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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
· Racer X· Sinner
· Chaingunn· Immolation
· Misery Index· Solemnity
· Twelfth Gate· Stratovarius
· Machine Head· Skullview
· Majesty· Dark Moor
· Legend· Cage
· Johnny Lokke· H.I.M.
· Circle of Nero· Morbid Angel
· Steel Preacher· Victory
· Lanfear· Savatage
· Windseeker· Drillpoint
· Whitesnake· Iron Savior
· Three Inches of Blood· Cryonic Temple
· Celesty· Scala Mercalli
· Jaw· Bang The Union
· UFO· Deep Purple
· Epica· Icon And The Black Roses
· Edge Of Forever· Judas Priest
· Black Zodiac· Joe Stump
· De Lirium's Order· Juggernott
· Ungodly· Unleashed
· Meliah Rage· After Forever
· Metal Church· Wintersun
· Division· Age Of Silence
· Chris Caffery· Marshall Law
· House of Shakira· GWAR
· Dark Ruin· Six Feet Under
· Ironhorse· Negative Creeps
· The 7 Method· Behemoth
· Angra· Avenue F
· Creed· Dark Tranquillity
· Sonata Arctica· The New Breed
· Blood Red Throne· Lost Soul
· Soilwork· Labyrinth
· Shatterpoint· Strikelight
· Soulscar· Icarus Witch
· Angtoria· Ravensthorn
· Argument Soul· Antares
· Novembers Doom· God Fear None
· Boomerang· Drunkard
· Ramesses· Raintime
· Biss· Groundcrew
· Amorphis· Communic
· Unchained· Circus Maximus
· Gemini 5· Sebastian Bach
· Thor· Painmuseum
· Loits· Black Majesty
· Armored Saint· Sun O)))
· Avenged Sevenfold· Vinterriket
· The Absence· Crystal Ball
· Spellbound· Cryogen
· Chain Collector· Detonation
· Pile of Heads· Southern Black Sand
· Ephel Duath· Lair Of The Minotaur
· Nikki Puppet· Beyond Fear
· Scum· Dissection
· Clawfinger· Degree Absolute
· Moonspell· The Ocean
· Viron· Manngard
· Silver Dirt· Ampast
· Elvenking· Cavalar
· Dream Or Nightmare· The Strongest Proof
· TK-421· Upon Infliction
· Vengeance· Psycroptic
· Ynis Vitrin· Agalloch
· Burialmound· The Ruins of Beverast
· Pretty Maids· Setherial
· Battle Bratt· Zoroaster
· Semargl· Biolich
· Escape The Fate· Deicide
· Better Left Unsaid· Urkraft
· Gaza· Warmachine
· In This Moment· Static-X
· Manticore· Mindgrinder
· Crescent Shield· Merciless Death
· Incrave· Marc Sasso
· Divine Empire· Tears
· Sworn Enemy· Echoes of Eternity
· Pathosray· Glenn Hughes
· 40 Below Summer· Demonic Symphony
· My Dying Bride