Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
April was STACKED with metal releases—from tech death titans to blackened sludge, and even a few surprising comebacks. In this video, I break down the best, worst, and most noteworthy metal albums of the month. Whether you’re into brutal riffs, atmospheric melodies, or experimental weirdness, there’s something here for every metalhead. #newmetalalbums #metalhead
Cytotoxin - Biographyte
Warfield - With The Old Breed
LIK - Necro
Dormant Ordeal - Tooth and Nail
Elueveitie - Ànv
Impious Throne - Suffering
Kardashev - Alunea
ΑΧΕΡΟΝΤΑΣ (Acherontas) - ΝΕΚΥΙΑ - The Necromantic Patterns
Exterminatus - Echoes From A Distant Star Part 1
Buried Realm - The Dormant Darkness
Deserted Fear - Veins of Fire
Eyes - Spinner
Employed To Serve - Fallen Star
Thornhill - Bodies
Wretched Blessing - Psychic Barriers to Entry
Epica - Aspiral
Changeling - Changeling
Cancer - Inverted World
Fractal Universe - The Great Filters
In The Woods - Otra
Bleed From Within - Zenith
Within Destruction - Animetal
Hate Forest - Against All Odds
Benediction - Ravage Of Empires
Heavy Heavy Low Low - Pain Olympics
Ghost - Skeleta
Machine Head - Unatøned
Allegaeon - The Ossuary Lens
00:00 Intro
00:15 Nuclear Fallout Tech Death
01:00 Thrash Metal War
01:40 Swedish OSDM
02:28 Blackened Technical Death Metal FFO Behemoth
03:09 Fantastic Folk Metal
04:04 FFO Adversarial, early Gorgoroth & Belphegor
04:49 STUNNING Metal Album w/ PRISTINE Vocals
05:31 Greek Black Metal A Cut Above The Rest
06:29 Warhammer 40K Tech Death
07:11 Melodic Death Metal ft Soilwork, Scar Symmetry, Nightrage
08:04 MORE Melodic Death Metal FFO Soilwork
08:40 HEAVY Metallic Hardcore
09:29 Surprising UK Metalcore
10:18 Do You Love DEFTONES...?
11:05 Sick EP w/ Members of Immortal Bird, Yautja
11:46 Symphonic Metal Perfection
12:34 Progressive Death Metal Supergroup
13:19 Honorable Mentions
18:05 WORST Metal Album Of The Month
18:40 BEST Metal Album Of April 2025
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April was STACKED with metal releases—from tech death titans to blackened sludge, and even a few surprising comebacks. In this video, I break down the best, worst, and most noteworthy metal albums of the month. Whether you’re into brutal riffs, atmospheric melodies, or experimental weirdness, there’s something here for every metalhead. #newmetalalbums #metalhead
Cytotoxin - Biographyte
Warfield - With The Old Breed
LIK - Necro
Dormant Ordeal - Tooth and Nail
Elueveitie - Ànv
Impious Throne - Suffering
Kardashev - Alunea
ΑΧΕΡΟΝΤΑΣ (Acherontas) - ΝΕΚΥΙΑ - The Necromantic Patterns
Exterminatus - Echoes From A Distant Star Part 1
Buried Realm - The Dormant Darkness
Deserted Fear - Veins of Fire
Eyes - Spinner
Employed To Serve - Fallen Star
Thornhill - Bodies
Wretched Blessing - Psychic Barriers to Entry
Epica - Aspiral
Changeling - Changeling
Cancer - Inverted World
Fractal Universe - The Great Filters
In The Woods - Otra
Bleed From Within - Zenith
Within Destruction - Animetal
Hate Forest - Against All Odds
Benediction - Ravage Of Empires
Heavy Heavy Low Low - Pain Olympics
Ghost - Skeleta
Machine Head - Unatøned
Allegaeon - The Ossuary Lens
00:00 Intro
00:15 Nuclear Fallout Tech Death
01:00 Thrash Metal War
01:40 Swedish OSDM
02:28 Blackened Technical Death Metal FFO Behemoth
03:09 Fantastic Folk Metal
04:04 FFO Adversarial, early Gorgoroth & Belphegor
04:49 STUNNING Metal Album w/ PRISTINE Vocals
05:31 Greek Black Metal A Cut Above The Rest
06:29 Warhammer 40K Tech Death
07:11 Melodic Death Metal ft Soilwork, Scar Symmetry, Nightrage
08:04 MORE Melodic Death Metal FFO Soilwork
08:40 HEAVY Metallic Hardcore
09:29 Surprising UK Metalcore
10:18 Do You Love DEFTONES...?
11:05 Sick EP w/ Members of Immortal Bird, Yautja
11:46 Symphonic Metal Perfection
12:34 Progressive Death Metal Supergroup
13:19 Honorable Mentions
18:05 WORST Metal Album Of The Month
18:40 BEST Metal Album Of April 2025
Buy Metal Trenches MERCH (Sick design by CurlyArt): metaltrenches.bigcartel.com
Grow YOUR OWN YouTube Channel with vidiq.com/METAL
Join us on DISCORD! discord.gg/7QTAesh5Pp
Become a Supporter!
patreon.com/metaltrenches
subscribestar.com/metal-trenches
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: eepurl.com/dogQCD
Connect:
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minds.com/metaltrenches
facebook.com/metaltrenches
metaltrenches.bandcamp.com
twitter.com/MetalTrenches
instagram.com/metal.trenches
I do not own the rights to any of the featured song clips on this video. All credit to the artists and labels with specific permission granted. These fall under fair use based on sufficient transformation for the purpose of review, promotion, and commentary.
