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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
· Anvil· Demons and Wizards
· The Kovenant· LA Guns
· Leng Tch'e· Opeth
· The Haunted· Carpathian Forest
· Karaboudjan· Tiamat
· Perzonal War· Narziß
· Twelfth Gate· Stratovarius
· Godsmack· God Dethroned
· Late Nite Romeo· Cage
· Alchemy X· Vyndykator
· Brainstorm· The Chainsaw
· Exawatt· Byfist
· Catch 22· Dragonforce
· Morbid Angel· King Diamond
· Malstrom· Sinergy
· Edguy· Tesla
· Force Of Evil· Soil
· Killik· UFO
· Messiah's Kiss· Graveland
· Marillion· Ministry
· Zaius· Estuary
· Ungodly· Goatsnake
· Bonfire· Lilitu
· Rhapsody of Fire· Shadows Fall
· Unearth· Scavenger
· I.C.E.· Internal Bleeding
· The Project Hate· Incantation
· Haunted By Angels· Ironhorse
· Mirror of Deception· Jackyl
· Hanzel Und Gretyl· Twisted Sister
· Tristania· Creed
· Mercenary· Crowbar
· Scenteria· Hellfueled
· Soilwork· Vicious Circle
· Heartcry· Mechanical Poet
· Nevermore· John Sykes
· Alex Skolnick Trio· Derek Sherinian
· Meshuggah· Fire Alley
· Kryoburn· Neil Turbin
· Slumber· Defleshed
· Blind Stare· Mirador
· Graveworm· Naglfar
· Amorphis· Slough Feg
· Kult ov Azazel· Nuse
· Prowler Inc.· Supagroup
· Gaia· Cannon
· Thor· Impaled Nazarene
· Havochate· Blitzkrieg
· To The Bone· The Atomic Bitchwax
· Winterfell· Overloaded
· Twilight· Shattersphere
· Ghost Machinery· Damnation
· Cryogen· Zero Down
· The Tenth Circle· God Forbid
· Hate· Beecher
· Vader· Insense
· Totalisti· Wolves in the Throne Room
· Moonspell· The Smashup
· Ampast· Speed/Kill/Hate
· 8th Sin· The Furor
· Black Crucifixion· Michael Orlando
· Jotunspor· Azure
· Swashbuckle· Nachtmystium
· Paul Bonrud· Time Requiem
· Fleshgore· Skyforger
· Wednesday 13· Zero Hour
· Belphegor· Thy Majestie
· Amputated· Semargl
· Eyes of Ligeia· Twinball
· Biolich· Obtest
· Lordi· Starkweather
· Kotipelto· Quest of Aidance
· In This Moment· Merciless Death
· Nominon· Tears
· Trenchfoot· Nation Beyond
· Destynation· Diamond Dogs
· Spheric Universe Experience· Heresi
· Dantesco· Gutted With Broken Glass
· Burzum· Kreator
· Embalming Theatre· Souls Of We
· Celestia· Uriah Heep
· Sin· Wolfgate
· Crown The Lost· DC4
· Dark Castle