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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
· Nightwish· Scanner
· Impellitteri· December
· Gun Barrel· Warhorse
· Godflesh· Rawhead Rexx
· Dark Moor· Legend
· Wizard· Dr. Butcher
· Conquest· SelfInflicted
· Fireball Ministry· Steel Preacher
· Crystal Eyes· Stalker
· Attacker· Wicked Sensation
· Body Count· Neverland
· Black Stone Cherry· Drowning Pool
· Jag Panzer· Bang The Union
· Madison Paige· Wolf
· Epica· Donnerkopf
· Marillion· Iron Angel
· Joe Stump· Devil In The Kitchen
· Krokus· Therion
· Ungodly· Vox Tempus
· After Forever· Rhapsody of Fire
· Images of Eden· Tartharia
· Incantation· The Lizards
· Blind Guardian· Jackyl
· Tsjuder· Angra
· Tristania· Triumph
· Mercenary· Azrael's Bane
· Feared Creation· Of Infinity
· Kinetic· The New Breed
· Impaled· Soilwork
· Seige of Hate· Labyrinth
· Hibria· Mechanical Poet
· Darkthrone· Antares
· Oathean· Bleed The Sky
· Operatika· Thunderblast
· Neil Turbin· Raintime
· Burden Of Grief· Throes of Dawn
· Disbelief· Groundcrew
· Astarte· Agents Of Man
· Sothis· Maximum Overdrive
· Darkane· Dark Funeral
· Slik Helvetika· Prowler Inc.
· The Father Panic Riot Orchestra· Killing Spree
· Cannon· Edenbridge
· Warchild· Octavia Sperati
· Future is Tomorrow· Mercyful Fate
· Monster Magnet· Crystal Fate
· Forever Slave· Avenged Sevenfold
· Paths Of Possession· Damnation
· Dreamland· Doomfoxx
· The Classic Struggle· Bronx Casket Company
· Machina· Craft
· Totalisti· Witchery
· Sepultura· Steep
· The Berzerker· Phoenix Mourning
· Bal-Sagoth· Elvenking
· Vreid· Athanator
· Cataract· Candlemass
· Dream Or Nightmare· Nicodemus
· Speed/Kill/Hate· The Sword
· 8th Sin· Dreams of Damnation
· Agalloch· Shadows Within
· Wednesday 13· Pretty Maids
· Myon· Wastefall
· Mastodon· Teeth of the Hydra
· Lordi· Deicide
· Celtic Frost· Quest of Aidance
· Steve Cone· Fu Manchu
· Hardcore Superstar· Onslaught
· Omnium Gatherum· Terry Sullivan
· Throne of Katarsis· In This Moment
· Lord Belial· Madking Ludwig
· Crescent Shield· Blood of the Black Owl
· Nagelfar· Spit Like This
· Since the Day· Tears
· Trenchfoot· Glorior Belli
· Kruger· JR Ewing
· Faith And Fire· Sworn Enemy
· Pathosray· Spheric Universe Experience
· Heresi· Mass Extinction
· Pathology· Orthodox
· Demonic Symphony· The Obsessed
· Aetherius Obscuritas· Blood Haven
· Vulture Industries· Armory
· Embalming Theatre· Bullet For My Valentine
· Celestia· Mar De Grises
· Son of Eric· Caliban
· DC4