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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
· HammerFall· Into Eternity
· Loudness· Mudvayne
· The Haunted· Children Of Bodom
· Poisonblack· Exmortem
· Solemnity· Anthrax
· Goatwhore· Symphorce
· Machine Head· Kalibas
· Nazareth· Ring of Fire
· Advent· Iron Maiden
· Fozzy· Dark Moor
· Legend· Powergod
· Black Label Society· October 31
· Conquest· The Chainsaw
· Goat Horn· Tungsten
· Godiva· Wycked Synn
· Runemagick· Rage
· Stryper· Hypocrisy
· Krisiun· Slayer
· Body Count· Soul Reaper
· Dreamaker· Hard Echo
· Cryonic Temple· Devil To Pay
· Construcdead· Jaw
· Ebony Ark· UFO
· Leash Law· Wolf
· Epica· Skyfire
· Highlord· Marillion
· Cyst· Estuary
· Dimmu Borgir· Unleashed
· Meliah Rage· Saxon
· Rhapsody of Fire· Shadows Fall
· Potential Threat SF· Dark Age
· The Lizards· Blind Guardian
· Anger· Seventh One
· The 7 Method· Rush
· Code Black· Gods Of Fire
· Kings X· Lost Soul
· Loudblast· Seige of Hate
· Tarot· Apocalyptica
· Diecast· Marduk
· Pure Inc· Soul SirkUS
· Chastain· Strapping Young Lad
· Babylon· Impiety
· Green Carnation· Astarte
· God Among Insects· Communic
· Unchained· Leaves Eyes
· Gaia· Frameless Scar
· Power Quest· Impaled Nazarene
· Loits· Lake Of Tears
· The Atomic Bitchwax· Eternal Reign
· Dirty Americans· Penetrator
· ASG· Barcode
· Twilight· Mabon
· Shattersphere· Spellbound
· Cryogen· Dreamland
· Infliction· Mastermind
· Midnight Idols· God Forbid
· Khold· Detonation
· Dismember· Nocturnal Rites
· Insense· Sodom
· Cardinale· Hell-Born
· Boris· Clawfinger
· Vore· Silver Dirt
· Elvenking· Ensoph
· Black Crucifixion· Dawn of Azazel
· Before Silence· Paul Bonrud
· Warface· I
· Jeff Walker und Die Fluffers· Anata
· Battle Bratt· Twinball
· Obtest· Starkweather
· Twisted Into Form· Southern Gentleman
· Manticore· Necrophobic
· Madking Ludwig· Cruachan
· Nagelfar· Textures
· Spit Like This· Antigama
· Lipstick Magazine· Kruger
· Throneum· Fight
· Diamond Dogs· Mongrel
· Night Ranger· I Shalt Become
· Gutted With Broken Glass· Pop Evil
· Straight Line Stitch· To-Mera
· Kreator· Souls Of We
· Equilibrium· Intolerant
· Alestorm· Kiuas
· Eighteen Wheels Burning· My Dying Bride
· Sotajumala· Caliban