- 1988 in heavy metal music
This is an article about the events of heavy metal in the year
1988 .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 Albums
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AC/DC - "Blow Up Your Video "
* Anthrax - "State of Euphoria "
*Armored Saint - "Saints Will Conquer "
* Atrophy - "Socialized Hate "
* Bathory - "Blood Fire Death "
*Beowülf - "Lost My Head... But I'm Back on the Right Track "
*Blind Guardian - "Battalions of Fear "
*Blind Illusion - "The Sane Asylum "
* Bolt Thrower - "In Battle There Is No Law "
*Bon Jovi - "New Jersey"
*Britny Fox - "Britny Fox"
*BulletBoys - "BulletBoys"
*Cacophony - "Go Off! "
* Carcass - "Reek of Putrefaction "
*Celtic Frost - "Cold Lake"
* Cinderella - "Long Cold Winter "
*Crimson Glory - "Transcendence "
*Cryptic Slaughter - "Stream of Consciousness"
* D.R.I. - "4 of a Kind
* Danzig - "Danzig"
* Death - "Leprosy"
*Death Angel - "Frolic through the Park "
*Dokken - "Beast from the East "
* Europe - "Out of This World
*Frehley's Comet - "Live+1 "
*Frehley's Comet - "Second Sighting "
* Forbidden - "Forbidden Evil"
*Girlschool - "Take a Bite "
*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 "
* KIX - "Blow My Fuse "
*L.A. Guns - "L.A. Guns"
* Lillian Axe - " Lillian Axe"
*Living Colour - " Vivid"
*Manilla Road - "Out of the Abyss "
* Manowar - "Kings of Metal "
* Marty Friedman - "Dragon's Kiss"
*Megadeth - "So Far, So Good... So What! "
* Mekong Delta - "The Music of Erich Zann"
*Metallica - "…And Justice for All"
* Ministry - "The Land of Rape and Honey "
*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"
* Pestilence - "Malleus Maleficarum"
* Poison - "Open Up And Say...Ahh! "
*Queensrÿche - ""
*Quiet Riot - "Quiet Riot"
* Rage - "Perfect Man"
*Ratt - "Reach for the Sky"
* Razor - "Violent Restitution "
* Rigor Mortis - "Rigor Mortis"
* Running Wild - "Port Royal"
* Running Wild - "Ready for Boarding "
*Sadus - "Illusions"
* Saint Vitus - "Mournful Cries "
* Saxon - "Destiny"
* Scorpions - "Savage Amusement "
*Sieges Even - "Life Cycle"
*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)
* Sword - "Sweet dreams"
* Tankard - "The Morning After"
* Testament - "The New Order "
*Tormentor - "Anno Domini"
*Toxik - "World Circus "
*Uncle Slam - "Say Uncle"
*Van Halen - "OU812 "
*Vinnie Vincent Invasion - "All Systems Go"
*Vio-lence - "Eternal Nightmare "
*Virgin Steele - "Age of Consent"
* Voivod - "Dimension Hatröss "
* Warrant - "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich "
* Winger - "Winger"
*Wrathchild - "The Biz Suxx "
*Yngwie J. Malmsteen - "Odyssey"Events
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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. featuringMetallica ,Van Halen , Scorpions,Dokken , and Kingdom Come.
*Kai Hansen leavesHelloween due to conflicts with the bands and troubles with the record company and later forms the band Gamma Ray.
* is released.
*Mötley Crüe enter rehab.
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