It's awards season! Another year of recaps behind us means it's time to shine light on the best of the best that 2025 had to offer. In this episode, the four of us will be discussing our least favorite music of the year, our favorite lyrics, the best breakdowns the best features, and the best album openers/closers of 2025. Each of these superlatives will have a runner up and winner before we move onto discussing our Top 5 Songs of 2025 (1:00:05). We'll also be revealing each of our full top 10 songs of the year at the end of the episode before we all announce our #1 favorite songs of 2025!

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November 2025 marks our final monthly recap before we determine our end of year awards and there were a number of bands making their mark in the final moments of this year. In this episode we discuss new EPs & albums from Maybsomeday (49:20), Take Breath (56:46), RUNE (1:00:54), South Arcade (1:06:11), Caskets (1:13:26), VIOLENT VIRA (1:26:36), The Devil Wears Prada (1:37:51), Of Mice & Men (1:52:04), AVRALIZE (2:02:26), The Pretty Wild (2:08:21) & Valiant Hearts (2:21:49) along with new singles from MOTHICA, Skillet, Magnolia Park, Bad Omens, Vana & more!

All music discussed this month can be found in this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/78iMJ5GGG0NWQrUiA2ic9a?si=b14893f7cab840e5

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October 2025 is usually associated with Halloween, horror, darkness and pumpkins - and while we did get some of that, we also listened to much more than just the typical tropes of this time of year. In this episode we dicuss new EPs and albums from Gore. (56:10), Wind Walkers (1:04:12), senses (1:16:36), Cyan Kicks (1:21:36), Ladders on Tables (1:28:30), Adept (1:40:39), Dayseeker (1:56:54), Hail The Sun (2:11:06) and Solence (2:23:14) plus singles from South Arcade, SAVE US, Bad Omens, Like Moths To Flames, Electric Callboy & more!

All music discussed this month can be found in this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/455OGsjMbcHXWvWZOaDFGX?si=b00762734b99457e

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Welcome back to Hivemind: After Hours! In this episode we talk to Devin Barrus from Sunsleep about the new album Terrible Things that released a few months ago, touring with Twilight In Concert, going from a full band to a solo project, AI's impact on music and much more!

This podcast is a collaboration between 4 friends who all share relatively similar music tastes ranging from hard rock, metalcore, post hardcore, and more.

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September 2025 was a bit of a divisive month regarding new releases we all listened to, but in this episode we're only sharing our thoughts on the highlights. We discuss new EPs and albums from Rain Division (1:03:53), Lost Trees (1:11:23), PRESIDENT (1:17:36), grandson (1:25:24), STARSET (1:39:13), Nevertel (1:53:19), FOXCULT (2:10:49), Dance Gavin Dance (2:26:19) & Royal Sorrow (2:45:30) plus singles from Emarosa, Poppy, Bad Omens, Future Palace, Reliqa, Valiant Hearts & others!

All music discussed this month can be found in this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3jQBnWHeF5aGI21FQ8PBVr?si=a83684be611f4a87

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August 2025 gave us some of the biggest names in metal dropping new albums forcing us to really pick and choose what to cover in this month's recap. In this episode we discuss new EPs and albums from PINKNOISE (55:22), Rivals (1:01:30), landless (1;09:07), Kingdom Of Giants (1:13:07), Fit For A King (1:21:17), Thousand Below (1:34:34), BABYMETAL (1:46:32), Attack Attack! (1:56:31), Sunsleep (2:08:24), As December Falls (2:20:03) & We Came As Romans (2:29:33) plus singles from Wind Walkers, Bad Omens, Valiant Hearts, DON BROCO & others!

All music discussed this month can be found in this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6qDwfwv21AEkQzKn5oWv8D?si=bc4013d0b11e4db9

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July 2025 was unusually quiet regarding the quantity of new music for us to enjoy, but that doesn't mean it was entirely devoid of great music. In this episode we discuss new EPs and albums from NTH RD (1:19:01), Kami Kehoe (1:26:06), Bring Me The Horizon (1:32:27), dead7 (1:40:36) & Paul Bartolome (1:51:06) plus singles from Dayseeker, Rain City Drive, Of Mice & Men, Colorblind, blessthefall, Caskets, DON BROCO & more!

All music discussed this month can be found in this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6bfbxEM7CvgcoGDNaq94Qh?si=c9f6a64cc1964ca6

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June 2025 marks the halfway point of the year and where we really start to see a clearer picture of how the rest of this year will shake out. In this episode we discuss new EPs and Albums from sace6 (1:19:59), LIMBS (1:28:11), Archers (1:37:58), Jamie's Elsewhere (1:47:46), Badflower (1:55:20), Awaken I Am (2:10:29), Hot Milk (2:24:39) & Royale Lynn (2:37:12) plus singles from Charlotte Sands, Wind Walkers, As Everything Unfolds, FOXCULT, Muse, Bilmuri & more!

All music discussed this month can be found in this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6o4Jdba5A6lJH4pGFkzO6j?si=c2c4e973a2b2481c

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