{"id":470439,"date":"2025-12-25T08:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T08:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/470439\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T08:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T08:58:09","slug":"rolling-stone-announce-the-15-best-metal-albums-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/470439\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Stone Announce &#8216;The 15 Best Metal Albums Of 2025&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Esteemed music publication <strong>Rolling Stone<\/strong> have published their list of \u2018The 15 Best Metal Albums Of 2025\u2019. In a year where downsizing and shrinkflation has become the norm, this list is down some additional 5 choices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprp.com\/2024\/12\/20\/news\/rolling-stone-post-their-choices-for-the-20-best-metal-albums-of-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from their 2024 list<\/a>, but still manages to cover numerous bases.<\/p>\n<p>When it came to metal as a whole, only two records from the heavier genres made the publication\u2019s list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/best-albums-of-2025-1235466292\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 100 Best Albums Of 2025<\/a>, with alternative metal favs <strong>Deftones<\/strong> landing at #76 with their tenth studio album \u201c<strong>private music<\/strong>\u201c. Melodic hardcore stars <strong>Turnstile<\/strong> meanwhile took home #31 for their latest acclaimed offering, \u201c<strong>NEVER ENOUGH<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Focusing solely on metal though, a team of staff at <strong>Rolling Stone<\/strong> distilled the best metal offerings of 2025 down to the following choices:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>15. <strong>Coroner<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>Dissonance Theory<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>14. <strong>Deafheaven<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>Lonely People With Power<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>13. <strong>Runemagick<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>Cycle Of The Dying Sun (Dawn Of Ashen Remains)<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>12. <strong>Chepang<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>Jhyappa<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>11. <strong>Castle Rat<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>The Beastiary<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>10. <strong>Rwake<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>The Return Of Magick<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>09. <strong>Whitechapel<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>Hymns In Dissonance<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>08. <strong>Deadguy<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>Near-Death Travel Services<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>07. <strong>Blut Aus Nord<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>Ethereal Horizons<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>06. <strong>Halestorm<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>Everest<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>05. <strong>Primitive Man<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>Observance<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>04. <strong>Dream Theater<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>Parasomnia<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>03. <strong>Ghost<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>Skelet\u00e1<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>02. <strong>Agriculture<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>The Spiritual Sound<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>0.1 <strong>Deftones<\/strong> \u2013 \u201c<strong>private music<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can read their explanations for each pick over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/best-metal-albums-2025-1235484417\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rollingstone.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Esteemed music publication Rolling Stone have published their list of \u2018The 15 Best Metal Albums Of 2025\u2019. 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