2025 in heavy metal music

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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2025.

Bands disbanded

• Aldious (indefinite hiatus) ^[1]
• Bury Your Dead ^[2]
• Cannabis Corpse ^[3]
• Code Orange (hiatus) ^[4]
• Crossfaith (hiatus) ^[5]
• Crystal Viper ^[6]
• Diamond Head (hiatus) ^[7]
• Eternal Tears of Sorrow ^[8]
• Ithaca ^[9]
• Jesus Piece ^[10]
• Necrodeath ^[11]
• Oceano ^[12]
• One Morning Left ^[13]
• Orange Goblin ^[14]
• Riley's L.A. Guns ^[15]
• Sarke ^[16]
• Scissorfight ^[17]
• Stray from the Path ^[18]
• Sum 41 ^[19]
• Void of Vision ^[20]
• Whitesnake ^[21]
• Zulu (hiatus) ^[22]

Bands formed

• President ^[23]

Bands reformed

• After Forever (two shows) ^[24]
• Annotations of an Autopsy (three shows) ^[25]
• Black Sabbath (one-off) ^[26]
• Charon (six shows) ^[27]
• Children of Bodom (two shows) ^{[28] [29]}
• Dead Horse ^[30]
• Firespawn ^[31]
• Greeley Estates (one-off) ^[32]
• I Killed the Prom Queen (six shows) ^[33]
• Master's Hammer ^[34]
• Meliah Rage ^[35]
• Mortal Sin ^[36]
• Mr. Big (four shows) ^[37]
• Primer 55 ^[38]
• Rush ^[39]
• Spinal Tap ^[40]
• Spineshank ^[41]
• Sybreed ^[42]
• The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza ^[43]
• Triumph ^{[44] [45]}
• Twelve Foot Ninja ^[46]
• Twisted Sister ^[47]
• Vimic (one-off) ^[48]

Events

• On January 15, Exodus parted ways with longtime vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza for a third time, with Rob Dukes returning to the band. ^[49]
• On January 30, Sum 41 played the final date of their farewell tour at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. ^[19]
• On March 7, Mastodon parted ways with longtime guitarist and vocalist Brent Hinds. ^[50]
• On March 17, Katatonia parted ways with founding guitarist Anders Nyström. ^[51]
• On March 22, Lynch Mob played their final show of their year-long farewell tour, titled "The Final Ride". ^{[52] [53]}
• On April 19, Savatage played their first show in nearly ten years at the Monsters of Rock festival in São Paulo. ^{[54] [55]}
• On April 25, Acid Bath played their first show in 28 years at the Filmore in New Orleans. ^[56]
• On April 28, Soundgarden were announced among the 2025 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ^[57]
• On May 27, Iron Maiden played their first show of the "Run for Your Lives World Tour", celebrating their 50th anniversary, which will last until 2026. ^[58]
• On July 5, Black Sabbath played one final farewell concert in Birmingham featuring the original lineup of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward. ^[26]
• On August 14, Dave Mustaine announced that Megadeth's upcoming 2026 album is going to be the band's final release, and that it will be followed by a global farewell tour. ^[59]
• On September 12, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues was released in theaters. ^[40]
• On October 31, High Desert-based hard rock and heavy metal radio station KHDR (Highway Rock) was rebranded as KNAC (Pure Rock), resurrecting the radio station (originally based in Long Beach, California) that had gone off the air in 1995. ^[60]
• On November 23, Arch Enemy parted ways with longtime vocalist Alissa White-Gluz after 11 years. ^[61]
• On December 28, The Gathering parted ways with longtime vocalist Silje Wergeland after 16 years. ^[62]
• Following major personnel changes in 2024, Grave's original members reunited for select festival performances in 2025, with additional appearances scheduled to continue into 2026. These performances highlighted the band’s first three classic albums — Into the Grave, You’ll Never See…, and Soulless — and, according to frontman Ola Lindgren, there were no plans for new material or extensive touring. ^[63]
• After internal tensions that forced the band to cancel all 2024 live dates and go on hiatus, My Dying Bride returned to live performances in 2025. The shows featured guest vocalist Mikko Kotamäki of Swallow the Sun, temporarily filling in for founding member and vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe. On October 9, My Dying Bride stated on social media that they and Stainthorpe were officially separating, making his departure permanent. ^{[64] [65]}
• Angra announced that the band would take a break from touring and recording after finishing the tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their fifth album Temple of Shadows , in March. ^[66] However, the band would reunite for the Bangers Open Air festival on April 26, 2026, with the return of their 2001–2008 lineup that included guitarist Kiko Loureiro, drummer Aquiles Priester, and vocalist Edu Falaschi. This would also be the band's final performance with Fabio Lione, whose departure was announced on November 23. ^[67]
• Necrodeath split up for the second and final time at the end of the year, following the release of a final album and a farewell tour. ^[11]
• Uriah Heep began a farewell tour, titled The Magician's Farewell, in February, which is scheduled to last for two years. ^[68]

