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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
· The Kovenant· Leng Tch'e
· Chaingunn· Misery Index
· Dokken· Grave Digger
· Impellitteri· Kalibas
· Gun Barrel· Mortician
· Legend· Angel Dust
· Hammerwhore· Evolution
· Sevendust· Thunderbolt
· Chainsnap· Victory
· Evanesce· Eidolon
· Savatage· Murdercycle
· Project: Failing Flesh· Death Angel
· Silver Mountain· Devil To Pay
· Scala Mercalli· Jaw
· Evanescence· Bang The Union
· Leash Law· Wolf
· Graveland· Brutal Mastication
· Fireaxe· Vox Tempus
· Black Destiny· Saxon
· Psychotron· Beaten Back To Pure
· Potential Threat SF· Aina
· Tearabyte· Theocracy
· I.C.E.· Neurosis
· Six Feet Under· Haunted By Angels
· Ironhorse· Negative Creeps
· Blind Guardian· Hanzel Und Gretyl
· Cryme· Of Infinity
· The Mighty Nimbus· Lost Soul
· Corrosion Of Conformity· Necrophagia
· Shatterpoint· Carina Alfie
· Ravensthorn· Mystic Prophecy
· Alex Skolnick Trio· God Fear None
· Boomerang· Magica
· Debris Inc.· Kinrick
· Swallow The Sun· Strapping Young Lad
· Ramesses· Sinisthra
· Pro-Pain· Biss
· Blind Stare· Manntis
· God Among Insects· Vicious Art
· Maximum Overdrive· Slough Feg
· Testament· Unchained
· Circus Maximus· Gemini 5
· Leaves Eyes· Frameless Scar
· Cannon· Thor
· Resurrecturis· Holy Blood
· Morgana Lefay· Illuminatus
· Violent Storm· Blood Thirsty Demons
· The Firstborn· Third Degree
· Crystal Ball· Define Divine
· Zero Down· Dogs Of Winter
· Mental Care Foundation· Cardinale
· Daylight Dies· Hell-Born
· The Berzerker· Firehouse
· Cryptopsy· Leviathan/Sapthuran
· The Smashup· Warrant (Amer)
· Ampast· Imagika
· Cavalar· Candlemass
· Dream Or Nightmare· Royal Hunt
· Swashbuckle· Amon Amarth
· Psycroptic· Skid Row
· I· Pretty Maids
· Pump· Satyricon
· Teeth of the Hydra· Venom
· Lesbian Bed Death· Obtest
· Escape The Fate· Extium
· Quest of Aidance· Steve Cone
· Centinex· Onslaught
· Throne of Katarsis· Static-X
· Lord Belial· Crescent Shield
· Blood of the Black Owl· Cattle Decapitation
· The Prophecy· Antigama
· Aborted· Warner Drive
· Wuthering Heights· Glorior Belli
· David Galas· Throneum
· Temple Of Blood· Echoes of Eternity
· Keldian· Mass Extinction
· Averse Sefira· Alestorm
· The More I See· Iron Fire
· UFOmammut· Faded Hope
· Something Beautiful· Battleroar
· Suffocation· Dark Castle