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This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 2025.
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Paleface Swiss | Cursed [132] |
| 6 | Dreadnaught | Shutdown in a Heartbeat [133] |
| 10 | Ex Deo | Year of the Four Emperors (EP) [134] |
| The Halo Effect | March of the Unheard [135] | |
| Stick to Your Guns | Keep Planting Flowers [136] | |
| Tremonti | The End Will Show Us How [137] | |
| 17 | Dark Fortress | Anthems from Beyond the Grave (live album) [138] |
| Eidola | Mend [139] | |
| Grave Digger | Bone Collector [140] | |
| Necrodeath | Arimortis [141] | |
| Tokyo Blade | Time Is the Fire [142] | |
| 22 | Nemophila | Apple of My Eye [143] |
| 24 | Avatarium | Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead [144] |
| Blacktoothed | Headway [145] | |
| Bonfire | Higher Ground [146] | |
| Bumblefoot | Bumblefoot ...Returns! [147] | |
| Dax Riggs | 7 Songs for Spiders [148] | |
| Harakiri for the Sky | Scorched Earth [149] | |
| Labyrinth | In the Vanishing Echoes of Goodbye [150] | |
| Oni | Genesis (EP) [151] | |
| Riverside | Live ID. (live album) [152] | |
| Thin Lizzy | Acoustic Sessions [153] | |
| 30 | Enterprise Earth | Descent Into Madness [154] |
| 31 | All That Remains | Antifragile [155] |
| Confess | Destination Addiction [156] | |
| Pentagram | Lightning in a Bottle [157] | |
| Revenge | Violation.Strife.Abominate [158] | |
| Thomas Erak | (AU) [159] |
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Battlesnake | Dawn of the Exultants and the Hunt for the Shepherd [333] |
| Dawn of Ashes | Infecting the Scars [334] | |
| Gaahls Wyrd | Braiding the Stories [335] | |
| Katatonia | Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State [336] | |
| King Parrot | A Young Person's Guide to King Parrot [337] | |
| Mystic Circle | Kriegsgötter MMXXV (compilation album) [338] | |
| Ophiolatry | Serpent's Verdict [339] | |
| Orthodox | A Door Left Open [340] | |
| Volbeat | God of Angels Trust [341] | |
| 9 | King 810 | Rustbelt Nu Metal [342] |
| 13 | Byzantine | Harbingers [343] |
| Fairyland | The Story Remains [344] | |
| Fallujah | Xenotaph [345] | |
| The Hu | Echos of Thunder (EP) [346] | |
| Ice Nine Kills | I Heard They Kill Live 2 (live album) [347] | |
| King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Phantom Island [348] | |
| Saxon | Eagles Over Hellfest (live album) [349] | |
| Sigh | I Saw the World's End – Hangman's Hymn MMXXV (re-recorded album) [350] | |
| 20 | Alestorm | The Thunderfist Chronicles [351] |
| Black Majesty | Oceans of Black [352] | |
| Cryptopsy | An Insatiable Violence [353] | |
| Helheim | HrabnaR / Ad Vesa [354] | |
| Jamie's Elsewhere | Alchemical (EP) [355] | |
| Malevolence | Where Only the Truth Is Spoken [356] | |
| 27 | Botch | 061524 (live album) [357] |
| Crystal Viper | The Live Quest (live album) [358] | |
| Deadguy | Near-Death Travel Services [359] | |
| Heaven Shall Burn | Heimat [360] | |
| Higher Power | There's Love in This World If You Want It [361] | |
| Lord Belial | Unholy Trinity [362] | |
| Motörhead | The Manticore Tapes (compilation album) [363] | |
| Shadow of Intent | Imperium Delirium [364] | |
| Sodom | The Arsonist [365] | |
| Warlord | The Lost Archangel (compilation album) [366] |
