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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
· Sinner· Steel Prophet
· White Skull· Chaingunn
· Twilight Odyssey· Solemnity
· Rebellion· Anthrax
· Cradle of Filth· Kataklysm
· Circle II Circle· Nazareth
· Mark Boals· Lamb of God
· Agoraphobic Nosebleed· Firewind
· Late Nite Romeo· H.I.M.
· Brainstorm· Exawatt
· Byfist· Shakra
· SelfInflicted· Iced Earth
· Biomechanical· Dragonforce
· Sevendust· King Diamond
· Lanfear· Evanesce
· Dream Weaver· Mnemic
· Thunderstone· Stalker
· Drillpoint· Pink Cream 69
· Whitesnake· Edguy
· Slayer· Lacuna Coil
· Royal Anguish· Fairyland
· Three Inches of Blood· I Hate Sally
· Silver Mountain· Messiah's Kiss
· Madison Paige· Deep Purple
· Wolf· David Shankle Group
· Skyfire· Donnerkopf
· Dragonspoon· Brutal Mastication
· Fabrizio Bonanno· Krokus
· Insomnium· Joey Belladonna
· Bonfire· Dream Evil
· Dark Age· Aina
· Eternal Flight· Valume Nob
· Neurosis· Acheron
· Agnostic Front· Mirror of Deception
· Tsjuder· Avenue F
· Tristania· Creed
· Legion· Milkweed
· Scenteria· Miles Beyond
· Shatterpoint· Heartcry
· Backyard Babies· Diecast
· Frantic Bleep· Fire Alley
· Throes of Dawn· Pro-Pain
· Def Leppard· Biss
· Groundcrew· Brand New Sin
· Communic· Subterranean Masquerade
· Unshine· Leaves Eyes
· Ritual Killer· Love Forsaken
· Morgana Lefay· Nuclear Assault
· Future is Tomorrow· Orphaned Land
· Before The Dawn· Akercocke
· Spellbound· Asrai
· Chain Collector· The Classic Struggle
· Sinocence· Torture Killer
· Dismember· Decapitated
· Grimfist· Brother Hawk
· Craft· Totalisti
· Powerglove· Naked Beggars
· Ephel Duath· 286
· Fields Of The Nephilim· Hell-Born
· Steep· Boris
· Cryptopsy· Event Horizon
· Manngard· Ampast
· Athanator· Candlemass
· Dream Or Nightmare· TK-421
· Non-Human Level· Gorgoroth
· Destruction· From the Grave
· Mouth of the Architect· Hurt
· Rotting Christ· The Showdown
· Kotipelto· Quest of Aidance
· Urkraft· Centinex
· Hardcore Superstar· Lost Eden
· With Passion· Onslaught
· Terry Sullivan· Old Man's Child
· Incrave· Cattle Decapitation
· White Willow· Spit Like This
· Denial Fiend· Throneum
· The Wonderfools· Fight
· Averse Sefira· Gutted With Broken Glass
· Rosetta· Father Befouled
· Aetherius Obscuritas· Embalming Theatre
· The Lamp of Thoth· Intolerant
· Coffins· Wolfgate
· Sotajumala· Raven
· Suffocation