Top 5 New Metal Albums of The Week! – July 18th, 2025
Jon Barbas of Heavy Metal Philosophy is breaking down the best new metal albums of the weekend, from July 11th, 2025! From Deathcore, Alternative, Nu Metal, Sludge Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Black Metal, and everything in between! If you want some new metal to listen to, check out this week’s lineup! Also, every weekend, I always show off my favorite album cover art of the week! Check it out!!
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Slaughter To Prevail – https://www.slaughtertoprevail.com/
Bush – https://www.bushofficial.com/
Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway – https://scarsonbroadway.com/
Gorthon – https://gorthon.bandcamp.com/album/a-barren-emptiness
Stomach – https://stomachdoom.bandcamp.com/album/low-demon
Mawiza – https://mawizakvlt.bandcamp.com/album/l
Clairvoyance – https://carbonizedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chasm-of-immurement
Abigail Williams – https://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-void-within-existence
Cryptopsy – https://cryptopsyofficial.bandcamp.com/track/blasphemy-made-fresh-medley
Empillarist – https://empillarist.bandcamp.com/album/pale-river-ghost-reflection-2
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@FranƧoisJG
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
I loved Baāal
@VulcansMoshPitReviews
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Man you should had added something about the new Oskoreien album itās so good plus the artwork is intriguing as well go check it out
@guilhermerodriguesgermanico
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Ya, essa capa de Empillarist Ć© boa!
@chickensdontsurf
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Empillarist "Pale River, Ghost Reflection" is now my new favorite album, dude, thank you!! Now I have a new way to bug my husband, lolol.
@G-Man01
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
I'm not finding much metal these days hits a high enough bar for innovation, passion, impact. It's just people think is cool. Car Bomb to me stands out as exceptional, as do Mur, Oranssi Pazazu, Chat Pile and Drain have been good. A lot of bands hiding behind technicality or the trope of black metal for extremity as answers to be different. But it's meh. Any recommendations for original genre defining bands who employ good song writing?
@neilhrabik
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Please upload Mushroom Doom track?! š š¤
@Swamprot
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Your commercial is amazing. Will definitely check it out. But I am dying to know what that riff is from! It sounds so familiar!
Or is it a trade secret?
@primeman-m7x
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
deathcore band psycho frame is dropping their debut lp this friday, its more of the old style deathcore that you would like.
@briankessler3501
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
My absolute go-to for new metal releases. Thanks always, Jon.
Dig the commercial, btw.
@CarbonizedRecords
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
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@DashieNegan41
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
There's no way anyone is topping Abigail Williams such a perfect album with no skips
@mindfield_music
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
im really glad Abigail Williams are back!
@marcelothume3341
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Abigail Williams is insane. One of the best bands nowadays.
@manyhandsmakelightsnacks
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
true, no one cheats in a mosh pit but if you recreate both types of show with nudists…
@Jsbmetal74
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Love the new Abigail Williams album. Always been a fan, but this just feels next level. Itās heavier and the production is better than their previous album. Would like to note that although they are from Arizona, theyāre based in Olympia, WA now (which is where I live). Now that the new album is out, I really hope they go on tour, or at least do some local shows, maybe with Wolves in the Throne Room, also from Olympia? That would be epic.
@emergentform1188
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Hell yea buddy.
@BrandonM.N
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
That commercial had me Rollinā š cheers man
@FuriousMetal1968
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Congratulations on your first commercial shootš¤ For me, Clairvoyance would be a great album but the vocals ruined it for me. Such dynamics in the song writing but buried dissonant vocals just aren't my thing
@theheavymetaljournal
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Cool ad! Congrats!
Ashwagandha combined with magnesium an hour before bed completely changed my life š¤š»
@taylorfrenchy5048
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
end solo was fire bruv!! youre a sick guitarist!!
