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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...

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RANDOM ACTS OF METAL
· Cathedral· Slipknot
· The Haunted· Chaingunn
· Narziß· Impellitteri
· Twisted Tower Dire· Symphorce
· Celestial Ode· Solace
· Helloween· Queensryche
· Majesty· Late Nite Romeo
· Dr. Butcher· Valley's Eve
· Vyndykator· Hammerwhore
· H.I.M.· Nicta
· Mourning Beloveth· Rage
· Dream Weaver· Rob Rock
· Guardians Of Time· Savatage
· Vhaldemar· Windseeker
· Hypocrisy· Murdercycle
· Primal Fear· Project: Failing Flesh
· Brides of Destruction· Asperity
· Body Count· Doro
· Royal Anguish· Fairyland
· Hard Echo· Neverland
· Death Angel· Yngwie Malmsteen
· Cryonic Temple· Ebony Ark
· Outworld· Graveland
· Highlord· Dragonspoon
· Cyst· Hatework
· Spiral Madness· Scorpions
· Joey Belladonna· After Forever
· Black Destiny· Age Of Silence
· Hanzel Und Gretyl· Cryme
· Betrayer· Mercenary
· Paradise Lost· Gods Of Fire
· The Apocalyptic Riders· Corrosion Of Conformity
· Crionics· Requiem Aeternam
· Maze Of Torment· Soulscar
· Apocalyptica· Argument Soul
· Marduk· Boomerang
· Axis Of Perdition· Gizmachi
· Hatesphere· Disbelief
· Raging Speedhorn· Sothis
· God Among Insects· Brand New Sin
· Darkane· Subterranean Masquerade
· Taake· Slik Helvetika
· Dam· Frameless Scar
· Agents Of The Sun· Winterfell
· 1349· Barcode
· Running Wild· Even X
· Cryogen· Dreamland
· Asrai· Chain Collector
· Skullshifter· Absu
· Decapitated· End of Level Boss
· Sodom· Blackmore's Night
· Poison· The Ocean
· Vore· The Smashup
· Imagika· TK-421
· Spawn of Possession· Theater of Tragedy
· Cult of Luna· Gorgoroth
· Suzukiton· Unsilent Phenomenon
· Dendura· Mouth of the Architect
· Pretty Maids· The Finals
· Amputated· Mastodon
· Rotting Christ· Eyes of Ligeia
· Teeth of the Hydra· Biolich
· Panzerchrist· Middian
· Diagnose: Lebensgefahr· Threat Signal
· Static-X· Manticore
· Crescent Shield· Incrave
· Passion· Textures
· Nominon· Since the Day
· Denial Fiend· David Galas
· JR Ewing· The Wonderfools
· Faith And Fire· Echoes of Eternity
· Cauldron· Shining Star
· Cockpit· Rosetta
· Aetherius Obscuritas· Pop Evil
· To-Mera· Armory
· Hacksaw Surgery· Godhead
· Equilibrium· Virgin Black
· Trinacria· Medieval Steel
· Uriah Heep· Iron Fire
· Deadsea· Ihsahn
· Eighteen Wheels Burning· Crown The Lost
· Suffocation