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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
· Into Eternity· The Kovenant
· Mudvayne· Opeth
· Slipknot· Seether
· Ravage· Dark Moor
· Angel Dust· Late Nite Romeo
· Power of Omens· Carnal Forge
· Ion Vein· Agony Divine
· The Graveyard Boulevard· Wycked Synn
· Runemagick· Rage
· King Diamond· Evanesce
· Whitesnake· Krisiun
· Project: Failing Flesh· Body Count
· Hard Echo· Tesla
· Soil· Evanescence
· Freakhouse· David Shankle Group
· Icon And The Black Roses· Van Helsing’s Curse
· Metalium· U.D.O.
· Iron Angel· Estuary
· House of Lords· Chapter VIII
· Skeletonwitch· Black Destiny
· Final Dawn· Z02
· Dark Ruin· Six Feet Under
· Ironhorse· Agnostic Front
· Blind Guardian· Made of Iron
· Karmakanic· Angra
· Napalm Death· John Oliva's Pain
· Kinetic· Image
· Ligeia· Hellfueled
· Requiem Aeternam· Impaled
· Necrophagia· Tarot
· Hellfire· Car Bomb
· Ravensthorn· Apocalyptica
· Chuck Schuldiner· Samael
· Antares· Stormwarrior
· Marduk· Novembers Doom
· Omegalord· Fire Alley
· Kinrick· Operatika
· Thunderblast· Callenish Circle
· Fastkill· Mirador
· Maximum Overdrive· Dynamic Lights
· Gemini 5· Devil Lee Rot
· Impaled Nazarene· Holy Blood
· Iron Maidens· A Lower Deep
· Nuclear Assault· Octavia Sperati
· Before The Dawn· Russell Allen
· Armored Saint· Barcode
· Mistress· Spellbound
· Cryogen· Chain Collector
· Mastermind· Celebratum
· God Forbid· Absu
· Sodom· Totalisti
· Powerglove· Naked Beggars
· Katatonia· Cardinale
· Daylight Dies· Tris Katone
· Event Horizon· Leviathan/Sapthuran
· Moonspell· Viron
· Pyramaze· Athanator
· Hirax· Nicodemus
· Bludgeon· The Strongest Proof
· Dawn of Azazel· Cult of Luna
· Smohalla· Paul Bonrud
· Scary Manilow· Skyforger
· Jeff Walker und Die Fluffers· Myon
· Isis· Rotting Christ
· Twinball· Cult of Daath
· Sathanas· The Showdown
· Winger· Centinex
· Gaza· Handful of Hate
· Skullflower· Lost Eden
· Threat Signal· Battered
· Necrophobic· Cattle Decapitation
· Almah· Chrome Division
· Pantera· The Prophecy
· Hacride· Antigama
· Malevolent Creation· Kruger
· Faith And Fire· Sworn Enemy
· Temple Of Blood· Ensiferum
· Echoes of Eternity· Keldian
· Destynation· Diamond Dogs
· Frosthardr· Night Ranger
· Mass Extinction· Pathology
· Bilocate· Ride The Sky
· Rosetta· Demonic Symphony
· Vulture Industries· Kreator
· Deadsea· Kiuas
· End of Man· Eighteen Wheels Burning