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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· The Kovenant
· Lost Horizon· Steel Prophet
· The Great Deceiver· Grave
· Deceased· Regurgitate
· Impellitteri· Symphorce
· Machine Head· Kataklysm
· Commit Suicide· Helloween
· Seether· Nazareth
· Lamb of God· Ravage
· Masterplan· Carnal Forge
· Brainstorm· Endless Time
· Agony Divine· Sevendust
· Thunderbolt· Morbid Angel
· Steel Preacher· Victory
· Guardians Of Time· Tad Morose
· Drillpoint· Murdercycle
· Project: Failing Flesh· Asperity
· Deivos· Fairyland
· Mother Misery· Three Inches of Blood
· Volbeat· Soil
· Death Angel· Silver Mountain
· Cryonic Temple· Funerus
· Scala Mercalli· Bang The Union
· Bleeding Inc· Icon And The Black Roses
· Donnerkopf· Judas Priest
· Estuary· Fabrizio Bonanno
· Schenker/ Pattison Summit· Bonfire
· Meliah Rage· Dream Evil
· Beaten Back To Pure· Occult
· Aina· Nashville Pussy
· Otep· Theocracy
· Mine· Acheron
· Blind Guardian· Behemoth
· Karmakanic· Napalm Death
· Legion· Kinetic
· Crowbar· Entombed
· Blood Red Throne· Kamelot
· Korpiklaani· Seige of Hate
· Necrophagia· Nevermore
· Ravensthorn· Apocalyptica
· Mystic Prophecy· Samael
· Kaamos· Alex Skolnick Trio
· Meshuggah· Axis Of Perdition
· Magica· Kryoburn
· Kinrick· Strapping Young Lad
· Raintime· Rudra
· Communic· Darkane
· Sentenced· Unshine
· Dynamic Lights· Nuse
· Evemaster· Slik Helvetika
· Alice Cooper· Scar Symmetry
· Octavia Sperati· Redemption
· Monster Magnet· Russell Allen
· Blood Thirsty Demons· Akercocke
· Infliction· Dragonlord
· Dogs Of Winter· Gorefest
· Virgin Steele· End of Level Boss
· Enforsaken· Pile of Heads
· Thryfing· Witchery
· Cardinale· Intronaut
· The Berzerker· Leviathan/Sapthuran
· Moonspell· The Smackdown
· Hate Profile· The Furor
· Ensoph· Upon Infliction
· Royal Hunt· Spawn of Possession
· Cult of Luna· Bloodbound
· She Said Destroy· Shadows Within
· The Ruins of Beverast· Death Breath
· Rotting Christ· Biolich
· Obtest· E-lane
· Starkweather· Quest of Aidance
· Skullflower· Warmachine
· With Passion· Dream Theater
· Incrave· Passion
· Spit Like This· Katrina Johansson
· Nominon· Aborted
· Transmission 0· Funeral
· Sworn Enemy· Himsa
· Cauldron· Hell N' Diesel
· Mongrel· Pathology
· Glenn Hughes· Ost Est Ima
· Trivium· Last Stone Cast
· SOS· Vulture Industries
· Godhead· Virgin Black
· Bible Of The Devil· Alestorm
· Place Of Skulls· Suffocation