🔥PLAYLISTS🔥 Our main playlists have now been reset and are ready for this year's riff action!! Follow if ya haven't already! New Metal: open.spotify.com/playlist/6JB... New Death Metal: open.spotify.com/playlist/2rU... New Metal Albums '26: open.spotify.com/playlist/7uU...

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from Austrian atmospheric black metal band, ELLENDE! 'Zerfall' is out January 2nd via AOP Records. www.metalepidemic.com/ellende-zerf... #AtmosphericBlackMetal #PostBlackMetal #MelodicBlackMetal #Blackgaze

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🔥EOY PODCAST PT4🔥 Really appreciate all the comments and messages we've had about these lists! Great to see you guys posting your lists in the comments, too! Now join us for the FINAL PART of our Top 20 albums of 2025! youtu.be/lAkFXfs8VAc

🔥EOY PODCAST PT3🔥 Join Dave, Duncan and Ross on PART 3 of their Top 20 albums of 2025, discussing albums #10 - #6. youtu.be/nwkM0M_rnGY

🔥METAL EPIDEMIC END OF YEAR LISTS🔥 The Metal Epidemic team have been reviewing their fingers (and mouths) off all year, and now it’s time to share our Top 10 lists! We hope you enjoy! Let us know YOUR album of the year below! 🤘 www.metalepidemic.com/metal-epidem... #AOTY #Metal

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🔥EOY PODCAST PT2🔥 ROUND 2! 🥊 Join Dave, Duncan and Ross on PART 2 of their Top 20 albums of 2025, discussing albums #15 - #11. youtu.be/esOqwhsTguY

Part 1 of our Top 20 Albums of 2025 podcast has just been unleashed on YouTube! Hit the link in our bio to watch it in all its glory! #Metal #HeavyMetal #MetalFamily #MetalSky #NewMusic

🔥EOY PODCAST PT1🔥 As the Metal Epidemic team get ready to drop their End of Year lists next week, Dave, Duncan and Ross present the final Podcast of 2025! On Part 1 we kick off our Top 20 albums of 2025, discussing albums #20 - #16. youtu.be/5bjA5GEQ_Eo

🔥AOTY POLL WINNER🔥 The votes are in. They've been counted and verified. And we can now reveal that the winner of our Album of the Year Readers Poll is... www.metalepidemic.com/best-album-o... #AOTY #BestMetalAlbum2025

Our favourite new releases from December 12th!🤘🏻 #Metal #NewMetal #Metal2025 #NewMetalAlbums #MetalMusic #Metalfan #Metalhead

🔥AOTY READERS POLL🔥 1 HOUR KLAXON!! Last chance to vote!! metalepidemic.com/cast-your-vote…#AOTYT#BestAlbum202525

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from UK avant-Black/Death Metal band, LYCHGATE! 'Precipice' is out December 19th via Debemur Morti Productions. www.metalepidemic.com/lychgate-pre... #BlackMetal #DeathMetal #DoomMetal

🔥TECH REVIEW🔥 Join Dave and Duncan as they discuss and review the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Wireless Over-Ear Headphones. We get into the features of the headphones and how they sounded when listening to one of our favourite metal albums! www.metalepidemic.com/tech-review-...

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the reissue of the 1992 classic, 'Tears', by Japanese thrash band, SACRIFICE! The physical reissue of 'Tears' is out on December 19th via Relics from the Crypt/Dying Victims Productions. www.metalepidemic.com/sacrifice-te... #Thrash #CrossoverThrash

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from Swedish goth rockers, Scheitan! 'Wine for a Tormented Soul' is out December 19th via The Circle Music. www.metalepidemic.com/scheitan-win... #GothicRock

🔥AOTY READERS POLL🔥 ULTRABLUT are now creeping ahead in our AOTY poll! Make sure to get your vote in before Friday! metalepidemic.com/cast-your-vote…#AOTYT#BestAlbum202525

