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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
· Lost Horizon· Opeth
· Sinner· Slipknot
· Steel Prophet· Misery Index
· Poisonblack· Disturbed
· Rebellion· Machine Head
· Seven Witches· Helloween
· Queensryche· Seether
· Majesty· Legend
· Angel Dust· Brainstorm
· Circle of Nero· Supervillain
· Catch 22· Chainsnap
· Morbid Angel· Runemagick
· Guardians Of Time· Vhaldemar
· Drillpoint· Edguy
· Probot· Brides of Destruction
· Fairyland· Hard Echo
· F5· Fear Factory
· Silver Mountain· Yngwie Malmsteen
· Killik· Graveland
· Icon And The Black Roses· Metalium
· Velvet Revolver· Gary Moore
· Marillion· Judas Priest
· Hatework· Spiral Madness
· Juggernott· Fabrizio Bonanno
· Meliah Rage· After Forever
· Killswitch Engage· Lullacry
· Marshall Law· Internal Bleeding
· House of Shakira· Incantation
· Within Temptation· The Last Act
· Acheron· Blind Guardian
· Avenue F· Betrayer
· John Oliva's Pain· Feared Creation
· Crowbar· Motley Crue
· Helgrind· Image
· Crionics· Requiem Aeternam
· Quiet Riot· Shatterpoint
· Tarot· Heartcry
· Desire Black· Ravensthorn
· Apocalyptica· Darkthrone
· Marduk· Oathean
· Kryoburn· Neil Turbin
· Ignitor· Raintime
· Pro-Pain· Nightrage
· Groundcrew· Sothis
· Circus Maximus· Frameless Scar
· Love Forsaken· Havochate
· Edenbridge· Redemption
· Armored Saint· Blood Thirsty Demons
· Casus Belli· Mabon
· Running Wild· Mastermind
· The Classic Struggle· Vanquished
· Nocturnal Rites· Hate
· Grimfist· End My Sorrow
· Fallen Wisdom· Katatonia
· Codeon· Fields Of The Nephilim
· Scum· Moonspell
· Bludgeon· The Strongest Proof
· Upon Infliction· Smohalla
· Skid Row· Fleshgore
· Skyforger· Wednesday 13
· Abominant· Pretty Maids
· Anata· Enochian Crescent
· Myon· Biolich
· Demise· Kotipelto
· Lecherous Nocturne· Quest of Aidance
· Urkraft· Skullflower
· Warmachine· Fu Manchu
· Merciless Death· Nagelfar
· Marc Sasso· Satariel
· Trouble· Passion
· Hacride· Katrina Johansson
· Nominon· Blut Aus Nord
· Architect· Hellveto
· Depressed Mode· Diamond Dogs
· Mass Extinction· Glenn Hughes
· Cockpit· Jesus Martyr
· Straight Line Stitch· Puscifer
· Moonshine· Medieval Steel
· Mar De Grises· Coffins
· Mustasch· Crown The Lost
· DC4· Raven
· Giant Squid