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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
· Into Eternity· Lost Horizon
· Vehemence· Twilight Odyssey
· Big Dumb Face· Exmortem
· Anthrax· Cradle of Filth
· Twisted Tower Dire· Machine Head
· Commit Suicide· Kalibas
· Helloween· Usurper
· Vaginal Carnage· Advent
· Agoraphobic Nosebleed· Dark Moor
· Crematorium· Wizard
· Powergod· Vyndykator
· Pelican· H.I.M.
· Evolution· Catch 22
· Paragon· Wycked Synn
· Savatage· Mnemic
· Stalker· Whitesnake
· Primal Fear· Wicked Sensation
· Secret Sphere· Doro
· Neverland· Mother Misery
· Yngwie Malmsteen· Jag Panzer
· downBleed· Leash Law
· Metalium· De Lirium's Order
· Fireaxe· Ungodly
· Vox Tempus· Lilitu
· Tearabyte· Otep
· Katagory V· Chris Caffery
· Tartharia· The Last Act
· Jackyl· Angra
· Cryme· Rush
· Mercenary· Azrael's Bane
· Code Black· Cradle To Grave
· Divine Fire· Blood Red Throne
· Belef· Hellfueled
· Requiem Aeternam· Maze Of Torment
· Vicious Circle· Suidakra
· Car Bomb· Nevermore
· Ravensthorn· Apocalyptica
· Samael· Cemetary
· Kaamos· Novembers Doom
· Sinisthra· Pro-Pain
· Nightrage· Blind Stare
· Raging Speedhorn· Agents Of Man
· Mirador· God Among Insects
· Brand New Sin· Subterranean Masquerade
· Sentenced· Nuse
· The Father Panic Riot Orchestra· Power Quest
· Cannon· Thor
· Love Forsaken· Holy Blood
· Orphaned Land· Crystal Fate
· Avenged Sevenfold· Ram-Zet
· Avulsed· Sinocence
· Absu· End of Level Boss
· Insense· Sodom
· Nobody's Fool· Thryfing
· Across Tundras· Southern Black Sand
· Naked Beggars· Wolves in the Throne Room
· Steep· Warrant (Amer)
· Cataract· The Strongest Proof
· Upon Infliction· Spawn of Possession
· Theater of Tragedy· Michael Orlando
· Unsilent Phenomenon· Azure
· Hydrogyn· Amon Amarth
· Ynis Vitrin· From the Grave
· Shadows Within· Myon
· Teeth of the Hydra· Venom
· Deicide· Centinex
· Twisted Into Form· Hardcore Superstar
· The Chronicles of Israfel· Grenouer
· Almah· Pantera
· Gotthard· Pentacle
· Transmission 0· Retrospective
· The Wonderfools· Randy Ellefson
· Depressed Mode· Pathosray
· Mongrel· Night Ranger
· Alkemyst· I Shalt Become
· Jesus Martyr· Straight Line Stitch
· Godhead· The Lamp of Thoth
· Iron Fire· Deadsea
· End of Man· Something Beautiful
· My Dying Bride· Suspyre