{"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":"#251: The Five Best Progressive Metal Albums of 2025!","slug":"251-the-five-best-progressive-metal-albums-of-2025","published_at":"2025-12-30T10:00:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647/251-the-five-best-progressive-metal-albums-of-2025","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/251-the-five-best-progressive-metal-albums-of-2025--69246228","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69246228/audioonly251_prog_metal_aoty.mp3","summary":"In episode 251 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas is counting down his five favorite extreme progressive metal albums of 2025. This is an extreme metal show, and thus my progressive picks are also extreme... and beautiful. Let me know what you think! Get Heavy Metal Philosophy Merch! https://jonbarbas-shop.fourthwall.com/ Bands; Impureza - https://impureza.bandcamp.com/album/alc-zares Dawn of Ouroboros - https://dawnofouroboros.bandcamp.com/album/bioluminescence An Abstract Illusion - https://anabstractillusion.bandcamp.com/album/the-sleeping-city Rivers of Nihil - https://riversofnihil.bandcamp.com/album/rivers-of-nihil Igorrr - https://igorrr.bandcamp.com/album/amen 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 #progressivemetal #AOTY","meta_description":"In episode 251 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas is counting down his five favorite extreme progressive metal albums of 2025. This is an extreme metal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":822,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647/episodes/251-the-five-best-progressive-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-3841647/251-the-five-best-progressive-metal-albums-of-2025.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}