2025 in rock music

This article summarizes the events related to rock music for the year of 2025.

Notable events

January

• Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand releases their sixth studio album, The Human Fear , their first in seven years, following Always Ascending (2018). It charts in the top 10 of 5 national album charts, including topping the Scottish albums chart. ^[1]
• Many rock bands perform at FireAid, a two day benefit concert to help raise funds for those affected by the January 2025 Southern California wildfires. Performers include Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, No Doubt and Alanis Morissette. ^[2]
• Nirvana also reforms for a surprise brief performance at FireAid. The lineup included bassist Krist Novoselic, drummer Dave Grohl, rhythm guitarist Pat Smear, and four separate female vocalists in place of frontman Kurt Cobain. St. Vincent performed the song "Breed", Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth performed on "School", Joan Jett performed on "Territorial Pissings", and Grohl's daughter Violet Grohl on "All Apologies". The performance is one of only a handful of reformations of the band after their breakup in 1994, following the death of Kurt Cobain. ^[3]

February

• The 67th Annual Grammy Awards are held. Classic rock acts perform well; The Beatles win Best Rock Performance for one of their final recordings to be released - "Now and Then", while The Rolling Stones win Best Rock Album for their first album in 18 years, Hackney Diamonds . ^[4]
• St. Vincent wins three Grammy Awards - "Broken Man" wins Best Rock Song, "Flea" wins Best Alternative Music Performance, and All Born Screaming wins Best Alternative Music Album. ^[4]
• Dream Theater releases their 16th studio album, Parasomnia . It is their first studio album with original drummer Mike Portnoy since Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009). ^[5] It debuts in the top 10 of 13 separate national album charts.
• English musician, Jojo Orme, known professionally as Heartworms, releases her debut studio album, Glutton for Punishment , to universal critical acclaim, including a five-star review from NME , and 91 out of 100 Metascore from Metacritic.
• Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers releases their 15th studio album, Critical Thinking . ^[6] It debuts in the top 2 of the UK and Scottish album charts.
• Japanese rock band One Ok Rock releases their eleventh studio album, Detox . ^[7] It debuts at number 2 of the Japanese national albums chart.
• English metalcore band Architects releases their eleventh studio album, The Sky, the Earth & All Between . ^[8] It was produced by former Bring Me the Horizon keyboardist Jordan Fish. It debuts in the top 10 of 6 separate national album charts.

March

• English rock band Jethro Tull releases their 24th studio album, Curious Ruminant . ^[9] It debuts in the top 5 of 3 separate national album charts.
• English rock musician Steven Wilson (frontman of Porcupine Tree) releases his eighth solo studio album, The Overview . It is a concept album themed around the idea of the overview effect, consisting of two approximately 20 minute songs. ^{[10] [11]} It debuts in the top 3 of 5 separate national album charts.
• English hard rock band The Darkness releases their eighth studio album, Dreams on Toast . It is their first studio album since Motorheart (2021). ^[12] It debuts at number 2 on the UK and Scottish album charts.

April

• Australian heavy metal band Thornhill releases their third studio album, Bodies. It is their first studio album without guitarist Matt van Duppen, who switched his role from the band's guitarist to the band's manager. ^[13] It debuts at number 4 on the Australian national albums chart. ^[14]
• Dutch symphonic metal band Epica releases their ninth studio album, Aspiral . They started working on it in March 2024. ^[15] It debuts in the top 5 of 3 separate national album charts, including at number 2 on the Dutch national albums chart.
• Swedish punk rock band Viagra Boys releases their fourth studio album, Viagr Aboys , their first since Cave World (2022). ^[16] It debuts in the top 10 of 2 separate national album charts, including at number 7 on the Swedish national albums chart.
• Machine Head releases their eleventh studio album, Unatoned . It is their first studio album with new guitarist Reece Scruggs, who replaced the band's previous guitarist Wacław Kiełtyka in 2024. ^[17] It debuts in the top 10 of 3 separate national album charts.
• Swedish rock band Ghost release their sixth studio album, Skeletá . It became their first album to top the US all-format Billboard 200 albums chart, the first rock album to top the chart in 2025, the first rock album to top the chart since October 2024's Moon Music by Coldplay, and the first hard rock album to top the chart since 2020's Power Up by AC/DC. ^[18]

May

• English heavy metal band Sleep Token releases their fourth studio album, Even in Arcadia . ^[19] It debuts at the top of 9 separate national album charts. In the US, it tops the Billboard 200, moving 127,000 album equivalent units. It marks the highest debut for a rock band in almost a year, the biggest debut for a hard rock band in 2 years, and has the highest single week streams for a hard rock band ever. Additionally, all 10 of the album's songs chart on the Hot 100, an extremely rare feat for a rock band. ^{[20] [21] [22]}
• Linkin Park headlines the opening ceremony of the 2025 UEFA Champions League final at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. ^[23]

June

• Danish rock band Volbeat releases their ninth studio album, God of Angels Trust . ^[24] They started working on it after their 2023 summer tour. ^[25] Frontman Michael Poulsen underwent a throat surgery in October 2023, which prevented the band from performing live shows in 2024. ^[26] It debuts in the top 5 of 9 separate national album charts.
• Turnstile releases their fourth studio album, Never Enough . ^[27] It is their first studio album without founding lead guitarist Brady Ebert, who left the band in 2022. It debuts in the top 10 of 5 separate national album charts.

