Ready for a deep dive into the top 20 best metal albums of 2025 so far? This is where we break down the essential listens that are dominating our playlists and pushing boundaries in metal this year. From crushing death metal with aggressive / classic sounds to intensely technical metal that takes on bleak / serious themes there were some incredible metal records released in the first half of 2025. Thumbs up the vid - helps us a ton. What are your favorite new metal release of 2025 so far? Let us know in the comments! #ExtremeMetal #MetalMusic #NewAlbums #2025Metal #AlbumReview #MusicReview #HeavyMetal #DeathMetal #BlackMetal #DoomMetal #ThrashMetal #ProgressiveMetal #TechnicalMetal #MetalCommunity #MustListen #NewReleases #MetalHead 🎸🔊Listen to our original death metal EP for free on Bandcamp: https://forgemasters.bandcamp.com/album/a-future-without-organic-lifeforms 👕🛒Show the world you stand in the forge with our exclusive merchandise: https://forgemaster-apparel.creator-spring.com ▶Chapters for The Best Metal Albums of 2025 So Far: Intro: 0:00 0:12 The New Polish Death Metal Masters 2:02 Nuclear Tech-Death Fallout 3:24 Forging a New Era of Progressive Extreme Metal 5:16 Finnish Blackened Heavy Metal Majesty 6:54 A Triumphant Return to Black Metal Form 8:34 Soaring Psychedelic Doom for the Soul 10:06 Blackgaze Ascendant with Ethereal Vocals 11:54 Ancient Finnish Paganism in Black Metal 13:37 Atmospheric Black Metal with Folk Fury 15:30 Thrash Metal's Bleak and Brutal Future 16:59 Pioneering New Old School Death Metal 18:46 Progressive Black Metal Grandeur 21:08 A Mystical, Crushing Comeback 22:48 Blackened Heavy Metal with an 80s Bite 24:36 Grief Explored Through Symphonic Doom 26:29 Reigniting Symphonic Black Metal Might 28:17 Tech-Melodeath Sharpened to Perfection 30:03 The Resurgence of Gothic Doom 32:04 Unbound by Extreme Metal Limitations 33:48 A Powerful Homage to Death's Human 36:01 Reclaiming the Throne of Brutal Death Metal 🎶Our Picks for The Best Metal Albums of 2025 So Far: Opia - I Welcome Thee, Eternal Sleep Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power Vermilia - Karsikko Obsidian Tongue - Eclipsing Worlds of Scorn Messa - The Spin Cytotoxin - Biographyte Rwake - The Return Of Magik Warbringer - Wrath And Ruin Unreqvited - A Pathway To The Moon Euphrosyne - Morus Havukruunu - Tavastland Cryptopsy - An Insatiable Violence Rivers of Nihil - Self Titled Allegaeon - The Ossuary Lens Dormant Ordeal - Tooth And Nail Grima - Nightside Cradle Of Filth - The Screaming Of The Valkyries Nite - Cult Of The Serpent Sun ...And Oceans - The Regeneration Itinerary Ancient Death - Ego Dissolution Gruesome - Silent Echoes Get MORE out of your METAL with BEHIND THE SCENES ❗❗Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/forgemastermetalreviews ❗❗Follow us on Facebook: https://fb.me/forgemastermetalreviews 💿Ben's Bandcamp Collection: https://bandcamp.com/benjaminfortier #bestmetal #metal2025

It's time to kick off the new year with the best metal albums of January 2025! From haunting, liturgical sounds to the fury of erratic progressive black metal, we've got something for every one of you. Be sure to leave your best of the month picks in the comments below. It's a community - share cool stuff. 🎸🔊Listen to our original death metal EP for free on Bandcamp: https://forgemasters.bandcamp.com/album/a-future-without-organic-lifeforms 👕🛒Show the world you stand in the forge with our exclusive merchandise: https://forgemaster-apparel.creator-spring.com If you haven't already, hit that subscribe button - it only takes a second and you'd be helping us out a ton. If you're subbed, thank you! It means a great deal to us. ▶Chapters for The Best Metal Albums of January: Thumbs up the video!: 0:00 Pick 1: A Liturgical Nightmare - 0:13 Pick 2: All the Pretty Colors - 2:00 Pick 3: Techno Apocalypse - 3:54 Pick 4: Soaring Sorrow - 6:04 Pick 5: Masters of Melodeath - 7:54 Pick 6: Dreary Blackened Grime - 9:29 Pick 7: A Deep Well of Sadness - 11:09 Pick 8: Walking in Shadows - 13:00 Pick 9: Awaiting the End - 14:43 Pick 10: Dimmu's Students - 16:45 Check out our other videos! 🎶Our Picks for The Best Metal Albums of January: Patriarkh – Prophet Ilja Am I In Trouble? – Spectrum Mutagenic Host – The Diseased Machine Clouds - Desprins The Halo Effect – March of the Unheard Plaguewielder (USA) - In Dust & Ash Harakiri for the Sky - Scorched Earth Veil of Conspiracy – Shape of Grief Tremonti - The End Will Show Us How Drown in Sulphur – Vengeance 📅New videos premiere weekly, including tier lists, discography rankings, musician and producer reactions, and more! Get MORE out of your METAL with BEHIND THE SCENES ❗❗Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/forgemastermetalreviews ❗❗Follow us on Facebook: https://fb.me/forgemastermetalreviews 💿Ben's Bandcamp Collection: https://bandcamp.com/benjaminfortier #bestmetal #newmetal #metalalbums

