# #250: Ten Best Death Metal Albums of 2025!

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Podcast: [Heavy Metal Philosophy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647)
Published: 2025-12-23T10:00:17+00:00
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In episode 250 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas is counting down his five favorite black metal albums of 2025, but the title says ten right? This week I am joined by a mystery guest who is also bringing their top 5, which will be radically different from mine. It's a double dose of death metal! Tell us what you think. Bands; Empty Throne - https://emptythroneofficial.bandcamp.com/album/unholy Dormant Ordeal - https://dormantordeal.bandcamp.com/album/tooth-and-nail Yotuma - https://yotuma.bandcamp.com/album/the-final-void-2 Pathogenic - https://pathogenic.bandcamp.com/album/crowned-in-corpses Lik - https://likofficial.bandcamp.com/album/necro Baest - https://baestband.bandcamp.com/album/colossal-24-bit-hd-audio Cryptopsy - https://cryptopsyofficial.bandcamp.com/album/an-insatiable-violence Tribal Gaze - https://tribalgazetx.bandcamp.com/album/inveighing-brilliance Scalpture - https://scalpture.bandcamp.com/album/landkrieg Allegaeon - https://allegaeon.bandcamp.com/album/the-ossuary-lens Heavy Metal Philosophy Contact; https://heavymetalphilosophy.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@heavymetalphilosophy https://www.spreaker.com/show/heavy-metal-philosophy JonBarbas@heavymetalphilosophy.com https://mobile.twitter.com/heaviestdoyen https://www.facebook.com/HeaviestDoyen https://www.instagram.com/heavy_metal_philosophy/ https://www.threads.net/@heavy_metal_philosophy https://bsky.app/profile/jonbarbas.bsky.social Metal Digest articles link; https://metal-digest.com/author/jon-barbas/ #metal #deathmetal #AOTY

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