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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
· Cave In· HammerFall
· In Flames· Into Eternity
· Grave· Carpathian Forest
· Poisonblack· Exmortem
· Perzonal War· Impellitteri
· Commit Suicide· Mark Boals
· Iron Maiden· Liege Lord
· Dr. Butcher· Valley's Eve
· Carnal Forge· Pelican
· Goat Horn· Ion Vein
· Exawatt· Agony Divine
· Shakra· SelfInflicted
· Thunderbolt· Morbid Angel
· King Diamond· Axenstar
· Attacker· Krisiun
· Fraise· Wicked Sensation
· Probot· Out of the Lair
· Doro· Fairyland
· Hard Echo· Shiva
· I Hate Sally· Cryonic Temple
· Babylon Mystery Orchestra· Ebony Ark
· Evanescence· downBleed
· W.A.S.P.· Graveland
· Edge Of Forever· Gamma Ray
· Metalium· Judas Priest
· Devil In The Kitchen· Chapter VIII
· Ungodly· Lilitu
· Killswitch Engage· Imp
· Beaten Back To Pure· Tearabyte
· Theocracy· Division
· Z02· Valume Nob
· Mirror of Deception· Cryme
· Mercenary· Paradise Lost
· Ligeia· The Apocalyptic Riders
· Requiem Aeternam· Wolverine
· Argument Soul· Severe Torture
· Alex Skolnick Trio· Pure Inc
· Frantic Bleep· Fire Alley
· System Of A Down· Callenish Circle
· Raintime· Fastkill
· Babylon· Slumber
· Astarte· Agents Of Man
· Kult ov Azazel· Slik Helvetika
· Supagroup· The Father Panic Riot Orchestra
· Cannon· Widow
· Edenbridge· A Lower Deep
· Nuclear Assault· V:28
· Penetrator· Bolt Thrower
· Sun O)))· Forever Slave
· The Firstborn· Shattersphere
· Paths Of Possession· Damnation
· Mistress· Cryogen
· Overmars· Celebratum
· Taunusheim· From This Day
· End My Sorrow· Fallen Wisdom
· Thryfing· Tandjent
· Codeon· Beyond Fear
· Upwards of Endtime· Thyrane
· Steep· Clawfinger
· Valhalla· Phoenix Mourning
· Candlemass· Speed/Kill/Hate
· Hate Profile· Theater of Tragedy
· Azure· Destruction
· Space Odyssey· Hydrogyn
· Nachtmystium· Amon Amarth
· Mouth of the Architect· Hurt
· Death Breath· Thy Majestie
· Semargl· Rotting Christ
· Eyes of Ligeia· Biolich
· Venom· Sathanas
· Escape The Fate· Deicide
· Lecherous Nocturne· Fu Manchu
· Diagnose: Lebensgefahr· Southern Gentleman
· Onslaught· Battered
· Omnium Gatherum· The Chronicles of Israfel
· Dezperadoz· Blood of the Black Owl
· Marc Sasso· Almah
· Katrina Johansson· Denial Fiend
· Trenchfoot· Glorior Belli
· JR Ewing· Cauldron
· Frosthardr· Heresi
· Dantesco· Averse Sefira
· Witchfinder General· Straight Line Stitch
· Last Stone Cast· Manilla Road
· Vulture Industries· Hacksaw Surgery
· Virgin Black· Iron Fire
· Luna Mortis· Faded Hope