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
