MY TOP LIST OF JANUARY 2025



I still listen to the 2024 overlooked records and here it is - another month went by, so a new monthly list is on the way. It was a very weak January 2025, and there are very few albums that I can recommend. They won't have the power to stay long. I don't have much to say about the quality, yet the quantity was again dominant. The below 17 albums are the most solid thing I can come up with when we discuss new releases in January 2025. I liked them, I played them and they are my solid choices. 

Album of the month? The Night Flight Orchestra took it over Faithxtractor at the very last moment simply because it will stay longer with me in the foreseeable future. I have loved TNFO for ages now and the nostalgia they bring. On the other hand, Faithxtractor delivered blistering death metal again! All the rest that follow are worth mentioning in the order of the appearance below. And of course, depending on the mood, they all serve different purposes in different circumstances. I recommend you check them all if you already haven't.

So here's January 2025 in a nutshell. Enjoy!




The Night Flight Orchestra - Give Us The Moon (Bandcamp)
Faithxtractor - Loathing and the Noose (Bandcamp)
Century - Sign Of The Storm (Bandcamp)
Ferox Occulta - Daimon (Bandcamp)
Speedemon - Fall of Man (Bandcamp)

Barshasketh - Antinomian Asceticism (Bandcamp)
The Great Old Ones - Kadath (Bandcamp)
Onirophagus - Revelations from the Void (Bandcamp)
The Halo Effect - March Of The Unheard
Maceration - Serpent Devourment (Bandcamp)

Scitalis - Maledictum (Bandcamp)
Dekapited - Destruccion Trascendental (Bandcamp)
Garota - Z Mieczem Na Gwiazdy (Bandcamp)
Fleshbore - Painted Paradise (Bandcamp)
Mutagenic Host - The Diseased Machine (Bandcamp)

Mourir - Insolence (Bandcamp)
Bolg - Where Death Dwells (Bandcamp) 

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