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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
· Cave In· Leng Tch'e
· Opeth· Vehemence
· Children Of Bodom· BloodDuster
· Carpathian Forest· Exmortem
· Disturbed· Grave Digger
· Symphorce· Norma Jean
· Gun Barrel· Solace
· Iron Maiden· Lamb of God
· Ravage· Metallica
· Carnal Forge· October 31
· Brainstorm· Evolution
· Exawatt· Saint
· Biomechanical· Godiva
· Kilfast· Steel Preacher
· Lanfear· Guardians Of Time
· Mnemic· Attacker
· Murdercycle· Asperity
· Neverland· I Hate Sally
· Drowning Pool· Messiah's Kiss
· Bleeding Inc· Amityville Whore
· Disarmonia Mundi· Jorn
· Ministry· Zaius
· Dragonspoon· Spiral Madness
· Schenker/ Pattison Summit· Insomnium
· Scorpions· Lilitu
· Metal Church· Rhapsody of Fire
· Imp· Wintersun
· Beaten Back To Pure· The Project Hate
· Incantation· Acheron
· Mirror of Deception· Kings X
· Impaled· Labyrinth
· Heartcry· Car Bomb
· Nevermore· Darkthrone
· Diecast· Derek Sherinian
· Lord Gore· Chastain
· Strapping Young Lad· Ignitor
· Pro-Pain· Nightrage
· Disbelief· Defleshed
· Blind Stare· God Among Insects
· Communic· Unshine
· Nuse· Slik Helvetika
· Fates Warning· Edenbridge
· Blitzkrieg· Scar Symmetry
· Peccatum· Eternal Reign
· Before The Dawn· Monster Magnet
· Russell Allen· Violent Storm
· Third Degree· Algol3
· Savage Circus· Phantom X
· Spellbound· Cryogen
· Wolfmother· Asrai
· Midnight Idols· Bronx Casket Company
· Dogs Of Winter· Khold
· Decapitated· End of Level Boss
· Thryfing· Cardinale
· Intronaut· Codeon
· Fields Of The Nephilim· Nightmare
· Steep· Dissection
· Tris Katone· Leviathan/Sapthuran
· The Smackdown· Imagika
· Hirax· Speed/Kill/Hate
· Stormcrow· Black Crucifixion
· Before Silence· Fragments of Unbecoming
· Destruction· Amon Amarth
· Ynis Vitrin· The Abominable Iron Sloth
· Thy Majestie· Semargl
· Cult of Daath· E-lane
· Extium· Deicide
· Gaza· Twisted Into Form
· Warmachine· With Passion
· Dream Theater· In This Moment
· Warbringer· Trouble
· Passion· Chrome Division
· Nominon· Aborted
· Transmission 0· Blut Aus Nord
· Malevolent Creation· David Galas
· The Wonderfools· Himsa
· Cauldron· Dantesco
· Gutted With Broken Glass· Blood Haven
· To-Mera· Moonshine
· Son of Eric· Papa Roach
· Something Beautiful