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from US-based Avant-garde Black Metal group, Fleshvessel! 'Obstinacy: Sisyphean Dreams Unfolded' is out December 12th via I, Voidhanger. www.metalepidemic.com/fleshvessel-... #AvantGarde #ProgressiveMetal @fleshvesseldm.bsky.social

🔥VIDEO REVIEW🔥 Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from LA-based industrial-rock band, HEALTH. 'CONFLICT DLC.' is out December 11th via Loma Vista Recordings. www.metalepidemic.com/health-confl... 📺 youtu.be/rxtEcZCxj_I #Industrial @health.band @lomavista.bsky.social

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from Alternative Metal band, GLASGOW KISS! 'Down in Flames' is out December 12th via Eclipse Records. www.metalepidemic.com/glasgow-kiss... #AlternativeMetal #ModernRock #HardRock @eclipserecords.com @glasgowkissband.bsky.social

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from Death Metal ensemble, House by the Cemetary! 'Disturbing the Cenotaph' is out December 12th via Pulverised Records. www.metalepidemic.com/house-by-the... #DeathMetal

🔥DOUBLE EP REVIEW🔥 Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new EPs from metal-shoegaze quintet, Deathbloom. 'Scarcity' & 'Overflow' will be released on December 8th/15th. www.metalepidemic.com/deathbloom-s... 📺 youtu.be/k8FAdMVEi-8 #Shoegaze #Metal #Dreamo #Industrial

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from Icelandic/US Black Metal ensemble, MARTRÖÐ! 'Draumsýnir eldsins' is out December 12th via Debemur Morti Productions. www.metalepidemic.com/martrod-drau... #BlackMetal

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from US Brutal Death Metal unit, Lust Of Decay! 'Entombed In Sewage' is out December 12th via Comatose Music. www.metalepidemic.com/lust-of-deca... #DeathMetal #BrutalDeathMetal @imperativepr.bsky.social

🔥AOTY READERS POLL🔥 We have a new leader!! 'Private Music' by Deftones has now moved into pole position! This finishes on Friday, so get those last votes in! www.metalepidemic.com/cast-your-vo...

Our favourite new releases from December 5th!🤘🏻 #Metal #NewMetal #Metal2025 #NewMetalAlbums #MetalMusic #Metalfan #Metalhead

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from Swedish doom quartet, Skogskult! 'Skogskult' is out now on Bonebag Records. www.metalepidemic.com/skogskult-sk... #Doom #Stoner

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from Irish Prog Rock band, YURT! 'Rippling Mirrors of the Other' is out December 5th! www.metalepidemic.com/yurt-ripplin... #Prog #ProgRock

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from Maltese hardcore/noise punk trio, BILA! 'Beżżalart' is out December 5th via Go Down Records/Kewn Records. www.metalepidemic.com/bila-bezzala... #Punk #Hardcore #NoisePunk

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from Polish Death/Black Metal band, Bläkken! 'Światowstręt' is out December 5th. www.metalepidemic.com/blakken-swia... #DeathMetal #BlackMetal

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from Tampa, Florida based death metal band, Perdition Temple! 'Malign Apotheosis' is out now on Hells Headbangers. www.metalepidemic.com/perdition-te... #DeathMetal #BlackenedDeathMetal #OldSchoolDeathMetal

🔥LIVE REVIEW🔥 The end of an era 🖤 Metal Epidemic were in Glasgow to witness the final Scottish show from Stray From the Path. Support: Alpha Wolf - Graphic Nature - Calva Louise www.metalepidemic.com/live-review-...

