Albums of the year 2025

[Ducky]

Forgot about the new Suffering Hour. Top notch. As is Malthusian.

[Floss]

Has to be the Coroner album really I think.

The Paradise Lost album this year is far better than it has any right to be too.

[Cailleach]

Has to be the Coroner album really I think.

The Paradise Lost album this year is far better than it has any right to be too.

Yes it is. I am still catching up on releases from  2024, so aside from  Paradise  Lost,Coroner and Testament I haven't  heard  much else from 2025.

[Mithrandir]

Teitanblood and Century were 2 great albums from this year I loved too. 

[open face surgery]

Must go back to the Century album. Loved the first one but the new one didn't grab me.

Qrixkuor
Teitanblood
Pissgrave
Necromaniac
SexMag
Forbidden Temple
Gjendød
Mortual
Mephitic Corpse

Plenty I need to go back to and still loads to check out.

[TurnTheAirBlue]

Still haven't listened to that Teitanblood album, forgot all about it. Same with the Suffering Hour EP.
I'll give them a spin tomorrow.

I listened to a bit of the new Omegavortex today.
I think I might have found a band that my ears are too delicate for.
I'll give it a few more spins anyway.

[Don Gately]

Coroner - Dissonance Theory

[Eoin McLove]

The new Gjendød isn't doing much for me. It's good but not a patch on their previous run of albums.

[Circlepit]

The new Gjendød isn't doing much for me. It's good but not a patch on their previous run of albums.

I still haven't ordered it. Angrymetalguy reviewed it and the overall verdict was that it's good but they didn't reach their full potential.

The first and fourth are still my favourites with the fifth not far behind.

The albums I'm going back to the most from this year are

Agnostic Front - Echoes In Eternity
Biohazard - Divided We Fall
Knives - Glitter
Born From Pain - Siege Mentality
Scour - Gold
Malthusian - The Summoning Bell
The new Malefic Throne is brilliant, need to listen to it more though.

[open face surgery]

Forgot about Suffering Hour. Definitely there.

Checked out the new Malefic Throne yesterday. Too early to make a call on it but sounded good.

[Pagan Saviour]

If you're mentioning Paradise Lost or Testament as a record of the year you need to expand your musical horizons - two albums recorded on auto pilot

[TurnTheAirBlue]

Forgot about Suffering Hour. Definitely there.

Checked out the new Malefic Throne yesterday. Too early to make a call on it but sounded good.

I've spun that a load of times, it's savage. Gene is in top form. There is some amazing interplay between him and Longstreth on it.
I would've preferred to hear Gene doing vocals on it, but I guess there is already enough overlap with Perdition Temple as it is.

The new Perdition Temple album is savage too, by the way.

[open face surgery]

Ya, I have that lined up as well. First tune I heard didn't do a thing, eird production, but I'll give the full thing a go.

[TurnTheAirBlue]

Yes, the production is a big departure from Sacraments of Descension, which was the best production they've had so far.
The two songs they released prior to the album are probably the weakest tracks on it, although both have their moments.
The title track (which was the second one they released) has a really cool riff at the start with the flanger going 90.

[Slaughterday]

Definitely agreed on the Sexmag and Necromaniac. The Necromaniac in particular is one of the most interesting metal albums in the last few years, can't be easy to meld so many styles together and still have the album flow so well.

I think overall album of the year for me is Vultures Vengeance - Dust Age. Their earlier stuff was good but this is another level altogether. Like a mix of Cirith Ungol, Crimson Glory, Adramelch and Twisted Tower Dire. The best heavy metal album I've heard in years.