2025 begone! We've finally hit the end of the year, and with it our mega round-ups of all that has been great in the past twelve months. It's been a big year for metal - Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne bowed for the final time with a massive hometown gig in Birmingham, only for the Prince Of Darkness to pass away just 17 days later.
But it wouldn't do to dwell on the doom and gloom - we also saw two new metal number ones this year from Ghost and Sleep Token (you can read about those below), plus massive shows by everyone from Ice Nine Kills and Sabaton to Deftones, Halestorm, Iron Maiden and Spiritbox, all playing at both arena and stadium levels.
