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Reviews of 2025 releases

105 albums released this year.

MoldEra MoldEra Colonize Sludge MetalPost-MetalProgressive Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 14 Aug 2026 ABANAMAT ABANAMAT Abominat Heavy PsychProgressive RockStoner Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 12 Aug 2026 Love's Magic Cult Love's Magic Cult Firegazer Occult RockHeavy RockStoner Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 11 Aug 2026 Jara Jara A Past That Narrows Stoner-DoomPost-MetalSludge Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 10 Aug 2026 Marasme Marasme Fel Blackened SludgePost-MetalSludge Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 10 Aug 2026 Wren Wren Black Rain Falls Post-MetalAtmospheric SludgeSludge Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 9 Aug 2026 Verheerer Verheerer Urgewalt Melodic Black MetalPost-Black MetalPagan Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 7 Aug 2026 EYES EYES SPINNER Noise RockMetallic HardcoreSludge ● ● ● ○ ○ 6 Aug 2026 Hooded Menace Hooded Menace Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration Death-DoomMelodic Death MetalTraditional Doom ● ● ● ○ ○ 6 Aug 2026 Karla Kvlt Karla Kvlt Thunderhunter Sludge DoomPost-MetalDrone ● ● ● ○ ○ 6 Aug 2026 Birds of Nazca Birds of Nazca Pangaea Heavy PsychSludge MetalPost-Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 4 Aug 2026 Growing Horns Growing Horns The Essence of Suffering Occult DoomSludge MetalPost-Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 4 Aug 2026 Hermit Dreams Hermit Dreams Desperate Anomies Death-DoomExperimental DoomAtmospheric Death Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 3 Aug 2026 SHEEV SHEEV Ate's Alchemist Progressive Stoner MetalDoom MetalHeavy Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 3 Aug 2026 The Great Old Ones The Great Old Ones Kadath Atmospheric Black MetalPost-Black MetalBlackgaze ● ● ● ● ○ 3 Aug 2026 Apewards Apewards Liminal Choices Heavy PsychHeavy Blues RockHard Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 2 Aug 2026 Mountain of Misery Mountain of Misery Shades Of The Ashes Stoner MetalSludge MetalGrunge ● ● ● ○ ○ 2 Aug 2026 Nailed to Obscurity Nailed to Obscurity Generation Of The Void Melodic Death-DoomDeath-DoomDark Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 1 Aug 2026 Naxatras Naxatras V Heavy PsychProgressive RockSpace Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 1 Aug 2026 Zéro Absolu Zéro Absolu La Saignée Atmospheric Black MetalPost-Black MetalSymphonic Black Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 1 Aug 2026 Bushfire Bushfire Snakes Bite Tales Heavy Blues RockStoner RockGroove Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 31 Jul 2026 Dark Shaman Dark Shaman Occult Doom Occult DoomTraditional DoomStoner Doom ● ● ● ○ ○ 31 Jul 2026 Inborn Suffering Inborn Suffering Pale Grey Monochrome Melodic Death-DoomDeath-DoomAtmospheric Doom ● ● ● ● ○ 31 Jul 2026 Coltaine Coltaine Brandung Post-MetalAtmospheric Post-MetalPost-Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 30 Jul 2026 Komatsu Komatsu A Breakfast For Champions Stoner RockStoner MetalHeavy Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 30 Jul 2026 Esoctrilihum Esoctrilihum Ghostigmatah: Spiritual Rites of the Psychopomp Abxulöm Black MetalBlack-Death MetalSymphonic Black Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 28 Jul 2026 Throne Throne Ossarium Blackened SludgeSludge MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 28 Jul 2026 Wolvennest Wolvennest Procession Occult RockPsychedelic DoomPost-Punk ● ● ● ● ○ 27 Jul 2026 Elepharmers Elepharmers Western Wilderness Stoner RockDesert RockHeavy Psych ● ● ● ● ○ 26 Jul 2026 Feversea Feversea Man Under Erasure Blackened Post-MetalBlackgazePost-Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 26 Jul 2026 Trudger Trudger Void Quest NeocrustSludge MetalDeath Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 26 Jul 2026 Intraether Intraether Vestiges Atmospheric Black MetalProgressive Black MetalPost-Black Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 25 Jul 