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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
· Cathedral· In Flames
· Leng Tch'e· Lost Horizon
· Children Of Bodom· Vicious Mary
· Immolation· Karaboudjan
· Stratovarius· December
· Machine Head· Helloween
· Circle II Circle· Nazareth
· Majesty· Ravage
· Crematorium· Wizard
· Manowar· Dr. Butcher
· Valley's Eve· Carnal Forge
· Cage· Conquest
· Circle of Nero· Supervillain
· Godiva· Dragonforce
· Dream Weaver· Beautiful Creatures
· Drillpoint· Wicked Sensation
· Lacuna Coil· Deivos
· Secret Sphere· Royal Anguish
· Dreamaker· Neverland
· Three Inches of Blood· Black Stone Cherry
· Superchrist· Construcdead
· Scala Mercalli· Babylon Mystery Orchestra
· Messiah's Kiss· Kingcrow
· Graveland· Metalium
· Judas Priest· Hatework
· House of Lords· De Lirium's Order
· Joey Belladonna· Imp
· Aina· Scavenger
· Age Of Silence· Chris Caffery
· Slowlife· Tartharia
· Haunted By Angels· Trans-Siberian Orchestra
· Made of Iron· Seventh One
· Milkweed· Paradise Lost
· Gods Of Fire· Helgrind
· Audiovision· Divine Fire
· Entombed· Lost Soul
· Corrosion Of Conformity· Kamelot
· Requiem Aeternam· Sabaton
· Vicious Circle· Car Bomb
· Angtoria· Diecast
· Stormwarrior· Bleed The Sky
· Bruce Dickinson· Soul SirkUS
· Fastkill· Babylon
· Impiety· Slumber
· Pro-Pain· Rudra
· Agents Of Man· Sentenced
· Goddess Of Desire· Leaves Eyes
· Devil Lee Rot· Wetwork
· Sheavy· Havochate
· Blitzkrieg· Scar Symmetry
· The Scourger· Nuclear Assault
· Painmuseum· Lake Of Tears
· Illuminatus· Monster Magnet
· Russell Allen· Penetrator
· Winterfell· Casus Belli
· Shattersphere· Vinterriket
· Paths Of Possession· Phantom X
· Spellbound· Wolfmother
· Mastermind· Sinocence
· Bronx Casket Company· Dogs Of Winter
· Khold· Across Tundras
· Cardinale· Beyond Fear
· Hell-Born· Dissection
· Boris· Viron
· Warrant (Amer)· Imagika
· 8th Sin· Bludgeon
· Stormcrow· Abysmal Dawn
· Ensoph· Before Silence
· Bloodbound· Azure
· Space Odyssey· Ynis Vitrin
· Agalloch· Mouth of the Architect
· Vicious Rumors· Skyforger
· Death Breath· Setherial
· Belphegor· Satyricon
· Cult of Daath· Biolich
· Obtest· Sathanas
· Winger· Middian
· Steve Cone· Gaza
· Blood Tsunami· Fu Manchu
· Lord Belial· White Willow
· Almah· Nominon
· Hellveto· Heresi
· Distorted· Orthodox
· Bullet For My Valentine· Medieval Steel
· Uriah Heep· Son of Eric
· Winterfylleth· Sotajumala