Hard to believe that we’re getting ready to put a bow on 2025! Thank you to all of you who submitted a ballot for your top LPs of this year — results coming in a few weeks! In the meantime, here’s an exceedingly smol list of new releases for December 12th. Feel free to jam the playlist below, request reviews from staff and contributors, let us know what you’re looking forward to this week (in music or otherwise), and in the meantime: time to punch out of this yawn factory.

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– List of Releases: December 12th, 2025 –

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Abbie Falls – Life is Just a Temporary Plan
Genre: Deathcore / Djent
Label: Out of Line

ASC – Vanishing Light
Genre: Atmospheric Drum and Bass / Jungle
Label: Spatial / [Previews available here]

Boy & Bear – Tripping Over Time
Genre: Indie Rock / Dream Pop
Label: [independent]

Conway the Machine – You Can’t Kill God with Bullets
Genre: Gangsta Rap / Boom Bap
Label: Drumwork

CunninLynguists – The Heartstring Theory (Part Two) [EP]
Genre: Conscious Hip-Hop / Cloud Rap
Label: Old Soul

Funeral Vomit – Upheaval of Necromancy
Genre: Brutal Death Metal / Goregrind
Label: Xtreem

HEALTH – CONFLICT DLC
Genre: Electro-Industrial / Darkwave
Label: Loma Vista

Juliana Hatfield – Lightning Might Strike
Genre: Power Pop / Indie Rock
Label: American Laundromat

Lord of the Lost – OPVS NOIR Vol. 2
Genre: Gothic Metal / Industrial Metal
Label: Napalm

Nas & DJ Premier – Light-Years
Genre: Conscious Hip-Hop / Boom Bap
Label: Mass Appeal

Pebe Sebert – Pebe Sebert
Genre: New Wave / Synthpop
Label: Kesha

Phantom Corporation – Time and Tide
Genre: Crust Punk / Thrash Metal
Label: Clandestine

Pretty Inside – Ever Gonna Heal
Genre: Indie Rock / Noise Pop
Label: Howlin’ Banana / Flippin’ Freaks

Second Harbour – Coalesce [EP]
Genre: Post-Hardcore / Alternative Rock
Label: SharpTone

Seven Lions – Asleep in the Garden of Infernal Stars
Genre: Melodic Dubstep / Dancefloor Drum and Bass
Label: Ophelia

Snow Tha Product – Before I Crashout
Genre: Latin Rap / Trap
Label: [independent]

Sun of the Suns – Entanglement
Genre: Melodic Death Metal / Progressive Metal
Label: Scarlet

This is Lorelei – Holo Boy
Genre: Indie Pop / Slacker Rock
Label: Double Double Whammy

Volumes – Mirror Touch
Genre: Metalcore / Djent
Label: Fearless

Zero 9:36 – They Were Always Here
Genre: Nu Metal / Electronicore
Label: [independent]

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Quoth the raven: eat my shorts on…

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