MY TOP LIST OF OCTOBER 2025
A stacked October. Some great albums, and too many others that will be forgotten. I shortlisted 30 for the sake of abundance, as the month suggested. Easily, I could have drawn the line at 20, and, having in mind that the list below is roughly in order, you can see where it would have been. Coroner's return is my album of the month. Of course. My first with the band was in 1989, and I have loved them since then. Exceptional musicianship and absolutely unfuckwithable with every album they put out. Now again, Dissonance Theory is a masterclass, just to slap all new tasteless bands in the face and show them how it must be done. When you are good, you are good. Age doesn't matter. Right after Coroner comes Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration, the fantastic new album by Hooded Manace. Two things - I love HM too, and as a huge Paradise Lost fan, this album just blew me away. Gothic recreated, it is that much reminiscent of it. Then the others. I must admit I was very ...