Albums of the year 2025

[Trev]

Still November, but haven't got a chance to listen to much new stuff this year so hoping to cram in some recommendations!

Allegaeon - The Ossuary Lens
Revocation - New Gods, New Masters
Coroner - Dissonance Theory
Slough Feg - Traveller Supplement
Warbringer - Wrath and Ruin

They're probably the five I've kept coming back to. Few other decent efforts from Imperial Triumphant, Rivers of Nihil, and the new Testament was surprisingly good

Been sleeping on a lot of the recent black/death stuff so need to check more of those out, the new Qrixkour sounds decent so far

[Carnage]

In no particular order, albums/EPs I enjoyed this year:

Slomatics: Atomicult
Swans: Birthing
Nadja: Cut
Coroner: Dissonance Theory
Ruairí O'Baoighill: DVYLL
Nomadic Rituals: Fust
Unbelievable Lake: I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
Testament: Para Bellum
Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin: Stygian Bough Volume II
Ad Hominem: Totalitarian Black Metal
Conan: Violence Dimension
Pariah: Violence Is A Curse
Old Skin: Wails Of Ten Thousand

Late entry - Blut Aus Nord: Ethereal Horizons

[Sworntothecans]

Weird one as I've been going back a few years as opposed to 25 stuff.

But have been going back to these a fair bit

Coroner: Dissonance Theory.
Castle Rat:The Bestiary.
Drain:Is Your Friend.
Messa:The Spin

[Bürggermeister]

Album of the year:
Coroner - Dissonance Theory

Notable mention:
Void - Forbidden Morals

Best of the rest:
Masters of Reality - The Archer
Gaupa - Fyr
Fallujah - Xenomorph
Dream Theater - Parasomnia
Cardiacs - LSD

[Maggot Colony]

Haven't listened to a huge amount of new stuff this year. These are five I keep returning to:

Thaumaturgy - Pestilential Hymns
Vile Apparition - Malignity
Diabolizer - Murderous Revelations
Castrator - Coronation of the Grotesque
Visceral - Eyes, Teeth and Bones

[Ducky]

Revocation, Coroner, Imperial Triumphant, Voidceremony for me. Have listened to fuck all new this year to be fair.

[Thorn]

Probably gonna go all out this year and do a Top 40 near Xmas, too much stuff I think deserves a mention.
Apologies in advance for clogging the thread up.

[OpenSores]

For sure the new Coroner is in my top ten and Qrixkuor's masterpiece, also the new BaN drops shortly so I'm holding out for that one, I'd also add the new Malthusian to my list! As mentioned so many quality albums released this year.

[Thorn]

It's up online man if you can't wait

[OpenSores]

Tempting.

[Pentagrimes]

I absolutely can't be fucked making a list, it's "LSD" by Cardiacs for me by some distance. No Future would be a close second.

[ochoill]

Fairly sure it's Umlaut up top of the list for me but I will have to look over whatever has actually come out this year again, I am behind on a few listens.  I fuckin love that Umlaut album though, it was on daily there for months.

[LLR]

Coroner,Qrixquor and Suffering Hour the best for me.

I think Qrixquor stands head and shoulders above everything else though.

[Mithrandir]

Forbidden Temple - In The Rotting Grave

[spiritcrusher]

Havukruunu- Tavastland
Void - Forbidden Morals
Slough Feg - Traveller Supplement
Suffering Hour EP

They're the ones jumping out at the moment. Haven't gotten around to the Qruixkuor yet.

Maybe the new Grenadier album is in with a shout too but I've only given it a listen twice so far.
I've also got the new Bergfried needing more listens before deciding if it's genius or nonsense.