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Top 5 New Metal Albums of The Week! – June 20th, 2025

Heavy Metal Philosophy | December 25, 2025



Jon Barbas of Heavy Metal Philosophy is breaking down the best new metal albums of the weekend, from June 20th, 2025! From Metalcore, Death Metal, Folk Metal, Black Metal, Grindcore, Hardcore, Power Metal, Post 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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Bands;
Malevolence – https://malevolenceriff.bandcamp.com/album/where-only-the-truth-is-spoken
Cryptopsy – https://cryptopsyofficial.bandcamp.com/album/an-insatiable-violence
Alestorm – https://alestorm.bandcamp.com/album/the-thunderfist-chronicles
Haggus – https://tankcrimes.bandcamp.com/album/destination-extinction
Witherer – https://hypaethralrecords.bandcamp.com/album/shadow-without-a-horizon
Mugshot – https://purenoise.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-devils-are-here
Imha Tarikat – https://imhatarikat.bandcamp.com/album/confessing-darkness
Black Path – https://blackpathofficial.bandcamp.com/album/of-paint-and-ash
Helms Deep – https://helmsdeep666.bandcamp.com/album/chasing-the-dragon
Hiroe – https://hiroe.bandcamp.com/album/wield

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  2. @guilhermerodriguesgermanico

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    Até agora o único projecto de Metalcore que gosto é While she sleeps, que é genial, You are we e So what? são dois dos meus álbuns favoritos de Música Masculina, mas estes Malevolence também parecem ser muito bons!

  5. @anthonydavella8350

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    BTW. Still love ya man. I stopped listening to politics and my quality of life has gone up 1000%. We are propandized constantly by both sides nonstop. White vs black, man vs woman and goes on forever and ever. That's how they control us! And both sides are the same fucking side really. Fuck em all. Resulting man. You can remove my comments if you want. I don't want you to censor anything!

  6. @valkleinhans1

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    I’ve never once thought politics dominated your page. I don’t hate the sprinkling of politics here and there tbh! Your viewpoint was absolutely reasonable here. Our country is hurting and it’s incredibly sad.

  7. @thomasedward1525

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    I was barely holding onto viewing this channel. I had to unsubscribe when metal reviews and news gets put in second place by political commentary. On to better YouTube channels.

  14. @uncledeathmetal

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    I'm sure Shadow of Intent is gonna blow everyone's heads off this week. With how different and unique each single from the album has been so far, there's honestly no telling what the rest of the album is gonna be like, but I know one thing for sure, it's going to slap HARD. I already know that's gonna be my album of the year, that's also because I'm the biggest SOI head.

  15. @taomahNEGEV

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    I have not enjoyed Power Metal since the two terrific Lost Horizon's albums but to my greatest surprise Chasing the Dragon is really close. Thanks for the recommendation.

  16. @darkkrenaissance42

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    By the way, that memo about what countries we needed to defeat were the last major countries that did NOT have a Rothschild Central Bank… the elites need them to be enslaved into the world bank system

  20. @briankessler3501

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    Great episode again, Jon. Waiting on my new Nad cd player to arrive as ordered up new Cryptopsy and Deafheaven Friday.
    Keep preaching your views and to any asshat that is offended: 🖕 off; know you didn't call out agent 🍊 but undeniably the MOST corrupt and unfit man this country ever elected. Twice, smfh. FDT, Fmaga.
    That's my take on it and little long.
    102° Friday, 102° Saturday, 100°+ today in Omaha.
    Thanks brother man. 💯

  23. @Ressic

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    Awesome video! To help keep things a little positive, I write a fantasy story/game that takes place in Argos (Basically ancient Greece in Conan the Barbarian times). Needed a suitable name for the northern province… And so "Barbas Province" came to be. Ruled over by House Barbas, some morally questionable nobles who got their power a little too quickly…

  25. @MikeOnMetal

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    Not going to Summer Slaughter, but Malevolence kicked my ass opening for LoG and Mastodon last year. That Black Path album is a flawless blend of technicality and feeling, loved it.

  26. @Vølkien-13

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    Malevolence and Cryptopsy went hard af. Malevolence's groove with those beatdown roots is lightning in a bottle, both on my releases of the year list as well as Hiroe, new haggus also bangs I love the use of pitch shifted vocals, brutal sphincter is a prime example of that too.

  27. @brucelivolsi

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    I understand why you avoid talking politics here. But, I don't mind in the least. Our political beliefs inform how we live our lives. To me, that's fundamentally why we engage in philosophical exploration – to uncover the reasoning behind how we think about the ways in which we live. Keep doing what you do, and I'll keep watching.

  34. @mswkt656

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    Heavy Metal Welder here .
    911 is the only conspiracies that is not a conspiracy
    Metal doesn't melt or collapse in this fashion.
    This has been a discussion
    among my Metal working friends.
    I t was an inside job,our leaders have let us down once again.

  36. @FuriousMetal1968

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    Black Path is 🔥 Very progressive song writing, killer guitar but still keeping it brutal and catchy🤘🍻😎 Oh and BTW I totally get how you feel about politics in general. Most people want to believe everything our fucked up, corrupt government tells us, especially all the "Trumpers". I know this is not a political channel but sometimes you just have to say what's on your mind brother!

  38. @GregsWhiskyGuide

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    Great episod, Jon, I did appreciate your political statement as well (sorry to hear about your family loses), great words there I second each one of it, and I enjoyed at first hear a lot of your selections I"m gonna check now…Take care & hope things will get better for us all & worst for those b…..y warmongers everywhere…Cheers ! (with water, as it's way too hot here at the moment)

  43. @salgymbro7624

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    People get so sensitive about politics, we can agree or not but we all have our opinion.
    I was reading the coments talking about black path and I see why they're number one this week.
    Great video.

  44. @s01id74

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    I love the shirt. Easily one of my favorite bands. I got the chance to see them here in Stockholm this spring. And they are coming back as a support band for Orbit Culture 😁

    Thanks for being the voice of reason. I am definitely going to read that book and thanks for the album tips.

  45. @isajmody2344

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    Wattsmatta with Pirate Metal ☠️? 🤣 My favorite philosophical text is Dr. Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. Humor is such an important part of human existence.

    Helms Deep was definitely on my radar, and all the things coming out of Greece 🇬🇷 (Black Path) this year definitely has my attention!!!

    Check out Joliette 🇲🇽. That was my big find this week!!

    Don't be too worried about the current sitch. We will never have boots on the ground in Iran. I know that because 80% of the population of Iran is with us. Keep the faith. You are going to love it when you hear the bands out of there be able to play openly. No side of the aisle normmy wants another war, for sure.

  47. @dtm2078

    December 25, 2025 at 3:57 am

    @heavymetalphilosophy Hey brother man, imma help you out: I know political statements are not necessarily metalheads' favorite subject (really anyone lol), but there were literally no lies told, almost every one of my favorite bands have made political statements in their music, and even if I don't agree with it, doesn't change the quality of the music, for example, it's pretty obvious that Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" was anti-Vietnam war, and Slayer's "Expendable Youth" was shedding a light on both gang violence in LA getting out of control and using American men to fulfill an agenda driven war regardless of how many lives it takes. So, that book I may have to check out lol👊🏾🤔

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