Deaths

• January 2 – Russ North, former vocalist of Cloven Hoof, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 59. ^[69]
• January 3 – Manfred Schütz, founder of SPV GmbH, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 74. ^[70]
• January 5 – Fredrik "Freddie Eugene" Lindgren, former guitarist of Unleashed and Terra Firma, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 53. ^[71]
• January 7 – Ragne Wahlquist, vocalist and guitarist of Heavy Load, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 69. ^[72]
• January 13 – Peter "P. Fluid" Forrest, former vocalist of 24-7 Spyz, was beaten to death at the age of 64. ^[73]
• January 15 – Wayne Gerard Fabra, former drummer of Necrophagia, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 58. ^[74]
• January 16 – Cristiano Fusco, former guitarist of Torture Squad, died from bone marrow cancer at the age of 53. ^{[75] [76]}
• January 20 – John Sykes, former guitarist of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Tygers of Pan Tang, and Blue Murder, died from cancer at the age of 65. ^[77]
• January 27 – Aaron Rossi, former drummer of Ministry and Prong, died from a heart attack at the age of 44. ^[78]
• February 5 – Dave Jerden, engineer, producer and mixer of numerous hard rock and metal bands including Alice in Chains, Anthrax, Jane's Addiction and Spinal Tap, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 75. ^{[79] [80]}
• February 11 – Jan-Martin Jensen, founder and organizer of Inferno Metal Festival, died from cancer. ^[81]
• February 15 – Pål Mozart Bjørke, former bassist of Madder Mortem, died from undisclosed reasons. ^[82]
• February 19 – Karl Cochran, former guitarist of Ace Frehley and Joe Lynn Turner, died in a car accident at the age of 61. ^[83]
• February 25 – Coburn Pharr, former vocalist of Annihilator, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 62. ^[84]
• February 26 – Graham "Gra" Scoresby, former drummer of Witchfynde, died in a car accident at the age of 68. ^[85]
• March 2 – Sindre Nedland, vocalist and keyboardist of In Vain and former vocalist of Funeral, died from cancer at the age of 40. ^[86]
• March 6 – Sergio Cisneros "Kiskilla" Anguita, former keyboardist and accordionist of Mägo de Oz, died from COPD complications at the age of 58. ^[87]
• March 11 – Joe McFadden, music industry executive who worked for EMI and Capitol Records and worked with numerous metal bands including Mötley Crüe, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, and The Hu, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 77. ^[88]
• March 15 – Les Binks, former drummer of Judas Priest, Lionheart and Tytan, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 73. ^[89]
• March 28 – Dirk Schröder, former vocalist of Iron Angel, died from undisclosed reasons. ^[90]
• April 12 – Roy Thomas Baker, record producer for several heavy metal artists including Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe and Alice Cooper, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 78. ^[91]
• April 19 – Ricky Siahaan, guitarist of Seringai, died from a heart attack at the age of 48. ^[92]
• April 29 – Brian Montana, former guitarist of Possessed, was shot to death by police at the age of 60. ^[93]
• April 30 – Piotr Radecki, former guitarist of Kat & Roman Kostrzewski, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 49. ^[94]
• May 1 – Igor Molchanov, former drummer of Aria and Master, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 63. ^[95]
• May 4 – Lars Lindén, bassist of Carnal Forge, died from colon cancer at the age of 54. ^[96]
• May 6 – Tony J. Liddle, former guitarist of Blitzkrieg, died from undisclosed reasons. ^[97]
• May 13 – Dale Henderson, vocalist and guitarist of Beowülf, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 59. ^[98]
• May 19 – Chris Hager, former guitarist of Mickey Ratt and Rough Cutt, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 67. ^[99]
• May 19 – Adam Ramey, vocalist of Dropout Kings, died from suicide at the age of 31. ^[100]
• May 22 – Daniel Williams, former drummer of The Devil Wears Prada, died in the 2025 San Diego Cessna Citation II crash at the age of 39. ^[101]
• June 6 – Charles "Chuck" Profus, former drummer of Agent Steel, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 61. ^[102]
• July 4 – Kevin Riddles, bassist of Tytan and former bassist of Angel Witch, died from cancer at the age of 68. ^[103]
• July 5 – Peter Brabbs, former guitarist of Tank, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 68. ^[104]
• July 8 – Tim Cronin, former vocalist, bassist and drummer of Monster Magnet, died from ALS at the age of 63. ^[105]
• July 11 – David Kaff (better known as Viv Savage), former keyboardist of Spinal Tap, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 79. ^[106]
• July 22 – Ozzy Osbourne, solo artist and former vocalist of Black Sabbath, died from a heart attack at the age of 76. ^{[107] [108]}
• July 29 – Paul Mario Day, former vocalist of Iron Maiden and More, died from cancer at the age of 69. ^[109]
• July 31 – Erik Wunder, multi-instrumentalist of Cobalt, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 42. ^[110]
• August 4 – Larry Gillstrom, guitarist of Kick Axe, died from cancer at the age of 69. ^[111]
• August 6 – Harry Hill, former drummer of Fist, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 69. ^[112]
• August 8 – Jill Lisson, former vocalist and bassist of Funerus, died from heart failure related to complications from diabetes at the age of 54. ^[113]
• August 20 – Brent Hinds, former vocalist and guitarist of Mastodon, died in a traffic collision at the age of 51. ^[114]
• August 25 – Nisse Karlén, vocalist and former guitarist and bassist of Sacramentum, died by suicide at the age of 50. ^[115]
• August 27 – Jürgen Bartsch, bassist of Bethlehem, died from an undisclosed illness. ^[116]
• September 6 – Guido "Atomic Steif" Richter, former drummer of Sodom, Living Death, Assassin and Holy Moses, died from undisclosed reasons. ^[117]
• September 7 – Allen Blickle, former drummer of Baroness, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 42. ^[118]
• September 16 – Tomas Lindberg, vocalist of At the Gates and Lock Up, and former vocalist of Grotesque and Nightrage, died from adenoid cystic carcinoma complications at the age of 52. ^[119]
• October 7 – Edward Reekers, former long-term vocal contributor of Ayreon, died from cancer at the age of 68. ^[120]
• October 8 – Ace Finchum, former drummer of Tigertailz, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 62. ^[121]
• October 11 – Ian Watkins, former vocalist of Lostprophets, was murdered in prison at the age of 48. ^{[122] [123]}
• October 12 – John Waterhouse, former guitarist of Demon, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 75. ^[124]
• October 12 – Jody Henry, former bassist of Omen, died from an intracerebral hemorrhage. ^[125]
• October 16 – Ace Frehley, solo artist and former guitarist and vocalist of Kiss and Frehley's Comet, died from complications from a fall at the age of 74. ^[126]
• October 18 – Sam Rivers, bassist of Limp Bizkit, died from cardiac arrest at the age of 48. ^{[127] [128]}
• October 23 – Marcie Free, former vocalist of King Kobra, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 71. ^[129]
• October 26 – Rasmus "Hække" Henriksen, former guitarist of Illdisposed and Panzerchrist, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 47. ^[130]
• October 27 – Bryan Johnston, former guitarist of Morpheus Descends, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 50. ^[131]
• November 2 – Thomas Klein, former guitarist of Warrant, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 59. ^[132]
• November 6 – Chris Bradley, vocalist and bassist of Savage, died after a long illness. ^[133]
• December 14 – Rob Reiner, writer and director of This Is Spinal Tap and Spinal Tap II: The End Continues about parody heavy metal band Spinal Tap, was stabbed to death at the age of 78. ^[134]
• December 21 – John Thomas "Jontho" Bratland, vocalist and former drummer of Ragnarok, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 48. ^[135]

