Things You Might Have Missed 2025

Aephanemer – Utopie [Things You Might Have Missed 2025]

Aephanemer – Utopie [Things You Might Have Missed 2025]

By Grin Reaper on November 24, 2025 in Things You Might Have Missed 2025, Melodic Death Metal, Symphonic Metal, 53 comments

“I first encountered Aephanemer between Prokopton and A Dream of Wilderness, and it was love at first listen. Their classical flourishes seamlessly converge with aggressive riffing to develop complex layers of hook-infested earworms so inescapable that no prescription can rid me of their iron thrall. Four years after their last outing, Aephanemer returns with a mature interpretation of their signature sonic stamp.” Apes and hammers and melodeath.

Citadel – Descension [Things You Might Have Missed 2025]

Citadel – Descension [Things You Might Have Missed 2025]

By Kenstrosity on November 14, 2025 in Reviews, Things You Might Have Missed 2025, Blackened Death Metal, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, 82 comments

“2025 has been a banner year for the long form in my book. With such high-ranking triumphs from Tómarúm, An Abstract Illusion, and Flummox in rotation, you’d think there wouldn’t be any time left for another. Yet, New Jersey trio Citadel dropped the lush and dramatic Descension upon the Earth back in late March, and it’s never left my rotation since.” Fortress of goodness.