(note this originally was a live video stream)

John and Bailey count down their favorite albums of 2025!

Bailey’s Runner-Ups:
Health – Conflict DLC
https://youwillloveeachother.bandcamp.com/album/conflict-dlc
ISSBROKIE – Swaggot!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lIauoE_mZ0L3AzgFBKtJF6AaLCgs7sJUM
Various – Rift of the NecroDancer OST
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUPKuAVC8PO6o2ODFItr4hU8gaf3nojaC
Kali Uchis – Sincerely,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc8_dYPx4ao&list=PLMksmxBLjM0NVJmJRhEUTVwdfGdQZkr1o

John’s Runner-Ups:
Bloody Valkyria – In Our Home, Across the Fog
https://bloodyvalkyria.bandcamp.com/album/in-our-home-across-the-fog
Castle Rat – The Bestiary
https://castlerat.bandcamp.com/album/the-bestiary
Quest Master – Obscure Power
https://questmaster.bandcamp.com/album/obscure-power
Sanhedrin – Heat Lightning
https://thesanhedrin.bandcamp.com/album/heat-lightning

John’s #5-20 in no particular order:
Century – Sign Of The Storm
https://centuryswe.bandcamp.com/album/sign-of-the-storm
Year of the Cobra – Year of the Cobra
https://yearofthecobra.bandcamp.com/album/year-of-the-cobra
Blackbraid – Blackbraid III
https://blackbraid.bandcamp.com/album/blackbraid-iii
Lonesome Wyatt & the Holy Spooks – Sad Witch Cult
https://lonesomewyatt.bandcamp.com/album/sad-witch-cult
Ghoëst – The Majestic End
https://darkdungeondoom.bandcamp.com/album/the-majestic-end
The Phantom A.D. – Plays Ghoulish Rock ‘N’ Roll
https://thephantomad.bandcamp.com/album/plays-ghoulish-rock-n-roll
One of Nine – Dawn of the Iron Shadow
https://oneofnine.bandcamp.com/album/dawn-of-the-iron-shadow
Electric Citizen – EC4
https://electriccitizenband.bandcamp.com/album/ec4
Hexvessel – Nocturne
https://hexvessel.bandcamp.com/album/nocturne
Scorpion Milk – Slime of the Times
https://scorpionmilk.bandcamp.com/album/slime-of-the-times
Serpent Rider – The Ichor of the Chimaera
https://serpentrider.bandcamp.com/album/the-ichor-of-chimaera
Lamp Of Murmuur – The Dreaming Prince In Ecstasy
https://lampofmurmuur.bandcamp.com/album/the-dreaming-prince-in-ecstasy
Owlbear – Feather & Claw
https://owlbearmetal.bandcamp.com/album/feather-and-claw
Throne of Iron – Adventure Two
https://throneofiron.bandcamp.com/album/adventure-two
Selvans – Saturnalia
https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/saturnalia
Savage Master – Dark & Dangerous
https://savagemasterofficial.bandcamp.com/album/dark-dangerous

Bailey’s Top 5:
#5 1000 Eyes – Charon
https://thousandeyes.bandcamp.com/album/charon
#4 Fallujah – Xenotaph
https://fallujah.bandcamp.com/album/xenotaph
#3 SSJ Daki – Heaven On Earth
https://ssjdaki.bandcamp.com/album/heaven-on-earth
#2 Currents – All That Follows
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXpcI4Ww0pU-iYIYxLRiuGRrhqPqi8Hwu
#1 Architects – The Sky, The Earth & All Between
https://architects.bandcamp.com/album/the-sky-the-earth-all-between

John’s Top 4:
#4 The Chameleons – Arctic Moon
https://chameleonsuk.bandcamp.com/album/arctic-moon
#3 Bell Witch/Aerial Ruin – Stygian Bough: Volume II
https://bellwitch.bandcamp.com/album/stygian-bough-volume-ii
#2 Tower – Let There Be Dark
https://towernyc.bandcamp.com/album/let-there-be-dark
#1 Black Sword Thunder Attack – Black Sword Thunder Attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_wJ_jwvcAw

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