As crazy as it is to me that 2008 was 10 years ago, it's even crazier to me that 1998 was 20 years ago. While most people don't quite remember the late 90s fondly, there were plenty of great releases in 1998 in the underground to counter-act what was going on "above ground."
We saw seminal releases from Rob Zombie, System of A Down, Korn, Death, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth and others. Here are 19 classics releases in 1998, in alphabetical order.
Arch Enemy – Stigmata
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Blind Guardian – Nightfall in Middle Earth
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Children of Bodom – Something Wild
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Cradle of Filth – Cruelty and the Beast
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Death – The Sound of Perseverance
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Fear Factory – Obsolete
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Godsmack – Godsmack
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Iced Earth – Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Korn – Follow the Leader
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Marilyn Manson – Mechanical Animals
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Metallica – Garage Inc
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Monster Magnet – Powertrip
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Nile – Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren Ka
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Queens of the Stone Age – Queens of the Stone Age
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Rob Zombie – Hellbilly-Deluxe
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Slayer – Diabolus In Musica
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Symphony X – Twilight in Olympus
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System of a Down – System of a Down
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The Dillinger Escape Plan – Under the Running Board
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