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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
· Cathedral· Opeth
· Grave· Karaboudjan
· Warhorse· Majesty
· Usurper· Ring of Fire
· Lamb of God· Mortician
· Agoraphobic Nosebleed· Abigor
· Power of Omens· Valley's Eve
· October 31· Hammerwhore
· Tungsten· Evolution
· Byfist· SelfInflicted
· Iced Earth· Steel Preacher
· Sludge!· Mnemic
· Tad Morose· Windseeker
· Wicked Sensation· Defiled
· Probot· Body Count
· Royal Anguish· Three Inches of Blood
· Node· Construcdead
· Kingcrow· David Shankle Group
· Skyfire· Velvet Revolver
· Jorn· Iron Angel
· Estuary· Fabrizio Bonanno
· Mob Rules· Joey Belladonna
· Final Dawn· Wintersun
· Occult· Tearabyte
· Nashville Pussy· Katagory V
· Division· Z02
· Marshall Law· Jamie. St. James
· GWAR· Incantation
· Ironhorse· Jackyl
· Tsjuder· Tristania
· Azrael's Bane· Legion
· Crowbar· Scenteria
· Gods Of Fire· Ligeia
· The New Breed· Miles Beyond
· Kings X· Lost Soul
· Maze Of Torment· Necrophagia
· Tarot· Soulscar
· Ravensthorn· Crimson Moonlight
· Stormwarrior· Marduk
· Axel Rudi Pell· Debris Inc.
· Fire Alley· Thunderblast
· System Of A Down· Ignitor
· Ektomorf· Testament
· Taake· Slik Helvetika
· Dam· Love Forsaken
· Havochate· A Lower Deep
· Flotsam & Jetsam· Mercyful Fate
· Lake Of Tears· Orphaned Land
· Monster Magnet· ASG
· 1349· Third Degree
· Savage Circus· Avenged Sevenfold
· Arthemis· Gojira
· Chain Collector· Sinocence
· The Tenth Circle· God Forbid
· Virgin Steele· Nocturnal Rites
· Hate· Machina
· Enforsaken· Blackmore's Night
· Lair Of The Minotaur· Nikki Puppet
· Wolves in the Throne Room· Boris
· Degree Absolute· Vore
· Elvenking· Down Factor
· Nicodemus· The Furor
· The Strongest Proof· Dawn of Azazel
· Theater of Tragedy· Gorgoroth
· Jotunspor· Psycroptic
· Ynis Vitrin· Wednesday 13
· Pretty Maids· Pump
· Setherial· Semargl
· Eighteen Visions· Cult of Daath
· Lordi· Demise
· Kotipelto· Lecherous Nocturne
· Gaza· Stonegard
· Hardcore Superstar· Throne of Katarsis
· Madking Ludwig· Crescent Shield
· Dezperadoz· Mendeed
· Five Finger Death Punch· Antigama
· Nation Beyond· Himsa
· Hellveto· Keep of Kalessin
· Pathosray· Spheric Universe Experience
· I Shalt Become· Ost Est Ima
· Father Befouled· The Obsessed
· Trivium· Manilla Road
· Armory· Godhead
· Virgin Black· Uriah Heep
· End of Man· Sin
· Faded Hope· Nasty Idols
· Mustasch· Sotajumala
· Suffocation