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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
· Cave In· Lost Horizon
· Twilight Odyssey· Big Dumb Face
· BloodDuster· Grave Digger
· Deranged· Gun Barrel
· Solace· Overkill
· Seether· Advent
· Lamb of God· Abigor
· Valley's Eve· Hammerwhore
· Circle of Nero· Tungsten
· Shakra· SelfInflicted
· Iced Earth· Inner Rage of Emotion
· Sevendust· Thunderbolt
· Artension· Runemagick
· Steel Preacher· Vhaldemar
· Lacuna Coil· Volbeat
· Drowning Pool· Construcdead
· Scala Mercalli· Riot
· Babylon Mystery Orchestra· Freakhouse
· Messiah's Kiss· Brutal Mastication
· Spiral Madness· House of Lords
· Bonfire· Psychotron
· Beaten Back To Pure· Otep
· Megadeth· Scavenger
· Z02· Polterchrist
· House of Shakira· Incantation
· Agnostic Front· The 7 Method
· Behemoth· Avenue F
· Mercenary· Fifth Cross
· Legion· Scenteria
· The Apocalyptic Riders· Corrosion Of Conformity
· Dirt· Labyrinth
· Icarus Witch· Darkthrone
· Bleed The Sky· Bruce Dickinson
· Axel Rudi Pell· Swallow The Sun
· System Of A Down· Kult ov Azazel
· Dynamic Lights· Sebastian Bach
· Cannon· Resurrecturis
· Wetwork· Sheavy
· Edenbridge· Blitzkrieg
· Nuclear Assault· Eternal Reign
· Orphaned Land· Penetrator
· Bolt Thrower· Even X
· Cryogen· Doomfoxx
· Gojira· Overmars
· Urizen· Skullshifter
· Dragonlord· Dogs Of Winter
· Virgin Steele· Dismember
· Nocturnal Rites· Brother Hawk
· Second Shadow· Witchery
· Sepultura· Powerglove
· Codeon· 286
· Daylight Dies· Degree Absolute
· Leviathan/Sapthuran· Manngard
· Phoenix Mourning· The Smashup
· Warrant (Amer)· Bal-Sagoth
· Cavalar· Down Factor
· The Sword· Bludgeon
· Theater of Tragedy· Gorgoroth
· Vengeance· Dendura
· Burialmound· The Ruins of Beverast
· Zero Hour· Pretty Maids
· The Finals· Battle Bratt
· Myon· Escape The Fate
· Darkness Eternal· Handful of Hate
· Skullflower· Southern Gentleman
· Battered· Terry Sullivan
· In This Moment· Static-X
· Grenouer· Pantera
· Nominon· Wuthering Heights
· Trenchfoot· Glorior Belli
· Lipstick Magazine· Diamond Dogs
· I Shalt Become· Deceiver
· Pop Evil· To-Mera
· Kreator· Equilibrium
· Mar De Grises· The More I See
· Iron Fire· Wolfgate
· Nasty Idols· DC4