In episode 250 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas is counting down his five favorite black metal albums of 2025, but the title says ten right? This week I am joined by a mystery guest who is also bringing their top 5, which will be radically different from mine. It's a double dose of death metal! Tell us what you think.<br /><br />Bands;<br />Empty Throne - https://emptythroneofficial.bandcamp.com/album/unholy<br />Dormant Ordeal - https://dormantordeal.bandcamp.com/album/tooth-and-nail<br />Yotuma - https://yotuma.bandcamp.com/album/the-final-void-2<br />Pathogenic - https://pathogenic.bandcamp.com/album/crowned-in-corpses<br />Lik - https://likofficial.bandcamp.com/album/necro<br />Baest - https://baestband.bandcamp.com/album/colossal-24-bit-hd-audio<br />Cryptopsy - https://cryptopsyofficial.bandcamp.com/album/an-insatiable-violence<br />Tribal Gaze - https://tribalgazetx.bandcamp.com/album/inveighing-brilliance<br />Scalpture - https://scalpture.bandcamp.com/album/landkrieg<br />Allegaeon - https://allegaeon.bandcamp.com/album/the-ossuary-lens<br /><br />Heavy Metal Philosophy Contact;<br />https://heavymetalphilosophy.com/<br />YouTube: https://youtube.com/@heavymetalphilosophy<br />https://www.spreaker.com/show/heavy-metal-philosophy<br />[email protected]<br />https://mobile.twitter.com/heaviestdoyen<br />https://www.facebook.com/HeaviestDoyen<br />https://www.instagram.com/heavy_metal_philosophy/<br />https://www.threads.net/@heavy_metal_philosophy<br />https://bsky.app/profile/jonbarbas.bsky.social <br /><br />Metal Digest articles link;<br />https://metal-digest.com/author/jon-barbas/<br /><br />#metal #deathmetal #AOTY