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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
· Bathory· In Flames
· Loudness· Vehemence
· Big Dumb Face· Exmortem
· Disturbed· Narziß
· Machine Head· Norma Jean
· Gun Barrel· Helloween
· Godsmack· Steel Attack
· Iron Maiden· Mortician
· Masterplan· Late Nite Romeo
· Conquest· Goat Horn
· Godiva· Fireball Ministry
· Thunderbolt· The Graveyard Boulevard
· Runemagick· King Diamond
· Sinergy· Guardians Of Time
· Halloween· Murdercycle
· Secret Sphere· Dew Scented
· Soil· Black Stone Cherry
· Funerus· Construcdead
· Exodus· Jaw
· downBleed· UFO
· Epica· Donnerkopf
· Lonewolf· Iron Angel
· Judas Priest· Black Zodiac
· Cyst· Hatework
· Feinstein· Ungodly
· Vox Tempus· Dream Evil
· After Forever· Metal Church
· Final Dawn· Beaten Back To Pure
· Nashville Pussy· Eternal Flight
· I.C.E.· Polterchrist
· Necrodemon· Incantation
· Within Temptation· Negative Creeps
· Anger· John Oliva's Pain
· Emerald Sun· The Mighty Nimbus
· Lost Soul· Crionics
· Kamelot· Hibria
· Heartcry· Hellfire
· Angtoria· Darkthrone
· Samael· Kaamos
· Chaoswave· Bruce Dickinson
· Axis Of Perdition· Drunkard
· Magica· Holy Moses
· Kryoburn· Raintime
· Fastkill· Grand Magus
· Disbelief· Embraze
· Mirador· Slough Feg
· Circus Maximus· Prowler Inc.
· The Father Panic Riot Orchestra· Iron Maidens
· Illuminatus· Before The Dawn
· Russell Allen· Violent Storm
· Bolt Thrower· Ignarus
· Twilight· Shattersphere
· Savage Circus· Vinterriket
· Paths Of Possession· Thrones
· Akercocke· Crystal Ball
· Urizen· Asrai
· Define Divine· Bronx Casket Company
· Virgin Steele· Dismember
· Beecher· Thryfing
· Beyond Fear· Thyrane
· Firehouse· The Ocean
· Vore· Bludgeon
· Sun Descends· Spawn of Possession
· Michael Orlando· Bloodbound
· Psycroptic· Hurt
· Zero Hour· The Abominable Iron Sloth
· Twinball· Venom
· Panzerchrist· Lecherous Nocturne
· Fu Manchu· Diagnose: Lebensgefahr
· Threat Signal· Onslaught
· Terry Sullivan· Incrave
· White Willow· Pantera
· Gotthard· Randy Ellefson
· Himsa· Diamond Dogs
· Heresi· Night Ranger
· Orthodox· Rosetta
· Demonic Symphony· Pop Evil
· Straight Line Stitch· Last Stone Cast
· Embalming Theatre· Souls Of We
· Alestorm· Luna Mortis
· My Dying Bride· DC4
· Giant Squid· Suspyre