(Editor\u2019s note: Looking back on 2025, there were so many good albums released that we decided to reach out to some of today\u2019s artists and get them to weigh in on their favorites. What follows is doom metal duo Frayle and their Top Albums of 2025.)<\/p>\n
2025 was an incredible year for us. We released our record Heretics & Lullabies on Napalm Records, which received overwhelmingly positive reviews. We played a number of \u201cbucket list\u201d festivals while touring Europe, and then came home to tour the USA. Needless to say, we had a lot of time on the road the listen to music. Here are our top heavy picks from 2025!<\/p>\n
Health \u2014 Conflict DLC<\/p>\n
Sean: Health is my current favorite band. We really like the contrast of the mellow vocals over super aggressive instrumentation. The lyrics are incredible. My favorite songs are the mellow jammers though. Their song \u201cThought Leader\u201d is probably my favorite song of the year.<\/p>\n
Turnstile \u2014 Never Enough<\/p>\n
Sean: Turnstile is one of those few bands that sounds both nostalgic and current at the same time. I like how their arrangements are sometimes really abrupt. It\u2019s also interesting how their riffs are very identifiable\u2026 This isn\u2019t an easy thing to do.<\/p>\n
Author & Punisher \u2014 Nocturnal Birding<\/p>\n
Sean: We\u2019ve been Author & Punisher fans for a while now. It\u2019s always interesting to see what new form his instruments will take. This new record sounds amazing and super heavy.<\/p>\n
Deftones \u2014 Private Music<\/p>\n
Gwyn: Deftones is a forever musical crush for me. Chino\u2019s voice has such a soothing quality, and easily drifts between breathy intimacy and \u201ccathartic release.\u201d As always, this Deftones album holds a special place during late night drives and special solitary moments.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Frayle \u2014 Heretics & Lullabies<\/p>\n
Gwyn & Sean: Obviously, we have to include our own album here since we are extremely proud of it. We took a lot of time to ensure that we expanded on our idea of building a musical landscape, and hope that we take you on a journey to the darkest corners of your psyche, knowing that no matter how dark it gets, there is light and release on the other side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Editor\u2019s note: Looking back on 2025, there were so many good albums released that we decided to reach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-388145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}