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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...

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RANDOM ACTS OF METAL
· The Kovenant· Steel Prophet
· Children Of Bodom· Immolation
· Karaboudjan· Mondo Generator
· Deceased· Stratovarius
· December· Norma Jean
· Vaginal Carnage· Fozzy
· Dark Moor· Masterplan
· Firewind· Alchemy X
· Conquest· Hammerwhore
· Inner Rage of Emotion· Morbid Angel
· Malstrom· Stryper
· Guardians Of Time· Vhaldemar
· Hypocrisy· Murdercycle
· DevilDriver· Lacuna Coil
· Dreamaker· Neverland
· Mother Misery· Soil
· Silver Mountain· Babylon Mystery Orchestra
· Kingcrow· Graveland
· David Shankle Group· Disarmonia Mundi
· Velvet Revolver· Lonewolf
· Ministry· Judas Priest
· Dragonspoon· Insomnium
· After Forever· Dio
· Wintersun· Tearabyte
· Age Of Silence· I.C.E.
· House of Shakira· Neurosis
· The Project Hate· Silent Force
· The Last Act· Overlorde
· Mirror of Deception· Hanzel Und Gretyl
· Avenue F· Dark Tranquillity
· Sonata Arctica· John Oliva's Pain
· Legion· Of Infinity
· The Apocalyptic Riders· Lost Soul
· Dirt· Quiet Riot
· Astral Doors· Mechanical Poet
· Mystic Prophecy· Darkthrone
· Argument Soul· Chaoswave
· Novembers Doom· Meshuggah
· Frantic Bleep· Lord Gore
· Hatesphere· Sothis
· Ektomorf· Testament
· Slik Helvetika· Leaves Eyes
· Dam· Cannon
· Fates Warning· Edenbridge
· Iron Maidens· Octavia Sperati
· Future is Tomorrow· Black Majesty
· Pagan's Mind· Armored Saint
· Ignarus· Third Degree
· Shattersphere· Running Wild
· Phantom X· Balatonizer
· Mistress· Gojira
· Chain Collector· Skullshifter
· Bronx Casket Company· Detonation
· Vanquished· Dismember
· Machina· Vader
· Fallen Wisdom· Witchery
· Sepultura· Tandjent
· Cardinale· Cannibal Corpse
· Ephel Duath· Lair Of The Minotaur
· Nikki Puppet· Hell-Born
· Scum· Dissection
· Event Horizon· Leviathan/Sapthuran
· Silver Dirt· Pyramaze
· Candlemass· 8th Sin
· Hate Profile· Apiary
· Ensoph· Cult of Luna
· Smohalla· War Within
· Time Requiem· Vicious Rumors
· The Ruins of Beverast· Anata
· Satyricon· Biolich
· Lordi· Audrey Horne
· Winger· Kotipelto
· Lecherous Nocturne· Steve Cone
· Twisted Into Form· Blood Tsunami
· Omnium Gatherum· Necrophobic
· Antigama· Depressed Mode
· Glenn Hughes· Shining Star
· Cockpit· 40 Below Summer
· Jesus Martyr· Vulture Industries
· Embalming Theatre· Souls Of We
· Cursed· UFOmammut
· Coffins· Sister Sin