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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
· Demons and Wizards· HammerFall
· In Flames· Leng Tch'e
· Loudness· The Great Deceiver
· The Haunted· Vicious Mary
· Twilight Odyssey· Twelfth Gate
· Celestial Ode· Solace
· Circle II Circle· Advent
· Fozzy· Valley's Eve
· October 31· Circle of Nero
· Ion Vein· Tungsten
· Endless Time· Supervillain
· SelfInflicted· Biomechanical
· Godiva· Morbid Angel
· Rage· Duke
· Mnemic· Tad Morose
· Silent Scythe· Hypocrisy
· Pharaoh· Wicked Sensation
· Out of the Lair· Secret Sphere
· Doro· Dew Scented
· Hard Echo· F5
· Node· Death Angel
· Amityville Whore· Donnerkopf
· Edge Of Forever· Metalium
· Lonewolf· Krokus
· Insomnium· Joey Belladonna
· Unleashed· Metal Church
· Occult· Annihilator
· Age Of Silence· Polterchrist
· Jamie. St. James· The Lizards
· Agnostic Front· Karmakanic
· Angra· Twisted Sister
· Tristania· Of Infinity
· Divine Fire· Requiem Aeternam
· Soilwork· Vicious Circle
· Desire Black· Angtoria
· Mystic Prophecy· Backyard Babies
· the missing:· Samael
· Kaamos· Oathean
· Derek Sherinian· Axis Of Perdition
· Fire Alley· Swallow The Sun
· Strapping Young Lad· Gizmachi
· Sinisthra· Grand Magus
· Embraze· Defleshed
· Agents Of Man· Amorphis
· Ektomorf· Taake
· Voyager· Slik Helvetika
· Devil Lee Rot· Morgana Lefay
· Agents Of The Sun· Flotsam & Jetsam
· Warchild· To The Bone
· Russell Allen· ASG
· Sun O)))· Mabon
· Shattersphere· Savage Circus
· The Absence· Khold
· Beecher· Sodom
· Southern Black Sand· Naked Beggars
· Ephel Duath· Lair Of The Minotaur
· Codeon· Upwards of Endtime
· Scum· Steep
· Viron· Ampast
· Bal-Sagoth· 8th Sin
· Dreams of Damnation· Ensoph
· Bloodbound· Warface
· Ynis Vitrin· Agalloch
· Fleshgore· Mouth of the Architect
· Jeff Walker und Die Fluffers· Pump
· Setherial· The Finals
· Mastodon· Twinball
· Lesbian Bed Death· Sathanas
· Extium· Starkweather
· Urkraft· Skullflower
· Blood Tsunami· Diagnose: Lebensgefahr
· Hardcore Superstar· Static-X
· Lord Belial· The Chronicles of Israfel
· Merciless Death· Zyklon
· Almah· Chrome Division
· Divine Empire· Hacride
· Tears· Glorior Belli
· Ensiferum· Destynation
· Heresi· Night Ranger
· Averse Sefira· Glenn Hughes
· Shining Star· Gutted With Broken Glass
· Kreator· Intolerant
· Alestorm· Eighteen Wheels Burning
· Crown The Lost· Earthen Grave