Weekly rundown December 26 – 2025

A late one just to wrap up 2025 and enter the new year wrapped up in a small bundle of gloom. Happy new year everyone!

The Metal Dispatch’s Top Albums of 2025

A list of my favorite 100 metal albums released in 2025

Weekly rundown December 19 – 2025

For the last weekly rundown I expect you’ll be paying half attention to this year, we’ve got a meagre handful of true gems that deserves to be played on repeat into the new year.

Weekly rundown December 12 – 2025

The darkest month of the year receives a suitable injection of black and gothic metal, with an aftertaste of harsh, modern chugging to go with it.

Weekly rundown December 05 – 2025

As most of the metal world shies away into its various caves as we head into December, there are always a few, brave stragglers that dare contend with the Christmas hits.

Weekly rundown November 21 – 2025

In a week of serious, nefarious, heavy-blow kind of stuff, it’s the cheerful and riff-happy stuff that wins out.

Weekly rundown November 14 – 2025

A week that might make you feel better about embracing the coming darkness of winter, with black and blackened metal delivering truly outstanding releases.

Weekly rundown November 07 – 2025

A week that’s out to test your sanity, pulling you up, down, inwards and into several pieces.

Weekly rundown October 31 – 2025

This is a wild week, pulling from all kind of influences and taking you to weird, wonderful and terrifying places.

Weekly rundown October 24 – 2025

This week we look at an album I shamefully forgot about, and a lot of playful and moody heaviness going up against each other.