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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
· HammerFall· Racer X
· Steel Prophet· BloodDuster
· Carpathian Forest· Mondo Generator
· Rebellion· Anthrax
· December· Norma Jean
· Gun Barrel· Godsmack
· Warhorse· Usurper
· Vaginal Carnage· Steel Attack
· Lamb of God· Dark Moor
· God Dethroned· Dr. Butcher
· Carnal Forge· Alchemy X
· October 31· Pelican
· Supervillain· Iced Earth
· Sevendust· Chainsnap
· Rob Rock· Vhaldemar
· Silent Scythe· Pharaoh
· Slayer· Fraise
· Wicked Sensation· Lacuna Coil
· Probot· Deivos
· Iron Savior· Dew Scented
· Drowning Pool· Killik
· Celesty· Outworld
· Skyfire· Marillion
· Lonewolf· Ministry
· Zaius· Joe Stump
· Ungodly· Wintersun
· Z02· Jungle Rot
· Tartharia· Silent Force
· Jackyl· Tsjuder
· Paradise Lost· Scenteria
· Cradle To Grave· Gods Of Fire
· Rottweiller· The Apocalyptic Riders
· Belef· Loudblast
· Soilwork· Car Bomb
· Boomerang· Derek Sherinian
· Bleed The Sky· Axis Of Perdition
· Neil Turbin· Callenish Circle
· Shade Empire· Green Carnation
· Groundcrew· God Among Insects
· Vicious Art· Subterranean Masquerade
· Sentenced· Kult ov Azazel
· Voyager· Horna
· Sheavy· Evergrey
· Violent Storm· Dirty Americans
· 1349· Running Wild
· Balatonizer· Even X
· Define Divine· The Classic Struggle
· Celebratum· Gorefest
· Khold· Dismember
· Nocturnal Rites· Absu
· Sodom· Craft
· Second Shadow· Blackmore's Night
· Lair Of The Minotaur· Codeon
· Beyond Fear· Upwards of Endtime
· Nightmare· Tris Katone
· Cryptopsy· The Smashup
· Cavalar· Athanator
· Bludgeon· Hate Profile
· Apiary· Sun Descends
· Upon Infliction· Michael Orlando
· Cult of Luna· Fragments of Unbecoming
· Gorgoroth· Suzukiton
· Unsilent Phenomenon· Vengeance
· Shadows Within· Vicious Rumors
· Pump· E-lane
· Panzerchrist· Darkness Eternal
· Starkweather· Lecherous Nocturne
· Steve Cone· Melechesh
· Lost Eden· Dream Theater
· Crescent Shield· Dezperadoz
· Antigama· Blut Aus Nord
· The Wonderfools· Keldian
· Heresi· Night Ranger
· Pathology· Alkemyst
· The Obsessed· Last Stone Cast
· Armory· Souls Of We
· Virgin Black· Bullet For My Valentine
· Celestia· Mar De Grises
· End of Man· Cursed
· Ihsahn· Battleroar
· Mustasch· Crown The Lost
· Caliban· DC4