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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
· Anvil· Slipknot
· Carpathian Forest· Perzonal War
· Grave Digger· Impellitteri
· Stratovarius· Helloween
· Overkill· Mark Boals
· Usurper· Firewind
· Valley's Eve· Led Zeppelin
· Johnny Lokke· Brainstorm
· Circle of Nero· Dream Weaver
· Sludge!· Stryper
· Duke· Vhaldemar
· Silent Scythe· Murdercycle
· Body Count· F5
· Force Of Evil· Yngwie Malmsteen
· Drowning Pool· Killik
· Devil To Pay· Funerus
· Exodus· Jaw
· Bang The Union· UFO
· Cans· Van Helsing’s Curse
· Gary Moore· Destructor
· Krokus· Goatsnake
· Joey Belladonna· Dio
· Tearabyte· Lullacry
· Unearth· Age Of Silence
· Slowlife· Jamie. St. James
· House of Shakira· Neurosis
· Dark Ruin· Conquestador
· Incantation· Jackyl
· Hanzel Und Gretyl· Dark Tranquillity
· Napalm Death· Code Black
· Crowbar· Audiovision
· The Apocalyptic Riders· Corrosion Of Conformity
· Maze Of Torment· Quiet Riot
· Astral Doors· Hibria
· Shatterpoint· Carina Alfie
· Backyard Babies· Darkthrone
· Marduk· Boomerang
· Meshuggah· Frantic Bleep
· Lord Gore· Axel Rudi Pell
· Shade Empire· Rudra
· Dynamic Lights· Voyager
· Evemaster· Supagroup
· Leaves Eyes· Gaia
· Thor· Sheavy
· Illuminatus· ASG
· Overloaded· Casus Belli
· The Firstborn· Mabon
· Running Wild· Damnation
· Spellbound· Motorhead
· Dismember· Taunusheim
· Sodom· Brother Hawk
· End My Sorrow· Pile of Heads
· Sepultura· Beyond Fear
· Degree Absolute· Event Horizon
· The Smackdown· Bal-Sagoth
· 8th Sin· Stormcrow
· The Furor· Abysmal Dawn
· Black Crucifixion· Dawn of Azazel
· Fragments of Unbecoming· Amon Amarth
· Psycroptic· Shadows Within
· Abominant· Pump
· The Finals· Thy Majestie
· Semargl· Isis
· Venom· Lesbian Bed Death
· Escape The Fate· Panzerchrist
· Handful of Hate· Madking Ludwig
· Nagelfar· Incrave
· Gotthard· Katrina Johansson
· Rob Zombie· Malevolent Creation
· Kruger· Throneum
· Nation Beyond· Depressed Mode
· Ensiferum· Shining Star
· I Shalt Become· Witchfinder General
· Armory· Equilibrium
· The Lamp of Thoth· Celestia
· Mar De Grises· End of Man
· Place Of Skulls· Cursed
· Caliban· DC4
· Uli Jon Roth