My Top 25 Albums of 2025!

It's that time once again! I list my top 25 albums of the past year. Expect the usual fun and frolics as I count my way down to my album of the year. This year's list also has the usual 'wildcard' selections which for those of you unfamiliar with my year-end lists translates as non-metal albums. 14/12/2025 Update: A full list of artists and albums is now available as below. 25. Edge of Paradise 'Prophecy' 24. Electrocutioner 'Harbinger' 23. Wisp 'If Not Winter' 22. Purity Ring Self-Titled 21. Blut Aus Nord 'Ethereal Horizons' 20. AFI 'Silver Bleeds The Black Sun' 19. Arch Enemy 'Blood Dynasty' 18. Eternal Idol 'Behind A Vision' 17. Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory 16. Revocation 'New Gods, New Masters' 15. Deftones 'Private Music' 14. Cryptopsy 'Satanic Violence' 13. Steven Wilson 'The Overview' 12. Zanias 'Cataclysm' 11. Messa 'The Spin' 10. Spiritbox 'Tsunami Sea' 9. Hazzerd 'The Third Dimension' 8. Anna Von Hausswolff 'Iconoclasts' 7. Between The Buried And Me 'The Blue Nowhere' 6. Sophie Ellis-Bextor 'Perimenopop' 5. Ghost 'Skeleta' 4. Epica 'Aspiral' 3. Astronoid 'Stargod' 2. An Abstract Illusion 'The Sleeping City' 1. Stella Donnelly 'Love and Fortune'