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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
· Steel Prophet· The Haunted
· Tiamat· Anthrax
· Stratovarius· Kataklysm
· Seether· Nazareth
· Vaginal Carnage· Lamb of God
· Agoraphobic Nosebleed· Alchemy X
· Conquest· Pyn Siren
· Brainstorm· Goat Horn
· Endless Time· Byfist
· Fireball Ministry· Curriculum Mortis
· Nordheim· Sludge!
· Whitesnake· Defiled
· Project: Failing Flesh· Brides of Destruction
· Body Count· Doro
· Dew Scented· Volbeat
· Node· Ebony Ark
· UFO· Deep Purple
· Donnerkopf· Edge Of Forever
· Gamma Ray· Metalium
· Nova Lex· Marillion
· Lonewolf· Dragonspoon
· Estuary· Acrid
· Goatsnake· Skeletonwitch
· Lilitu· Black Destiny
· Final Dawn· Occult
· Aina· Tearabyte
· Z02· I.C.E.
· Slowlife· GWAR
· Tartharia· The Project Hate
· Negative Creeps· Behemoth
· Tsjuder· Avenue F
· Feared Creation· Kinetic
· Bloody Sign· The Mighty Nimbus
· Divine Fire· Belef
· Crionics· Maze Of Torment
· Astral Doors· Yyrkoon
· Vicious Circle· Hellfire
· Icarus Witch· Ravensthorn
· Apocalyptica· Diecast
· Severe Torture· Oathean
· Omegalord· Axel Rudi Pell
· Soul SirkUS· Debris Inc.
· Fire Alley· Operatika
· System Of A Down· Neil Turbin
· Callenish Circle· Ivory Knight
· Groundcrew· Embraze
· Defleshed· Blind Stare
· Maximum Overdrive· Subterranean Masquerade
· Secrets She Kept· Horna
· Sebastian Bach· Gaia
· The Father Panic Riot Orchestra· Alice Cooper
· Fates Warning· Blitzkrieg
· Crystal Fate· Ewigkeit
· Phantom X· Crystal Ball
· Dreamland· Vile
· Chain Collector· Mastermind
· Torture Killer· Brother Hawk
· Katatonia· Lair Of The Minotaur
· Upwards of Endtime· Daylight Dies
· Cryptopsy· Degree Absolute
· Ampast· Bal-Sagoth
· Non-Human Level· Ensoph
· Space Odyssey· She Said Destroy
· Dendura· Hurt
· Wednesday 13· Abominant
· Pretty Maids· Twinball
· Venom· Winger
· Middian· Better Left Unsaid
· Gaza· Warmachine
· Hardcore Superstar· Necrophobic
· The Chronicles of Israfel· Grenouer
· White Wizzard· Five Finger Death Punch
· Divine Empire· Warner Drive
· Kruger· Ensiferum
· Keldian· Heresi
· I Shalt Become· 40 Below Summer
· Father Befouled· Blood Haven
· Intolerant· Iron Fire
· Son of Eric· End of Man
· Cursed· Caliban
· Raven