It's such a difficult task somehow choosing 20 exceptional albums from a vintage year of incredible extreme underground metal releases. I had a shortlist but the albums I chose could have filled a dozen 'Best of 2025' lists, so I had to be extra disciplined. Stoner in it's various forms dominated my most played but doom and sludge featured regularly also. The scene was saturated with some excellent new death metal albums and my podcast show has played a lot of tech death, however I've come up with three that, although not reinventing the wheel, once I'd finished playing their albums, I felt pretty satisfied with what the bands had acheived.
I'm happy with the top 20 I've ended up with and I hope there is something in here that helps you discover a gem you may have missed.
CRIMSON STORM ~ Livin' on the Bad Side
SWEETBEAST ~ Illusions
KLASTOS ~ Born to Ruin
KIRITSIS ~ Kiritsis
BURDEN OF DESPAIR ~ Confutatis
Behölder ~ In The Temple Of The Tyrant
BIRDWITCH ~ bless the spark that found its home
THE CHRIS ROLLING SQUAD ~ Damn You All To...Hell
AFGHAN HAZE ~ Sermons of Filth and Disgust
HIBERNAUT ~ Obsidian Eye
Heidrún ~ Entropía
BIRDS OF NAZCA ~ Pangaea
BLACK CHARGER ~ Small Town
PALE HORSE RITUAL ~ Diabolic Formation
DARAH ~ Holier Than Thou
TRIA PRIMA ~ The Mortificatio
THE BATELEURS - A Light In The Darkness
TURTLE SKULL ~ Being Here
CRYPTIC PROCESS ~ Gulps
AZELL ~ Astralis
You can download and check each band out here
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