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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
· Demons and Wizards· HammerFall
· Leng Tch'e· Racer X
· Slipknot· Steel Prophet
· Misery Index· Dokken
· Perzonal War· December
· Deranged· Machine Head
· Circle II Circle· Mark Boals
· Usurper· Advent
· Dark Moor· Angel Dust
· Powergod· Dr. Butcher
· Vyndykator· Led Zeppelin
· Johnny Lokke· Circle of Nero
· Paragon· Inner Rage of Emotion
· Dragonforce· Evanesce
· Assrockers· Savatage
· Stalker· Hypocrisy
· Body Count· Silver Mountain
· Superchrist· Evanescence
· Wolf· Metalium
· U.D.O.· Ministry
· Dragonspoon· Joe Stump
· Krokus· Goatsnake
· Saxon· Occult
· Valume Nob· Tartharia
· Dark Ruin· Six Feet Under
· Incantation· The Last Act
· Trans-Siberian Orchestra· Jackyl
· Cryme· Tristania
· Creed· Betrayer
· Napalm Death· Mercenary
· Crowbar· Image
· Miles Beyond· Veni Domine
· Soilwork· Labyrinth
· Vicious Circle· Apocalyptica
· Darkthrone· Antares
· Stormwarrior· Marduk
· Derek Sherinian· Axel Rudi Pell
· Strapping Young Lad· Ignitor
· Callenish Circle· Sinisthra
· Raintime· Disbelief
· Defleshed· Rudra
· Raging Speedhorn· Astarte
· Manntis· Slough Feg
· Testament· Horna
· Leaves Eyes· Dam
· Resurrecturis· Havochate
· The Scourger· Mercyful Fate
· Dirty Americans· Winterfell
· Bolt Thrower· Ignarus
· Casus Belli· Barcode
· Algol3· Damnation
· Even X· Virgin Steele
· Absolution· Grimfist
· Totalisti· Katatonia
· Poison· 286
· Wolves in the Throne Room· Nightmare
· Scum· Leviathan/Sapthuran
· Moonspell· Manngard
· Warrant (Amer)· Imagika
· Down Factor· Bludgeon
· Dreams of Damnation· Upon Infliction
· Michael Orlando· Before Silence
· Unsilent Phenomenon· Vengeance
· Swashbuckle· Burialmound
· I· Skyforger
· The Finals· Enochian Crescent
· Myon· Thy Majestie
· Amputated· Isis
· Eyes of Ligeia· Teeth of the Hydra
· Cult of Daath· Audrey Horne
· Middian· Kotipelto
· Centinex· Skullflower
· Melechesh· Mindgrinder
· Mithras· Kruger
· David Galas· JR Ewing
· Randy Ellefson· Spheric Universe Experience
· Dantesco· I Shalt Become
· Bilocate· Rosetta
· Mortiis· Trivium
· Blood Haven· Moonshine
· Embalming Theatre· Souls Of We
· Intolerant· Bullet For My Valentine
· Deadsea· Luna Mortis
· Nasty Idols· Dark Castle