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Visions of Atlantis | Armada Live Over Europe (live album) [367] |
| Warkings | Armageddon [368] | |
| Wytch Hazel | V: Lamentations [369] | |
| 11 | Beartooth | I Was a... Live (live album) [370] |
| Born of Osiris | Through Shadows [371] | |
| Bring Me the Horizon | Lo-Files (remix album) [372] | |
| Calva Louise | Edge of the Abyss [373] | |
| Diamond Head | Live and Electric (live album) [374] | |
| Enter Shikari | Live at Wembley (live album) [375] | |
| Hell | Submersus [376] | |
| Split Chain | Motionblur [377] | |
| 18 | Abigail Williams | A Void Within Existence [378] |
| Ashes of Ares | New Messiahs [379] | |
| Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway | Addicted to the Violence [380] | |
| Five Finger Death Punch | Best Of – Volume 1 (re-recorded compilation album) [381] | |
| Obituary | Godly Beings (box set) [382] | |
| Slaughter to Prevail | Grizzly [383] | |
| 22 | Heaven Below | The Majestic Twelve [384] |
| 25 | Beheaded | Għadam [385] |
| Black Magnet | Megamantra [386] | |
| Enuff Z'Nuff | Xtra Cherries [387] | |
| Gwar | The Return of Gor Gor (EP) [388] |
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Agriculture | The Spiritual Sound [477] |
| Author & Punisher | Nocturnal Birding [478] | |
| Bloodred Hourglass | We Should Be Buried Like This [479] | |
| Hooded Menace | Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration [480] | |
| Michael Schenker Group | Don't Sell Your Soul [481] | |
| Kirk Windstein | Ethereal Waves [482] | |
| Ofermod | Drakosophia [483] | |
| Orbit Culture | Death Above Life [484] | |
| OvO | Gemma [485] | |
| Today Is the Day | Never Give In [486] | |
| Vernon Reid | Hoodoo Telemetry [487] | |
| Vimic | Open Your Omen [488] | |
| 10 | 40 Below Summer | Untethered [489] |
| John 5 | Ghost [490] | |
| Nils Patrik Johansson | War and Peace [491] | |
| Sanguisugabogg | Hideous Aftermath [492] | |
| Testament | Para Bellum [493] | |
| 14 | Sunn O))) | Eternity’s Pillars b/w Raise the Chalice & Reverential (EP) [494] |
| 17 | Age of Ruin | Nothingman [495] |
| Battle Beast | Steelbound [496] | |
| Biohazard | Divided We Fall [497] | |
| Carach Angren | The Cult of Kariba (EP) [498] | |
| Coroner | Dissonance Theory [499] | |
| Erdling | Mana [500] | |
| Evoken | Mendacium [501] | |
| Extortionist | Stare into the Seething Wounds [502] | |
| Human Fortress | Stronghold [503] | |
| Immortal Disfigurement | Hell Is Right in Front of Us (EP) [504] | |
| Internal Bleeding | Settle All Scores [505] | |
| Sabaton | Legends [506] | |
| Tombs | Feral Darkness [507] | |
| Unto Others | I Believe in Halloween II (EP) [508] | |
| Wretched | Decay [509] | |
| 23 | Krallice | No Hope (EP) [510] |
| 24 | The Acacia Strain | You Are Safe from God Here [511] |
| Adept | Blood Covenant [512] | |
| Coldrain | Optimize (EP) [513] | |
| Conjurer | Unself [514] | |
| Dayseeker | Creature in the Black Night [515] | |
| Doro | Warriors of the Sea (compilation album) [516] | |
| Ektomorf | Heretic [517] | |
| Five Finger Death Punch | Best Of – Volume 2 (compilation album of re-recordings) [518] | |
| Leprous | An Evening of Atonement (live album) [519] | |
| Nine Treasures | Seeking the Absolute [520] | |