July

• Alice Cooper releases their eighth studio album, The Revenge of Alice Cooper . It is their first studio album in over 50 years, and features all the original members. ^[28] It debuts in the top 10 of 7 separate national album charts.

August

• Deftones releases their tenth studio album, Private Music . ^[29] Work on the album began in early 2023, and is their third album working with music producer Nick Raskulinecz. ^[30] It debuts in the top 10 of 12 separate national album charts.

Albums released

January

Day	Artist	Album
10	Franz Ferdinand	The Human Fear
23	Flipturn	Burnout Days
24	Oni	Genesis (EP)
31	All That Remains	Antifragile

February

Day	Artist	Album
7	Jinjer	Duél
	Dream Theater	Parasomnia
	Heartworms	Glutton for Punishment
14	Lacuna Coil	Sleepless Empire
	Manic Street Preachers	Critical Thinking
21	One Ok Rock	Detox
	Silverstein	Antibloom
	Killswitch Engage	This Consequence
28	Architects	The Sky, the Earth & All Between

March

Day	Artist	Album
7	Jethro Tull	Curious Ruminant
	Spiritbox	Tsunami Sea
14	Steven Wilson	The Overview
28	The Darkness	Dreams on Toast
	Memphis May Fire	Shapeshifter
	Underoath	The Place After This One

April

Day	Artist	Album
4	Thornhill	Bodies
	Scowl	Are We All Angels
11	Epica	Aspiral
	Magnolia Park	Vamp
18	Superheaven	Superheaven
23	Ave Mujica	Completeness
25	Viagra Boys	Viagr Aboys
	Heart Attack Man	Joyride the Pale Horse
	Machine Head	Unatoned
	Ghost	Skeletá

May

Day	Artist	Album
9	Kaleo	Mixed Emotions
	Sleep Token	Even in Arcadia
16	Sleep Theory	Afterglow
30	Garbage	Let All That We Imagine Be the Light
	Stray from the Path	Clockworked

June

Day	Artist	Album
6	Volbeat	God of Angels Trust
	Turnstile	Never Enough
20	Hotline TNT	Raspberry Moon
27	Hot Milk	Corporation P.O.P
	Wavves	Spun

July

Day	Artist	Album
25	Alice Cooper	The Revenge of Alice Cooper

August

Day	Artist	Album
1	Oni	Genesis, Pt. II (EP)
8	Halestorm	Everest
15	Chevelle	Bright as Blasphemy
	Rise Against	Ricochet
22	Deftones	Private Music
	Three Days Grace	Alienation
	Goo Goo Dolls	Summer Anthem (EP)
29	The Hives	The Hives Forever Forever the Hives

