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Metal Hammer's albums of the year: 2025

By Metal Hammer Published

From chart-toppers Ghost and Sleep Token to rising stars Lorna Shore and Spiritbox, 2025 has been a massive year for metal

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Fraye, Soul Glo, Moodring, Candy and RXPTRS
5 new bands you need to hear this month

By Dannii Leivers, Matt Mills, Catherine Morris, Elliott Leaver Published

Ethereal doom, modern nu metal and a righteous hardcore/hip hop mash-up – these are the new bands we‘re hitting hard right now

Bands & Artists
Ithaca: They Fear Us album cover
Ithaca’s They Fear Us: metallic hardcore firebrands stake their claim to greatness with stellar second album

By Elliott Leaver Published

Album review: Ithaca’s new album They Fire us is a raging, ever-changing triumph

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Papa Roach Ego Trip album review
Papa Roach’s Ego Trip: Class of 2000 survivors continue to banish the ghost of nu metal

By Elliott Leaver Published

Album review: Nu metal? What nu metal? Papa Roach build on their late-career remodelling on new album Ego Trip

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Bloodywood - Rakshak
Bloodywood's Rakshak proves they are more than just an internet sensation

By Elliott Leaver Published

Indian metal sensation Bloodywood mix nu, folk and rap metal on their thrilling debut Rakshak

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Every Time I Die Radical
Every Time I Die's Radical: metalcore crossover kings' run of form continues

By Elliott Leaver Published

Every Time I Die continue to prove themselves the kings of hardcore/metalcore crossover on their ninth record Radical

Interviews
Alien Weaponry Tangaroa
Alien Weaponry's Tangaroa: Māori metal sensations come of age

By Elliott Leaver Published

Kiwi groove metal upstarts Alien Weaponry dig deep into the roots of Māori culture and colonialism on second album Tangaroa

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Jinjer's Wallflowers: the angriest album of 2021?

By Elliott Leaver Published

Ukraine’s progressive metal hotshots Jinjer hit the bullseye with Wallflowers

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Light The Torch: You Will Be The Death Of Me
Light The Torch’s You Will Be The Death Of Me: the line up has changed, but the songs remain the same

By Elliott Leaver Published

Metalcore supergroup Light The Torch stick to familiar ground on solid if unspectacular new album You Will Be The Death Of Me

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The Black Dahlia Murder’s Verminous album is a bloodstained new high

By Elliott Leaver Published

Underground veterans The Black Dahlia Murder retain their place at extreme metal’s top table

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