Welcome to another year of my annual playlist! Here, I focus on the lesser-known bands/artists and their releases. We are 2 weeks into 2025 and already have a fair share of bangers.

Note: This year, I am dividing the playlist by month. There will be 12 installments, and updates will be posted every 2 weeks.

Check out the releases that have dropped since January 1st.

• Sever Red: “Conjuring”
• Verias Smith: “Playground”
• Eli Howard & the Greater Good: “See Me Now (Live)”
• The Delirium Effect: “Parasite”
• Impending Doom: “Christ is King”
• Impending Doom: “Punishment”
• Element 117: “Vision”
• Our Frankenstein: “Kerosene”
• Mads Krul: “Now Let’s Go”
• My Field of Honor: “Resolution”
• The Murder Project: “Back to Life”
• Bleedstone: “King Baby Reigns”
• OK Otter: “Maybe It’s You”
• Endless May: “Call My Name”
• Spring Ahead, Fall Apart: “Brink”
• The Zedds: “The Wrong Road”
• Sleepwalker Funeral: “Perseverance, Written in Blood”
• Jauncey: “Manifest”
• Histheory: “Insomnia” (ft. Drew Nold and Shannon Darcy)
• Gillsaw: “Rizen”
• The Lürxx: “The Streets are Paved With Stars”
• Breathe In: “Fallujah”
• New Medicine: “Know Somebody”
• Tin Zelkova: “Loser”
• Spycamera: “Predictable”
• A.D.A.M. Music Project: “Two Worlds” (ft. Aranda)
• Silverside: “Godspeed”
• Absolutist: “Lineage”
• Engines of Ruin: “Time”