2026 Steinsopp Steinsopp Goloka Sessions Stoner RockHeavy PsychFuzz Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 25 Jul 2026 Vacuous Vacuous In His Blood Death MetalDissonant Death MetalHardcore ● ● ● ○ ○ 25 Jul 2026 Lykofos Lykofos Lykofos Blackened CrustBlack MetalCrust ● ● ● ○ ○ 22 Jul 2026 Noctambulist Noctambulist Noctambulist II: De Droom BlackgazeAtmospheric Black MetalPost-Black Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 22 Jul 2026 Sonic Demon Sonic Demon Planet Terror Stoner DoomHeavy PsychFuzz Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 22 Jul 2026 Märnø Märnø Via Incognita NeocrustCrustHardcore ● ● ● ○ ○ 21 Jul 2026 Soliloquium Soliloquium Famine Death-DoomMelodic Death MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 21 Jul 2026 Temple Fang Temple Fang Lifted From The Wind Heavy PsychProgressive RockPsychedelic Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 21 Jul 2026 Darkenhöld Darkenhöld Le Fléau du Rocher Black MetalAtmospheric Black MetalMedieval Black Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 20 Jul 2026 Honeybadger Honeybadger Let There Be Light Stoner RockDesert RockGrunge ● ● ● ○ ○ 20 Jul 2026 Trauma Bond Trauma Bond Summer Ends. Some Are Long Gone. GrindcoreSludge MetalNoise ● ● ● ○ ○ 20 Jul 2026 God's Funeral God's Funeral El Despertar Dels Morts Death-DoomFuneral DoomDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 19 Jul 2026 Indigosaur Indigosaur Cosmic Censor Heavy RockStoner RockProto-Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 19 Jul 2026 White Noise Generator White Noise Generator Myriads Heavy PsychStoner RockProgressive Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 19 Jul 2026 Messa Messa The Spin Doom MetalProgressive MetalDark Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 17 Jul 2026 Tight Grips Tight Grips Endless Gifts for Me, Myself and I Stoner RockProgressive RockGrunge ● ● ● ○ ○ 17 Jul 2026 Angel of Damnation Angel of Damnation Ethereal Blasphemy Doom MetalEpic DoomTraditional Doom ● ● ● ● ○ 16 Jul 2026 Lightless Lightless A Foreseen Loss Funeral DoomBlack MetalSludge ● ● ● ○ ○ 14 Jul 2026 Miss Lava Miss Lava Under a Black Sun Stoner RockHeavy PsychDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 14 Jul 2026 Mortui Vultus Mortui Vultus Distant Echoes Post-Black MetalBlackgazeAtmospheric Black Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 14 Jul 2026 Sowa Sowa Gdansk Macabre Progressive RockAlternative RockStoner Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 11 Jul 2026 Giant Lungs Giant Lungs Praise the Laze Stoner RockDesert RockDoom Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 9 Jul 2026 Void of Sleep Void of Sleep The Abyss into which We All Have to Stare Post-MetalSludge MetalProgressive Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 9 Jul 2026 Grey Czar Grey Czar Euarthropodia Progressive RockProgressive MetalHeavy Psych ● ● ● ○ ○ 8 Jul 2026 PIECE PIECE Rambler's Axe Sludge MetalDoom MetalStoner Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 8 Jul 2026 The Birch The Birch Vicious Mind Heavy PsychPsychedelic RockStoner Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 6 Jul 2026 Abysmal Grief Abysmal Grief Taetra Philosophia Gothic DoomDeath DoomOccult Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 5 Jul 2026 Mirkwood Spiders Mirkwood Spiders The Black Mountain Ritual Stoner DoomProgressive RockPsychedelic Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 5 Jul 2026 Palm Desert Palm Desert Rays Of The Gold And Grays Stoner RockDesert RockHeavy Psych ● ● ● ○ ○ 5 Jul 2026 A Ghost In Rags A Ghost In Rags Solfatara Post-MetalPost-RockAtmospheric Doom ● ● ● ● ○ 4 Jul 2026 HUM HUM three Heavy PsychStoner RockExperimental ● ● ● ○ ○ 21 Jun 2026 Crimson Roots Crimson Roots Open Roads Blues RockPsychedelic RockClassic Rock ● ● ● ○ ○ 5 Jun 2026 Tales of Mike Tales of Mike Human Epic Heavy MetalEpic Doom MetalHeavy Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 1 Jun 2026 Blut Aus Nord Blut Aus Nord Ethereal Horizons Black MetalAvantgardeProgressive Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 22 Apr 2026 Terzij de Horde