Forgemates, we waded deep into the bogs to find the best metal albums of February 2025 just for you. From the tribal drone of Pothamus to the frostbitten Bayan in Grima, there's a metal album in this video that is going to stick with you. 🎸🔊Listen to our original death metal EP for free on Bandcamp: https://forgemasters.bandcamp.com/album/a-future-without-organic-lifeforms 👕🛒Show the world you stand in the forge with our exclusive merchandise: https://forgemaster-apparel.creator-spring.com If you haven't already, hit that subscribe button - it only takes a second and you'd be helping us out a ton. If you're subbed, thank you! It means a great deal to us. ▶Chapters for The Best Metal Albums of February 2025: 0:00 Subscribe! Pick 1: 0:04 Pagan Metal Kings Pick 2: 2:10 The Forest People Pick 3: 4:56 Calling of the Highlanders Pick 4: 7:42 Finnish Pagan Queen Pick 5: 10:11 Ten Years of the Ghost Pick 6: 12:51 Time To Be Sad Pick 7: 15:30 A Highly Anticipated Let Down... Pick 8: 18:03 We're Not Finnished Yet! Pick 9: 21:16 A Meditation on Death Pick 10: 23:31 The Sludge Lords Return Check out our other videos! 🎶Our Picks for The Best Metal Albums of February 2025: Best of February Ereb Altor - Hälsingemörker Grima – Nightside Saor - Amidst The Ruins Vermilia - Kätkyt Unreqvited - A Pathway To The Moon Hangman’s Chair – Saddiction Inborn Suffering - Pale Grey Monochrome Dawn of Solace – Affliction Vortex Pothamus - Abur 16 – Guides for the Misguided 📅New videos premiere weekly, including tier lists, discography rankings, musician and producer reactions, and more! At Forgemaster Metal Reviews we bring you the BEST in metal releases from metal album reviews, top lists, and exclusive interviews from some of the best metal talent in the scene. As metal musicians and music producers ourselves - we strive to give a different perspective on the music so you get something a little different from underground metal and beyond. Leave comments, start conversations - we want to hear from YOU! Some other channels we are big fans of include BangerTV, Ruthless Metal, Metal Trenches, The Metal Meltdown, Nik Nocturnal, Thralls of Metal, Quest for Metal, A&P Reacts, and Pair of Jeans Reviews. Be sure to check them out if you want more fantastic metal coverage. Horns up, Forgemates! 🤘 Get MORE out of your METAL with BEHIND THE SCENES ❗❗Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/forgemastermetalreviews ❗❗Follow us on Facebook: https://fb.me/forgemastermetalreviews 💿Ben's Bandcamp Collection: https://bandcamp.com/benjaminfortier #newmetal #metal2025

From the blistering, complex black metal of Dawn of Ouroboros to the whimsical, childlike wonder of Dessiderium, we've got you TEN of the BEST metal albums of March. Be sure to leave your favorites down below and become an awesome addition to this community. 🎸🔊Listen to our original death metal EP for free on Bandcamp: https://forgemasters.bandcamp.com/album/a-future-without-organic-lifeforms 👕🛒Show the world you stand in the forge with our exclusive merchandise: https://forgemaster-apparel.creator-spring.com If you haven't already, hit that subscribe button - it only takes a second and you'd be helping us out a ton. If you're subbed, thank you! It means a great deal to us. ▶Chapters for The Best Metal Albums of March 2025: Subscribe 0:00 Pick 1 - A Gift of Darkness: 0:10 Pick 2 - Violence and Deathcore: 2:20 Pick 3 - A Systemic Collapse: 5:00 Pick 4 - Dark is the Night: 7:23 Pick 5 - A Pessimistic Future: 10:16 Pick 6 - Whimsical and Wonderful: 12:58 Pick 7 - A Self Eating Snake: 15:15 Pick 8 - Death of the Stars: 17:45 Pick 9 - Bleakness and Sorrow: 20:24 Pick 10 - The Magik Returns: 22:57 Check out our other videos! Interviews taken from @GarzaPodcast and @heavyhits1618 🎶Our Picks for The Best Metal Albums of March 2025: This Gift Is A Curse - Heir Whitechapel - Hymns In Dissonance K L P S - K L P S Nite - Cult Of The Serpent Sun Warbringer - Wrath And Ruin Dessiderium - Keys To The Palace Dawn Of Ouroboros - Bioluminescence Cryptosis - Celestial Death Euphrosyne - Morus Rwake - The Return Of Magik 📅New videos premiere weekly, including tier lists, discography rankings, musician and producer reactions, and more! At Forgemaster Metal Reviews we bring you the BEST in metal releases from metal album reviews, top lists, and exclusive interviews from some of the best metal talent in the scene. As metal musicians and music producers ourselves - we strive to give a different perspective on the music so you get something a little different from underground metal and beyond. Leave comments, start conversations - we want to hear from YOU! Some other channels we are big fans of include BangerTV, Ruthless Metal, Metal Trenches, The Metal Meltdown, Nik Nocturnal, Thralls of Metal, Quest for Metal, A&P Reacts, and Pair of Jeans Reviews. Be sure to check them out if you want more fantastic metal coverage. Horns up, Forgemates! 🤘 Get MORE out of your METAL with BEHIND THE SCENES ❗❗Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/forgemastermetalreviews ❗❗Follow us on Facebook: https://fb.me/forgemastermetalreviews 💿Ben's Bandcamp Collection: https://bandcamp.com/benjaminfortier

