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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
· HammerFall· Mudvayne
· Opeth· White Skull
· Misery Index· Poisonblack
· Exmortem· Disturbed
· Solemnity· Stratovarius
· Cradle of Filth· Seven Witches
· Firewind· Late Nite Romeo
· Carnal Forge· Vyndykator
· October 31· Endless Time
· SelfInflicted· Iced Earth
· Fireball Ministry· Artension
· Assrockers· Beautiful Creatures
· Stalker· Murdercycle
· Edguy· Doro
· Black Stone Cherry· Yngwie Malmsteen
· Madison Paige· Kingcrow
· David Shankle Group· Icon And The Black Roses
· Disarmonia Mundi· Edge Of Forever
· Metalium· Lonewolf
· Judas Priest· Black Zodiac
· Cyst· Fabrizio Bonanno
· Schenker/ Pattison Summit· Meliah Rage
· Lilitu· Psychotron
· Necrodemon· The Lizards
· Mirror of Deception· Made of Iron
· Tsjuder· Avenue F
· Twisted Sister· Sonata Arctica
· Mercenary· Feared Creation
· Motley Crue· Emerald Sun
· The Apocalyptic Riders· Belef
· Soilwork· Necrophagia
· Carina Alfie· Apocalyptica
· John Sykes· Argument Soul
· Antares· Pure Inc
· Meshuggah· Axis Of Perdition
· System Of A Down· Gizmachi
· Fastkill· Throes of Dawn
· Embraze· Blind Stare
· Raging Speedhorn· Astarte
· Amorphis· Vicious Art
· Slough Feg· Goddess Of Desire
· Gaia· Fates Warning
· Widow· Blitzkrieg
· Scar Symmetry· The Scourger
· Octavia Sperati· To The Bone
· Armored Saint· Violent Storm
· ASG· Overloaded
· Ignarus· Forever Slave
· The Firstborn· Cryogen
· Ram-Zet· Chain Collector
· Mastermind· Zero Down
· The Tenth Circle· Dogs Of Winter
· Torture Killer· Absu
· Vader· Grimfist
· Nobody's Fool· Mental Care Foundation
· Witchery· Blackmore's Night
· 286· Wolves in the Throne Room
· Fields Of The Nephilim· Steep
· Moonspell· The Smackdown
· Ampast· Vreid
· Athanator· Hate Profile
· Non-Human Level· Sun Descends
· Ensoph· Black Crucifixion
· Michael Orlando· Before Silence
· Fragments of Unbecoming· Space Odyssey
· Scary Manilow· Fleshgore
· Mouth of the Architect· Shadows Within
· Burialmound· Hurt
· Death Breath· Pretty Maids
· Lupara· Panzerchrist
· Urkraft· Warmachine
· Stonegard· With Passion
· Manticore· Zyklon
· Trouble· Chrome Division
· Malevolent Creation· Kruger
· The Wonderfools· Fight
· Randy Ellefson· Temple Of Blood
· Cauldron· Destynation
· Gutted With Broken Glass· Rosetta
· Demonic Symphony· The Obsessed
· Aetherius Obscuritas· Last Stone Cast
· Hacksaw Surgery· Celestia
· Uriah Heep· Bible Of The Devil
· Iron Fire· UFOmammut
· Caliban· Suspyre