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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
· Anvil· Bathory
· Cathedral· Vicious Mary
· Chaingunn· Immolation
· Stratovarius· Cradle of Filth
· Twisted Tower Dire· Symphorce
· Ring of Fire· Fozzy
· Firewind· Angel Dust
· Power of Omens· Alchemy X
· Circle of Nero· Exawatt
· Nicta· Saint
· Sevendust· Thunderbolt
· Victory· Sinergy
· Stryper· Vhaldemar
· Edguy· Wicked Sensation
· Deivos· Fairyland
· F5· downBleed
· Madison Paige· Bleeding Inc
· Wolf· Metalium
· U.D.O.· Marillion
· Lonewolf· De Lirium's Order
· Devil In The Kitchen· Chapter VIII
· Saxon· Imp
· Wintersun· Potential Threat SF
· Theocracy· Scavenger
· Z02· GWAR
· Tartharia· Witchburner
· Within Temptation· Angra
· Betrayer· Feared Creation
· Legion· Emerald Sun
· Helgrind· The New Breed
· Entombed· Crionics
· Kamelot· Requiem Aeternam
· Loudblast· Soilwork
· Sabaton· Vicious Circle
· Soulscar· Suidakra
· Icarus Witch· Ravensthorn
· Apocalyptica· Backyard Babies
· Stormwarrior· Alex Skolnick Trio
· Omegalord· Magica
· Lord Gore· Axel Rudi Pell
· Soul SirkUS· Swallow The Sun
· Ignitor· Gizmachi
· Sinisthra· Burden Of Grief
· Pro-Pain· Blind Stare
· Mirador· Ektomorf
· Darkane· Sentenced
· Kult ov Azazel· Circus Maximus
· Slik Helvetika· Resurrecturis
· Holy Blood· Scar Symmetry
· V:28· Crystal Fate
· Sun O)))· 1349
· Forever Slave· Third Degree
· Shattersphere· Phantom X
· Damnation· Gojira
· God Forbid· Nocturnal Rites
· Fallen Wisdom· Pile of Heads
· Katatonia· Poison
· Codeon· Wolves in the Throne Room
· Daylight Dies· Dissection
· Boris· The Ocean
· Vore· Warrant (Amer)
· Elvenking· Candlemass
· Hate Profile· The Strongest Proof
· Jotunspor· Unsilent Phenomenon
· Paul Bonrud· Psycroptic
· Sahg· Time Requiem
· Mouth of the Architect· Thy Majestie
· Eyes of Ligeia· Eighteen Visions
· Twinball· Audrey Horne
· Winger· Demise
· Starkweather· Better Left Unsaid
· Skullflower· Warmachine
· Terry Sullivan· Old Man's Child
· Marc Sasso· Almah
· Trouble· Divine Empire
· Nominon· Antigama
· Wuthering Heights· Malevolent Creation
· Funeral· Randy Ellefson
· Ensiferum· Echoes of Eternity
· Mongrel· Heresi
· Distorted· Gutted With Broken Glass
· Deceiver· Father Befouled
· Aetherius Obscuritas· Hacksaw Surgery
· Coffins· Wolfgate
· Nasty Idols· Battleroar
· Caliban