Future releases

• Beauty School Dropout is set to release their third studio album, Where Did All the Butterflies Go?, on September 5, 2025. ^[31]
• Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein is set to release their 13th studio album, Pink Moon, on 12 September 2025. It will be the second part of a double album release, following Antibloom, which was released in early 2025. ^[32]
• Twenty One Pilots is set to release their eighth studio album, Breach , on September 12, 2025. It is intended to conclude the conceptual series consisting of the band's previous four studio albums. ^[33]
• Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro is set to release their tenth studio album, Futique, on 19 September 2025. ^[34]
• Mammoth is scheduled to release their third studio album, titled The End, on October 24, 2025. ^[35] Frontman Wolfgang Van Halen stated that work on the album began in January 2024. ^[36]
• Papa Roach is scheduled to release their twelfth studio album, their first since Ego Trip (2022). The band concurrently plans on celebrating the 25th anniversary of their breakout album Infest (2000) as well. ^[37]
• Nine Inch Nails is scheduled to release new music, their first since the surprise dual release of Ghosts V and Ghosts VI (2020). At least some of the music was revealed to be part of Trent Reznor's efforts to score the 2025 film Tron: Ares . ^{[38] [39]}
• Motionless in White is scheduled to release their seventh studio album, their first since Scoring the End of the World (2022). The band is taking their time with its writing and recording, prioritizing quality over maintaining their momentum in popularity gains in the 2020s. ^[40]
• Disturbed is scheduled to release their ninth studio album. In July 2024, guitarist Dan Donegan announced the band had begun work on recording a follow up to Divisive (2022). ^[41]
• Five Finger Death Punch is scheduled to release their tenth studio album. In May 2024, guitarist Zoltan Bathory revealed the band had been recording a follow up to AfterLife (2022). ^[42]
• Anthrax is set to release their twelfth studio album, their first since For All Kings (2016). ^[43] Bassist Frank Bello said their upcoming album will be "heavier than ever". ^[44]
• English rock band Def Leppard is set to release their 13th studio album. After releasing a single titled "Just Like '73", guitarist Phil Collen said it was "the seed of a new Def Leppard album". ^[45]
• French heavy metal band Gojira is set to release their eighth studio album. It will be their first studio album since Fortitude (2021), and since their live performance at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. ^[46]
• Welsh heavy metal band Bullet for My Valentine is set to release their eighth studio album, their first since their self-titled album (2021). They started working on it in 2024. ^[47]
• Slipknot band members are scheduled to release an album. The album, Look Outside Your Window , was recorded by four of the band's members in 2008 during the band's lengthy All Hope Is Gone sessions. The album will have a more experimental and melodic rock sound as opposed to their traditional metal sound. ^[48] The band once aimed to release it in 2023 once band members were scheduled from their record label contract. ^[49] It was delayed to 2024 due to Corey Taylor's commitment to his second solo album CMF2 in the second half of 2023, and then again to 2025. ^{[50] [51]}
• Slipknot is also set to release their eighth studio album. It will be their first studio album with drummer Eloy Casagrande, who replaced the band's longtime drummer Jay Weinberg in 2023. ^[52]
• Canadian rock band Finger Eleven is set to release their eighth studio album, Last Night on Earth. It will be their first studio album in a decade, since Five Crooked Lines (2015). ^[53]
• Blondie is set to release their twelfth studio album, their first since Pollinator (2017). ^[54]
• English rock band The Cure is set to release their 15th studio album. It will be the follow-up album to Songs of a Lost World (2024). ^[55]
• Korn plans to release their fifteenth studio album. Members have stated that they aim to meld their "vintage" sound with a "modern twist", and that it's going into a heavier direction. The band concurrently plans on celebrating the 30th anniversary of their first album, Korn (1994). ^{[56] [57]}
• Australian progressive rock band Karnivool has recorded an album's worth of material, which would be its first release in over a decade. Work on material began as early as 2016, but has progressed slowly due to all band members growing older, starting families, and living in different areas now. The band hasn't decided if material will be released as a full album, or broken up across multiple EPs. ^{[58] [59]}
• The Pretty Reckless are scheduled to release their fifth studio album. Recording for the album began in mid-2023. ^[60]
• Social Distortion is scheduled to release their eighth studio album. The band's follow-up to 2011's Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes was originally set for release in 2023, but vocalist and guitarist Mike Ness' diagnosis with stage one tonsil cancer delayed the album's release. ^[61]
• Limp Bizkit is working on their seventh studio album. The band plans to work on new material during sound checks because their 2024 touring schedule is so heavy. ^[62]
• Former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello is set to release his debut solo studio album. ^[63] It is his first album after the band abruptly disbanded in early January 2024. ^[64]
• Breaking Benjamin is scheduled to release their seventh studio album, their first since 2018. Recording for the album began in either 2020 or 2021. ^[65]
• Incubus completed their ninth studio album in 2025, and is scheduled to release it sometime within year end. ^[66]

