Well kids, it’s that time of year once again where all the metal dorks whip out their collective wangs to measure who has the most obscure bullsh*t on their End of Year list. Not really my bag, I really don’t care about being cool, correct or whatever, all I know is what I like and what I listened to the most.
Now I don’t have a ‘Wrapped’ thingy to prove my assertions, I ditched Spotify this year, but I know what I cued up in media player, put on a USB for my car and spun a bunch on NO CONTROL Radio HD2 channel.
So take the time to check these out, or don’t, I won’t change your mind. but maybe, just maybe, you’ll discover something you blew off that is better than the BlutAusKonigHammerung that some other website calculates will kick in the most rage comments. ~ Chuck
If you think Chuck has no idea what he’s talking about, send us your Top 3 and maybe you can persuade him & be entered to win tickets! (He has been persuaded. SICK NEW WORLD Tix now up!!)
Submit your top metal album(s) of 2025 in our poll
2025 Best Metal Albums
20. Byzantine – Harbingers (Metal Blade)
19. Coroner – Dissonance Theory (Century Media)
18. Author & Punisher – Nocturnal Birding (Relapse)
17. Paradise Lost – Ascension (Nuclear Blast)
16. Orbit Culture – Death Above Life (Century Media)
15. Machine Head – Unatoned (Nuclear Blast)
14. Astronoid – Stargod (3DOT)
13. Testament – Para Bellum (Nuclear Blast)
12. Revocation – New Gods, New Masters (Metal Blade)
11. Cold Steel – Discipline & Punish (Spinefarm)
10. Allegaeon – The Ossuary Lens (Metal Blade)
9. Eluveitie – Ànv (Nuclear Blast)
8. Spiritbox – Tsunami Sea (Pale Chord)
7. Lorna Shore – I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me (Century Media)
6. Rivers Of Nihil – Rivers Of Nihil (Metal Blade)
5. Fallujah – Xenotaph (Nuclear Blast)
4. Deadguy – Near-Death Travel Services (Relapse)
3. Architects – The Sky, The Earth & All Between (Epitaph)
2. Paleface Swiss – Cursed (Blood Blast)
1. Igorrr – Amen (Metal Blade)