Albums released

January

Day	Artist	Album
3	Paleface Swiss	Cursed [136]
6	Dreadnaught	Shutdown in a Heartbeat [137]
10	Ex Deo	Year of the Four Emperors (EP) [138]
	The Halo Effect	March of the Unheard [139]
	Stick to Your Guns	Keep Planting Flowers [140]
	Tremonti	The End Will Show Us How [141]
17	Dark Fortress	Anthems from Beyond the Grave (live album) [142]
	Eidola	Mend [143]
	Grave Digger	Bone Collector [144]
	Necrodeath	Arimortis [145]
	Tokyo Blade	Time Is the Fire [146]
22	Nemophila	Apple of My Eye [147]
24	Avatarium	Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead [148]
	Blacktoothed	Headway [149]
	Bonfire	Higher Ground [150]
	Bumblefoot	Bumblefoot ...Returns! [151]
	Dax Riggs	7 Songs for Spiders [152]
	Harakiri for the Sky	Scorched Earth [153]
	Labyrinth	In the Vanishing Echoes of Goodbye [154]
	Oni	Genesis (EP) [155]
	Riverside	Live ID. (live album) [156]
	Thin Lizzy	Acoustic Sessions [157]
30	Enterprise Earth	Descent Into Madness [158]
31	All That Remains	Antifragile [159]
	Confess	Destination Addiction [160]
	Pentagram	Lightning in a Bottle [161]
	Revenge	Violation.Strife.Abominate [162]
	Thomas Erak	(AU) [163]

