F E A T U R E

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]


<< back >>






RANDOM ACTS OF METAL
· Bathory· Demons and Wizards
· The Kovenant· Racer X
· The Great Deceiver· Children Of Bodom
· Big Dumb Face· BloodDuster
· Karaboudjan· Neck
· Anthrax· Twelfth Gate
· Twisted Tower Dire· Kataklysm
· Kalibas· Helloween
· Nazareth· Iron Maiden
· Agoraphobic Nosebleed· Masterplan
· Angel Dust· Exawatt
· Byfist· Mnemic
· Pharaoh· DevilDriver
· Secret Sphere· F5
· Volbeat· Superchrist
· Riot· Wolf
· Brutal Mastication· Estuary
· Mob Rules· Wintersun
· Occult· Polterchrist
· House of Shakira· Witchburner
· The Project Hate· Ironhorse
· Seventh One· Tsjuder
· Creed· Betrayer
· John Oliva's Pain· Kinetic
· Paradise Lost· Crowbar
· Helgrind· Audiovision
· Entombed· Kamelot
· Loudblast· Soilwork
· Necrophagia· Yyrkoon
· Heartcry· Angtoria
· Apocalyptica· Samael
· Severe Torture· Alex Skolnick Trio
· Novembers Doom· Derek Sherinian
· Axel Rudi Pell· Kinrick
· Neil Turbin· Callenish Circle
· Shade Empire· Biss
· Astarte· Communic
· Slik Helvetika· Ritual Killer
· Gaia· Thor
· Resurrecturis· Wetwork
· Iron Maidens· Flotsam & Jetsam
· Illuminatus· Orphaned Land
· Barcode· Twilight
· Algol3· Shattersphere
· Avenged Sevenfold· Arthemis
· The Absence· Thrones
· Crystal Ball· Dreamland
· Midnight Idols· Sinocence
· Khold· Beecher
· Vader· Insense
· End My Sorrow· Mental Care Foundation
· Totalisti· Sepultura
· Across Tundras· Cannibal Corpse
· 286· Firehouse
· Valhalla· Viron
· Pyramaze· Vreid
· Cataract· Down Factor
· The Sword· Stormcrow
· Dawn of Azazel· Theater of Tragedy
· Cult of Luna· Suzukiton
· Unsilent Phenomenon· Swashbuckle
· Hydrogyn· Psycroptic
· Sahg· Shadows Within
· Burialmound· Lordi
· Audrey Horne· Cheva
· Middian· Kotipelto
· Quest of Aidance· Mindgrinder
· Crescent Shield· White Wizzard
· Passion· Chrome Division
· The Prophecy· Lipstick Magazine
· Kruger· David Galas
· Nation Beyond· Depressed Mode
· Ensiferum· Night Ranger
· I Shalt Become· Cockpit
· Mortiis· Demonic Symphony
· The Obsessed· Aetherius Obscuritas
· Virgin Black· The More I See
· Place Of Skulls· Ihsahn
· Suspyre· Earthen Grave