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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· Steel Prophet
· Big Dumb Face· Misery Index
· Tiamat· Stratovarius
· Goatwhore· Deranged
· Symphorce· Norma Jean
· Kalibas· Seven Witches
· Nazareth· Mark Boals
· Advent· Lamb of God
· Late Nite Romeo· Valley's Eve
· Carnal Forge· Led Zeppelin
· Johnny Lokke· Hammerwhore
· Brainstorm· Circle of Nero
· Tungsten· Byfist
· Black Sabbath· Runemagick
· Steel Preacher· King Diamond
· Nordheim· Sludge!
· Beautiful Creatures· Stalker
· Halloween· Pharaoh
· Probot· Doro
· Fairyland· Dreamaker
· Hard Echo· Yngwie Malmsteen
· Killik· Scala Mercalli
· Jag Panzer· David Shankle Group
· Highlord· U.D.O.
· Zaius· Hatework
· Estuary· Krokus
· Mob Rules· Bonfire
· Dio· Lullacry
· Division· Eternal Flight
· Chris Caffery· Neurosis
· Arch Enemy· Made of Iron
· Tsjuder· Sonata Arctica
· Crowbar· The Apocalyptic Riders
· Requiem Aeternam· Impaled
· Seige of Hate· Hibria
· Car Bomb· Icarus Witch
· Carina Alfie· Nevermore
· Severe Torture· Boomerang
· Pure Inc· Bruce Dickinson
· Fire Alley· Swallow The Sun
· Neil Turbin· Gizmachi
· Callenish Circle· Impiety
· Embraze· Slik Helvetika
· Leaves Eyes· Sebastian Bach
· Ritual Killer· Devil Lee Rot
· Nuclear Assault· Future is Tomorrow
· Violent Storm· Forever Slave
· Even X· Wolfmother
· Mastermind· Midnight Idols
· Dragonlord· The Tenth Circle
· Vanquished· Mental Care Foundation
· Southern Black Sand· Powerglove
· Lair Of The Minotaur· Beyond Fear
· Thyrane· Hell-Born
· Dissection· Event Horizon
· Viron· Phoenix Mourning
· Warrant (Amer)· Ampast
· Imagika· Athanator
· Down Factor· Bludgeon
· Non-Human Level· Fragments of Unbecoming
· Dendura· Nachtmystium
· War Within· Paul Bonrud
· Warface· Fleshgore
· Mouth of the Architect· Hurt
· Wednesday 13· The Finals
· Semargl· Isis
· Audrey Horne· Winger
· Starkweather· Centinex
· Merciless Death· Almah
· Hacride· Pentacle
· Nominon· Since the Day
· Blut Aus Nord· Malevolent Creation
· Throneum· Pathosray
· Diamond Dogs· Alkemyst
· Bilocate· Jesus Martyr
· Witchfinder General· To-Mera
· Puscifer· Moonshine
· Bible Of The Devil· Alestorm
· Nasty Idols· Eighteen Wheels Burning
· Something Beautiful· Giant Squid
· Suffocation