February

Day	Artist	Album
7	16	Guides for the Misguided [164]
	Dream Theater	Parasomnia [165]
	Impending Doom	Towards the Light (EP) [166]
	Jinjer	Duél [167]
	Majestica	Power Train [168]
	Marko Hietala	Roses from the Deep [169]
	Norilsk	Antipole [170]
	Obscura	A Sonication [171]
10	Septicflesh	Amphibians (EP) [172]
14	Bleeding Through	Nine [173]
	Church Tongue	You'll Know It Was Me (EP) [174]
	Crazy Lixx	Thrill of the Bite [175]
	Dawn of Solace	Affliction Vortex [176]
	Dynazty	Game of Faces [177]
	Lacuna Coil	Sleepless Empire [178]
	Mantar	Post Apocalyptic Depression [179]
	Raven	Can't Take Away the Fire (EP) [180]
	Scorpion Child	I Saw the End as It Passed Right Through Me [181]
	Twiztid	Welcome to Your Funeral [182]
	With Blood Comes Cleansing	With Blood Comes Cleansing [183]
18	A Day to Remember	Big Ole Album Vol. 1 [184]
21	David Lee Roth	The Warner Recordings 1985–1994 (box set) [185]
	Killswitch Engage	This Consequence [186]
	Nachtblut	Todschick [187]
	Pissgrave	Malignant Worthlessness [188]
	Sacrifice	Volume Six [189]
	Scour	Gold [190]
28	Architects	The Sky, the Earth & All Between [191]
	Arion	The Light That Burns the Sky [192]
	Avantasia	Here Be Dragons [193]
	Brainstorm	Plague of Rats [194]
	Cloakroom	Last Leg of the Human Table [195]
	Dirkschneider	Balls to the Wall – Reloaded (covers album) [196]
	Enemy Inside	Venom [197]
	Eric Bass	I Had a Name [198]
	Hirax	Faster than Death [199]
	Master	40 Years and Killing (EP) [200]
	Robin McAuley	Soulbound [201]

March

Day	Artist	Album
1	Love/Hate	Punk Rock Fiesta! [202]
4	Avulsed	Phoenix Cryptobiosis [203]
6	Raging Speedhorn	Night Wolf [204]
7	Balance Breach	Save Our Souls [205]
	Carnal Forge	The Fractured Process (EP) [206]
	Christian Mistress	Children of the Earth [207]
	Destruction	Birth of Malice [208]
	Edge of Paradise	Prophecy [209]
	Lacrimosa	Lament [210]
	Rainbows Are Free	Silver and Gold [211]
	Sadist	Something to Pierce [212]
	Spiritbox	Tsunami Sea [213]
	Whitechapel	Hymns in Dissonance [214]
	The Wildhearts	Satanic Rites of the Wildhearts [215]
14	Coheed and Cambria	Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe [216]
	Dead Rabbitts	Redefined [217]
	Heathen	Bleed the World: Live (live album) [218]
	Manntra	Titans [219]
	Nightstalker	Return from the Point of No Return [220]
	Purified in Blood	Primal Pulse Thunder [221]
	Red Fang	Deep Cuts (compilation album) [222]
	Ricky Warwick	Blood Ties [223]
	Rwake	The Return of Magik [224]
	Simon McBride	Recordings 2020–2025 [225]
	Temperance	From Hermitage to Europe (live album) [226]
	Warbringer	Wrath and Ruin [227]
21	Bloodywood	Nu Delhi [228]
	Cradle of Filth	The Screaming of the Valkyries [229]
	Disarmonia Mundi	The Dormant Stranger [230]
	Drudkh	Shadow Play [231]
	Imperial Triumphant	Goldstar [232]
	Lordi	Limited Deadition [233]
	Molotov Solution	Void (EP) [234]
	Pop Evil	What Remains [235]
	Psyclon Nine	And Then Oblivion [236]
	Rush	Rush 50 (box set) [237]
	Soul Demise	Against the Abyss [238]
28	Alien Weaponry	Te Rā [239]
	Amenra	De Toorn [240]
		With Fang and Claw [240]
	Arch Enemy	Blood Dynasty [241]
	The Darkness	Dreams on Toast [242]
	Deafheaven	Lonely People with Power [243]
	Don Airey	Pushed to the Edge [244]
	Judicator	Concord [245]
	Memphis May Fire	Shapeshifter [246]
	Ministry	The Squirrely Years Revisited (re-recorded album) [247]
	Sick Puppies	Wave the Bull [248]
	Svartsyn	Vortex of the Destroyer [249]
	Teitanblood	From the Visceral Abyss [250]
	Underoath	The Place After This One [251]

