What is 2025 Best Rock Album? Last week you helped vote Three Days Grace‘s Alienation to a final matchup against the winner of this week’s matchup. We’re pitting Avatar‘s Don’t Go in the Forest against Deftones‘ private music album, with the winner advancing to next week’s final selection.
For Avatar, their tenth album was a special one. Don’t Go in the Forest has been one of the band’s best records to date, led by the singles “Captain Goat,” “In the Airwaves,” “Tonight We Must Be Warriors” and “Death and Glitz.” The group embraced the chaos and came up with a 2025 classic.
On the other side, you have Deftones and their tenth studio album, private music. Riding a new wave of fan resurgence, the band delivered one of their strongest records in some time led by the songs “My Mind Is a Mountain,” “Milk of the Madonna” and “Infinite Source.” The album peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 upon its release.
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As with all Chuck’s Fight Club battles, Loudwire Nights host Chuck Armstrong will introduce the matchup in the 8PM hour of Monday’s show. Individual arguments will be made for both albums on Tuesday and Wednesday while you continue to rank each. On Friday, the votes will be tallied and the higher ranked record will be featured in a Loudwire Nights rock block during the 8PM hour.
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The 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2025
We’re more than half way through the decade! Let’s revisit the best rock and metal albums of 2025, in the order they were released.
See how many of your favorite albums from this year made the list!
Contributions by Chuck Armstrong (CA), Jordan Blum (JB), Rob Carroll (RC), Chad Childers (CC), Joe DiVita (JD), John Hill (JH) and Lauryn Schaffner (LS).
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