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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
· Hate Eternal· Loudness
· Slipknot· Twilight Odyssey
· BloodDuster· Carpathian Forest
· Immolation· Karaboudjan
· Regurgitate· Twelfth Gate
· Goatwhore· December
· Deranged· Norma Jean
· Seven Witches· Helloween
· Overkill· Nazareth
· Ravage· Masterplan
· Manowar· God Dethroned
· Power of Omens· Dr. Butcher
· Black Label Society· H.I.M.
· Tungsten· Saint
· Inner Rage of Emotion· Drillpoint
· Hypocrisy· Pharaoh
· Dreamaker· Hard Echo
· Three Inches of Blood· Volbeat
· Shiva· Drowning Pool
· Exodus· Riot
· Deep Purple· Bleeding Inc
· W.A.S.P.· Brutal Mastication
· De Lirium's Order· Juggernott
· Feinstein· Scorpions
· Joey Belladonna· Killswitch Engage
· Final Dawn· Potential Threat SF
· Theocracy· Katagory V
· Megadeth· Within Temptation
· Silent Force· The Lizards
· Overlorde· Blind Guardian
· Made of Iron· Karmakanic
· Dark Tranquillity· Sonata Arctica
· Code Black· Emerald Sun
· Helgrind· Image
· Quiet Riot· Heartcry
· Mechanical Poet· Soulscar
· the missing:· Samael
· Derek Sherinian· Bleed The Sky
· Magica· Soul SirkUS
· Holy Moses· Kinrick
· Green Carnation· Biss
· Raging Speedhorn· God Among Insects
· Vicious Art· Ektomorf
· Unchained· Prowler Inc.
· Nightvision· Devil Lee Rot
· Love Forsaken· Resurrecturis
· Wetwork· Agents Of The Sun
· Iron Maidens· Warchild
· Peccatum· Pagan's Mind
· Eternal Reign· Before The Dawn
· Penetrator· ASG
· Algol3· Ewigkeit
· Arthemis· Phantom X
· Wolfmother· Zero Down
· Dogs Of Winter· Khold
· Absu· Mental Care Foundation
· Witchery· Across Tundras
· Powerglove· Poison
· Codeon· Nightmare
· Event Horizon· Cavalar
· Hirax· TK-421
· Black Crucifixion· Dawn of Azazel
· Before Silence· Azure
· Psycroptic· Jeff Walker und Die Fluffers
· Pump· Teeth of the Hydra
· Winger· Celtic Frost
· Steve Cone· Melechesh
· Terry Sullivan· The Chronicles of Israfel
· Crescent Shield· Old Man's Child
· Nagelfar· Mendeed
· Mithras· The Prophecy
· Pentacle· Katrina Johansson
· Manes· Blut Aus Nord
· Ulcerate· David Galas
· Nation Beyond· Ensiferum
· Pathosray· Night Ranger
· Glenn Hughes· I Shalt Become
· Cockpit· Mortiis
· Demonic Symphony· SOS
· Equilibrium· UFOmammut
· Winterfylleth· Ihsahn
· Something Beautiful· My Dying Bride
· DC4· Sister Sin