April

Day	Artist	Album
4	Allegaeon	The Ossuary Lens [252]
	Benediction	Ravage of Empires [253]
	Bleed from Within	Zenith [254]
	L.A. Guns	Leopard Skin [255]
	Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs	Death Hilarious [256]
	Rotting Christ	35 Years of Evil Existence – Live in Lycabettus (live album) [257]
	Thornhill	Bodies [258]
8	Necrophobic	Nordanvind (EP) [259]
11	Annisokay	Abyss Pt. II (EP) [260]
	Elvenking	Reader of the Runes – Luna [261]
	Epica	Aspiral [262]
	In the Woods...	Otra [263]
	The Lord Weird Slough Feg	Traveller Supplement 1: The Ephemeral Glades (EP) [264]
	The Man-Eating Tree	Night Verses [265]
	Mark Morton	Without the Pain [266]
	Within Destruction	Animetal [267]
17	Quartz	Six [268]
18	Divide and Dissolve	Insatiable [269]
	Gama Bomb	Necronomicon Automaton (EP) [270]
	Teramaze	The Harmony Machine [271]
20	Heavy Heavy Low Low	Pain Olympics [272]
23	Ave Mujica	Completeness [273]
25	Big Brave	OST [274]
	Cadaver	Hymns of Misanthropy [275]
	Caliban	Back from Hell [276]
	Cancer	Inverted World [277]
	Cirith Ungol	Live at the Roxy (live album) [278]
	Conan	Violence Dimension [279]
	Eluveitie	Ànv [280]
	Employed to Serve	Fallen Star [281]
	Ghost	Skeletá [282]
	Harem Scarem	Chasing Euphoria [283]
	Hate Forest	Against All Odds [284]
	Jack Starr	Out of the Darkness, Part II [285]
	Kanonenfieber	Live in Oberhausen (live album) [286]
	Landmvrks	The Darkest Place I've Ever Been [287]
	Liv Kristine	Amor Vincit Omnia [288]
	Machine Head	Unatøned [289]
	Pagan Altar	Never Quite Dead [290]
	Profanatica	Wreathed in Dead Angels (EP) [291]
	Sacred Steel	Ritual Supremacy [292]
	The Storyteller	The Final Stand [293]
	Sumac / Moor Mother	The Film [294]
	Trick or Treat	Ghosted [295]
	Wednesday 13	Mid Death Crisis [296]
	Yngwie Malmsteen	Tokyo Live (live album) [297]

May

Day	Artist	Album
1	Death SS	The Entity [298]
2	Bleed	Bleed [299]
	Crematory	Destination [300]
	Hate	Bellum Regiis [301]
	Nightfall	Children of Eve [302]
	Propagandhi	At Peace [303]
	Puddle of Mudd	Kiss the Machine [304]
9	Behemoth	The Shit Ov God [305]
	Candlemass	Black Star (EP) [306]
	Ghost Bath	Rose Thorn Necklace [307]
	Haken	Liveforms: An Evening with Haken (live album) [308]
	Novelists	Coda [309]
	Sleep Token	Even in Arcadia [310]
	Tetrarch	The Ugly Side of Me [311]
12	Chthonic	Megaportal 2425 (EP) [312]
16	Bury Tomorrow	Will You Haunt Me, with That Same Patience [313]
	The Callous Daoboys	I Don't Want to See You in Heaven [314]
	Confessions of a Traitor	This Pain Will Serve You [315]
	Full of Hell	Broken Sword, Rotten Shield (EP) [316]
	Mares of Thrace	The Loss [317]
	Pelican	Flickering Resonance [318]
	Sleep Theory	Afterglow [319]
	Steve Von Till	Alone in a World of Wounds [320]
	Tarja	Circus Life (live album) [321]
	Waltari	Nations' Neurosis [322]
23	...And Oceans	The Regeneration Itinerary [323]
	Onslaught	Origins of Aggression [324]
	Ronnie Romero	Live at Rock Imperium Festival (live album) [325]
	Witchcraft	Idag [326]
	Year of No Light	Les Maîtres Fous (live album) [327]
30	Bloodhorse	A Malign Star [328]
	The Haunted	Songs of Last Resort [329]
	Hed PE	New and Improved (covers album) [330]
	Rivers of Nihil	Rivers of Nihil [331]
	Stray from the Path	Clockworked [332]
	Vader	Humanihility (EP) [333]
	Vildhjarta	+ Där skogen sjunger under evighetens granar + [334]
	Wolves at the Gate	Wasteland [335]
	Wormrot	TNT (live album) [336]