Tours and festivals

• Sonic Temple festival was held from May 8 to May 11, 2025. It was headlined by Linkin Park, Metallica, and Korn, and featured many other bands including Alice in Chains, Bullet for My Valentine, Bad Omens, and more. ^[67]
• Welcome to Rockville was held from May 15 to May 18, 2025. It was headlined by Green Day, Linkin Park, Korn, and Shinedown, and featured many other bands including Bowling for Soup, Three Days Grace, Taking Back Sunday, Real Friends, and more. ^[68]
• Slam Dunk festival was held on 24 and 25 May. It was headlined by Neck Deep, Electric Callboy, and A Day to Remember, and featured many other bands including Alkaline Trio, Hot Milk, Zebrahead, and more. ^[69]
• Punk Rock Bowling Music Festival was held from May 24 to May 26, 2025. It was headlined by Social Distortion, Cock Sparrer, and Peter Hook & the Light, and featured many other bands including Fidlar, The Damned, Power Trip, The Interrupters, and more. ^[70]
• Download Festival was held from 13 June to 15 June 2025. It was headlined by Green Day, Korn, and Sleep Token, and featured many other bands including Within Temptation, Sex Pistols, Steel Panther, Jimmy Eat World, and more. ^[71]
• Warped Tour is set to return for the first time in six years to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Three festivals are set to take place in June, July, and November. ^[72]
• English rock band Oasis reforms for the first time in 15 years for their Oasis Live '25 Tour. The announcement ends 15 years of bitter feuds between brothers Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher, who previously denied that any reunion would take effect. ^{[73] [74] [75]}
• English heavy metal band Black Sabbath announces a reunion with all four original members for one final concert. It took place at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, on 5 July 2025. ^[76]
• Louder Than Life festival is set to take place from September 18 to September 21, 2025. It will be headlined by Slayer, Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones, and Bring Me the Horizon. ^[77]
• Riot Fest is set to take place from September 19 to September 21, 2025. It will be headlined by blink-182, Green Day, and Weezer. ^[78]
• Shaky Knees Music Festival is set to take place from September 19 to September 21, 2025. It will be headlined by blink-182, My Chemical Romance, and Deftones, and will feature many other bands including Soft Play, Devo, Franz Ferdinand, Pixies, and more. ^[79]
• Aftershock Festival is set to take place from October 2 to October 5, 2025. It will be headlined by blink-182, Deftones, Korn, and Bring Me the Horizon. ^[80]
• When We Were Young festival is set to be held on October 18, 2025. It will be headlined by blink-182, and Panic! at the Disco, and will feature many other bands including The Story So Far, Holding Absence, Sleeping with Sirens, Weezer, and more. ^[81]

Band breakups

• Australian metalcore band Void of Vision broke up following a final headline tour in Australia in February 2025. ^[82]
• Canadian rock band Sum 41 broke up following the release of their eighth and final studio album Heaven :x: Hell (2024), ^[83] and a final worldwide headlining tour that ended in January 2025. ^[84] The band officially disbanded after their induction in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and performed one final live performance at the 54th annual Juno Awards in March 2025. ^[85]
• English rock band You Me at Six broke up after over 20 years of performing following a final tour that ended in April 2025. ^[86]
• Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura will break up after a farewell tour marking the band's 40th anniversary, set to end in September 2025. ^[87]
• X will break up following the release of their ninth and final studio album Smoke & Fiction (2024), with a final tour set to end in 2025. ^[88]
• Swedish hardcore punk band Refused is set to disband following the release of a final tribute album for their third studio album The Shape of Punk to Come (1998), and a farewell tour. ^[89]
• Stray from the Path is set to disband following a surprise release of their eleventh and final studio album, Clockworked, and a final tour set to end later in 2025. ^[90]

Deaths

• January 6 – Fredrik Lindgren, 53, Swedish death metal guitarist (Unleashed) ^[91]
• January 13 – Peter "P. Fluid" Forrest, 64, American rock musician (24-7 Spyz) ^[92]
• January 21 – Garth Hudson, 87, Canadian rock multi-instrumentalist (The Band) ^[93]
• January 29 – Bruce Howe, 77, Australian progressive rock bassist and singer (Fraternity) ^[94]
• February 1 – Sal Maida, 76, American rock bassist (Milk 'N' Cookies, Roxy Music, Sparks) ^[95]
• February 17 – Rick Buckler, 69, English rock drummer (The Jam) ^[96]
• February 19 – Snowy Fleet, 79, English-born Australian rock drummer (The Easybeats) ^[97]
• February 28 – David Johansen, 75, American progressive rock singer (New York Dolls) ^[98]
• March 15 – Les Binks, 73, Northern Irish heavy metal drummer (Judas Priest) ^[99]
• April 6 – Clem Burke, 70, American rock drummer (Blondie) ^[100]
• April 28 – Mike Peters, 66, Welsh rock singer (The Alarm) ^[101]
• May 5 – James Baker, 71, Australian rock drummer (The Victims, The Scientists, Hoodoo Gurus, Beasts of Bourbon) ^[102]
• May 19 – Adam Ramey, 32, American rap metal singer (Dropout Kings) ^[103]
• June 11 – Brian Wilson, 82, American rock musician (The Beach Boys) ^[104]
• June 27 – Derek A. E. Fuhrmann, 44, American rock singer-songwriter (The Crash Motive) ^[105]
• July 22 – Ozzy Osbourne, 76, English heavy metal/rock singer-songwriter (Black Sabbath) ^[106]
• July 29 – Paul Mario Day, 69, English heavy metal singer (Iron Maiden) ^[107]
• August 4 – Terry Reid, 75, English rock singer-songwriter and guitarist ^[108]
• August 10 – Bobby Whitlock, 77, American rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Derek and the Dominos) ^[109]
• 20 August – Brent Hinds, 51, American heavy metal guitarist (Mastodon) ^[110]

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