This week's #ThursDeath is debut LP 'Chasm of Immurement' by Warsaw''s CLAIRVOYANCE. Not sure how I missed this last year, as I loved their EP. This is some KILLER cavernous, churning, CRUSHING death doom with great dynamics and excellent faster/mid-tempo spots too.

https://carbonizedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chasm-of-immurement

#metal #DeathMetal #2025Albums #2025Records #Poland #PolishMetal #Warsaw #WarsawMetal #OSDM #Clairvoyance #WarsawPoland #Doom #DoomMetal #DeathDoom @HailsandAles @wendigo @rtw @guffo @c0m4 @flockofnazguls @swampgas @Kitty @nnenov @umrk

#GrindayFriday this week is 'Empathy Lost', the excellent new second LP from Gothenburg, Sweden's BRAINWASHER. This came out December 2025, and it's a damn great riffy, grindy record. Kinda classic Napalm or Terrorizer feel in spots.

https://brainwashergrind.bandcamp.com/album/empathy-lost

#grind #grindcore #Sweden #Gothenburg #SwedishGrind #metal #SwedishMetal #SwedishBands #Brainwasher #2025Albums #2025Records @vanessawynn @HailsandAles @guffo @c0m4 @flockofnazguls @brian

I have one for #BlackMetalMonday this week. This is new raw black metal LP 'Mordoré' by Quebec City's TURPITUDE (another Alice Simard project, she does some rad black metal stuff): https://turpitude.bandcamp.com/album/mordor

I've been going back to this one, although (as many know) I'm not usually super into black metal. I just find this one DAMN great. Dynamics, different rhythms and drum patterns.. fantastic. (Check out the wild stuff in track 3!) It just came out Jan 1.

#metal #BlackMetal #QuebecCity #Quebec #Canada #CanadianMetal #CanadianBlackMetal #CanadianBands #QuebecMetal #QuebecBands #AliceSimard #Turpitude #RawBlackMetal #2025Records #2025Albums @HailsandAles @brian @NoRestfortheWicked @derthomas @rtw @swampgas

Gotta talk about this new record while it's on my mind. LOVE finding things like this. This is new LP 'Chapter 1' by British collective SAULT. It has R&B, jazz, funk, disco, soul, gospel & house vibes all over, vibes of Sade or Marvin Gaye maybe, in spots.

https://saultglobal.bandcamp.com/album/chapter-1

Helmed by producer Inflo and with lead singer Cleo Soul.. it's unreal. Just unbelievably good. Big contender for me this year already. Fun parts, chill parts, it's got it all.

Not sure who'd be into this, but tagging a few of ya.. @swampgas @brian @bendaubney @rtfm @srgower

#2025Albums #2025Records #Sault #soul #funk #disco #gospel #house #BritishArtists #Inflo #CleoSoul #jazz

This one's a blast, just came out yesterday. Big contender for me this year, already. This is 'Slab Songs' by ANYTIME COWBOY (illustrator Reuben Sawyer) from California. Lo-fi, catchy, weird, dark, simple, folk, sometimes jangly, twangy, post-punk, punchy. ffo early Beck, Adam Green (Moldy Peaches), Guided by Voices.

https://anytimecowboy.bandcamp.com/album/slab-songs

(Reuben's been doing the Anytime Cowboy thing for a while, and has a bunch of earlier stuff that I checked out too, but THIS record this year is TIGHT and really brings together everything great about what he does. 🔥)

#lofi #BedroomPop #folk #indie #punk #PostPunk #jangly #catchy #weird #2025Albums #2025Records #California #CaliforniaArtists #AnytimeCowboy #IndieRock #IndieFolk #country

This is 'Future Fortune' from West Springfield, Massachusetts' hardcore punk outfit RESTRAINING ORDER, and mark this down as the THIRD punk LP I'm annoyed I missed for my lists last year (for those keeping track, the other two are Kaleidoscope and Imploders).

https://restrainingorderhc.bandcamp.com/album/future-fortune

This album fucking RIPS. The dude's voice is awesome. Sound maybe like old Minor Threat, Black Flag, Briefs vibes, Clash flair, slightly heavier. Some AMAZING, riffy, catchy hardcore punk. Killer dynamics, song structures, (even key changes - gasp!) just a FANTASTIC record from an incredible punk band I'm glad I spotted via the collection of early recordings they just put out.

