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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
· Bathory· Racer X
· Mudvayne· Vicious Mary
· Tiamat· Impellitteri
· Skullview· Circle II Circle
· Vaginal Carnage· Sickspeed
· Legend· Dr. Butcher
· Black Label Society· Cage
· Johnny Lokke· Brainstorm
· Circle of Nero· Saint
· Paragon· Curriculum Mortis
· Runemagick· Steel Preacher
· Malstrom· Mnemic
· Edguy· Brides of Destruction
· Soul Reaper· Dew Scented
· Exodus· Bang The Union
· Freakhouse· Madison Paige
· Skyfire· Disarmonia Mundi
· Van Helsing’s Curse· Nova Lex
· Lonewolf· Ministry
· Black Zodiac· De Lirium's Order
· Devil In The Kitchen· Mob Rules
· Fireaxe· After Forever
· Shadows Fall· Dio
· Wintersun· Potential Threat SF
· Occult· Medusa
· Nashville Pussy· Division
· Tartharia· Dark Ruin
· Triumph· Sonata Arctica
· Azrael's Bane· Scenteria
· Audiovision· Lost Soul
· Crionics· Soilwork
· Dirt· Heartcry
· Car Bomb· Marduk
· Chaoswave· God Fear None
· Drunkard· Kinrick
· System Of A Down· Ramesses
· Grand Magus· Slumber
· Green Carnation· Hatesphere
· Disbelief· Agents Of Man
· Mirador· God Among Insects
· Darkane· Slough Feg
· Subterranean Masquerade· Sentenced
· Kult ov Azazel· Circus Maximus
· Taake· Dynamic Lights
· Nuse· Slik Helvetika
· Monolithe· Dam
· Power Quest· To The Bone
· Loits· V:28
· Orphaned Land· Forever Slave
· Casus Belli· Third Degree
· Phantom X· Even X
· Doomfoxx· Overmars
· Vile· Mastermind
· The Classic Struggle· Nocturnal Rites
· Nobody's Fool· Brother Hawk
· Mental Care Foundation· Second Shadow
· Sepultura· Blackmore's Night
· Codeon· Wolves in the Throne Room
· Daylight Dies· Silver Dirt
· Dream Or Nightmare· Upon Infliction
· Dawn of Azazel· Theater of Tragedy
· Azure· Space Odyssey
· Amon Amarth· Sahg
· Scary Manilow· Fleshgore
· Wednesday 13· The Ruins of Beverast
· Abominant· Belphegor
· Isis· Satyricon
· Lupara· The Showdown
· Cheva· Celtic Frost
· Quest of Aidance· Gaza
· Hardcore Superstar· Onslaught
· Omnium Gatherum· Mindgrinder
· Cattle Decapitation· Mendeed
· Transmission 0· Trenchfoot
· Glorior Belli· JR Ewing
· Ensiferum· Mongrel
· Rosetta· Mortiis
· The Obsessed· Manilla Road
· Puscifer· Armory
· Embalming Theatre· Godhead
· Intolerant· Alestorm
· UFOmammut· Papa Roach
· Something Beautiful· Giant Squid