- Mannequins For Friends: “Transmissions”
- Etched in Embers: “Asking for Nothing”
- Shelter in Place: “Catch My Breath”
- 9th Evolution: “The New Witches”
- Calvaria: “Ghost”
Honorable mention:
9th Evolution
2025 Covers You May Have Missed
I am working on the Top 50 of 2025, and I realized that there were quite a few covers released last year. I don’t include cover songs on that list, so I thought I’d share them here.
- Amerakin Overdose: “Genie in a Bottle” (Christina Aguilera cover)
- Næŕok, Steeno: “3” (Britney Spears cover)
- Boze: “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (Charlie Daniels cover)
- Gillsaw: “The Beautiful People” (Marilyn Manson cover)
- Priest: “Wicked Game” (Chris Isaak cover)
- Waiting at the Bridge: “Love Gun” (KISS cover)
- Kings County: “The Beautiful People” (Marilyn Manson cover)
- Damned Anthem, Lola Rhodes: “Heart-Shaped Box” (Nirvana cover)
- Silent Theory, Crispin Earl: “Pardon Me” (Incubus cover)
- Lift the Curse: “Love is a Battlefield” (Pat Benatar cover)
- RedPrint: “Stranglehold” (Ted Nugent cover)
- Rise to Ruin: “Paranoid” (Black Sabbath cover)
- Cirkus: “Crazy Train” (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
- P.O.D.: “Don’t Let Me Down” (The Beatles cover)
- Blackjacket: “Grenade” (Bruno Mars cover)
- Nick Nasty: “Seven Nation Army” (The White Stripes cover)
- Feverlust: “That’s So True” (Gracie Abrams cover)
- We’re Wolves: “Bark at the Moon” (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
- 9th Evolution: “Cry Little Sister” (Gerard McMahon cover)
- Kissing Candice: “Bodies” (Drowning Pool cover)
- Kings of Karma: “Run Rudolph Run” (Chuck Berry cover)
- Lift the Curse: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” (Harry Reser and His Orchestra cover)
- Shallow Side: “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)” (Elton John cover)
- Amerakin Overdose: “Feliz Navidad” (José Feliciano cover)
- ENMY: “Incomplete” (Backstreet Boys cover)
- KillDevil Theory: “Tom Sawyer” (Rush cover)
- Kalamity Kills: “Help!” (The Beatles cover)
- Nail Bite: “Nutshell” (Alice in Chains cover)
- Vampires Everywhere!: “Welcome to the Black Parade” (My Chemical Romance cover)
Also – Crispin Earl of The Veer Union released Covers Collection, Vol. 2 on December 5th, which includes his renditions of “The Kill” by Thirty Seconds to Mars, “Even in Arcadia” by Sleep Token, and more!
The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist, Pt. 10 (Updated 10/31/25)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Here are the singles that have been released since October 16th.
- Suicide Heaven: “Make a Move on Me”
- We Cry Wolf: “Tell Me How It Feels”
- Young Other: “Breach”
- The Veer Union: “Sunk Your Teeth In”
- Against the Storm: “Fortress”
- Fright: “Hypnosis”
- As The Sky Went Black: “Angel of Death”
- vasthearts: “snowfall, darling”
- Braeker: “Die For You”
- Stellar Circuits: “Bury the Ashes”
- Deadly Vices: “Monster is You”
- Saliva: “Too Broke to Fix” (ft. The Founder and Judge & Jury)
- Truckstop Divas: “Steals to Survive”
- Make Fire: “NOIZE”
- Massfear: “Erase My Mind”
- Husk Bloom: “Illusion”
- Jungle Dream: “Are You Saved?”
- Boze: “Buzzin'”
- Unseen Faith: “Cold Resolve” (ft. Left to Suffer)
- Deadcode: “Rip My World Apart” (Kouss remix)
- Above Snakes: “My Resolve”
- Citizen Soldier: “Dead Butterflies”
- Vandalheart: “Rock Bottom”
- Braeker: “Haunting”
- DieHumane: “The Deep” (ft. Jeffrey Nothing)
- Voltaire’s Ghost: “Spirit Animal”
- 9th Evolution: “Cry Little Sister” (Gerard McMahon cover)
- Lift the Curse: “Dark Angel”
- Vagabond: “Crawl”
- Future Theory: “The Fear”
- Glis: “Morning Sun”
- Seethe: “Frost (A Song for Abe)”
- Dekay: “Static Paranoia”
- Loose Lips: “Halloween”
- K.A.R.L. (Kill All Remaining Life): “Terminal Lucidity”
- morino: “Quiet in the Crowd”
- Forge the Sun: “Speedball”
- Fright: “Death Marks”
- Kissing Candice: “Bodies”
- Purple Grace: “Always By My Side”
- Lo: “Critical Condition” (ft. Sky Knives)
- Induction: “Love Kills”
- Seronova: “In the Company of Wolves”
- Rae Danté: “Bury the Bones”
Albums Released From July to September 2025
- Shovel Monster – Shane [7/1]
- BOOGEYMVN – Even Angels Wrists Can Bleed [7/4]
- Ghost Chamber – A Decade in Review, Pt. 2 [7/4]
- Palecurse – dark room [7/11]
- StrikingBlue – Reflection [7/11]
- Collide – Signals, Vol. 1 [7/18]
- Covenant of None – Death of the Voice [7/30]
- To The Grave – Still [8/1]
- Alethium – The Darkest Show on Earth [8/1]
- Eldercall – Closure [8/1]
- TJ From Beyond – Humanless Thing [8/4]
- Sleep Dance – Full of Smiles [8/8]
- Black Water Rising – The Edge [8/15]
- Orion – Into Darkness [8/17]
- Hands Like Houses – Atmospherics (Deluxe) [8/22]
- Magdalene Rose – The Heart That Bloomed After Death [8/22]
- Jutes – Dilworth [8/27]
- New Medicine – Die Trying: The Double Album [8/29]
- Forsaken Throne – Bloodline [8/29]
- Silent Theory – Theoretically Speaking III [9/5]
- Seilies – Between Truth & Lies [9/5]
- Apocalyptic Society – Instinctual Self-Slaughter [9/5]
- vasthearts – grow your wings [9/6]
- Deverauxx – This Isn’t Going to End Well [9/9]
- SFINX – Feral [9/9]
- Noir Addiction – Decadent Desire [9/9]
- Not Enough Space – Weaponize Your Rage [9/12]
- Naked Sunday – Library of Medication [9/12]
- The Twin – Blue Honey [9/12]
- Ded – Resent [9/19]
- A Killer’s Confession – Victim 2 [9/19]
- Autumn Dreams – Colors, In Motion [9/21]
- 9th Evolution – 9th Evolution [9/29]
