It's time for PART 4 (the final part) of our End of Year lists!!
Dave, Duncan & Ross have gone back through the album releases from 2025 and re-listened to all of their favourites…and a few more. Now there’s only one thing left to do…order those sonsabitches! Join the guys as they count down their Top 20 Albums of 2025!
Let us know your EOY lists in the comments below!
Spotify playlist of albums picked: https://tinyurl.com/5532sn7y
#Metal #BestMetalAlbums2025 #AOTY #BestMetalAlbum2025 #Metal2025 #HeavyMetal
(00:00) Intro
(01:47) 5 Dave
(05:42) 5 Duncan
(10:50) 5 Ross
(16:22) 4 Dave
(20:48) 4 Duncan
(24:39) 4 Ross
(27:43) 3 Dave
(33:02) 3 Duncan
(35:20) 3 Ross
(38:30) 2 Dave
(43:06) 2 Duncan
(47:38) 2 Ross
(48:47) 1 Dave
(54:56) 1 Duncan
(58:55) 1 Ross
(01:05:00) Recap
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It's time for PART 3 of our End of Year lists!!
Dave, Duncan & Ross have gone back through the album releases from 2025 and re-listened to all of their favourites…and a few more. Now there’s only one thing left to do…order those sonsabitches! Join the guys as they count down their Top 20 Albums of 2025!
Let us know your lists in the comments below!
Spotify playlist of albums picked: https://tinyurl.com/5532sn7y
#Metal #BestMetalAlbums2025 #BestMetalAlbum2025 #Metal2025 #HeavyMetal
(00:00) Intro
(00:27) 10 Dave
(04:52) 10 Duncan
(10:00) 10 Ross
(12:33) 9 Dave
(16:29) 9 Duncan
(22:03) 9 Ross
(25:18) 8 Dave
(29:26) 8 Duncan
(34:05) 8 Ross
(37:16) 7 Dave
(40:44) 7 Duncan
(44:51) 7 Ross
(47:30) 6 Dave
(52:58) 6 Duncan
(56:22) 6 Ross
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It's time for PART 2 of our End of Year lists!!
Dave, Duncan & Ross have gone back through the album releases from 2025 and re-listened to all of their favourites…and a few more. Now there’s only one thing left to do…order those sonsabitches! Join the guys as they count down their Top 20 Albums of 2025!
Let us know your lists in the comments below!
Spotify playlist of albums picked: https://tinyurl.com/5532sn7y
#Metal #BestMetalAlbums2025 #BestMetalAlbum2025 #Metal2025 #HeavyMetal
(00:00) Intro
(00:27) 15 Dave
(03:22) 15 Duncan
(06:34) 15 Ross
(09:31) 14 Dave
(12:27) 14 Duncan
(16:54) 14 Ross
(19:30) 13 Dave
(23:23) 13 Duncan
(27:50) 13 Ross
(29:59) 12 Dave
(32:53) 12 Duncan
(35:05) 12 Ross
(36:47) 11 Dave
(39:37) 11 Duncan
(43:52) 11 Ross
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It's time for our End of Year lists!!
Dave, Duncan & Ross have gone back through the album releases from 2025 and re-listened to all of their favourites…and a few more. Now there’s only one thing left to do…order those sonsabitches! Join the guys as they count down their Top 20 Albums of 2025!
Let us know your lists in the comments below!
Spotify playlist of albums picked: https://tinyurl.com/5532sn7y
#Metal #BestMetalAlbums2025 #BestMetalAlbum2025 #Metal2025 #HeavyMetal
(00:00) Intro
(02:50) 20 Dave
(05:07) 20 Duncan
(08:17) 20 Ross
(10:27) 19 Dave
(12:38) 19 Duncan
(14:46) 19 Ross
(16:52) 18 Dave
(19:20) 18 Duncan
(22:41) 18 Ross
(24:55) 17 Dave
(28:08) 17 Duncan
(30:49) 17 Ross
(34:05) 16 Dave
(37:56) 16 Duncan
(42:27) 16 Ross
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Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from LA-based industrial-rock band, HEALTH.
The bands new album, CONFLICT DLC., will be released on December 11th via Loma Vista Recordings.
FFO: Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein, Ministry, Author & Punisher, Godflesh, 3TEETH, The Black Queen, Youth Code, Street Sects.
Band: https://www.facebook.com/healthnoise
Pre-Order: https://youwillloveeachother.bandcamp.com/album/conflict-dlc #Industrial #IndustrialMetal #IndustrialRock #Electronic #Alternative
(00:00) Intro
(04:15) Duncan's Review
(16:17) Dave's Review
(28:36) Ratings
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new EPs from metal-shoegaze quintet, Deathbloom.
The bands new double EP, Scarcity and Overflow, will be released on December 8th and 15th.
