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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
· Anvil· HammerFall
· Opeth· Sinner
· Steel Prophet· Grave
· BloodDuster· Mondo Generator
· Stratovarius· Skullview
· Crematorium· Power of Omens
· Valley's Eve· Vyndykator
· Led Zeppelin· October 31
· Hammerwhore· Pelican
· Brainstorm· The Chainsaw
· Iced Earth· Biomechanical
· Bloodbath· Sinergy
· Eidolon· Primal Fear
· Deivos· Fairyland
· Hard Echo· Volbeat
· Death Angel· Superchrist
· Outworld· Graveland
· David Shankle Group· Skyfire
· Metalium· U.D.O.
· Spiral Madness· Dimmu Borgir
· Mob Rules· Rhapsody of Fire
· Beaten Back To Pure· Aina
· Medusa· Otep
· Theocracy· Valume Nob
· Neurosis· Witchburner
· Six Feet Under· Agnostic Front
· Hanzel Und Gretyl· Karmakanic
· Tristania· Mercenary
· Azrael's Bane· Fifth Cross
· Gods Of Fire· Image
· The New Breed· Audiovision
· Astral Doors· Hibria
· Yyrkoon· Tarot
· Heartcry· Cemetary
· Antares· Stormwarrior
· Kaamos· Boomerang
· Bruce Dickinson· Axis Of Perdition
· Drunkard· Debris Inc.
· Kryoburn· System Of A Down
· Neil Turbin· Grand Magus
· Pro-Pain· Green Carnation
· Python· Darkane
· Goddess Of Desire· Unshine
· Voyager· Evemaster
· Prowler Inc.· Dam
· Power Quest· Havochate
· Warchild· Lake Of Tears
· Black Majesty· Dragonia
· Before The Dawn· Evergrey
· Sun O)))· Algol3
· Savage Circus· Damnation
· Mistress· Dreamland
· Ram-Zet· Chain Collector
· Mastermind· The Classic Struggle
· Celebratum· Dragonlord
· Bronx Casket Company· Dogs Of Winter
· Gorefest· Virgin Steele
· Absu· Beecher
· Machina· Vader
· From This Day· Brother Hawk
· Craft· Fallen Wisdom
· Mental Care Foundation· Second Shadow
· Across Tundras· Thyrane
· Clawfinger· Degree Absolute
· Pyramaze· Cataract
· Upon Infliction· Dawn of Azazel
· Theater of Tragedy· Gorgoroth
· Suzukiton· Time Requiem
· Ynis Vitrin· Fleshgore
· Zero Hour· Pump
· Oblomov· Lupara
· Venom· Lesbian Bed Death
· Audrey Horne· Escape The Fate
· Celtic Frost· Kotipelto
· Lecherous Nocturne· Centinex
· Skullflower· Blood Tsunami
· Stonegard· With Passion
· Warbringer· Necrophobic
· Since the Day· Manes
· Trenchfoot· Diamond Dogs
· I Shalt Become· Witchfinder General
· Last Stone Cast· Souls Of We
· Intolerant· Celestia
· Battleroar· Sotajumala
· Suffocation· Earthen Grave