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Metal Hammer
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Rich Hobson

The 10 best doom and stoner metal albums of 2025

Castle Rat/Paradise Lost/Blood Vulture/Conjurer/Margarita Witch Cult.

We're all doomed! Wonderfully so, at that. 2025 has been a brilliant year for new doom bands, even with the bittersweet knowledge that we'll never see original architects Black Sabbath again. From Messa and Castle Rat to Cwfen, Blood Vulture and Margarita Witch Cult, it feels like you can't move for bands producing top-tier Sabbath worshipping music right now.

So, to help you sift through the masses of stoner, doom and sludge, we've picked out ten of the very best albums to make waves in 2025 from across the stoner/doom pantheon.

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