June

Day	Artist	Album
6	Battlesnake	Dawn of the Exultants and the Hunt for the Shepherd [337]
	Dawn of Ashes	Infecting the Scars [338]
	Gaahls Wyrd	Braiding the Stories [339]
	Katatonia	Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State [340]
	King Parrot	A Young Person's Guide to King Parrot [341]
	Mystic Circle	Kriegsgötter MMXXV (compilation album) [342]
	Ophiolatry	Serpent's Verdict [343]
	Orthodox	A Door Left Open [344]
	Volbeat	God of Angels Trust [345]
9	King 810	Rustbelt Nu Metal [346]
13	Byzantine	Harbingers [347]
	Fairyland	The Story Remains [348]
	Fallujah	Xenotaph [349]
	The Hu	Echos of Thunder (EP) [350]
	Ice Nine Kills	I Heard They Kill Live 2 (live album) [351]
	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	Phantom Island [352]
	Saxon	Eagles Over Hellfest (live album) [353]
	Sigh	I Saw the World's End – Hangman's Hymn MMXXV (re-recorded album) [354]
20	Alestorm	The Thunderfist Chronicles [355]
	Black Majesty	Oceans of Black [356]
	Cryptopsy	An Insatiable Violence [357]
	Helheim	HrabnaR / Ad Vesa [358]
	Jamie's Elsewhere	Alchemical (EP) [359]
	Malevolence	Where Only the Truth Is Spoken [360]
27	Botch	061524 (live album) [361]
	Crystal Viper	The Live Quest (live album) [362]
	Deadguy	Near-Death Travel Services [363]
	Heaven Shall Burn	Heimat [364]
	Higher Power	There's Love in This World if You Want It [365]
	Lord Belial	Unholy Trinity [366]
	Motörhead	The Manticore Tapes (compilation album) [367]
	Shadow of Intent	Imperium Delirium [368]
	Sodom	The Arsonist [369]
	Warlord	The Lost Archangel (compilation album) [370]

July

Day	Artist	Album
4	Visions of Atlantis	Armada Live Over Europe (live album) [371]
	Warkings	Armageddon [372]
	Wytch Hazel	V: Lamentations [373]
11	Beartooth	I Was a... Live (live album) [374]
	Born of Osiris	Through Shadows [375]
	Bring Me the Horizon	Lo-Files (remix album) [376]
	Calva Louise	Edge of the Abyss [377]
	Diamond Head	Live and Electric (live album) [378]
	Enter Shikari	Live at Wembley (live album) [379]
	Hell	Submersus [380]
	Split Chain	Motionblur [381]
18	Abigail Williams	A Void Within Existence [382]
	Ashes of Ares	New Messiahs [383]
	Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway	Addicted to the Violence [384]
	Five Finger Death Punch	Best Of – Volume 1 (re-recorded compilation album) [385]
	Obituary	Godly Beings (box set) [386]
	Slaughter to Prevail	Grizzly [387]
22	Heaven Below	The Majestic Twelve [388]
25	Beheaded	Għadam [389]
	Black Magnet	Megamantra [390]
	Enuff Z'Nuff	Xtra Cherries [391]
	Gwar	The Return of Gor Gor (EP) [392]

August

Day	Artist	Album
1	Accvsed	Dealers of Doom [393]
	The Armed	The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed [394]
	Car Bomb	Tiles Whisper Dreams (EP) [395]
	Fit for a King	Lonely God [396]
	Kayo Dot	Every Rock, Every Half-Truth Under Reason [397]
	Oni	Genesis Pt. II (EP) [398]
	To the Grave	Everyone's Still a Murderer (EP) [399]
5	Aversions Crown	A Voice from the Outer Dark (EP) [400]
8	Attack Attack!	Attack Attack! II [401]
	Babymetal	Metal Forth [402]
	Blackbraid	Blackbraid III [403]
	Dropout Kings	Yokai [404]
	Halestorm	Everest [405]
	Lord of the Lost	Opvs Noir Vol. 1 [406]
	Sinsaenum	In Devastation [407]
15	Baest	Colossal [408]
	Chevelle	Bright as Blasphemy [409]
	Ellefson–Soto	Unbreakable [410]
	Grand Cadaver	The Rot Beneath (EP) [411]
	Incite	Savage New Times [412]
	Justice for the Damned	Stay Relentless [413]
	Mono Inc.	Darkness [414]
	Panopticon	Laurentian Blue [415]
		Songs of Hiraeth [415]
	Unleashed	Fire Upon Your Lands [416]
	Warmen	Band of Brothers [417]
22	Arcadea	The Exodus of Gravity [418]
	Blackbriar	A Thousand Little Deaths [419]
	Burning Witches	Inquisition [420]
	Deftones	Private Music [421]
	Desaster	Kill All Idols [422]
	Feuerschwanz	Knightclub [423]
	Iron Savior	Reforged – Machine World [424]
	Mob Rules	Rise of the Ruler [425]
	Myrath	Reflections (compilation album) [426]
	Panzerchrist	Meleficium Part 2 [427]
	Signs of the Swarm	To Rid Myself of Truth [428]
	Three Days Grace	Alienation [429]
	We Came as Romans	All Is Beautiful... Because We're Doomed [430]
	Woe, Is Me	Daybreak [431]
29	Helloween	Giants & Monsters [432]
	In Mourning	The Immortal [433]
	Månegarm	Edsvuren [434]
	Vicious Rumors	The Devil's Asylum [435]

