Top METAL Albums of the Year 2025! | Best Deathcore, Black Metal, Metalcore & Underground Picks

Welcome back to **Episode 129 of The Metal Maniacs Podcast with your hosts Jay Ingersoll and Modd**, bringing you the **heaviest breakdown of the year – our *official Albums of the Year List! 🤘🔥

This episode is the culmination of a full year of listening, reactions, interviews, new band discoveries, and scene coverage. Between us, we dove deep into hundreds of releases, but one of us personally hammered through over 75 full albums in 2025 alone, all in search of the records that pushed boundaries, leveled expectations, and kicked in teeth.

On this episode, we count down the top records across the worlds of death metal, deathcore, metalcore, black metal, progressive metal, experimental heavy music, and underground chaos**. Expect surprises, disagreements, genre wars, and passionate ranting as always. 🖤💀

🎧 Featuring albums from:

The Callous Daoboys – *I Don’t Want to See You in Heaven***

Mathcore chaos, brass-driven breakdowns, and one of the most creative heavy albums of the decade.

Blackbraid – *III***

A monumental, cinematic black metal experience redefining Native-led extreme music.

Spite – *New World Killer***

A merciless, groove-drenched, throat-ripping deathcore assault.

Shadow of Intent – *Imperium Delirium***

Symphony meets brutality with earth-shaking orchestration and monstrous vocals.

Fallujah – *Xenotaph***

Atmospheric death metal mastery—technical, immersive, and emotionally crushing.

…and dozens more from across the global metal underground.**

🏆 WHAT TO EXPECT:

✔ Our personal **Top Albums of the Year**

✔ Most surprising releases and unexpected favorites

✔ Underground picks every metalhead should know

✔ The bands who elevated the genre** in 2025

✔ The artists pushing metal into the future

✔ Full scene breakdowns: Deathcore, Black Metal, Metalcore, Prog, Hardcore + more

🎶 WHY THIS LIST MATTERS:

In a year dominated by experimental risks, raw emotion, and heavier-than-ever production, these albums aren’t just good releases — they’re landmarks in modern heavy music. Whether it’s black metal that feels like mythic folklore, tech death that hits like a cinematic tragedy, or deathcore that rips open the void… these records define where heavy music is headed next.

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We want YOUR top records too. Drop your list in the comments and let’s argue, agree, cheer, and violently disagree like true metalheads. 🔥

Tell us: **What album ruled this year? Who got robbed? Who dropped the heaviest track of 2025?

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🎤 Hosted by:

💥 Jay Ingersoll & Modd

🖤 The Metal Maniacs Podcast — Heavy Music, Without Apology.

Let’s wrap up the year the only way that makes sense: with riffs, chaos, and absolute sonic destruction.** 🤘🔥

Stay loud. Stay angry. Stay metal. 🎧💀

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