#punk #PunkRock #2025Albums #2025Records #HardcorePunk #Massachusetts #WestSpringfield #MassachusettsBands #MassachusettsPunk #RestrainingOrder @Defiance @alabut @brian @FeloniousPunk @janboddez

One I somehow missed last year and may have even made my top 20 because of how damn good it is, NYC punks KALEIDOSCOPE and their LP 'Cities of Fear' that was written and recorded in just a few days in 2024. Some KILLER, catchy, rough, angry hardcore punk the way it SHOULD be. ffo MDC, Poison Idea, Crucifix.

https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/cities-of-fear

#punk #PunkRock #NYCPunk #NewYork #NewYorkPunk #NewYorkBands #HardcorePunk #anarchopunk #2025Albums #2025Records @Defiance @FeloniousPunk

It's the first #GrindayFriday of 2026, and I have a ripper. This is the debut LP of Virginia antifascist grinders LAY WASTE. 14 short, brutal tracks with fantastic titles like 'Make Guillotines Great Again'. Kinda oldschool grind, kinda deathgrind. Probably would've made one or both of my lists had it come out earlier in 2025. Fuck fascism, listen to grind.

https://laywaste2.bandcamp.com/album/lay-waste

#grind #grindcore #Virginia #VirginiaBands #VirginiaGrind #antifascist #antifa #LayWaste #2025Albums #2025Records @vanessawynn @brian @HailsandAles @guffo @rtw @c0m4 @flockofnazguls

Whoever says great new punk rock isn't still coming out in 2025 clearly hasn't heard the new Imploders LP, 'Targeted for Termination': https://neontasterecords.bandcamp.com/album/targeted-for-termination

Every time I listen to this, I'm kinda annoyed I missed it for my favorite 20 records of 2025. 😂

#punk #PunkRock #2025Albums #2025Records #indie #Canada #Toronto #CanadianPunk #TorontoPunk #CanadianBands #CanadianPunk @Defiance @alipunk

Playing the new Nas x DJ Premier, and it's pretty damn good, because of course it is- it's Nas

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdSaO_SiGL8Yjw7GEdOX6FmsBRHLkr8_c&si=w96JgF2FRiiRjThs

#rap #NowPlaying #Nas #hiphop #DJPremier #2025Albums #2025Records

New Degraved vinyl arrived! 😍🔥🤘

#metal #DeathMetal #vinyl #2025Albums #2025Records #records #Degraved #VinylCollection #VinylLovers @brian @HailsandAles @rtw @swampgas

This week's #ThursDeath is DEATH TUNNEL, the members of which are natives from the nearby (to me) Salt River Reservation here in Arizona. Death Tunnel have been around since 2021, had an LP last year, and another this year, 'Predisposed to Decompose': https://youtu.be/R3arjxcOsEY

The band has an Instagram, and one of the posts links the album for FREE DOWNLOAD here: https://mega.nz/file/edsQCLAT#VzrzE7yn4S2XCUk9lj6bMAuvOUC8fVrGulquzGeo4ko. It's not on Bandcamp or Qobuz or anything (why it was so tough to find) but it's a REALLY killer OSDM style ripper, like I love. Had I discovered it earlier this year, it would've probably made one or both of my lists.

#metal #DeathMetal #Arizona #ArizonaMetal #SaltRiverReservation #2025Albums #2025Records #AZ #OSDM @brian @HailsandAles @rtw @guffo @c0m4 @swampgas @umrk @Kitty @nnenov

Wanted to make a list of my favorite EPs from 2025- narrowed it down to a top 10, from over 200 I'd liked and documented this year. The list contains multiple genres & I've written a brief blurb about each. Most of these I've talked about here this year. Might be something here for everyone!

Mood Bored - Too Much? (shoegaze/alt rock from the Netherlands with great female vocals - Breeders, Pixies, that dog, Throwing Muses vibes)
https://moodboredband.bandcamp.com/album/too-much

Top Dollar - Objects of Misfortune (well produced, tight hardcore punk from New York- Jerry's Kids meets Floorpunch, or MDC, even - killer drums)
https://11pmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/objects-of-misfortune

Sectarian Defacement - Chaotic Demiurge (tight, catchy brutal deathgrind from Kyiv, Ukraine)
https://sectariandefacement.bandcamp.com/album/chaotic-demiurge

Trompeta - Fastfood (bizarre, synthy, Krautrock-tinged, spacey, surreal, Throbbing Gristle-esque electronica with sparse vocals, from Benicarló, Spain)
https://trompetatrompeta.bandcamp.com/album/fastfood

Spy - Seen Enough (ripping, raw, rough, unforgettable California punk - loud, feedbacky, intense)
https://spyhc.bandcamp.com/album/seen-enough

Bullfinch - Louse (riffy, catchy, groovy unique sludge from Glasgow)
https://bullfinchsludge.bandcamp.com/album/louse

Putrid Requiem - Engulfed in Rot... You Lay (cavernous, crusty, grody debut from Saint Petersburg, Russia band- maybe my #1 favorite metal EP of 2025)
https://putridrequiem.bandcamp.com/album/engulfed-in-rot-you-lay