September

Day	Artist	Album
5	Before the Dawn	Cold Flare Eternal [436]
	Bent Sea	The Dormant Ruin [437]
	Blessthefall	Gallows [438]
	Dark Angel	Extinction Level Event [439]
	Eleine	We Stand United (EP) [440]
	Glenn Hughes	Chosen [441]
	Green Carnation	A Dark Poem, Pt. I: The Shores of Melancholia [442]
	Primal Fear	Domination [443]
	Tallah	Primeval: Obsession // Detachment [444]
	Ten56.	IO [445]
	Violator	Unholy Retribution [446]
12	Arjen Anthony Lucassen	Songs No One Will Hear [447]
	Between the Buried and Me	The Blue Nowhere [448]
	Demon Hunter	There Was a Light Here [449]
	Der Weg einer Freiheit	Innern [450]
	Helstar	The Devil's Masquerade [451]
	I See Stars	The Wheel [452]
	Lorna Shore	I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me [453]
	Mötley Crüe	From the Beginning (compilation album) [454]
	Nevertel	Start Again [455]
	Not Enough Space	Weaponize Your Rage [456]
	Spinal Tap	The End Continues [40]
	Sweet Savage	Bang [457]
19	A Killer's Confession	Victim 2 [458]
	Ded	Resent [459]
	Heretoir	Solastalgia [460]
	I Prevail	Violent Nature [461]
	Igorrr	Amen [462]
	Kittie	Spit XXV (EP) [463]
	Novembers Doom	Major Arcana [464]
	Panopticon	The Poppies Bloom for No King (EP) [465]
	Paradise Lost	Ascension [466]
	Stoned Jesus	Songs to Sun [467]
	Wolfheart	Draconian Darkness II (EP) [468]
26	Amorphis	Borderland [469]
	Dying Wish	Flesh Stays Together [470]
	From Fall to Spring	Entry Wounds [471]
	Mors Principium Est	Darkness Invisible [472]
	Paradox	Mysterium [473]
	PeelingFlesh	PF Radio 2 (EP) [474]
	President	King of Terrors (EP) [475]
	Rage	A New World Rising [476]
	Revocation	New Gods, New Masters [477]
	Scorpions	From the First Sting (compilation album) [478]
	Vintersorg	Vattenkrafternas Spel [479]
30	Ribspreader	As Gods Devour [480]

