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| 1. | Saor - Amidst The Ruins |
| 2. | Dormant Ordeal - Tooth And Nail |
| 3. | Gràb - Kremess |
| 4. | Hæresis - Si Vis Pacem Para Bellvm |
| 5. | Thron - Vurias |
| + 202 more |
Top 2025 Metal Albums
| 1. | Hate - Bellum Regiis |
| 2. | Rivers Of Nihil - Rivers Of Nihil |
| 3. | Shadow Of Intent - Imperium Delirium |
| 4. | Malevolence - Where Only The Truth Is Spoken |
| 5. | Oria - This Future Wants Us Dead |
| + 102 more |
2025: Albums I'm Interested In
This is just my way of keeping track of metal albums throughout the year, same as I've been doing every year since 2022. The oldest albums are at the top and newest at the bottom. I'm picking…
| 1. | The Halo Effect - March Of The Unheard |
| 2. | Veil Of Conspiracy - Shape Of Grief |
| 3. | Hazzerd - The 3rd Dimension |
| 4. | Harakiri For The Sky - Scorched Earth |
| 5. | The Great Old Ones - Kadath |
| + 241 more |
Top 2025
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Spotify Playlist
Info about the weird, non-round rating: I rate albums again each time I listen to them, and…
Spotify Playlist
Info about the weird, non-round rating: I rate albums again each time I listen to them, and…
| 1. | Kaunis Kuolematon - Kun Valo Minussa Kuoli |
| 2. | Amorphis - Borderland |
| 3. | Cradle Of Filth - The Screaming Of The Valkyries |
| 4. | Dessiderium - Keys To The Palace |
| 5. | Allegaeon - The Ossuary Lens |
| + 120 more |
#AOTY2025 🤘
| 1. | Saor - Amidst The Ruins |
| 2. | Amorphis - Borderland |
| 3. | Havukruunu - Tavastland |
| 4. | Sigh - I Saw The World's End - Hangman's Hymn MMXXV |
| 5. | Paradise Lost - Ascension |
| + 97 more |
Extreme 2025… My Top Picks So Far
For the love of hell and extreme music! And prog. And post. And gaze. And… yeah, ya know what I mean.
| 1. | Signs Of The Swarm - To Rid Myself Of Truth |
| 2. | The Algorithm - Recursive Infinity |
| 3. | Gorycz - Zasypia |
| 4. | 1914 - Viribus Unitis |
| 5. | Igorrr - Amen |
| + 51 more |
My Best 2025
| 1. | Unreqvited - A Pathway To The Moon |
| 2. | Abduction (UK) - Existentialismus |
| 3. | Sacrifice - Volume Six |
| 4. | Holy Death - Paradice |
| 5. | Spiritbox - Tsunami Sea |
| + 146 more |
2025
| 1. | Helloween - Giants & Monsters |
| 2. | Mors Principium Est - Darkness Invisible |
| 3. | Ildaruni - Divinum Sanguinem |
| 4. | Suotana - Ounas II |
| 5. | Sarcator - Swarming Angels & Flies |
| + 126 more |
2025 Albums
| 1. | Moron Police - Pachinko |
| 2. | Gaahls Wyrd - Braiding The Stories |
| 3. | Obscure Sphinx - Emovere |
| 4. | Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power |
| 5. | Blood Abscission - I I |
| + 151 more |
Tominator's 2025... Best To Worst
This year in numbers and silly statistics:
- 96 albums
- Total points given: 732.5
- Average score: 7.63/10
- Albums with a score of 5 or below: 1.04%
- Albums with a score of 6 or below: 3.13%
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- 96 albums
- Total points given: 732.5
- Average score: 7.63/10
- Albums with a score of 5 or below: 1.04%
- Albums with a score of 6 or below: 3.13%
-…
| 1. | Raphael Weinroth-Browne - Lifeblood |
| 2. | Empire Drowns - Endless Nights |
| 3. | Psychonaut - World Maker |
| 4. | Pothamus - Abur |
| 5. | Paradise Lost - Ascension |
| + 91 more |
2025 Summary: Best 25 Metal Albums
Ranking based on the number of minutes listened to (stats.fm), number of scrobbles (last.fm) and slightly modified by personal preference.
| 1. | Dormant Ordeal - Tooth And Nail |
| 2. | Rivers Of Nihil - Rivers Of Nihil |
| 3. | Abigail Williams - A Void Within Existence |
| 4. | Sanguisugabogg - Hideous Aftermath |
| 5. | Havukruunu - Tavastland |
| + 37 more |
2025's Best Albums (& EPs)
These are the best albums as chosen by LuckyStrikes using a song scoring system to determine an album's overall score. This list only includes top tier "A" albums.
| 1. | Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power |
| 2. | Havukruunu - Tavastland |
| 3. | An Abstract Illusion - The Sleeping City |
| 4. | Mors Principium Est - Darkness Invisible |
| 5. | Cradle Of Filth - The Screaming Of The Valkyries |
| + 13 more |