Best Metal Albums 2025! – Top Metal releases 2025!

Top Metal releases 2025! 7 best releases in 8 different genres! Check also Top100 Spotify playlist below!

Release DateBandAlbumGenreCountryTypeLabel
Heavy Metal
September 5th, 2025AmbushEvil in All DimensionsHeavy MetalSwedenFull-lengthNapalm Records
January 24th, 2025CenturySign of the StormHeavy MetalSwedenFull-lengthElectric Assault Records
October 31st, 2025DefectoEchoes of IsolationHeavy/Progressive MetalDenmarkFull-lengthFrontiers Records
February 7th, 2025Dream TheaterParasomniaProgressive/Heavy MetalUSFull-lengthInsideOut Music
February 28th, 2025OwlbearFeather & ClawHeavy MetalUSFull-lengthAlone Records
March 14th, 2025NiteCult of the Serpent SunBlackened Heavy MetalUSFull-lengthSeason of Mist
July 4th, 2025Wytch HazelV: LamentationsHard Rock/Heavy MetalUKFull-lengthBad Omen Records
Thrash Metal
October 17th, 2025CoronerDissonance TheoryTechnical Thrash MetalSwitzerlandFull-lengthCentury Media Records
September 5th, 2025ElectrocutionerHarbingerThrash MetalUSFull-lengthCDN Records
February 21st, 2025SacrificeVolume SixThrash MetalCanadaFull-lengthHigh Roller Records
June 27th, 2025SodomThe ArsonistThrash MetalGermanyFull-lengthSteamhammer
October 3rd, 2025Struck a NerveStruck a NerveThrash MetalUKFull-lengthIndependent
October 10th, 2025TestamentPara BellumThrash MetalUSFull-lengthNuclear Blast Records
March 14th, 2025WarbringerWrath and RuinThrash MetalUSFull-lengthNapalm Records
Melodic Death Metal
October 3rd, 2025Bloodred HourglassWe Should Be Buried like ThisMelodic Death Metal/MetalcoreFinlandFull-lengthOut of Line Music
April 4th, 2025Buried RealmThe Dormant DarknessMelodic/Technical Death MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
September 5th, 2025GrenadierWolves of the TrenchMelodic Death MetalCanadaFull-lengthDrakkar Productions
October 3rd, 2025Orbit CultureDeath Above LifeMelodic Death/Groove MetalSwedenFull-lengthCentury Media Records
June 9th, 2025Ritual AwakeningGreedMelodic Death MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
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
Death Metal
April 4th, 2025AllegaeonThe Ossuary LensDeath/Melodic Death MetalUSFull-lengthMetal Blade Records
August 15th, 2025BaestColossalDeath MetalDenmarkFull-lengthCentury Media Records
June 20th, 2025CryptopsyAn Insatiable ViolenceBrutal/Technical Death MetalCanadaFull-lengthSeason of Mist
April 18th, 2025Dormant OrdealTooth and NailDeath MetalPolandFull-lengthWillowtip Records
April 18th, 2025LikNecroDeath MetalSwedenFull-lengthMetal Blade Records
September 26th, 2025RevocationNew Gods, New MastersTechnical Death/Thrash MetalUSFull-lengthMetal Blade Records
May 30th, 2025Rivers of NihilRivers of NihilProgressive/Technical Death MetalUSFull-lengthMetal Blade Records
Doom & Stoner Metal
October 3rd, 2025Hooded MenaceLachrymose Monuments of ObscurationDoom/Death MetalFinlandFull-lengthSeason of Mist
May 9th, 2025Kal-ElAstral Voyager Vol. 1Doom/Stoner MetalNorwayFull-lengthIndependent
June 27th, 2025King WitchIIIHeavy/Doom MetalUKFull-lengthListenable Records
March 14th, 2025NightstalkerReturn from the Point of No ReturnStoner Rock/MetalGreeceFull-lengthHeavy Psych Sounds
September 19th, 2025Novembers DoomMajor ArcanaMelodic Doom/Death MetalUSFull-lengthProphecy Productions
September 26th, 2025WarcoeUpon Tall ThronesDoom MetalItalyFull-lengthRipple Music
November 21st, 2025WolftoothWizard’s LightHeavy/Doom MetalUSFull-lengthRipple Music
Black Metal
May 23rd, 2025…and OceansThe Regeneration ItinerarySymphonic Black MetalFinlandFull-lengthSeason of Mist
August 8th, 2025BlackbraidBlackbraid IIIAtmospheric Black MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
November 28th, 2025Blut aus NordEthereal HorizonsAtmospheric Black Metal, Avant-garde/Black/Industrial Metal/Dark AmbientFranceFull-lengthDebemur Morti Productions
March 28th, 2025DeafheavenLonely People with PowerPost-Black Metal/ShoegazeUSFull-lengthRoadrunner Records
January 24th, 2025Harakiri for the SkyScorched EarthPost-Black MetalAustriaFull-lengthAOP Records
February 28th, 2025HavukruunuTavastlandBlack MetalFinlandFull-lengthSvart Records
September 26th, 2025VintersorgVattenkrafternas spelBlack/Folk MetalSwedenFull-lengthHammerheart Records
Metalcore & Deathcore
November 20th, 2025AngelMakerThis Used to Be HeavenDeathcoreCanadaFull-lengthIndependent
February 28th, 2025ArchitectsThe Sky, The Earth & All BetweenMetalcoreUKFull-lengthEpitaph
April 4th, 2025Bleed From WithinZenithMetalcoreUKFull-lengthNuclear Blast
April 25th, 2025KardashevAluneaProgressive/Atmospheric Deathcore/Post-MetalUSFull-lengthMetal Blade Records
June 20th, 2025MalevolenceWhere Only the Truth Is SpokenGroove Metal/MetalcoreUKFull-lengthNuclear Blast
June 27th, 2025Shadow of IntentImperium DeliriumSymphonic/Melodic DeathcoreUSFull-lengthIndependent
March 7th, 2025WhitechapelHymns in DissonanceDeathcoreUSFull-lengthMetal Blade Records
Power Metal
April 25th, 2025Ancient BardsArtifexSymphonic Power MetalItalyFull-lengthLimb Music
September 19th, 2025FeanorHellhammerHeavy/Power MetalArgentinaFull-lengthNo Remorse Records
August 29th, 2025HelloweenGiants & MonstersPower/Speed MetalGermanyFull-lengthReigning Phoenix Music
March 28th, 2025JudicatorConcordPower MetalUSFull-lengthIndependent
February 7th, 2025MajesticaPower TrainPower MetalSwedenFull-lengthNuclear Blast
August 22nd, 2025Mob RulesRise of the RulerMelodic Power MetalGermanyFull-lengthROAR! / Rock of Angels Records
July 4th, 2025WarkingsArmageddonPower MetalInternationalFull-lengthNapalm Records