Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Strap in, metalcore fans — today we’re diving into everything 2025 has had to offer in the world of breakdowns, clean choruses, and chaotic riffs. From the heaviest hitters to the biggest disappointments, I’m ranking the best and worst metalcore and deathcore albums of 2025 in a brutally honest tier list. Did Architects make a comeback? Did Spiritbox live up to the hype? Find out where bands like Stray From The Path, Bleeding Through, Whitechapel, and Shadow Of Intent ended up. @TheAcaciaStrain @thecallousdaoboys3398 @LornaShore @BornofOsirisOfficial @NikNocturnal #metalcore #deathcore
00:00 Intro
00:21 Vildhjarta - Där Skogen Sjunger Under Evighetens Grana
01:04 Drown In Sulphur - Vengeance
01:45 All That Remains - Antifragile
02:35 Killswitch Engage - This Consequence
03:37 Great American Ghost - Tragedy Of The Commons
04:22 Memphis May Fire - Shapeshifter
05:03 Paleface Swiss - Cursed
05:43 Bury Tomorrow - Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience
06:31 Darko - Dethmask 3
07:13 August Burns Red - Thrill Seeker Re-recording
07:50 A Day To Remember - Big Ole Album Vol 1
08:49 Balance Breach - Save Our Souls
09:26 Stick To Your Guns - Keep Planting Flowers
10:02 Traitors - Phobias
10:45 LarcɆnia RoɆ - Extraction
11:23 Malevolence - Where Only The Truth Is Spoken
11:59 Within Destruction - Animetal
12:48 Gone Awry - Go Back To Sleep
13:32 Bleeding Through - Nine
14:14 Underoath - The Place After This One
15:03 Caliban - Back From Hell
15:38 Mugshot - All The Devils Are Near
16:19 Spiritbox - Tsunami Sea
17:06 Employed To Serve - Fallen Star
17:46 Bleed From Within - Zenith
18:31 Stray From The Path - Clockwork
19:17 Heavy Heavy Low Low - Pain Olympics
20:02 Your Spirit Dies - My Gnawing Pains Will Never Rest
20:38 Landmvrks - The Darkest Place I’ve Ever Been
21:02 fallfiftyfeet - Counterfeit Recollections
21:39 Thornhill - Bodies
22:29 Cabal - Everything Rots
23:06 Novelists - Coda
23:38 Shadow Of Intent - Imperium Delirium
24:41 Orthodox - A Door Left Open
25:25 Eyes - Spinner
25:57 Whitechapel - Hymns in Dissonance
26:42 Architects - The Sky, The Earth & All Between
27:42 Deadguy - Near-Death Travel Services
28:49 Heaven Shall Burn - Heimat
29:30 The Callous Daoboys - I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven
30:20 Born Of Osiris - Through Shadows
30:54 Sailing Before the Wind - Destination
31:17 Fit For A King - Lonely God
31:51 Psycho-Frame - SALVATION LAUGHS IN THE FACE OF A GRIEVING MOTHER
32:21 Ten56. - IO
32:48 Between The Buried And Me - The Blue Nowhere
33:25 Attack Attack - Attack Attack II
33:49 Lorna Shore - I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me
34:23 Demon Hunter - There Was A Light Here
34:38 Blessthefall - Gallows
35:29 Extortionist - Stare Into The Seething Wounds
35:55 We Came As Romans - All Is Beautiful… Because We're Doomed
36:10 Vianova - Hit It!
