{"podcast":{"title":"Heavy Metal Philosophy","slug":"heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647","podcast_index_feed_id":3841647,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4895658/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/heavy-metal-philosophy","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1bcb891b94a78eec220a720a0014a2e8.jpg","author":"Jon Barbas","episode_count":283,"summary":"An exploration of philosophy with heavy metal themes. The intersection between the dark, powerful, and introspective. Tune in every Tuesday!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T20:17:15.361437+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647"},"episode":{"title":"#250: Ten Best Death Metal Albums of 2025!","slug":"250-ten-best-death-metal-albums-of-2025","published_at":"2025-12-23T10:00:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647/250-ten-best-death-metal-albums-of-2025","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/250-ten-best-death-metal-albums-of-2025--69177657","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69177657/audioonly250_death_metal_aoty.mp3","summary":"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","meta_description":"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 wee…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3745,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647/episodes/250-ten-best-death-metal-albums-of-2025/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647/250-ten-best-death-metal-albums-of-2025.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}