| Ronnie Romero | Backbone [521] | |
| Seraina Telli | Green [522] | |
| Serj Tankian | Covers, Collaborations & Collages (compilation album) [523] | |
| Soulfly | Chama [524] | |
| Sumo Cyco | Neon Void [525] | |
| Warrant | The Speed of Metal [526] | |
| Wino | Create or Die [527] | |
| 31 | Aria | When Tomorrow Comes [528] |
| Avatar | Don't Go in the Forest [529] | |
| Aviana | Void [530] | |
| Chimaira | Creepers Vol. 1 (compilation album) [531] | |
| Currents | All That Follows (EP) [532] | |
| Despised Icon | Shadow Work [533] | |
| King 810 | Rustbelt Numetal 2 [534] | |
| Mägo de Oz | Malicia: la noche de las brujas [535] | |
| Moonspell | Opus Diabolicum (live album) [536] | |
| Mystic Circle | Hexenbrand 1486 [537] | |
| Primitive Man | Observance [538] | |
| Runemagick | Cycle of the Dying Sun (Dawn of Ashen Realms) [539] | |
| Smash into Pieces | Armaheaven [540] | |
| Solence | Angels Calling [541] | |
| Stephen Brodsky | Cut to the Core Vol. 1 (covers album) [542] | |
| Trivium | Struck Dead (EP) [543] | |
| Unprocessed | Angel [544] |
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Agnostic Front | Echoes in Eternity [545] |
| Alcatrazz | Prior Convictions [546] | |
| Astronoid | Stargod [547] | |
| Beastwars | The Ship // The Sea [548] | |
| Centinex | With Guts and Glory [549] | |
| Drain | ...Is Your Friend [550] | |
| Esprit D'Air | Aeons [551] | |
| Finger Eleven | Last Night on Earth [552] | |
| Novembre | Words of Indigo [553] | |
| Omnium Gatherum | May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way [554] | |
| Primordial | Live in New York City (live album) [555] | |
| Pupil Slicer | Fleshwork [556] | |
| 14 | 1914 | Viribus Unitis [557] |
| The Devil Wears Prada | Flowers [558] | |
| Of Mice & Men | Another Miracle [559] | |
| Rise of the Northstar | Chapter 04: Red Falcon Super Battle! Neo Paris War!! [560] | |
| Scorpions | Coming Home Live (live album) [561] | |
| 20 | AngelMaker | This Used to Be Heaven [562] |
| Born from Pain | Siege Mentality (EP) [563] | |
| 21 | Bloodbound | Field of Swords [564] |
| Def Leppard | Diamond Star Heroes: Live from Sheffield (live album) [565] | |
| Dream Theater | Dream Theater Vol. 3 (box set) [566] | |
| The Studio Albums 1992–2016 (box set) [566] | ||
| The Halo Effect | We Are Shadows (covers EP) [567] | |
| My Ticket Home | Pure to a Fault [568] | |
| Sister | The Way We Fall [569] | |
| Sortilège | Le Poids de L’Âme [570] | |
| Stryper | The Greatest Gift of All [571] | |
| Treat | The Wild Card [572] | |
| 26 | Master's Hammer | Maldorör Disco [34] |
| 28 | 1349 | Winter Mass (live album) [573] |
| Blut Aus Nord | Ethereal Horizons [574] | |
| Dream Theater | Quarantième: Live à Paris (live album) [575] | |
| Equilibrium | Equinox [576] | |
| Lynch Mob | Dancing with the Devil [577] |
| Day | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Blood Red Throne | Siltskin [578] |
| Enthroned | Ashspawn [579] | |
| Persefone | Live in Andorra (live album) [580] | |
| Tesseract | Radar (live album) [581] | |
| Upon a Burning Body | Blood of the Bull [582] | |
| 12 | Dangerous Toys | Demolition (compilation album) [583] |
| Lord of the Lost | Opvs Noir Vol. 2 [584] | |
| Rotten Sound | Mass Extinction (EP) [585] | |
| Volumes | Mirror Touch [586] |