This has been an incredible year for music. I have come across so many amazing bands throughout 2025, many who were themselves just this year debuting their first full-length album. Consequently, this has been the hardest year yet to finalize my list of top albums. Many have had to be struck, to the point that I strongly considered increasing the size of my list to 75. However, for the sake of a consistent format, I forced myself to do the devastating work of editing. That being said, I would still like to shout-out some honorable mentions, in no order, that just barely did not make the cut:
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Die Spitz – Something To Consume
passengerprincess – PASSENGERPRINCESS
Arlie – SOMEONE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN
Militarie Gun – God Save The Gun
Spiritual Cramp – RUDE
Ragana, Drowse – Ash Souvenir
Pyramids – Pythagoras
soccer. – Internet
Intercourse – How I Fell In Love With The Void
Crippling Alcoholism – Camgirl
The Sound of Animals Fighting – The Maiden
As always, I am most definitely missing many amazing albums. However, this is by no means a definitive list; rather, it is simply the 50 I enjoyed the most in 2025. So without further ado, here they are:
#50 | Patrick Shiroishi – Forgetting Is Violent
#49 | Mildred – Pt. 1
#48 | Dan Meyer – Kneeling
#47 | Cheekface – Middle Spoon
#46 | Danny Brown – Stardust
#45 | Planning For Burial – It’s Closeness, It’s Easy
#44 | Dutch Interior – Moneyball
#43 | HEALTH – CONFLICT DLC
#42 | Faetooth – Labyrinthine
#41 | Baths – Gut
#40 | Water From Your Eyes – It’s A Beautiful Place
#39 | FORTY FEET TALL – Clean The Cage
#38 | Washing, Taciturn – Split
#37 | Giant Claw – Decadent Stress Chamber
#36 | Wreck and Reference – Stay Calm
#35 | Body Minus Head – An Exercise in Self-Sufficiency
#34 | Dev Lemons – SURFACE TENSION
#33 | leather.head – mud again
#32 | Deafheaven – Lonely People with Power
#31 | Patriarchy – Manual For Dying
#30 | Chat Pile, Hayden Pedigo – In The Earth Again
#29 | Tyler, The Creator – Don’t Tap the Glass
#28 | Skin Theory – Briar
#27 | Triathlon – Funeral Music
#24 | Snooper – Worldwide
#22 | FEM&M – ADDHERALL
#20 | Tropical Fuck Storm – Fairyland Codex
#18 | deathdotgov – deathdotcom
#16 | Joey Valence & Brae – HYPERYOUTH
#15 | McKinley Dixon – Magic, Alive!
#14 | Sugar Pit – FREAKING OUT INDOORS
#13 | Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out
#12 | Model/Actriz – Pirouette
#11 | Squid – Cowards
#10 | YHWH Nailgun – 45 Pounds
#04 | Geese – Getting Killed
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