MY TOP 20 OF JULY 2025


"...Unfortunately, it comes the final song...forever". Ozzy died. A whole era died, leaving thousands of musical successors, some great, others very, very poor. 

We'll never ever have this kind of monster bands and monster artists, as the ones who were on stage in Birmingham for Back to the Beginning show (and in Hannover same day, same time). Soon, most will be gone forever. 

The circus Fridays will keep on delivering tons of meaningless albums, a.k.a. fast food with zero staying power. 

No rebellion, no attitude, no expression.

The music we love will never be the same again. 

I started my monthly lists in 2018, and I firmly believe in the importance of consistency. The lists on the blog include very few of the circus Fridays. I started it to write down, record and keep a track of what I like, what might eventually stay, and what is better than the rest in this particular moment in time. This doesn't mean the bands and the albums will be of the magnitude of Black Sabbath, Metallica etc. 

However, I don't believe much in modern metal music anymore. It is not in good shape. Delivering quantities does NOT mean quality. Everybody can record something in the bathroom now. The fire in the hearts and in the eyes is not the same!

Here comes my top 20 of July 2025 in (some) particular order. 


Clairvoyance - Chasm of Immurement (Bandcamp)
Sarastus - Agony Eternal (Spotify)
Mörtual - Altar of Brutality (Bandcamp)
Décryptal - Simulacre (Bandcamp)
Nihilvm - Ancient Cosmic Emanation (Bandcamp)

Verdalack - Force From the Grave (Bandcamp)
Marrow - Nigredo (Bandcamp)
Endrøm - The Last Swordsman (Bandcamp)
Sepulchre - Psalms Unto Ceasar (Bandcamp)
Re-Buried - Flesh Mourning (Bandcamp)

Floating - Hesitating Lights (Bandcamp)
Disembodiment - Spiral Crypts (Bandcamp)
Dephosphorus - Planetoktonos (Bandcamp)
Dehuman Reign - Dawn of a Malefic Dominion (Bandcamp)
BA'AL - The Fine Line Between Heaven And Here (Bandcamp)

Marasme - Fel (Bandcamp)
Mass Deception - Resurrections (Bandcamp)
Arkhaaik - Uihtis (Bandcamp)
Crown Of Anguish - Giants Of The Twisting Sun (Bandcamp)
Cordyceps - Hell Inside (Bandcamp)

P.S. I turned 47. I forgot to include KONTUSION's Insatiable Lust for Death album, fuk!

Comments

  1. Klaus8/9/25, 6:53 PM

    Quite pessimistic post, but overall I agree. To add an optimistic comment, we still have and will have for few decades at least a lot of good small bands delivering decent live shows, mainly death metal imo.
    Btw, I’ve just uninstall X to save time. Instead, I’ll take a look to your great blog from time to time. Thanks

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