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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
· Cathedral· In Flames
· The Great Deceiver· Big Dumb Face
· BloodDuster· Dokken
· Goatwhore· Kataklysm
· Dirty Power· Celestial Ode
· Mark Boals· Agoraphobic Nosebleed
· Manowar· Dr. Butcher
· Cage· Brainstorm
· Black Sabbath· Shakra
· Thunderbolt· Runemagick
· Lanfear· Evanesce
· Dream Weaver· Vhaldemar
· Silent Scythe· Pink Cream 69
· Out of the Lair· Dew Scented
· Mother Misery· TNA
· Yngwie Malmsteen· Gothic Knights
· Riot· Freakhouse
· Kingcrow· Wolf
· Highlord· Marillion
· Iron Angel· Dragonspoon
· Cyst· Hatework
· Spiral Madness· Estuary
· House of Lords· Destructor
· Mob Rules· Scorpions
· After Forever· Black Destiny
· Medusa· Annihilator
· Internal Bleeding· Ironhorse
· Trans-Siberian Orchestra· Mirror of Deception
· Made of Iron· Creed
· Triumph· Fifth Cross
· Paradise Lost· The Mighty Nimbus
· Seige of Hate· Yyrkoon
· Desire Black· Ravensthorn
· Crimson Moonlight· Severe Torture
· Freedom Call· Holy Moses
· Strapping Young Lad· Thunderblast
· Neil Turbin· Fastkill
· Slumber· Def Leppard
· Nightrage· Ivory Knight
· Disbelief· Raging Speedhorn
· Astarte· Manntis
· Maximum Overdrive· Slough Feg
· Testament· Circus Maximus
· Leaves Eyes· Ritual Killer
· Frameless Scar· Havochate
· Scar Symmetry· Armored Saint
· Blood Thirsty Demons· Overloaded
· 1349· Forever Slave
· Casus Belli· Vinterriket
· Spellbound· Cryogen
· Infliction· Sinocence
· Torture Killer· Vader
· Sodom· Grimfist
· Mental Care Foundation· Thryfing
· Totalisti· Tandjent
· Intronaut· 286
· Firehouse· Degree Absolute
· The Smackdown· The Smashup
· Warrant (Amer)· Pyramaze
· Cataract· Dreams of Damnation
· The Furor· Theater of Tragedy
· Michael Orlando· Destruction
· She Said Destroy· Hydrogyn
· Sahg· Time Requiem
· Warface· Mouth of the Architect
· The Abominable Iron Sloth· The Finals
· Enochian Crescent· Wastefall
· Semargl· Venom
· E-lane· The Showdown
· Demise· Better Left Unsaid
· Celtic Frost· Handful of Hate
· Skullflower· Warmachine
· Dream Theater· Crescent Shield
· Dezperadoz· Trouble
· Five Finger Death Punch· Warner Drive
· Retrospective· Funeral
· Cauldron· Hell N' Diesel
· Glenn Hughes· Orthodox
· Ride The Sky· 40 Below Summer
· Aetherius Obscuritas· To-Mera
· Moonshine· Godhead
· Bible Of The Devil· Iron Fire
· Place Of Skulls· UFOmammut
· My Dying Bride· Sotajumala