FFO: Slow Crush, Faetooth, Holy Fawn, male//gaze, Godflesh, Soma Plume, Iress, GUHTS.
Band: https://www.facebook.com/DeathbloomUK
Order: https://deathbloomuk.bandcamp.com/music
#Shoegaze #Metal #Dreamo #Industrial
(00:00) Intro
(02:22) Dave's Scarcity Review
(07:25) Duncan's Scarcity Review
(09:56) Duncan's Overflow Review
(14:50) Dave's Overflow Review
(19:00) Ratings
Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from UK riff slingers, Monolith.
The bands new album, The Price of Their Heaven, will be released on December 5th via Nightmarcher Records.
FFO: Foreign Hands, Ignite, Converge, Shai Hulud, Killing The Dream, Dead Swans.
Band: https://www.facebook.com/monolithuk
Order: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/monolith4/the-price-of-their-heaven
#Hardcore #MelodicHardcore
(00:00) Intro
(03:58) Dave's Review
(20:23) Duncan's Review
(29:48) Ratings
Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from Boise, Idaho, metallic hardcore unit, Witness Chamber.
The bands new release, Bronze Gates, will be released on December 5th via Brain Floss Records.
FFO: Knocked Loose, Scarab, All Out War, Les 150 Passions, Foundation, Moment of Truth, Deal With God, Laid Out, Chained, Lethal Method.
Band: https://www.instagram.com/witnesschamber/
Order: https://brainflossrecords.bigcartel.com/product/witness-chamber-bronze-gates-lp-preorder #Hardcore #MetallicHardcore
(00:00) Intro
(01:25) Dave's Review
(15:12) Duncan's Review
(18:33) Ratings
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Carolina hardcore/alt-rock hybrid, Excide.
The bands new album, Bastard Hymns, will be released on November 28th via Sharptone Records.
FFO: Failure, Cave In, Snapcase, Cancer Bats, Quicksand, Deftones, He Is Legend, Blindside, Queens of the Stone Age, Every Time I Die, Taproot.
Band: https://www.facebook.com/excidehc/
Order: https://bfan.link/bastard-hymns
#Hardcore #AlternativeRock #PostHardcore #Grunge #NuMetal
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(00:00) Intro
(02:00) Duncan's Review
(13:30) Dave's Review
(22:13) Ratings
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Danish progressive metal band, FEATHER MOUNTAIN.
The bands new album, A Liminal Step, will be released on November 27th.
FFO: Tesseract, The Contortionist, Leprous, Agent Fresco, Karnivool, Tool, Dead Letter Circus, Mew.
Band: https://www.facebook.com/feathermountainband/
Order: https://feathermountain.bandcamp.com/album/a-liminal-step
#ProgressiveMetal #ProgressiveRock #AlternativeRock #Electronic
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(00:00) Intro
(02:38) Duncan's Review
(11:40) Dave's Review
(20:20) Ratings
Dave & Duncan are back and louder than ever for Episode 68 of the Metal Epidemic Podcast!
This month we’re talking gigs, new releases from Spite, Gvllow, Soulfly, Primitive Man, Pupil Slicer, Astronoid, Honningbarna, Bonginator and more! Plus, we crown our October Album of the Month and spin some brand-new tracks!
Singles:
Kakihara – CALIMARI
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male//gaze – GET WELL
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HVRT – Wohin mit der Scheiße von gestern
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Killgurls – Cake
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00:00:00 INTRO
00:09:00 GIG REVIEW - TURNSTILE
00:16:50 GIG REVIEW - CYTOTOXIN
00:49:35 SINGLE 01 - Kakihara – CALIMARI
00:51:40 WHAT WE’VE BEEN LISTENING TO & STUFF
02:00:30 SINGLE 02 - male//gaze – GET WELL
02:04:35 DAVE’S ALBUM OF THE MONTH OCTOBER 2025
02:10:30 DUNCAN’S ALBUM OF THE MONTH OCTOBER 2025
02:16:15 SINGLE 03 - HVRT – Wohin mit der Scheiße von gestern
02:19:50 WRAPPING UP THE SHOW
02:27:05 SINGLE 04 - Killgurls – Cake
Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from San Diego punk quartet, Negative Blast.
The bands new album, Destroy Myself For Sun, will be released on November 14th via Three One G and Vitriol.
FFO: Black Flag, Pissed Jeans, Lewd Acts, Adolescents, Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, Cancer Bats, Fu Manchu.
Band: https://www.instagram.com/negativeblastsd
Order: https://negativeblast.bandcamp.com/album/destroy-myself-for-fun
#Punk #Hardcore #HardcorePunk #NoiseRock #GaragePunk
(00:00) Intro
(02:58) Duncan's Review
(14:10) Dave's Review
(20:57) Ratings
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from rising alternative quartet, PREYRS.
The bands new album, The Wounded Healer, will be released on November 14th via Pelagic Records.