@isajmody2344
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
I want to thank you for at least beating to my first sip of coffee before you hit me with the cheaters. I finished up Portugal and Poland this week, but I did have my eye on Clairvoyance!! Also, that Mawiga from Chile is something else. So many good bands there!!!! What an underrated metal country!!!
@ehdrootofbeard4411
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
SOAD's quirky side definitely doesn't just come from Daron… pop on anyone of Serj's solo albums and you'll see what I mean šš
@venomouseternal
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
My man, try some orange noise from the Headspace app. I also suffer as you do. That works for me. š¤
@brucelivolsi
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Regarding your first commercial: the client may likely think the most likely feel the music is too loud. They usually want their message front and center.
Keep up the good work!
@sasakanjuh7660
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
I remember thoroughly enjoying Abigail Williams' last record, looking forward to giving the new one a listen! š
@TimmyTurner421
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
That Empillarist cover art so good
@TimmyTurner421
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
The Stomach album speaks to me
@TimmyTurner421
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Bro did you watch the fight? Usyk is the greatest of this era for sure. Him vs Ali would've been something
@erikgregg3230
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Yeahman, that reishi=better sleep.
@s01id74
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Nice ad. As always great album picks. I can always count on you to serve me some good death and black metalšš¤Abigail was especially good. Thanks.
@coachcanntent8325
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
You can keep taking the chaga too it won't give you energy, the cordyceps will though. Superfood mushrooms are awesome, great product to endorse
@Clintob
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Bruh! That Abigail Williams album is NUTS!
@LoenInk
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
The commercial ad was a big keep doing what your doing! ššAnd you do that ritual for sleeping every night??? š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
@waynemcdivitt3017
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Love from Texas!
@Iantrypsk
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
i dont put Slaughter to Prevail to play at home/car, but the show was really fun minus the amount of cellphones that was really annoying, they somehow bring the K-pop audience, amazing for money but was really annoying. Abigail Williams still exist? Cool, they are considered OG now? im pretty sure they where myspace era, so almost 20 years, shit im old
@kingrico7909
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Need to try that abigail for sure. Cool commercial šGlad to hear you are sleeping better.
Maybe one day i can as well šš.
More shrooms for da people is da shit for sure š
@diegoellermeier
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Damn i forgot about Abigail Williams Thanx
@acaDamiens
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Loved the ad and those picks of the week are great. I would add one more this week and that is the new Entrails. Soooo goood….old school death metal.
@twincitiesfox
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Poor Abigail Williams couldnāt win twice š
@LokiTricksterG
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Love that Abigail Williams cover. Part of me wonders if I subconsciously listen to metal so much because the covers are so eerily gorgeous.
It seems clear to me that Daron Malakian was the much better songwriter in System of a Down, but Serj was the much better vocalist. A shame they can't work out their differences because they were clearly the yin to the other's yang.
@jeremysanders8766
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Ashwaganda before bed my friend
@salgymbro7624
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Metal commercial!!! I approve the Goatwhore shirt; I use mushrooms as nootropics for mental clarity.
I saw Abigail Williams a while back in San Francisco and they were great, I completly forgot they came up with a new album.
Thanks for the video brother.
@Jeffmetal42
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
The guitar tone on that new Abigail is surprisingly heavy for a Black Metal album. I dig it! Doesn't hurt to have Mike Heller behind the drum kit either!
@basildog007
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
Bush is really underrated imo. Say what you want, dad rock, butt rock… But the guy simply knows how to write HOOKS.
And if you ask me, hooks are the thing most missing in many metal albums, no matter the genre.
@chrissullivan3654
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
The new Joe Bonamassa is really worth checking out too. Itās really great blues guitar music. šø
@ericschwartz1421
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
The ad was fun! Nice work. Also loving the Abigail Williams album. Great stuff! š¤
@dtm2078
December 22, 2025 at 12:02 pm
@heavymetalphilosophy Bro, the new "Gorthon" record slapsšš¾š
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