Best Progressive Metal Albums of 1988

1 Operation: Mindcrime - Queensryche

Still a top three album

2 Dimension Hatross - Voivod

3 Transcendence - Crimson Glory

4 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden

5 Them - King Diamond

6 Deception Ignored - Deathrow

7 No Exit - Fates Warning

8 The Sane Asylum - Blind Illusion

9 ...And Justice for All - Metallica

10 Out of the Silent Planet - King's X

The Contenders

11 Leprosy - Death

12 Perpetual Burn - Jason Becker

13 Punishment for Decadence - Coroner

14 Winger - Winger

15 Illusions - Sadus

16 A Distant Thunder - Helstar

17 Endless War - Realm