[2025] A Must-See for Western Metal Fans! A Roundup of the Latest Popular and Noteworthy Songs

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We Came As Romans – bad luck (Visualizer)

Hailing from Troy, Michigan, We Came As Romans have long fused heavy sonics with melodic elements within the metalcore sound.

Their first new track since the 2022 album Darkbloom looks back on the path they’ve traveled while expressing a resolve to keep moving forward.

Over a striking soundscape that layers the band’s signature weighty guitar riffs with electronic textures, Dave Stephens’s emotional vocals ring out.

To celebrate the release, the band will embark on a North American tour starting in July 2025, followed by a European tour in September, featuring a compelling lineup that includes powerhouse acts like After The Burial and Currents.

It’s a song we recommend to anyone who relates to the determination to keep going in the face of life’s trials and hardships.

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Ghost – Lachryma (Official Music Video)

Sweden’s pride, the theatrical rock band Ghost, is breaking new ground by fusing weighty metal sounds with dramatic melodies.

Released in April 2025, this track from the album “Skeletá” brilliantly balances a dark lyrical world with captivating melodies.

Its refined arrangement, infused with an ’80s AOR flavor, and the expressively rich vocals of the new frontman, Papa V Perpetua, are deeply moving.

True to Ghost’s high standards—recall their Grammy-winning single “Cirice” in 2016—the song is impeccably crafted, making it a top recommendation for those who want to immerse themselves in a fantastical soundscape or who crave authentic rock sonics.

The pre-album music video is a must-see, and anticipation is high for the live performances on the ongoing “Skeletour.”

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BEHEMOTH – Lvciferaeon (Official Music Video)

A long-awaited new track has been unveiled by Behemoth, Poland’s pride in extreme metal.

Featured on the album “The Shit Ov God,” the song wields overwhelming destructive power through the band’s signature crushing guitar riffs, blast beats, and ferocious growls.

Lyrically centered on defiance against religious authority, it pushes into more direct and provocative territory, serving as a core track of the album, which will be released by Nuclear Blast Records on May 9, 2025.

Since their formation in 1991, Behemoth have evolved from black metal into brutal death metal, and this track fully showcases that distinct musical identity.

It’s an unmissable release for fans of extreme metal.

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Drowning Pool – “MADNESS” (Official Video)

A new track from Texas’s Drowning Pool overlays aggressive heavy metal with the chaos of modern society.

Featuring the emotional vocals of Ryan McCombs—who rejoined in 2023—and crushing guitar riffs, the song delivers a powerful sound reminiscent of their signature hit “Bodies,” overwhelming listeners with its intensity.

Released in September 2024, right after their European tour with Godsmack, the band is set to appear at the Inkcarceration Festival and the Alcatraz Festival.

Packed with a soul-stirring cry, this track resonates with those who feel anxious in a turbulent world.

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SHADOW OF INTENT – Feeding the Meatgrinder Feat. Corpsegrinder (Official Music Video)

The American band Shadow of Intent, which blends symphonic grandeur with the ferocity of deathcore, will release a new single featuring Cannibal Corpse’s Corpsegrinder as a guest in April 2025.

The track delivers a fierce critique of war and imperialism, seamlessly fusing majestic orchestration, crushing riffs, and destructive breakdowns.

It will be unveiled as a lead single for their album Imperium Delirium, slated for release in June of the same year.

Since forming in 2013, the band has continually pushed the boundaries of deathcore, and this work is a powerful testament to that evolution.

Their sound, weaving darkness and solemnity, makes this a highly recommended track for listeners who favor heavy metal’s weighty intensity.

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Tremonti – The End Will Show Us How (Official Video)

The new single from Tremonti, the U.

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-based heavy metal band, is a track themed around the process of change and growth.

Its music video—packed with energetic performances—was released in December 2024, showcasing the band’s appeal to the fullest.

The song is a lead single from the album “The End Will Show Us How,” scheduled for release in January 2025, and appears as track six out of twelve.

Featuring Mark Tremonti’s distinctive guitar work—well known from Creed and Alter Bridge—and a groovy riff fused with psychedelic elements, it’s a must-listen not only for fans.

The lyrics, which depict the end of life and the new beginning that follows, are sure to resonate deeply with listeners.

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Humanity’s Last Breath – Anthracite

Humanity’s Last Breath, a flagship of Sweden’s deathcore scene, unveiled an ambitious, boundary-pushing work in April 2025.

Fusing elements of deathcore, doom, and djent into a uniquely massive sound, and pairing it with cutting-edge digital sound design, they’ve crafted a vision truly worthy of the next era of extreme music.

This is their first new track since the album Ashen, depicting—through layered metaphor—themes of liberation from the physical world.

It also marks their first release since signing with Century Media Records.

A must-listen not only for metalcore fans, but for lovers of djent and progressive metal as well.