This week's #ThursDeath is debut LP 'Chasm of Immurement' by Warsaw''s CLAIRVOYANCE. Not sure how I missed this last year, as I loved their EP. This is some KILLER cavernous, churning, CRUSHING death doom with great dynamics and excellent faster/mid-tempo spots too.

https://carbonizedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chasm-of-immurement

#metal #DeathMetal #2025Albums #2025Records #Poland #PolishMetal #Warsaw #WarsawMetal #OSDM #Clairvoyance #WarsawPoland #Doom #DoomMetal #DeathDoom @HailsandAles @wendigo @rtw @guffo @c0m4 @flockofnazguls @swampgas @Kitty @nnenov @umrk

#GrindayFriday this week is 'Empathy Lost', the excellent new second LP from Gothenburg, Sweden's BRAINWASHER. This came out December 2025, and it's a damn great riffy, grindy record. Kinda classic Napalm or Terrorizer feel in spots.

https://brainwashergrind.bandcamp.com/album/empathy-lost

#grind #grindcore #Sweden #Gothenburg #SwedishGrind #metal #SwedishMetal #SwedishBands #Brainwasher #2025Albums #2025Records @vanessawynn @HailsandAles @guffo @c0m4 @flockofnazguls @brian

My favourite EPs & albums of 2025. Dig in!

https://open.substack.com/pub/unquietzine/p/unquiet-7-january-2026-2025-release?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=3s4lg

#experimentalmusic #musicnewsletter #avant-garde #2025albums

I have one for #BlackMetalMonday this week. This is new raw black metal LP 'Mordoré' by Quebec City's TURPITUDE (another Alice Simard project, she does some rad black metal stuff): https://turpitude.bandcamp.com/album/mordor

I've been going back to this one, although (as many know) I'm not usually super into black metal. I just find this one DAMN great. Dynamics, different rhythms and drum patterns.. fantastic. (Check out the wild stuff in track 3!) It just came out Jan 1.

#metal #BlackMetal #QuebecCity #Quebec #Canada #CanadianMetal #CanadianBlackMetal #CanadianBands #QuebecMetal #QuebecBands #AliceSimard #Turpitude #RawBlackMetal #2025Records #2025Albums @HailsandAles @brian @NoRestfortheWicked @derthomas @rtw @swampgas

Gotta talk about this new record while it's on my mind. LOVE finding things like this. This is new LP 'Chapter 1' by British collective SAULT. It has R&B, jazz, funk, disco, soul, gospel & house vibes all over, vibes of Sade or Marvin Gaye maybe, in spots.

https://saultglobal.bandcamp.com/album/chapter-1

Helmed by producer Inflo and with lead singer Cleo Soul.. it's unreal. Just unbelievably good. Big contender for me this year already. Fun parts, chill parts, it's got it all.

Not sure who'd be into this, but tagging a few of ya.. @swampgas @brian @bendaubney @rtfm @srgower

#2025Albums #2025Records #Sault #soul #funk #disco #gospel #house #BritishArtists #Inflo #CleoSoul #jazz

This one's a blast, just came out yesterday. Big contender for me this year, already. This is 'Slab Songs' by ANYTIME COWBOY (illustrator Reuben Sawyer) from California. Lo-fi, catchy, weird, dark, simple, folk, sometimes jangly, twangy, post-punk, punchy. ffo early Beck, Adam Green (Moldy Peaches), Guided by Voices.

https://anytimecowboy.bandcamp.com/album/slab-songs

(Reuben's been doing the Anytime Cowboy thing for a while, and has a bunch of earlier stuff that I checked out too, but THIS record this year is TIGHT and really brings together everything great about what he does. 🔥)

#lofi #BedroomPop #folk #indie #punk #PostPunk #jangly #catchy #weird #2025Albums #2025Records #California #CaliforniaArtists #AnytimeCowboy #IndieRock #IndieFolk #country

This is 'Future Fortune' from West Springfield, Massachusetts' hardcore punk outfit RESTRAINING ORDER, and mark this down as the THIRD punk LP I'm annoyed I missed for my lists last year (for those keeping track, the other two are Kaleidoscope and Imploders).

https://restrainingorderhc.bandcamp.com/album/future-fortune

This album fucking RIPS. The dude's voice is awesome. Sound maybe like old Minor Threat, Black Flag, Briefs vibes, Clash flair, slightly heavier. Some AMAZING, riffy, catchy hardcore punk. Killer dynamics, song structures, (even key changes - gasp!) just a FANTASTIC record from an incredible punk band I'm glad I spotted via the collection of early recordings they just put out.

#punk #PunkRock #2025Albums #2025Records #HardcorePunk #Massachusetts #WestSpringfield #MassachusettsBands #MassachusettsPunk #RestrainingOrder @Defiance @alabut @brian @FeloniousPunk @janboddez

One I somehow missed last year and may have even made my top 20 because of how damn good it is, NYC punks KALEIDOSCOPE and their LP 'Cities of Fear' that was written and recorded in just a few days in 2024. Some KILLER, catchy, rough, angry hardcore punk the way it SHOULD be. ffo MDC, Poison Idea, Crucifix.

https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/cities-of-fear

#punk #PunkRock #NYCPunk #NewYork #NewYorkPunk #NewYorkBands #HardcorePunk #anarchopunk #2025Albums #2025Records @Defiance @FeloniousPunk

It's the first #GrindayFriday of 2026, and I have a ripper. This is the debut LP of Virginia antifascist grinders LAY WASTE. 14 short, brutal tracks with fantastic titles like 'Make Guillotines Great Again'. Kinda oldschool grind, kinda deathgrind. Probably would've made one or both of my lists had it come out earlier in 2025. Fuck fascism, listen to grind.

https://laywaste2.bandcamp.com/album/lay-waste

#grind #grindcore #Virginia #VirginiaBands #VirginiaGrind #antifascist #antifa #LayWaste #2025Albums #2025Records @vanessawynn @brian @HailsandAles @guffo @rtw @c0m4 @flockofnazguls

Whoever says great new punk rock isn't still coming out in 2025 clearly hasn't heard the new Imploders LP, 'Targeted for Termination': https://neontasterecords.bandcamp.com/album/targeted-for-termination

Every time I listen to this, I'm kinda annoyed I missed it for my favorite 20 records of 2025. 😂

#punk #PunkRock #2025Albums #2025Records #indie #Canada #Toronto #CanadianPunk #TorontoPunk #CanadianBands #CanadianPunk @Defiance @alipunk