This year has been incredible for the heavy music scene, from veterans to newcomers, bands have released amazing albums.
These are my top 10 for 2025:
10. Cold Steel – Discipline & Punish

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9. Celestial Wizard – Regenesis

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8. Warbringer – Wrath and Ruin

7. Blackbraid – Blackbraid III

6. Castle Rat – The Bestiary

5. Impureza – Alcázares

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4. Messa – The Spin

3. Phantom Spell – Heather & Hearth

2. Void – Forbidden Morals

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1. Wytch Hazel – Lamentations V [ALBUM OF THE YEAR]

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These are some honorable mentions:
Epica – Aspiral

ORBIT CULTURE – Death Above Life

Lacona Coil – Sleepless Empire

Arjen Anthony Lucassen – Songs No One Will Hear

SUN OF THE DYING – A Throne of Ashes