Terzij de Horde Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone Post-Black MetalHardcoreBlack Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 25 Mar 2026 Harakiri for the Sky Harakiri for the Sky Scorched Earth Atmospheric Black MetalPost-Black MetalPost-Metal ● ● ● ● ● 20 Mar 2026 An Abstract Illusion An Abstract Illusion The Sleeping City Progressive Death MetalPost-Black MetalAtmospheric Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 18 Mar 2026 Der Weg einer Freiheit Der Weg einer Freiheit Innern Atmospheric Black MetalPost-MetalProgressive Black Metal ● ● ● ● ● 9 Mar 2026 ELLEREVE ELLEREVE Umbra Post-MetalPost-Black MetalDoomgaze ● ● ● ● ○ 8 Feb 2026 Mourir Mourir Insolence Post-MetalSludge MetalBlack Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 31 Jan 2026 Zatokrev Zatokrev ...Bring Mirrors To The Surface Sludge MetalPost-MetalPsychedelic Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 21 Dec 2025 Bell Witch Bell Witch Stygian Bough Volume II Funeral DoomDoom MetalAtmospheric Metal ● ● ● ● ● 15 Dec 2025 Primitive Man Primitive Man Observance Doom MetalSludge MetalNoise ● ● ● ● ● 1 Dec 2025 Thosar Thosar The Bold Idea of Being Satisfied Sludge MetalDoom Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 15 Nov 2025 Nadja Nadja Cut Drone DoomShoegaze MetalAmbient Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 5 Nov 2025 Sylosis Sylosis The New Flesh Thrash MetalProgressive Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 3 Nov 2025 Oaken Oaken From The Bonfire Post-MetalAtmospheric DoomPost-Hardcore ● ● ● ● ○ 10 Oct 2025 Slow Crush Slow Crush Thirst ShoegazePost-MetalDream Pop ● ● ● ● ○ 2 Oct 2025 Atlantic Atlantic Timeworn Atmospheric Black MetalPost-Black Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 14 Sept 2025 St. Unholyness St. Unholyness Through High Holy Haze Doom MetalBlack MetalStoner Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 6 Sept 2025 Hemelbestormer Hemelbestormer The Radiant Veil Post-MetalDoom MetalAtmospheric Metal ● ● ● ● ● 1 Sept 2025 Årabrot Årabrot Rite of Dionysus Noise RockArt RockPost-Punk ● ● ● ● ○ 12 Aug 2025 Mizmor Mizmor Mnemonic Ambient Mosaic Atmospheric Black MetalDoom MetalAmbient ● ● ● ● ○ 1 Aug 2025 Vandampire Vandampire Hope Scars Post-MetalSludge Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 3 Jul 2025 Cwfen Cwfen Sorrows Doom MetalDoomgazeGothic Doom ● ● ● ● ● 1 Jul 2025 Full of Hell Full of Hell Broken Sword, Rotten Shield Noise MetalGrindcoreExperimental Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 15 Jun 2025 Sumac Sumac The Film Post-MetalExperimentalNoise Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 1 Jun 2025 rýr rýr dislodged Post-MetalAtmospheric DoomInstrumental ● ● ● ● ○ 15 May 2025 Daevar Daevar Sub Rosa Doom MetalGrungeStoner Doom ● ● ● ● ○ 1 May 2025 Fange Fange Purulences Sludge MetalIndustrialNoise ● ● ● ● ○ 15 Apr 2025 Novarupta Novarupta Astral Sands Blackened SludgePost-MetalExperimental ● ● ● ● ● 15 Apr 2025 Conjurer Conjurer Unself Post-MetalSludge Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 5 Apr 2025 Karatschai Karatschai Karatschai Sludge MetalDoom MetalHeavy Psych ● ● ● ● ○ 1 Apr 2025 Amenra Amenra De Toorn Post-MetalDoom MetalNeofolk ● ● ● ● ● 28 Mar 2025 Druma Druma Sores of Our Time Post-MetalAtmospheric Black MetalSludge ● ● ● ● ○ 20 Mar 2025 Hangman's Chair Hangman's Chair Saddiction Doom MetalDark RockPost-Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 15 Mar 2025 Howling Giant Howling Giant Crucible & Ruin Stoner RockPsychedelic RockProgressive Rock ● ● ● ● ○ 15 Mar 2025 Möuth Möuth Global Warning Doom MetalPost-MetalSludge ● ● ● ● ○ 15 Mar 2025 Witchcraft Witchcraft Idag Doom MetalPsychedelic RockHeavy Psych ● ● ● ● ○ 10 Mar 2025 Mantar Mantar Post-Apocalyptic Depression Black MetalSludge MetalPunk ● ● ● ● ○ 1 Mar 2025 Pothamus Pothamus Abur Sludge MetalPost-MetalAmbient ● ● ● ● ● 1 Mar 2025 Psychonaut Psychonaut World Maker Post-MetalPsychedelic RockProgressive Metal ● ● ● ● ○ 1 Mar 2025 Snake Mountain Snake Mountain Man at Arms Doom MetalDeath DoomDeath Metal ● ● ● ○ ○ 1 Feb 2025
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