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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
· Cathedral· Leng Tch'e
· Vehemence· Big Dumb Face
· Misery Index· Goatwhore
· Machine Head· Commit Suicide
· Majesty· Firewind
· Wizard· Power of Omens
· Black Label Society· Alchemy X
· The Chainsaw· Goat Horn
· Nicta· Supervillain
· Inner Rage of Emotion· Curriculum Mortis
· King Diamond· Dream Weaver
· Tad Morose· Windseeker
· Fraise· Defiled
· Out of the Lair· Doro
· Mother Misery· Force Of Evil
· Soil· Killik
· Devil To Pay· Jaw
· Ebony Ark· Bang The Union
· downBleed· Skyfire
· Zaius· Spiral Madness
· Feinstein· Schenker/ Pattison Summit
· Acrid· Joe Lynn Turner
· Insomnium· Meliah Rage
· Skeletonwitch· Tearabyte
· Lullacry· Medusa
· Nashville Pussy· Theocracy
· Z02· Witchburner
· Milkweed· The New Breed
· The Apocalyptic Riders· The Mighty Nimbus
· Miles Beyond· Corrosion Of Conformity
· Kamelot· Maze Of Torment
· Dirt· Quiet Riot
· Suidakra· Backyard Babies
· Samael· Stormwarrior
· Kaamos· Magica
· Swallow The Sun· Strapping Young Lad
· Ramesses· Grand Magus
· Throes of Dawn· Shade Empire
· Hatesphere· Ivory Knight
· Manntis· Amorphis
· Maximum Overdrive· Ektomorf
· Subterranean Masquerade· Dark Funeral
· Unchained· Dam
· Killing Spree· Power Quest
· Alice Cooper· Thor
· Impaled Nazarene· Sheavy
· Clutch· Agents Of The Sun
· Redemption· The Atomic Bitchwax
· Eternal Reign· Armored Saint
· Vinterriket· Bronx Casket Company
· The Tenth Circle· Dismember
· Taunusheim· Mental Care Foundation
· Pile of Heads· Naked Beggars
· Poison· Ephel Duath
· Codeon· Upwards of Endtime
· The Berzerker· Event Horizon
· Elvenking· Imagika
· Cavalar· The Sword
· Bludgeon· Dreams of Damnation
· Spawn of Possession· Swashbuckle
· Amon Amarth· Psycroptic
· Sahg· Scary Manilow
· Hurt· Wednesday 13
· Belphegor· Zoroaster
· Obtest· Escape The Fate
· Demise· Starkweather
· Better Left Unsaid· Quest of Aidance
· Fu Manchu· Diagnose: Lebensgefahr
· Southern Gentleman· With Passion
· Warbringer· Incrave
· White Wizzard· Chrome Division
· Pantera· Divine Empire
· Rob Zombie· Transmission 0
· Malevolent Creation· JR Ewing
· Funeral· Hellveto
· Ensiferum· Mongrel
· Night Ranger· Glenn Hughes
· Pop Evil· Blood Haven
· Burzum· Puscifer
· The Lamp of Thoth· Medieval Steel
· Bible Of The Devil· Place Of Skulls
· Coffins· Faded Hope
· Wolfgate· Winterfylleth
· Battleroar