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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
· Cave In· Lost Horizon
· Scanner· Steel Prophet
· Vicious Mary· Mondo Generator
· Neck· Narziß
· Celestial Ode· Nazareth
· Mark Boals· Lamb of God
· Power of Omens· Dr. Butcher
· Carnal Forge· Led Zeppelin
· October 31· Hammerwhore
· H.I.M.· Circle of Nero
· Byfist· Supervillain
· Shakra· The Graveyard Boulevard
· Curriculum Mortis· Runemagick
· Lanfear· Crystal Eyes
· Sludge!· Eidolon
· Drillpoint· Attacker
· Wicked Sensation· Defiled
· Iron Savior· Hard Echo
· I Hate Sally· Riot
· downBleed· David Shankle Group
· Donnerkopf· Marillion
· Estuary· Schenker/ Pattison Summit
· Acrid· Fireaxe
· Chapter VIII· Killswitch Engage
· Potential Threat SF· Aina
· Lullacry· Otep
· Megadeth· Witchburner
· Arch Enemy· Ironhorse
· Overlorde· Agnostic Front
· Trans-Siberian Orchestra· Mirror of Deception
· Made of Iron· Seventh One
· Angra· Twisted Sister
· Sonata Arctica· John Oliva's Pain
· Fifth Cross· Bloody Sign
· Emerald Sun· Gods Of Fire
· The Apocalyptic Riders· Blood Red Throne
· Belef· Maze Of Torment
· Desire Black· Icarus Witch
· Angtoria· Nevermore
· Backyard Babies· John Sykes
· Kaamos· Oathean
· Boomerang· Meshuggah
· Sinisthra· Babylon
· Impiety· Burden Of Grief
· Shade Empire· Def Leppard
· Groundcrew· Agents Of Man
· God Among Insects· Darkane
· Unshine· Kult ov Azazel
· Taake· Nuse
· Gaia· Thor
· Painmuseum· Future is Tomorrow
· Mercyful Fate· Overloaded
· Casus Belli· Mabon
· Shattersphere· Running Wild
· Ewigkeit· Vinterriket
· Damnation· Akercocke
· Crystal Ball· Vile
· Brother Hawk· Pile of Heads
· Tandjent· Intronaut
· Thyrane· Nightmare
· Scum· Firehouse
· Boris· Hate Profile
· Stormcrow· The Furor
· Apiary· Ensoph
· Dawn of Azazel· Before Silence
· Skyforger· Hurt
· The Ruins of Beverast· The Finals
· Isis· Venom
· Demise· Phazm
· Skullflower· Twisted Into Form
· Blood Tsunami· The Gathering
· Melechesh· Diagnose: Lebensgefahr
· Warbringer· Static-X
· Lord Belial· The Chronicles of Israfel
· Textures· Gotthard
· Hacride· Warner Drive
· The Wonderfools· Nation Beyond
· Architect· Hellveto
· Depressed Mode· Keep of Kalessin
· Destynation· Pathosray
· Pathology· Father Befouled
· Demonic Symphony· SOS
· The Lamp of Thoth· Trinacria
· Celestia· Alestorm
· Eighteen Wheels Burning· Something Beautiful
· Caliban· Suspyre
· Suffocation