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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
· The Kovenant· Leng Tch'e
· Vehemence· Stratovarius
· Goatwhore· Deranged
· Kataklysm· Lamb of God
· Ravage· Johnny Lokke
· Tungsten· Byfist
· Godiva· Lanfear
· Crystal Eyes· Stryper
· Axenstar· Duke
· Murdercycle· Fraise
· Project: Failing Flesh· Brides of Destruction
· Doro· Soil
· TNA· Node
· Death Angel· Drowning Pool
· Devil To Pay· Leash Law
· Messiah's Kiss· Outworld
· Skyfire· Gamma Ray
· Lonewolf· Dragonspoon
· Brutal Mastication· Acrid
· Goatsnake· Meliah Rage
· Killswitch Engage· Psychotron
· Potential Threat SF· Tearabyte
· Nashville Pussy· Theocracy
· Division· Internal Bleeding
· GWAR· Throcult
· The Project Hate· Within Temptation
· Seventh One· The 7 Method
· Behemoth· Karmakanic
· Rush· Azrael's Bane
· Feared Creation· Legion
· Paradise Lost· Cradle To Grave
· Gods Of Fire· Ligeia
· The New Breed· The Mighty Nimbus
· Miles Beyond· Corrosion Of Conformity
· Veni Domine· Car Bomb
· Ravensthorn· Marduk
· Oathean· Frantic Bleep
· Soul SirkUS· Ramesses
· Raintime· Impiety
· Ivory Knight· Biss
· Embraze· Mirador
· Vicious Art· Unchained
· Kult ov Azazel· Gaia
· Fates Warning· Love Forsaken
· Wetwork· Impaled Nazarene
· Agents Of The Sun· Mercyful Fate
· V:28· Pagan's Mind
· Russell Allen· Dirty Americans
· Algol3· Thrones
· Dechrist· Overmars
· Skullshifter· Celebratum
· Zero Down· Torture Killer
· Dismember· Vader
· End My Sorrow· Sepultura
· Across Tundras· Southern Black Sand
· Naked Beggars· Katatonia
· Tandjent· Codeon
· Wolves in the Throne Room· Nightmare
· Viron· Vore
· Athanator· Dream Or Nightmare
· The Sword· 8th Sin
· Dawn of Azazel· Before Silence
· Gorgoroth· Bloodbound
· Hydrogyn· War Within
· Shadows Within· I
· Jeff Walker und Die Fluffers· Pump
· Rotting Christ· Twinball
· Cult of Daath· The Showdown
· Better Left Unsaid· Gaza
· Skullflower· With Passion
· Onslaught· Manticore
· Cruachan· Blood of the Black Owl
· Cattle Decapitation· Trouble
· Five Finger Death Punch· Hacride
· Transmission 0· Wuthering Heights
· Randy Ellefson· Depressed Mode
· Ensiferum· Night Ranger
· Mass Extinction· Shining Star
· Cockpit· 40 Below Summer
· Father Befouled· The Obsessed
· Puscifer· Godhead
· Virgin Black· Alestorm
· End of Man· Cursed
· Luna Mortis· Something Beautiful
· My Dying Bride· Uli Jon Roth
· Giant Squid· Dark Castle