Dripped - Utopia of Euphoric Envisionment (brutal death from Perth, Australia- Dripped had one of my favorite LPs in 2023, and are one of my favorite metal bands - so consistent) https://dripped.bandcamp.com/album/utopia-of-euphoric-envisionment

Cytophagia - Spewed from Festering Sludge (3 brief songs of great riffy, dynamic goregrind from Slovakia)
https://calvos73records.bandcamp.com/album/spewed-from-festering-sludge

Brain Matter - Divine Opulence (dynamic, ripping, chugging death with some doom from Fort Worth, Texas, via Iron Corpse)
https://ironfortressrecords.bandcamp.com/album/divine-opulence

#punk #metal #electronica #shoegaze #DeathMetal #HardcorePunk #PunkRock #AltRock #sludge #goregrind #BrutalDeath #BrutalDeathMetal #2025Albums #2025Records #deathgrind @brian @HailsandAles @rtw @vanessawynn @swampgas @irafcummings @jeffrey @derthomas @hl @Kitty @umrk @poetaster

My favorite 20 LPs of 2025: https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/my-top-20-favorite-lps-of-2025

Tagging a bunch of you that have helped me out finding things this year or who have expressed interest - sorry if I missed you, there's a lot of ya!

#metal #punk #rap #2025Albums #2025Records #AOTY #2025AOTY #AOTY2025 #DeathMetal #PunkRock #hiphop #music @brian @HailsandAles @vanessawynn @swampgas @rtw @c0m4 @flockofnazguls @buffyleigh @irafcummings @fistfulofdave @Kitty @guffo @anji @umrk @hl @bendaubney @alabut @nnenov @hisaac @farrisswisher @dillyd @VE3RWJ @demon6 @cory @ryan2one3 @jeffrey @mm78 @NoRestfortheWicked @plaindocs @petebrown @poetaster

Do any of y'all submit your top 10 metal things of the year to the Metal Archives for their poll? I haven't before, but now that I have an account there, I'm gonna do it this year. I guess as long as you have an account there before December 2, and it can be LPs, EPs, or splits even as long as they were released this year and were new material.. the rules are on this forum thread along with discussion, and you'd submit a DM there to the poster of the thread.

https://forum.metal-archives.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=147647&sid=5aa6e2aa35df9ff690d681be416e3e47

#metal #DeathMetal #2025Albums #2025Records

Ahkatari, a rap duo from Detroit, put out 'Blood: Act I', their sophomore record after 11 years - I hadn't heard of these guys but wow, another wild, unique rap banger from 2025

https://ahkatari.bandcamp.com/album/blood-act-i

#NowPlaying #rap #hiphop #Ahkatari #Detroit #DetroitRap #DetroitHiphop #2025Albums #2025Records @farrisswisher @dillyd @jeffrey @hisaac

Another solid rap banger from this year - 'The Pryce You Pay' by Slik Jack & Vincent Pryce: https://slikjack.bandcamp.com/album/the-pryce-you-pay

This is gritty and grimy, super solid from front to back. Some excellent wordplay, beats and samples all over the place here.

#rap #hiphop #2025Albums #2025Records #UndergroundRap #UndergroundHiphop #BoomBap #SlickJack #VincentPryce @farrisswisher @dillyd @jeffrey @hisaac

Fans of dungeon synth/black metal-- there were two great new Warlock Corpse records this year.

Eternal Prisoner
https://warlockcorpse.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-prisoner

and Melodies for Ghosts
https://warlockcorpse.bandcamp.com/album/melodies-for-ghosts

I don't even know which I like more. Warlock Corpse are SO great.

#DungeonSynth #WarlockCorpse #Kazakhstan #BlackMetal #metal #synth #RawBlackMetal #2025Albums #2025Records #ТрупКолдуна

Now playing another DAMN solid rap banger from this year, Pruven rapping over ILL Sugi & Und$ beats and such 🔥💥

Ying & Yang: Blessings or Razorblades: https://illsugi1.bandcamp.com/album/ying-yang-blessings-or-razorblades

#NowPlaying #rap #hiphop #ConsciousHiphop #Pruven #ILLSugi #Japan #UndergroundHiphop #2025Albums #2025Records @dillyd @farrisswisher @jeffrey @hisaac

For #ThursDeath this week, DWELLING BELOW released their sophomore LP 'Worrisome Guardians' earlier this year, and this record is a masterclass in great, slightly dissonant death.

https://dwellingbelow.bandcamp.com/album/wearisome-guardians

As @brian, @umrk, @HailsandAles, and @swampgas would already agree, there's a lot to love about the killer drumming, guttural vocals, and everything else on this amazing album. A really incredible one this year - a must hear for any fan of death metal, I'd say.

#DeathMetal #DissonantDeath #metal #2025Albums #2025Records #DwellingBelow @c0m4 @cory @guffo @nnenov @Kitty