My Top 10 Albums of March 2025

This is what I’m talking about! March was a benchmark month, stacked top-to-bottom, including a bunch of sludgy heaviness from Australia and the US, an unexpected post-metal entry, more top-notch stoner, and topped by the incomparable Kryptograf. Dig in!

Daevar - Sub Rosa

#10

Sub Rosa

Daevar

Cologne, Germany | Stoner Doom

Wood Witch - Synna Modor

#9

Synna Mordor

Wood Witch

VA, USA | Stoner Doom

Amammoth - Distant Skies and the Ocean Flies

#8

Distant Skies and the Ocean Flies

Amammoth

Sydney, Australia | Sludgy Doom

Swamphead - Nightfall

#7

Nightfall

Swamphead

MA, USA | Sludge Metal

Museum of Light - Diviner

#6

Diviner

Museum of Light

Seattle, WA, USA | Post-Metal

Guiltless - Teeth to Sky

#5

Teeth To Sky

Guiltless

USA | Doom Metal

Ghostsmoker - Intertia Cult

#4

Inertia Cult

Ghostsmoker

Melbourne, Australia | Doom Metal

Pyres - Yun

#3

YUN

Pyres

Toronto, ON, Canada | Progressive Sludge

Kaiser - 2nd Sound

#2

2nd Sound

Kaiser

XX, XX | Stoner Rock

Kryptograf - Kryptonomicon

#1

Kryptonomicon

Kryptograf

Bergen, Norway | Proto Doom

Ten more essential albums from March 2025

  • KADAVERMARCH – KADAVERMARCH 
  • MARS – COSMIC SQUID
  • CRUZEIRO – HIC SUNT DRACONES
  • FAT GRASS – FAT GRASS
  • TORPEDO TORPEDO – ARROWS OF TIME
  • ZALOMON GRASS – TROUBLE IN TIME
  • NOMADIC RITUALS – FUST
  • NIGHTSTALKER – RETURN FROM THE POINT OF NO RETURN
  • RAINBOWS ARE FREE – SILVER AND GOLD
  • PURIFIED IN BLOOD – PRIMAL PULSE THUNDER