FFO: Nine Inch Nails, Chelsea Wolfe, Sonic Youth, Julie Christmas, Alanis Morissette, My Bloody Valentine, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Melvins.
Band: https://www.facebook.com/amymontgomeryofficial/
Pre-Order: https://preyrs.bandcamp.com/album/the-wounded-healer
#AlternativeRock #AtmosphericRock #IndustrialRock #GothicRock #StonerRock #DarkRock
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(00:00) Intro
(02:57) Dave's Review
(12:02) Duncan's Review
(20:05) Ratings
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from UK experimental sludge metal stalwarts, GHOLD.
The bands new album, Bludgeoning Simulations, will be released on November 14th via Human Worth.
FFO: Neurosis, LLNN, Year Of No Light, Conan, Melvins, Anna Von Hausswolff, Sleep, Holy Scum.
Band: https://www.facebook.com/gholdband
Pre-Order: https://ghold.bandcamp.com/album/bludgeoning-simulations
#Sludge #Doom #PostMetal #NoiseRock #Psychedelic #ExperimentalSludge
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(00:00) Intro
(03:10) Dave's Review
(16:28) Duncan's Review
(25:23) Ratings
Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from Canadian Electronic Rock duo, ROMES.
The bands new album, Sonic Trash, will be released on November 15th via Sugar Blood Records.
FFO: The Prodigy, Nine Inch Nails, Justice, KMFDM, Snake River Conspiracy, WARGASM, Daft Punk, Les Rythmes Digitales, Does It Offend You Yeah.
Band: https://www.facebook.com/Romes
Pre-Order: https://romesband.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-trash
#ElectronicRock #Electronica #Industrial #Alternative #HipHop #DancePunk #Grunge
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(00:00) Intro
(02:28) Duncan's Review
(19:50) Dave's Review
(32:00) Ratings
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from North Carolina Progressive metal band, STELLAR CIRCUITS.
The bands new album, Phantom :: Phoenix, will be released on November 14th via Nuclear Blast.
FFO: The Contortionist, TesseracT, Karnivool, Circa Survive, The Mars Volta, Artificial Language, Tool, Distorted Harmony.
Band: https://www.facebook.com/stellarcircuits
Order: https://stellarcircuits.bandcamp.com/album/phantom-phoenix
#ProgressiveMetal #ProgressiveRock #AlternativeMetal
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(00:00) Intro
(01:30) Dave's Review
(10:18) Duncan's Review
(19:55) Ratings
Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from Santa Cruz hardcore institution, DRAIN.
The bands new album, …IS YOUR FRIEND, will be released on November 7th via Epitaph Records.
FFO: Power Trip, End It, Speed, Dead Heat, Mindforce, Pantera, Scowl, Iron Reagan, Trapped Under Ice, GEL.
Band: https://www.facebook.com/drain831/
Order: https://drain831.bandcamp.com/album/is-your-friend
#Hardcore #Punk #CrossoverThrash
(00:00) Intro
(02:30) Duncan's Review
(14:14) Dave's Review
(22:37) Ratings
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Danish Doom Blues quartet, Bogwife.
The bands new album, From Ashes, will be released on November 7th via Majestic Mountain Records.
FFO: Kyuss, Sleep, Clutch, Graveyard, Greenleaf, Blue Pills, TIER, Sleeping Mountain.
Band: https://www.facebook.com/Bogwife/
Pre-Order: https://bogwife.bandcamp.com/album/from-ashes
#StonerRock #DoomBlues #HeavyPsych #BluesRock #70sRock
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(00:00) Intro
(02:58) Dave's Review
(13:00) Duncan's Review
(19:33) Ratings
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Danish instrumental rock trio, Town Portal.
The bands new album, Grindwork, will be released on November 7th via Dream Bureau.
FFO: Kowloon Walled City, Pelican, Meshuggah, Hum, Shiner, Scale the Summit, The Physics House Band, Dumb Waiter.
Band: https://www.facebook.com/townportalband/
Order: https://townportal.bandcamp.com/album/grindwork
#Instrumental #MathRock #PostMetal #ProgressiveMetal #ProgressiveRock #NoiseRock
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(00:00) Intro
(02:30) Duncan's Review
(14:40) Dave's Review
(28:10) Ratings
Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new collaboration album from Chat Pile + Hayden Pedigo.
‘In the Earth Again’ will be released on October 31st via Computer Students & The Flenser.
FFO: John Fahey, This Heat, Robbie Basho, Earth, The Jesus Lizard, Big Black.
Band: https://www.facebook.com/chatpileband/
https://www.instagram.com/amarillohighway/
Pre-Order: https://chatpile.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-earth-again
#Folk #AvantFolk #Americana #NoiseRock #Prog #Industrial #Sludge #Experimental
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(00:00) Intro
(03:03) Duncan's Review
(17:17) Dave's Review
(28:40) Ratings