The Best of 2025
The year in music, horror, podcasts, Hallmark, and SO MUCH MORE!
The Music
My favorite albums of the year,
presented in alphabetical order
AFI
Silver Bleeds The Black Sun…
Abigail Williams
A Void Within Existence
Bootblacks
Paradise
Bore
Feral
Ethel Cain
Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You
Chaparelle
Western Pleasure
Deftones
Private Music
Dlina Volny
In Between
Eyes
Spinner
Ghost
Skeletá
Health
Conflict DLC
Jason Isbell
Foxes in the Snow
King Yosef
Spire of Fear
Lord Huron
The Cosmic Selector, Vol. 1
Malibu
Vanities
Gabríel Ólafs
Polar & Polar: Dusk
Ken Pomeroy
Cruel Joke
Romance
Love Is Colder Than Death
Alexandra Savior
Beneath The Lilypad
Spiritbox
Tsunami Sea
Thornhill
Bodies
Other Music Stuff
My Most Listened-To Song of the Year
(According to Spotify)
Ghost
Lachryma
My Actual Favorite Song of the Year
AFI
Behind The Clock
Best Rap Song That
Samples a Nü-Metal Classic
Offset f/ JID
Bodies
Best Rap Song About
Roller Skating Spots in Atlanta
JID f/ Ciara & Earthgang
Sk8
Most Heartbreaking Song
Lucy Dacus
Big Deal
Most ‘This Sounds Like It Was Commissioned By WWE’ Song
Finger Eleven
The Mountain
Most ‘I Don’t Really Know What’s
Happening Here—But I Think I Like It?’ Song
Rosalía f/ Bjork & Yves Tumor
Berghain
Best Metal Song Where the Singer Screams at a Violin in the Music Video
Imminence
Death Shall Have No Dominion
Best Pop Album
Lady Gaga
MAYHEM
Best Horror Movie Score
Lucrecia Dalt
Rabbit Trap OST
Best 30-Year Remaster of
One of My All-Time Favorite Albums
Metallica
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