🔥VIDEO REVIEW🔥 Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from UK riff slingers, Monolith. 'The Price of Their Heaven' is out December 5th via Nightmarcher Records. www.metalepidemic.com/monolith-the... 📺 youtu.be/wZ56BimsoIM #Hardcore #MelodicHardcore

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from German riff-slingers, HVRT! 'Cancerbloom' is out December 5th via Crawling Chaos. www.metalepidemic.com/hvrt-cancerb... #DeathMetal #Sludge #BlackMetal

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from heavy-epic-power metal band, Steel Arctus! 'Dreamruler' is out now on No Remorse Records. www.metalepidemic.com/steel-arctus... #HeavyMetal #PowerMetal #80sMetal

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from Italian Progressive Metal band, Jester Majesty! 'Infinite Measure, Finite Existence' is out December 4th via Xtreem Music. www.metalepidemic.com/jester-majes... #ProgressiveMetal #Thrash

Honored to be among all these great albums being considered for best of 2025 by @metalepidemic.bsky.social! We would appreciate your vote! www.metalepidemic.com/cast-your-vo...

🔥AOTY POLL🔥 Psychonaut have taken the early lead! But it’s still all to play for! Vote for your 5 favourite albums of the year now!! metalepidemic.com/cast-your-vote…#AOTYT#BestAlbum20252#BestMetalAlbumu#Metalal

🔥VIDEO REVIEW🔥 Join Dave & Duncan as they check out the new album from Boise, Idaho, metallic hardcore unit, Witness Chamber. 'Bronze Gates' is out December 5th via Brain Floss Records. www.metalepidemic.com/witness-cham... 📺 youtu.be/46KYDhU2Zbw #Hardcore #MetallicHardcore

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from Norwegian death metal kings, BLOOD RED THRONE! 'Siltskin' is out December 5th via Soulseller Records. www.metalepidemic.com/blood-red-th... #DeathMetal

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from Gothenburg heavy psych outfit, Homegrown! 'Homegrown' is out December 5th via Majestic Mountain Records. www.metalepidemic.com/homegrown-ho... #Psych #Prog #Folk #Fuzz @majesticmountain.bsky.social

🔥AOTY POLL🔥 The 12 Days of Voting begin NOW!! Head over to Metal Epidemic and vote for your 5 favourite albums of the year! Winners announced on the 12th of December. www.metalepidemic.com/cast-your-vo... #AOTY #BestAlbum2025 #BestMetalAlbum #Metal

🔥BLACK FRIDAY SALE🔥 Head over to our merch store now and grab 10% off all t-shirts, hats, hoodies, mugs and more! Use code BLACKFRIDAY at the checkout! metalepidemic-shop.fourthwall.com #BlackFriday #Sale #Merch

Our favourite new releases from November 28th!🤘🏻 #Metal #NewMetal #Metal2025 #NewMetalAlbums #MetalMusic

🔥EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE🔥 Head over to Metal Epidemic now to check out “kein Titel, keine Zeit” - the brand-new track from German noisemakers, Ultrablut! www.metalepidemic.com/exclusive-tr... #Ultrablut #Hardcore #Sludge #Punk @ultrablut.bsky.social

🔥AOTY POLL🔥 Voting for our readers choice AOTY poll starts next week! 👀

🔥VIDEO REVIEW🔥 Join Dave & Duncan as they review the new album from Carolina hardcore/alt-rock hybrid, Excide. 'Bastard Hymns' is out November 28th via Sharptone Records. www.metalepidemic.com/excide-basta... 📺 youtu.be/8q_xAVtCMhk #Hardcore #AlternativeRock #PostHardcore #Grunge #NuMetal

🔥EP REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new EP from extreme pop outfit, male//gaze! 'TOO LATE NOW' is out November 28th. www.metalepidemic.com/male-gaze-to... #ExtremePop #Shoegaze #Hardcore #Hyperpop #SynthPop

🔥ALBUM REVIEW🔥 Check out our review of the new album from Berlin "hyper-rock" trio, PABST! 'This Is Normal Now' is out November 28th on Alcopop! Records. www.metalepidemic.com/pabst-this-i... #HyperRock #AltRock #Indie #Grunge @pabstband.bsky.social @ilovealcopop.bsky.social @wallofsoundpr.co.uk