Muzz79
07.01.25 | these are the best ive come across this year/ |
RVAHC13
07.01.25 | 17
So many fromsoft inspired metal bands coming out these days…
Great list btw, keep an ear out for the new Mors Principium Est when it comes out m/ |
Hawks
07.01.25 | Lotta good stuff here. |
frozencarl
07.01.25 | lets gooooo. |
Zac124
07.01.25 | Check Sinful Glare. Their debut is some solid melodeath. |
Azazzel
07.01.25 | surely Havukruunu simply slipped your mind! hell yeah Lazer Throne and Aeon Winds this month were great.
Dessiderium - Keys to the Palace candied symphonic prog would have to near the top on my list no question |
frozencarl
07.01.25 | check View from the Soyuz's latest album, really nice mix of melodeath and metalcore |
Scheumke
07.01.25 | Good list, some recs to add to it:
Havukruunu
Tomarum
Unreqvited
Deafheaven
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Azazzel
07.01.25 | those last 2 ain't very 'Melodic' my duder
@frozencarl Muzz (OP) turned me onto that one too, solid LP if you like the Japanese style yeah |
Muzz79
07.02.25 | RVAHC13 On paper Mors Principium Est shd be my jam but i'm missing something with this band
Hawks yo
Zac will check
Carl what's been hitting this yr for you? i only heard Soyuz once and need another spin
Az I hadn't but deserves to be here. I just replaced The Five Hundred with it. And 19 and 20 are melodic bm. I only rly do bm if its melodic or symphonic or progressive etc
Scheumke
Havukruunu - yeah excellent
Tomarum - liked the last one more but should try again
Unreqvited - ditto
Deafheaven - like it don't love it |
frozencarl
07.02.25 | i've been slacking this year with new stuff, but so far my highlights have been:
Deserted Fear - Veins of Fire
Scalpture - Landkrieg (solid osdm that leans into melodeath periodically, probably my fave discovery this year so far)
Ondfodt - Dimsvall (pagan/meloblack. the ratings here are low but I think you'd get more out of it than the other sputters)
Avantasia - Here Be Dragons
Destinity - Ascension (need to give it some more spins, also need to add it to the database)
Buried Realm - The Dormant Darkness (not as good as their last but loveeee all the Alvestam features, feels like an old school Scar Symmetry album tbh)
Fragments of Unbecoming - Dawnbringer
Walg - V (my fave of his so far I think, him dropping 1 album a year for the last 5 years is so sick)
I Am Your God - △ (band name is so corny but theyre a fun listen, nothin spectacular)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra - I’m Done With Self Care
thats kinda what i'm rockin with atm, nothing has really stood out as particularly exceptional save for that Havukruunu album. we'll see what the second half of the year has in store
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Azazzel
07.02.25 | I was talking about Deafheaven and Unreqvited the comment above me not 19 and 20 lol of course those are melodic
@carl Walg was good but what is it uhh track 2? mogs the rest of the album so hard
checking my lists, Muzz you'd probably dig this with how much you love Groove rhythms. it's blended with a lot of middle-east and oriental folk melodicism
https://concreteage.bandcamp.com/album/awaken-the-gods
also shoutout Aeros - Ancient power last month, USBM but super Heavy melodies like Moonlight Sorcery |
Toondude10
07.03.25 | Allegeon - The Ossuary Lens |
Futures
07.03.25 | 20 really peaks my interest here, great list muzz. i always pick up a few from yours haha. |
Muzz79
07.03.25 | start with carl - yeah lets a look
Deserted Fear - Veins of Fire - love this band and enjoyed - it's on my bigger rym list of 2025 keeps
Scalpture - Landkrieg - don't know it will check
Ondfodt - Dimsvall (pagan/meloblack - don't know it will check
Avantasia - Here Be Dragons - don't think its for me
Destinity - Ascension - dug their previous ones but this seems a bit wallofsound
Buried Realm - The Dormant Darkness - heard it and got good vibes but they wore off. Yep there was some solution.45 in it from memory
Fragments of Unbecoming - Dawnbringer - heard it but didn't stick - could try again
Walg - V - great album best Walg yet
I Am Your God - △ - heard it and enjoyed but didn't stick
Thus Spoke Zarathustra - I’m Done With Self Care - ditto
will be backk |
Muzz79
07.03.25 | Az yeah I tried concrete age and no luck but don’t know Aeros - will find.
Toondude Allegeon is another one I dug their previous disc but this one not yet
Cheers futures 20 took a couple of listens but is quality. I’ll check your rev band I just saw
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lucazade22
07.03.25 | This list pretty much covers all my favourite metal albums I've listened to this year haha! Perhaps I'd just add Stick to your Guns which I thought was a really fun record with some great tunes |
Veldin
07.03.25 | Awesome! Added a couple of these to my list |
Muzz79
07.04.25 | Sticks to your guns is one of my brother’s bands
Dont think I’ve ever jammed |
Jurtz
07.04.25 | ...and Oceans is a nice discovery for me, thanks! |
ScuroFantasma
07.08.25 | Commenting to follow so I can check these |
Muzz79
07.11.25 | There's some other good melo stuff around but the one that's stayed with me this week is a spooky French post-black act Owls - Une Toile de Plus à Brûler.
I'll keep adding to this with 4.0's and up |
rockarollacola
07.11.25 | didn't know cosmic black metal was a thing, but I kinda wanna check out 20 regardless |
Muzz79
07.11.25 | 20 well worth a listen - from the deserts of Arizona is the romantic description.
Added in 21 |
Muzz79
09.01.25 | More 4.0 and up melodic metal keepers 22-26 |
Sevengill
12.15.25 | he'll yeah 33
man I forget that Saor and Havu are both from this year. I've spun both enough for two or three years. |
