2025 End Of The Year Lists

2025 READERS POLL RESULTS

Welcome to 2026 and another fantastic year of Audioeclectica! While 2025 was quite the interesting year for the world, musically it was a solid year of great albums from bands new and older. The amount of new music I heard, the shows I saw, I’m pretty stoked on what 2025 was for music. That being said, 2026 is already shaping up to be a great year for music. Before we start the fun of 26, here’s the results from the 2025 Readers Poll. Thank you to everyone that reposted, shared stories, told friends, and of course voted at the end of the day! Below are the results based on comments left and messages sent.

Cheers To A Wonderful 2026!!

See you all on here or at a show!
Brian

And Now The Results Of The 2025 Audioeclectica Readers Poll:

Best Bassist: Sunny Faris- Blackwater Holylight

Best Drummer: Art Quanstrom- The Owling

Best Guitarist: Kal Michael- The Owling

Best Guitar Duo: Mike Repasch-Nieves/Joel Reynolds- SOM

Best Vocalist: Sean Ingram- Idle Heirs

Best Producer: TIE: Josh Barber- Idle Heirs and James Hammontree/Sanford Parker- Black Magnet

Best Album: TIE: Idle Heirs- Life Is Violence and The Owling- You Don’t Bow, You Will Learn

NOW GO LISTEN TO THESE BANDS AND ALBUMS!!!!

2025 END OF THE YEAR LISTS: BEST PRODUCER

What a great year 2025 has been for music. So many great albums, tours, songs, you name it. And now the time has come for…

The 2025 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Producer. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2025.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Josh Barber- Idle Heirs
02) Jade Puget- AFI
03) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross- Nine Inch Nails
04) Sanford Parker and James Hammontree- Black Magnet
05) John Rojas- Machinekit
06) Steve Evetts- Deadguy
07) Jordan Olds- Blood Vulture
08) McKeever and GOSTEFFECTS- Heavy Halo
09) Sonny DiPerri- Blackwater Holylight
10) Pete/Sam Loeffler and Kemble Walters- Chevelle

2025 END OF THE YEAR LISTS: BEST GUITAR DUO

What a great year 2025 has been for music. So many great albums, tours, songs, you name it. And now the time has come for…

The 2025 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Guitar Duo. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2025.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Mike Repasch-Nieves/Joel Reynolds- SOM
02) Cassidy Fleeman/Isabella Broersma- The Anti Groupies
03) Josh Graham/Dan Hawkins- Guiltless
04) Chris Traynor/Gavin Rossdale- Bush
05) Chino Moreno/Stephen Carpenter- Deftones
06) Claudio Sanchez/Travis Stever- Coheed and Cambria
07) Chris Corvino/Keith Huckins- Deadguy
08) James Hammontree/Ryne Bratcher- Black Magnet
09) Patrick Jensen/Ola Englund- The Haunted
10) Jesper Stromblad/Niclas Engelin- The Halo Effect

2025 END OF THE YEAR LISTS: BEST GUITARIST

What a great year 2025 has been for music. So many great albums, tours, songs, you name it. And now the time has come for…

The 2025 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Guitarist. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2025.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Jade Puget- AFI
02) Joe Hunt- Nine Necks
03) Jordan Olds- Blood Vulture
04) Mikayla Mayhew- Blackwater Holylight
05) Mike McKeever- Heavy Halo
06) Josh Barber- Idle Heirs
07) Kal Michael- The Owling
08) Reba Meyers- Reba Meyers
09) Pete Loeffler- Chevelle
10) Roman Ibramkhalilvov- Jinjer

2025 END OF THE YEAR LISTS: BEST DRUMMER

What a great year 2025 has been for music. So many great albums, tours, songs, you name it. And now the time has come for…

The 2025 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Drummer. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2025.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Adam Carson- AFI
02) Patrick Bellinger- Nine Necks
03) Dave Rosenberg- Deadguy
04) Eliese Dorsay- Blackwater Holylight
05) Billy Graves- Guiltless
06) Justin Forrest- SOM
07) Kyla Foster- The Anti Groupies
08) Moe Watson- Blood Vulture
09) Sam Loeffler- Chevelle
10) Art Quanstrom- The Owling

2025 END OF THE YEAR LISTS: BEST BASSIST

What a great year 2025 has been for music. So many great albums, tours, songs, you name it. And now the time has come for…

The 2025 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Bassist. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2025.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Hunter Burgan- AFI
02) Matt Bellinger- Nine Necks
03) Jim Baglino- Deadguy
04) Sunny Faris- Blackwater Holylight
05) Sacha Dunable- Guiltless
06) Justin Forrest- SOM
07) Sydney Moore- The Anti Groupies
08) Jordan Olds- Blood Vulture
09) Kemble Walters- Chevelle
10) Zach Cooper- Coheed And Cambria