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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· Demons and Wizards
· HammerFall· Hate Eternal
· Lost Horizon· Loudness
· Steel Prophet· Stratovarius
· Deranged· Symphorce
· Commit Suicide· Gun Barrel
· Circle II Circle· Ring of Fire
· Mortician· Dark Moor
· God Dethroned· Valley's Eve
· Vyndykator· October 31
· Hammerwhore· Biomechanical
· Dragonforce· Artension
· Morbid Angel· Runemagick
· Sludge!· Beautiful Creatures
· Savatage· Hypocrisy
· Secret Sphere· Royal Anguish
· Dreamaker· Mother Misery
· Three Inches of Blood· Scala Mercalli
· Jaw· Leash Law
· David Shankle Group· Nova Lex
· Iron Angel· Fabrizio Bonanno
· Devil In The Kitchen· Shadows Fall
· Dark Age· Lullacry
· Medusa· Megadeth
· Z02· Mine
· Haunted By Angels· Silent Force
· The Lizards· Agnostic Front
· Anger· Jackyl
· The 7 Method· Angra
· Tristania· John Oliva's Pain
· Scenteria· Emerald Sun
· The Mighty Nimbus· Dirt
· Sabaton· Soulscar
· Apocalyptica· Diecast
· Freedom Call· Derek Sherinian
· Soul SirkUS· Debris Inc.
· Fire Alley· Ignitor
· Raintime· Impiety
· Throes of Dawn· Slumber
· Agents Of Man· Mirador
· Amorphis· Brand New Sin
· Leaves Eyes· Gaia
· Killing Spree· Havochate
· Morgana Lefay· Iron Maidens
· Flotsam & Jetsam· Octavia Sperati
· Redemption· Orphaned Land
· Russell Allen· Penetrator
· Sun O)))· Ignarus
· Balatonizer· Even X
· Akercocke· Doomfoxx
· Gojira· Vile
· Urizen· Skullshifter
· Torture Killer· Machina
· From This Day· Craft
· Tandjent· Cardinale
· Poison· Nikki Puppet
· The Berzerker· The Smashup
· Ampast· Vreid
· 8th Sin· Hate Profile
· Nachtmystium· Agalloch
· Abominant· Anata
· Belphegor· The Abominable Iron Sloth
· Myon· Mastodon
· Cult of Daath· Panzerchrist
· Demise· Threat Signal
· Dream Theater· Warbringer
· Static-X· Cattle Decapitation
· White Wizzard· Passion
· Five Finger Death Punch· Mithras
· Wuthering Heights· Glorior Belli
· Blut Aus Nord· Ulcerate
· Sworn Enemy· Architect
· Hellveto· Temple Of Blood
· Ensiferum· Destynation
· Diamond Dogs· Mongrel
· Heresi· Pathology
· Deceiver· Demonic Symphony
· The Obsessed· Aetherius Obscuritas
· Witchfinder General· Vulture Industries
· Moonshine· Medieval Steel
· Deadsea· Cursed
· Wolfgate· Mustasch
· Sotajumala· Uli Jon Roth