Dive into the essential sounds of April 2025 with our guide to the best metal albums of April! From the unique blend of gothic doom, jazz, and unexpected heaviness to a brutal and surprisingly groovy journey through nuclear disaster-themed technical death metal - the best metal albums of April have you covered. What's your favorite metal albums from April? Drop em in the comments. #BestMetalAlbums #April2025 #MetalReviews #NewMetal #MetalMusic Thumbs up the vid. Costs you nothing and helps us a ton. 🎸🔊Listen to our original death metal EP for free on Bandcamp: https://forgemasters.bandcamp.com/album/a-future-without-organic-lifeforms 👕🛒Show the world you stand in the forge with our exclusive merchandise: https://forgemaster-apparel.creator-spring.com ▶The Best Metal Albums of April 2025: 0:00 Like the vid! The Pick That Went Into Our Hearts 0:12 Ordained by the Imperials 01:46 Cascading Mountains of Metal 03:34 Mutated by the Wastes 05:32 A Summoning Through the Void Portals 07:57 Over the River and... 09:54 World Ending Shred Metal 11:32 Unhinged Death Metal of the Year 13:31 A Debut of Gothic Proportions 15:43 Dirges, More Dirges, Please 17:47 Check out our other videos! 🎶Our Picks for The Best Metal Albums of April 2025: Messa - The Spin Benediction - Ravage of Empires Allegaeon - The Ossuary Lens Cytotoxin - Biographyte Tómarúm - Beyond Obsidian Euphoria In The Woods - Otra Buried Realm - The Dormant Darkness Dormant Ordeal - Tooth and Nail Opia - I Welcome Thee, Eternal Sleep Tribunal - In Penitence and Ruin Get MORE out of your METAL with BEHIND THE SCENES ❗❗Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/forgemastermetalreviews ❗❗Follow us on Facebook: https://fb.me/forgemastermetalreviews 💿Ben's Bandcamp Collection: https://bandcamp.com/benjaminfortier #newmetal #metalmusic

July was surprisingly epic for fantastic metal albums I did not expect. From brooding melodic death to cinematic symphonic black, post-metal, prog-rock epics, and raw black-metal fury—here are the ten incredible albums you need in your rotation. Drop a comment and thumbs up the vid - helps us a ton. #MetalReleases #July2025 #NewMetalAlbums #MetalMonthly 🎸🔊Listen to our original death metal EP for free on Bandcamp: https://forgemasters.bandcamp.com/album/a-future-without-organic-lifeforms ▶Chapters for Best Metal of July 2025: 0:00 Thumbs up the vid 0:06 Frostbound Melodic Reverie 0:48 Gothic Opera of Riffs 1:37 Labyrinthine Death Symphony 2:31 Abyssal Crescendo of Shadows 3:21 Orchestral Blackened Expanse 4:06 Mythic Prog-Folk Tapestry 4:59 Eldritch Doom Vision 5:43 Celestial Doom Hymns 6:29 Medieval Stormsound Chronicles 7:05 Icy Fury Unleashed 7:56 Check out our other videos! 🎶Our Picks for Best Metal of July 2025: • Shadecrown – Zero • Sweeping Death – Devotion to the Absurd Night • Haxprocess – Beyond What Eyes Can See • Ba’al – The Fine Line Between Heaven And Here • Abigail Williams – A Void Within Existence • Phantom Spell – Heather & Hearth • Clairvoyance – Chasm of Immurement • Wytch Hazel – V: Lamentations • Weald & Woe – Far From the Light of Heaven • Sarastus – Agony Eternal Get MORE out of your METAL with BEHIND THE SCENES ❗❗Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/forgemastermetalreviews ❗❗Follow us on Facebook: https://fb.me/forgemastermetalreviews