October

Day	Artist	Album
3	Agriculture	The Spiritual Sound [481]
	Author & Punisher	Nocturnal Birding [482]
	Bloodred Hourglass	We Should Be Buried Like This [483]
	Hooded Menace	Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration [484]
	Michael Schenker Group	Don't Sell Your Soul [485]
	Kirk Windstein	Ethereal Waves [486]
	Ofermod	Drakosophia [487]
	Orbit Culture	Death Above Life [488]
	OvO	Gemma [489]
	Today Is the Day	Never Give In [490]
	Vernon Reid	Hoodoo Telemetry [491]
	Vimic	Open Your Omen [492]
10	40 Below Summer	Untethered [493]
	John 5	Ghost [494]
	Nils Patrik Johansson	War and Peace [495]
	Sanguisugabogg	Hideous Aftermath [496]
	Testament	Para Bellum [497]
14	Sunn O)))	Eternity’s Pillars b/w Raise the Chalice & Reverential (EP) [498]
17	Age of Ruin	Nothingman [499]
	Battle Beast	Steelbound [500]
	Biohazard	Divided We Fall [501]
	Carach Angren	The Cult of Kariba (EP) [502]
	Coroner	Dissonance Theory [503]
	Erdling	Mana [504]
	Evoken	Mendacium [505]
	Extortionist	Stare into the Seething Wounds [506]
	Human Fortress	Stronghold [507]
	Immortal Disfigurement	Hell Is Right in Front of Us (EP) [508]
	Internal Bleeding	Settle All Scores [509]
	Sabaton	Legends [510]
	Tombs	Feral Darkness [511]
	Unto Others	I Believe in Halloween II (EP) [512]
	Wretched	Decay [513]
23	Krallice	No Hope (EP) [514]
24	The Acacia Strain	You Are Safe from God Here [515]
	Adept	Blood Covenant [516]
	Bangalore Choir	Rapid Fire Succession: On Target Part II [517]
	Coldrain	Optimize (EP) [518]
	Conjurer	Unself [519]
	Dayseeker	Creature in the Black Night [520]
	Doro	Warriors of the Sea (compilation album) [521]
	Ektomorf	Heretic [522]
	Five Finger Death Punch	Best Of – Volume 2 (compilation album of re-recordings) [523]
	Leprous	An Evening of Atonement (live album) [524]
	Nine Treasures	Seeking the Absolute [525]
	Ronnie Romero	Backbone [526]
	Seraina Telli	Green [527]
	Serj Tankian	Covers, Collaborations & Collages (compilation album) [528]
	Soulfly	Chama [529]
	Sumo Cyco	Neon Void [530]
	Warrant	The Speed of Metal [531]
	Wino	Create or Die [532]
31	Aria	When Tomorrow Comes [533]
	Avatar	Don't Go in the Forest [534]
	Aviana	Void [535]
	Chimaira	Creepers Vol. 1 (compilation album) [536]
	Currents	All That Follows (EP) [537]
	Despised Icon	Shadow Work [538]
	King 810	Rustbelt Numetal 2 [539]
	Mägo de Oz	Malicia: la noche de las brujas [540]
	Moonspell	Opus Diabolicum (live album) [541]
	Mystic Circle	Hexenbrand 1486 [542]
	Primitive Man	Observance [543]
	Runemagick	Cycle of the Dying Sun (Dawn of Ashen Realms) [544]
	Smash into Pieces	Armaheaven [545]
	Solence	Angels Calling [546]
	Stephen Brodsky	Cut to the Core Vol. 1 (covers album) [547]
	Trivium	Struck Dead (EP) [548]
	Unprocessed	Angel [549]

November

Day	Artist	Album
7	Agnostic Front	Echoes in Eternity [550]
	Alcatrazz	Prior Convictions [551]
	Astronoid	Stargod [552]
	Beastwars	The Ship // The Sea [553]
	Centinex	With Guts and Glory [554]
	Drain	...Is Your Friend [555]
	Esprit D'Air	Aeons [556]
	Finger Eleven	Last Night on Earth [557]
	Novembre	Words of Indigo [558]
	Omnium Gatherum	May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way [559]
	Primordial	Live in New York City (live album) [560]
	Pupil Slicer	Fleshwork [561]
14	1914	Viribus Unitis [562]
	The Devil Wears Prada	Flowers [563]
	Of Mice & Men	Another Miracle [564]
	Rise of the Northstar	Chapter 4: Red Falcon Super Battle! Neo Paris War!! [565]
	Scorpions	Coming Home Live (live album) [566]
20	AngelMaker	This Used to Be Heaven [567]
	Born from Pain	Siege Mentality (EP) [568]
21	Bloodbound	Field of Swords [569]
	Def Leppard	Diamond Star Heroes: Live from Sheffield (live album) [570]
	Dream Theater	Dream Theater Vol. 3 (box set) [571]
		The Studio Albums 1992–2016 (box set) [571]
	The Halo Effect	We Are Shadows (covers EP) [572]
	My Ticket Home	Pure to a Fault [573]
	Sister	The Way We Fall [574]
	Sortilège	Le Poids de L’Âme [575]
	Stryper	The Greatest Gift of All [576]
	Treat	The Wild Card [577]
26	Master's Hammer	Maldorör Disco [34]
28	1349	Winter Mass (live album) [578]
	Blut Aus Nord	Ethereal Horizons [579]
	Dream Theater	Quarantième: Live à Paris (live album) [580]
	Equilibrium	Equinox [581]
	Lynch Mob	Dancing with the Devil [582]

December

Day	Artist	Album
5	Blood Red Throne	Siltskin [583]
	Enthroned	Ashspawn [584]
	Persefone	Live in Andorra (live album) [585]
	Tesseract	Radar (live album) [586]
	Upon a Burning Body	Blood of the Bull [587]
9	Sakis Tolis	Everything Comes to an End [588]
12	Dangerous Toys	Demolition (compilation album) [589]
	Lord of the Lost	Opvs Noir Vol. 2 [590]
	Rotten Sound	Mass Extinction (EP) [591]
	Volumes	Mirror Touch [592]
	Walk in Darkness	Gods Don't Take Calls [593]

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