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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
· Slipknot· Steel Prophet
· The Great Deceiver· Twilight Odyssey
· Mondo Generator· Dokken
· Grave Digger· Deceased
· Neck· Stratovarius
· Goatwhore· Symphorce
· Dirty Power· Iron Maiden
· Manowar· Valley's Eve
· Evolution· Saint
· SelfInflicted· Inner Rage of Emotion
· Dream Weaver· Windseeker
· Whitesnake· Edguy
· Secret Sphere· Dew Scented
· Dreamaker· Neverland
· Three Inches of Blood· Death Angel
· Black Stone Cherry· Cryonic Temple
· Babylon Mystery Orchestra· UFO
· Deep Purple· Amityville Whore
· Disarmonia Mundi· Low Earth Orbit
· Gary Moore· Hatework
· Estuary· Devil In The Kitchen
· Krokus· Fireaxe
· Insomnium· Unleashed
· Meliah Rage· Killswitch Engage
· Otep· Tartharia
· Haunted By Angels· Acheron
· Behemoth· Karmakanic
· Milkweed· Bloody Sign
· Helgrind· The Apocalyptic Riders
· The Mighty Nimbus· Hellfueled
· Kamelot· Quiet Riot
· Labyrinth· Suidakra
· Apocalyptica· Antares
· Severe Torture· Boomerang
· Bruce Dickinson· Meshuggah
· Drunkard· Soul SirkUS
· Chastain· Ivory Knight
· Darkane· Subterranean Masquerade
· Slik Helvetika· Monolithe
· Prowler Inc.· Supagroup
· Killing Spree· Wetwork
· Nuclear Assault· The Atomic Bitchwax
· Illuminatus· Crystal Fate
· Forever Slave· Barcode
· Mabon· Arthemis
· Define Divine· Chain Collector
· Dragonlord· End My Sorrow
· Blackmore's Night· Cannibal Corpse
· Ephel Duath· Codeon
· Beyond Fear· Wolves in the Throne Room
· Valhalla· Ampast
· Cavalar· Hirax
· The Sword· 8th Sin
· Dreams of Damnation· Stormcrow
· The Strongest Proof· TK-421
· Abysmal Dawn· Royal Hunt
· Spawn of Possession· Jotunspor
· Suzukiton· Bloodbound
· Space Odyssey· Swashbuckle
· Amon Amarth· Sahg
· Skid Row· Fleshgore
· Zero Hour· Jeff Walker und Die Fluffers
· Abominant· Pump
· Battle Bratt· Zoroaster
· Semargl· Mastodon
· Kotipelto· Steve Cone
· With Passion· Onslaught
· Battered· Throne of Katarsis
· Almah· Passion
· Spit Like This· Since the Day
· Trenchfoot· Malevolent Creation
· Ulcerate· Faith And Fire
· Heresi· I Shalt Become
· 40 Below Summer· Deceiver
· Straight Line Stitch· Trinacria
· Mar De Grises· Iron Fire
· Deadsea· Kiuas
· Luna Mortis· Eighteen Wheels Burning
· Battleroar