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 pleasantly surprised by the new Yellow Eyes and Testament albums. Especially when it comes to Testament - finally, it is not tasteless and plastic-fantastic. New Sunken form the top 5, a band that got me in 2017 with their debut Departure.
Overall, it is a very black metal and death metal-oriented list, but this is what I like listening to the most. In fact, it is fair to mention here the return of Biohazard, the new Sanguisugabogg, Drofnosura, Gazpacho, and Lunatic Soul records. Proper albums, but they all didn't make it in the 30-selection. There are some disappointments worth mentioning, too - Devoid of Thought, Suffering Hour, Soulfly.
Yes, my list was big, and I must revisit a lot of the albums there. In a month like this, when only on 31 October were released a hundred plus new albums, I am sure I have missed something. The ones below are the ones that made the most solid impression at this moment in time, and for sure a couple of them are already in my AOTY list.
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