And that's a wrap! As we come skidding into mid-December, and the final stretch of 2025 looms, we're about ready to call time on another brilliant year of new music. All year, we've been bringing you regular round-ups of the best new metal songs around, and now all of that work is coming to a head in this, our final, massive vote of the year where you can crown the official top 50 best metal songs of 2025.
But, before that, how about the results of our final poll of the year? Even with Guns N' Roses making a surprise appearance, our top three remained a (fairly) new school affair. Poppy took third place with Guardian, while Alter Bridge bagged second on the riffy Playing Aces. The overall champ though - and our final winner of the weekly round-ups for 2025 - were thrashers Divine Chaos, with the absolutely excellent Hate Reactor.
