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25 Albums We Love That You May Have Missed!
7/31/2015 5:49:57 PM by Frank Hill





There is a vast amount of hard rock and heavy metal bands releasing albums every year. A decade ago, we roughly estimated that there were somewhere in the range of 150,000 of those bands across the world. The Encyclopaedia Metallum website has almost 85,000 reviews alone. So many groups over time have released as little as one record before they disappeared like the fading notes of a concert encore.

With today's widely-available digital technology, more and more bands are able to put out music themselves and who knows exactly how many albums have been released since metal's inception 46 years ago.

We've put our collective writer heads together into a beastly hydra and dug through the mountains of metal we own for a special "25 Albums We Love That You May Have Missed" list.

These are the personal gems we've unearthed...

See our Maximum Metal list here: [Full Column Link]


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RANDOM ACTS OF METAL
· Loudness· Vehemence
· Vicious Mary· Misery Index
· Mondo Generator· Solemnity
· Goatwhore· Twisted Tower Dire
· Circle II Circle· Mark Boals
· Power of Omens· Valley's Eve
· Alchemy X· Brainstorm
· Byfist· Black Sabbath
· Paragon· Dragonforce
· Mourning Beloveth· Lanfear
· Evanesce· Savatage
· Thunderstone· Stalker
· Primal Fear· Lacuna Coil
· Defiled· Brides of Destruction
· Body Count· Doro
· Dreamaker· Silver Mountain
· Superchrist· Jaw
· Babylon Mystery Orchestra· Ebony Ark
· Cans· Bleeding Inc
· Graveland· Edge Of Forever
· Van Helsing’s Curse· Gamma Ray
· Low Earth Orbit· Lonewolf
· Zaius· Cyst
· Hatework· Feinstein
· Final Dawn· Potential Threat SF
· Occult· Dark Age
· Nashville Pussy· Eternal Flight
· Megadeth· Necrodemon
· Throcult· Incantation
· Blind Guardian· Anger
· John Oliva's Pain· Fifth Cross
· The New Breed· Entombed
· Requiem Aeternam· Astral Doors
· Heartcry· Mystic Prophecy
· Backyard Babies· Diecast
· Antares· Freedom Call
· God Fear None· Bleed The Sky
· Kinrick· Operatika
· Ramesses· Nightrage
· Ivory Knight· Groundcrew
· Naglfar· Amorphis
· Subterranean Masquerade· Wetwork
· Scar Symmetry· Flotsam & Jetsam
· The Scourger· Loits
· Eternal Reign· Blood Thirsty Demons
· Winterfell· Shattersphere
· Ewigkeit· Damnation
· Even X· Gojira
· Mastermind· The Tenth Circle
· God Forbid· Motorhead
· Craft· Witchery
· Poison· Ephel Duath
· Codeon· Nikki Puppet
· Upwards of Endtime· Fields Of The Nephilim
· Daylight Dies· The Berzerker
· Silver Dirt· The Smackdown
· Dream Or Nightmare· TK-421
· Abysmal Dawn· Dawn of Azazel
· Michael Orlando· Fragments of Unbecoming
· Bloodbound· Azure
· Dendura· Nachtmystium
· Sahg· Shadows Within
· Woodtemple· Zero Hour
· The Abominable Iron Sloth· Enochian Crescent
· Myon· Mastodon
· Rotting Christ· Lupara
· Winger· Darkness Eternal
· Quest of Aidance· The Gathering
· Fu Manchu· Throne of Katarsis
· In This Moment· Warbringer
· Manticore· Necrophobic
· Passion· Pantera
· Divine Empire· Retrospective
· Wuthering Heights· Lipstick Magazine
· Malevolent Creation· Himsa
· Pathosray· Frosthardr
· Alkemyst· Straight Line Stitch
· SOS· Moonshine
· Uriah Heep· Mar De Grises
· Luna Mortis· Battleroar
· Mustasch· Crown The Lost
· DC4· Raven
· Uli Jon Roth· Giant Squid