36:44 Dance Gavin Dance - Pantheon
37:12 Mélancolia - random.access.misery
37:42 Unprocessed - Angel
38:19 I Prevail - Violent Nature
38:50 Wiltwither - Pure Light
39:25 Dying Wish - Flesh Stays Together
39:54 Adept - Blood Covenant
40:20 Despised Icon - Shadow Work
40:45 Spite - New World Killer
41:11 Bloom - The Light We Chase
41:38 Eighteen Visions - Until The Ink Runs Out
42:08 Greyhaven - Keep it Quiet
42:53 Bore - Feral
43:19 Slaughter To Prevail - Grizzly
43:54 Babymetal - Metal Forth
44:23 The Pretty Wild - zero.point.genesis
44:55 Angelmaker - This Used To Be Heaven
45:29 The Devil Wears Prada - Flowers
46:02 Of Mice & Men - Another Miracle
46:37 Volumes - Mirror Touch
47:15 President - King Of Terrors (DIShonorable Mention)
48:06 The Acacia Strain - You Are Safe From God Here
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Strap in, metalcore fans — today we’re diving into everything 2025 has had to offer in the world of breakdowns, clean choruses, and chaotic riffs. From the heaviest hitters to the biggest disappointments, I’m ranking the best and worst metalcore and deathcore albums of 2025 in a brutally honest tier list. Did Architects make a comeback? Did Spiritbox live up to the hype? Find out where bands like Stray From The Path, Bleeding Through, Whitechapel, and Shadow Of Intent ended up. @TheAcaciaStrain @thecallousdaoboys3398 @LornaShore @BornofOsirisOfficial @NikNocturnal #metalcore #deathcore
00:00 Intro
00:21 Vildhjarta - Där Skogen Sjunger Under Evighetens Grana
01:04 Drown In Sulphur - Vengeance
01:45 All That Remains - Antifragile
02:35 Killswitch Engage - This Consequence
03:37 Great American Ghost - Tragedy Of The Commons
04:22 Memphis May Fire - Shapeshifter
05:03 Paleface Swiss - Cursed
05:43 Bury Tomorrow - Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience
06:31 Darko - Dethmask 3
07:13 August Burns Red - Thrill Seeker Re-recording
07:50 A Day To Remember - Big Ole Album Vol 1
08:49 Balance Breach - Save Our Souls
09:26 Stick To Your Guns - Keep Planting Flowers
10:02 Traitors - Phobias
10:45 LarcɆnia RoɆ - Extraction
11:23 Malevolence - Where Only The Truth Is Spoken
11:59 Within Destruction - Animetal
12:48 Gone Awry - Go Back To Sleep
13:32 Bleeding Through - Nine
14:14 Underoath - The Place After This One
15:03 Caliban - Back From Hell
15:38 Mugshot - All The Devils Are Near
16:19 Spiritbox - Tsunami Sea
17:06 Employed To Serve - Fallen Star
17:46 Bleed From Within - Zenith
18:31 Stray From The Path - Clockwork
19:17 Heavy Heavy Low Low - Pain Olympics
20:02 Your Spirit Dies - My Gnawing Pains Will Never Rest
20:38 Landmvrks - The Darkest Place I’ve Ever Been
21:02 fallfiftyfeet - Counterfeit Recollections
21:39 Thornhill - Bodies
22:29 Cabal - Everything Rots
23:06 Novelists - Coda
23:38 Shadow Of Intent - Imperium Delirium
24:41 Orthodox - A Door Left Open
25:25 Eyes - Spinner
25:57 Whitechapel - Hymns in Dissonance
26:42 Architects - The Sky, The Earth & All Between
27:42 Deadguy - Near-Death Travel Services
28:49 Heaven Shall Burn - Heimat
29:30 The Callous Daoboys - I Don’t Want To See You In Heaven
30:20 Born Of Osiris - Through Shadows
30:54 Sailing Before the Wind - Destination
31:17 Fit For A King - Lonely God
31:51 Psycho-Frame - SALVATION LAUGHS IN THE FACE OF A GRIEVING MOTHER
32:21 Ten56. - IO
32:48 Between The Buried And Me - The Blue Nowhere
33:25 Attack Attack - Attack Attack II
33:49 Lorna Shore - I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me
34:23 Demon Hunter - There Was A Light Here
34:38 Blessthefall - Gallows
35:29 Extortionist - Stare Into The Seething Wounds
35:55 We Came As Romans - All Is Beautiful… Because We're Doomed
36:10 Vianova - Hit It!
36:44 Dance Gavin Dance - Pantheon
37:12 Mélancolia - random.access.misery
37:42 Unprocessed - Angel
38:19 I Prevail - Violent Nature
38:50 Wiltwither - Pure Light
39:25 Dying Wish - Flesh Stays Together
39:54 Adept - Blood Covenant
40:20 Despised Icon - Shadow Work
40:45 Spite - New World Killer
41:11 Bloom - The Light We Chase
41:38 Eighteen Visions - Until The Ink Runs Out
42:08 Greyhaven - Keep it Quiet
42:53 Bore - Feral
43:19 Slaughter To Prevail - Grizzly
43:54 Babymetal - Metal Forth
44:23 The Pretty Wild - zero.point.genesis
44:55 Angelmaker - This Used To Be Heaven
45:29 The Devil Wears Prada - Flowers
46:02 Of Mice & Men - Another Miracle
46:37 Volumes - Mirror Touch
47:15 President - King Of Terrors (DIShonorable Mention)
48:06 The Acacia Strain - You Are Safe From God Here
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
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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.
