Top 20 albums of 2025

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1	Cradle Of Filth The Screaming Of The Valkyries ()	The Screaming Of The Valkyries	8.27 \| 282 8.27 282
2	Deafheaven Lonely People With Power ()	Lonely People With Power	8.22 \| 189 8.22 189
3	Tómarúm Beyond Obsidian Euphoria ()	Beyond Obsidian Euphoria	8.2 \| 84 8.2 84
4	Saor Amidst The Ruins ()	Amidst The Ruins	8.19 \| 247 8.19 247
5	Allegaeon The Ossuary Lens ()	The Ossuary Lens	8.18 \| 131 8.18 131
6	Messa The Spin ()	The Spin	8.18 \| 91 8.18 91
7	Havukruunu Tavastland ()	Tavastland	8.15 \| 186 8.15 186
8	The Halo Effect March Of The Unheard ()	March Of The Unheard	8.05 \| 331 8.05 331
9	The Great Old Ones Kadath ()	Kadath	8.04 \| 185 8.04 185
10	Retromorphosis Psalmus Mortis ()	Psalmus Mortis	7.99 \| 115 7.99 115
11	Warbringer Wrath And Ruin ()	Wrath And Ruin	7.96 \| 159 7.96 159
12	Drudkh Shadow Play ()	Shadow Play	7.95 \| 129 7.95 129
13	Benediction Ravage Of Empires ()	Ravage Of Empires	7.93 \| 102 7.93 102
14	Nite Cult Of The Serpent Sun ()	Cult Of The Serpent Sun	7.9 \| 88 7.9 88
15	In The Woods... Otra ()	Otra	7.82 \| 72 7.82 72
16	Grima Nightside ()	Nightside	7.81 \| 113 7.81 113
17	Besna Krásno ()	Krásno	7.81 \| 120 7.81 120
18	Naxatras V ()	V	7.78 \| 60 7.78 60
19	Nephylim Circuition ()	Circuition	7.75 \| 52 7.75 52
20	Harakiri For The Sky Scorched Earth ()	Scorched Earth	7.72 \| 159 7.72 159

Chat Pile	Chapel Of Disease
Cave Sermon	Cosmic Putrefaction

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	Benediction Ravage Of Empires
	Bleed From Within Zenith
	L.A. Guns Leopard Skin
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	Urn Demon Steel
	Håndgemeng Satanic Panic Attack
	Judicator Concord

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1.	Cradle Of Filth The Screaming Of The Valkyries
2.	Arch Enemy Blood Dynasty
3.	Deafheaven Lonely People With Power
4.	Allegaeon The Ossuary Lens
5.	Benediction Ravage Of Empires
6.	Drudkh Shadow Play
7.	Imperial Triumphant Goldstar
8.	Avantasia Here Be Dragons
9.	Messa The Spin
10.	The Halo Effect March Of The Unheard

1.	Megadeth Rust In Peace
2.	Judas Priest Painkiller
3.	Death Symbolic
4.	Opeth Blackwater Park
5.	Metallica Master Of Puppets
6.	Metallica Ride The Lightning
7.	Black Sabbath Paranoid
8.	Iron Maiden Powerslave
9.	Agalloch The Mantle
10.	Death The Sound Of Perseverance