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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· Demons and Wizards
· In Flames· Into Eternity
· LA Guns· Leng Tch'e
· Opeth· Vehemence
· Mondo Generator· Dokken
· Rebellion· Godsmack
· Warhorse· Nazareth
· Iron Maiden· Fozzy
· Dark Moor· Masterplan
· Firewind· Metallica
· H.I.M.· Brainstorm
· Endless Time· Nicta
· Shakra· Inner Rage of Emotion
· Fireball Ministry· Bloodbath
· Lanfear· Vhaldemar
· Silent Scythe· Halloween
· Edguy· Wicked Sensation
· Iron Savior· Royal Anguish
· Dreamaker· Hard Echo
· Tesla· Force Of Evil
· Node· Black Stone Cherry
· Drowning Pool· Deep Purple
· Van Helsing’s Curse· Spiral Madness
· Estuary· Dimmu Borgir
· Fabrizio Bonanno· Acrid
· Chapter VIII· Imp
· Final Dawn· Images of Eden
· Division· Age Of Silence
· Jungle Rot· Internal Bleeding
· The Lizards· Tsjuder
· Angra· Avenue F
· Creed· John Oliva's Pain
· Fifth Cross· Legion
· Milkweed· Kinetic
· Paradise Lost· The Mighty Nimbus
· Divine Fire· Lost Soul
· Corrosion Of Conformity· Requiem Aeternam
· Astral Doors· Vicious Circle
· Heartcry· Apocalyptica
· Cemetary· Chaoswave
· Alex Skolnick Trio· Freedom Call
· Novembers Doom· Omegalord
· Fire Alley· Neil Turbin
· Ignitor· Shade Empire
· Pro-Pain· Def Leppard
· Disbelief· Defleshed
· Mirador· Kult ov Azazel
· Dynamic Lights· Slik Helvetika
· Octavia Sperati· Future is Tomorrow
· Loits· V:28
· Pagan's Mind· Crystal Fate
· Ignarus· Casus Belli
· The Absence· Akercocke
· Mastermind· Midnight Idols
· Dogs Of Winter· Hate
· Enforsaken· Nobody's Fool
· End My Sorrow· Powerglove
· Ephel Duath· Daylight Dies
· Tris Katone· Valhalla
· Silver Dirt· Bal-Sagoth
· Cavalar· Nicodemus
· Speed/Kill/Hate· Theater of Tragedy
· Gorgoroth· Unsilent Phenomenon
· Azure· Hydrogyn
· Paul Bonrud· Amon Amarth
· Sahg· Vicious Rumors
· Skyforger· Cult of Daath
· Panzerchrist· Urkraft
· Skullflower· Twisted Into Form
· Warmachine· Old Man's Child
· Cruachan· Cattle Decapitation
· The Prophecy· Aborted
· Faith And Fire· Sworn Enemy
· Himsa· Depressed Mode
· Heresi· Night Ranger
· Shining Star· Mortiis
· Ost Est Ima· Pop Evil
· Straight Line Stitch· Hacksaw Surgery
· Uriah Heep· End of Man
· UFOmammut· Something Beautiful
· Giant Squid· Earthen Grave