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50. Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
49. Tesseract - Sonder
48. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
47. Parkway Drive - Reverence
46. Conjurer - Mire
45. Coheed And Cambria - Vaxis - Act 1: The Unheavenly Creatures
44. Billy F Gibbons - The Big Bad Blues
43. Turnstile - Time & Space
42. Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It
41. Saxon - Thunderbolt
40. Blackberry Smoke - Find A Light
39. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Wasteland
38. The Virginmarys - Northern Sun Sessions
37. Architects - Holy Hell
36. Louden Swain - Splitting The Seams
35. Joe Bonamassa - Redemption
34. Sleep - The Sciences
33. Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance
32. Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit
31. 3.2 - The Rules Have Changed
30. Clutch - Book Of Bad Decisions
29. Halestorm - Vicious
28. Black Peaks - All That Divides
27. Voivod - The Wake
26. Howlin Rain - The Alligator Bride
25. Myles Kennedy - Year Of The Tiger
24. Alice In Chains - Rainier Fog
23. Oceans Of Slumber - The Banished Heart
22. The Temperance Movement - A Deeper Cut
21. Orange Goblin - The Wolf Bites Back
20. The Pineapple Thief - Dissolution
19. The Magpie Salute - High Water I
18. Massive Wagons - Full Nelson
17. A Perfect Circle - Eat The Elephant
16. Thumpermonkey - Make Me Young, Etc
15. Haken - Vector
14. Slash Feat Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators - Living The Dream
13. Tom Petty - An American Treasure
12. Palm Reader - Braille
11. The Fierce & The Dead - The Euphoric
10. Riverside - Wasteland
9. Uriah Heep - Living The Dream
8. Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons - The Age Of Absurdity
7. Vennart - To Cure A Blizzard Upon A Plastic Sea
6. Manic Street Preachers - Resistance Is Futile
5. Steve Perry - Traces
4. Greta Van Fleet - Anthem Of The Peaceful Army
3. Ghost - Prequelle
2. The Struts - Young & Dangerous
1. Judas Priest - Firepower
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https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-albums-of-2018以下はTOP50作品の楽曲をまとめたプレイリスト