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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
· Bathory· Cathedral
· Demons and Wizards· The Kovenant
· Lost Horizon· The Great Deceiver
· White Skull· Solemnity
· Deceased· Impellitteri
· Twelfth Gate· Cradle of Filth
· Goatwhore· Skullview
· Gun Barrel· Celestial Ode
· Warhorse· Angel Dust
· Alchemy X· Vyndykator
· October 31· Pyn Siren
· The Chainsaw· Circle of Nero
· Byfist· Dragonforce
· Bloodbath· Mourning Beloveth
· King Diamond· Nordheim
· Duke· Hypocrisy
· Edguy· Primal Fear
· Out of the Lair· Dew Scented
· Volbeat· Evanescence
· Freakhouse· UFO
· Donnerkopf· Van Helsing’s Curse
· Gamma Ray· Marillion
· Black Zodiac· Brutal Mastication
· Dimmu Borgir· Fabrizio Bonanno
· Schenker/ Pattison Summit· Skeletonwitch
· Metal Church· Beaten Back To Pure
· Unearth· Eternal Flight
· Annihilator· Necrodemon
· Conquestador· Acheron
· Anger· The 7 Method
· Dark Tranquillity· John Oliva's Pain
· Divine Fire· Entombed
· Kamelot· Quiet Riot
· Labyrinth· Angtoria
· Chaoswave· Freedom Call
· Omegalord· Meshuggah
· Axis Of Perdition· Lord Gore
· Axel Rudi Pell· Fire Alley
· Fastkill· Grand Magus
· Burden Of Grief· Throes of Dawn
· Shade Empire· Embraze
· Astarte· Graveworm
· Amorphis· Ektomorf
· Circus Maximus· Taake
· Supagroup· Ritual Killer
· Gaia· The Father Panic Riot Orchestra
· Devil Lee Rot· Holy Blood
· The Scourger· To The Bone
· Future is Tomorrow· Eternal Reign
· Orphaned Land· Blood Thirsty Demons
· ASG· Shattersphere
· Avenged Sevenfold· Ewigkeit
· Arthemis· Spellbound
· Gojira· The Tenth Circle
· Taunusheim· Nobody's Fool
· Powerglove· Naked Beggars
· Codeon· Upwards of Endtime
· Dissection· Silver Dirt
· Warrant (Amer)· Bludgeon
· Black Crucifixion· Royal Hunt
· Smohalla· Azure
· Paul Bonrud· Sahg
· Zero Hour· Pretty Maids
· Thy Majestie· Mastodon
· Rotting Christ· Twinball
· Cult of Daath· Biolich
· Cheva· Deicide
· Fu Manchu· Diagnose: Lebensgefahr
· With Passion· Omnium Gatherum
· Mindgrinder· The Chronicles of Israfel
· Old Man's Child· Cruachan
· Mendeed· Aborted
· Transmission 0· Wuthering Heights
· Malevolent Creation· Kruger
· Architect· Depressed Mode
· Spheric Universe Experience· Night Ranger
· Glenn Hughes· Shining Star
· Jesus Martyr· Witchfinder General
· Straight Line Stitch· Souls Of We
· Trinacria· Alestorm
· Cursed· Sin
· Faded Hope· Battleroar
· My Dying Bride