Best Metal Albums 2025 – Top 30 Metal releases 2025 So Far!

We are in a middle of year 2025, so here is a list of Top 30 Metal releases of year 2025! These are the most played albums released 2025 so far by Metal Collision. I haven’t have time to make these top of lists on a monthly bases so i gathered releases from every month from January to June. This might as well have been top 100, so many good albums released this year already!

Releases featured on this video:

Release DateBandAlbumGenreCountryTypeLabel
May 23rd, 2025…and OceansThe Regeneration ItinerarySymphonic Black MetalFinlandFull-lengthSeason of Mist
March 28th, 2025Alien WeaponryTe RāThrash MetalNew ZealandFull-lengthNapalm Records
April 4th, 2025AllegaeonThe Ossuary LensDeath/Melodic Death MetalUSFull-lengthMetal Blade Records
April 4th, 2025Bleed From WithinZenithMetalcoreUKFull-lengthNuclear Blast
April 4th, 2025Buried RealmThe Dormant DarknessMelodic/Technical Death MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
January 24th, 2025CenturySign of the StormHeavy MetalSwedenFull-lengthElectric Assault Records
March 28th, 2025DeafheavenLonely People with PowerPost-Black Metal/ShoegazeUSFull-lengthRoadrunner Records
April 25th, 2025Deserted FearVeins of FireDeath MetalGermanyFull-lengthTestimony Records
April 18th, 2025Dormant OrdealTooth and NailDeath MetalPolandFull-lengthWillowtip Records
February 7th, 2025Dream TheaterParasomniaProgressive MetalUSFull-lengthInsideOut Music
June 13th, 2025FallujahXenotaphProgressive/Technical Death MetalUSFull-lengthNuclear Blast Records
January 24th, 2025Harakiri for the SkyScorched EarthPost-Black MetalAustriaFull-lengthAOP Records
February 28th, 2025HavukruunuTavastlandBlack MetalFinlandFull-lengthSvart Records
June 27th, 2025Heaven Shall BurnHeimatMelodic Death Metal/MetalcoreGermanyFull-lengthCentury Media Record
May 9th, 2025Kal-ElAstral Voyager Vol. 1Doom/Stoner MetalNorwayFull-lengthIndependent
April 25th, 2025KardashevAluneaProgressive/Atmospheric Deathcore/Post-MetalUSFull-lengthMetal Blade Records
June 6th, 2025KatatoniaNightmares as Extensions of the Waking StateDoom/Alternative/Progressive Rock/MetalSwedenFull-lengthNapalm Records
February 7th, 2025MajesticaPower TrainPower MetalSwedenFull-lengthNuclear Blast
March 14th, 2025NiteCult of the Serpent SunBlackened Heavy MetalUSFull-lengthSeason of Mist
February 28th, 2025OwlbearFeather & ClawHeavy MetalUSFull-lengthAlone Records
February 28th, 2025Red EyeIIIPsychedelic Doom/Stoner MetalSpainFull-lengthDiscos Macarras
June 9th, 2025Ritual AwakeningGreedMelodic Death MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
May 30th, 2025Rivers of NihilRivers of NihilProgressive/Technical Death MetalUSFull-lengthMetal Blade Records
June 27th, 2025SodomThe ArsonistThrash MetalGermanyFull-lengthSteamhammer
January 10th, 2025Stick To Your GunsKeep Planting FlowersHardcore/MetalUSFull-lengthSharpTone
January 24th, 2025The Great Old OnesKadathAtmospheric Black MetalFranceFull-lengthSeason Of Mist
January 10th, 2025The Halo EffectMarch of the UnheardMelodic Death MetalSwedenFull-lengthNuclear Blast
May 30th, 2025The HauntedSongs of Last ResortMelodic Death/Thrash/Groove MetalSwedenFull-lengthCentury Media Records
January 24th, 2025VoidfallenThe Rituals of ResilienceMelodic Death/Black MetalFinlandFull-lengthNoble Demon
March 14th, 2025WarbringerWrath and RuinThrash MetalUSFull-lengthNapalm Records

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