stryper - In God We Trust
- Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today (the bands first metal release)
- Testament - The New Order
- Uncle Slam - Say Uncle
- Van Halen - OU812
- Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
- Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
- Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Odyssey
[edit] Events
- Living Colour's debut album Vivid peaks at #6 on the Billboard 200, due to the success of the Top 20 single "Cult of Personality". The album is certified platinum twice.
- The Monsters of Rock tour plays across the U.S. featuring Metallica, Van Halen, Scorpions, Dokken, and Kingdom Come.
- Kai Hansen leaves Helloween due to conflicts with the bands and troubles with the record company and later forms the band Gamma Ray.
- The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years is released.
| Preceded by: 1987 |
Heavy Metal Timeline 1988 |
Followed by: 1989 |
