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 end with the list for Best Album. As always the stipulation for this is that the 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.
Please Note: 1-15 Are In Order!
01) Idle Heirs- Life Is Violence 02) AFI- Silver Bleeds The Black Sun 03) Heavy Halo- Damaged Dream 04) Black Magnet- Megamantra 05) Blood Vulture- Die Close 06) Nine Inch Nails- Tron: Ares 07) Guiltless- Teeth To Sky 08) SOM- Let The Light In 09) Blackwater Holylight- If You Only Knew 10) Deftones- Private Music 11) Coheed And Cambria- The Father Of Make Believe 12) The Owling- You Don’t Bow, You Will Learn 13) Machinekit- Goddamn Vanity 14) Reba Meyers- Clouded World 15) The Smashing Pumpkins- Machina: The Complete Album 16) Bush- I Beat Loneliness 17) Chevelle- Bright As Blasphemy 18) Deadguy- Near Death Travel Services 19) The Anti-Groupies- Pretty Vicious 20) H09909- Tomorrow We Escape 21) The Halo Effect- March Of The Unheard 22) The Haunted- Songs Of Last Resort 23) Nine Necks- Ritual/Demise 24) Jinjer- Duel 25) Greyhaven- Keep It Quiet
I’m always intrigued how people get into certain bands. I love hearing different ways people have found bands and all that. I’m no different when it comes to finding bands. A while back I heard a band that caught my attention and from that point I went out of my way to listen to as much as I could from said band. The band I’m talking about is Greyhaven and they have a badass new album out called Keep It Quiet. Now four albums deep into their career, Greyhaven have released an album that not only expands upon their heavy sound but opens the gate to so many fun little nuances.
Keep It Quiet feels like the album Greyhaven have been striving to make since their formation. The balance of heaviness, melodic, and delicate moments makes this a bold statement of an album. Each song hits at a different feeling/emotion which allows the music and vocals to sink into your mind and weave an intricate web of textures and directions. This album is what separates Greyhaven from the rest of the pack. The pace at which this album explodes is another treat. And the atmospheric vibe in the background gives the album an extra dose of air in between pummeling riffs, soaring screams and melodic vocals.
From start to finish, Keep It Quiet is as cohesive as the bands 2018 album Empty Black. Songs like “Burn A Miracle,” “Night In October,” “Technicolor Blues” and ” Shatter and Burst” are without a doubt some of the heaviest on the album. “Diamond To Diamond” and “Satellite In Love” are two of my favorite songs on the record. The delicate nature of these two tracks really play well into the melodic structure. “When The Light Leaves Us” and the closing track “Cemetery Sun” are two of the most epic songs on the album each containing fun twists and turns that leave you wanting to start those songs over and over again. Like I said, this album is very cohesive and it’s best to just listen from beginning to end.
One other thing I need to mention is the production by Will Putney. Will over the past decade has really become a go to producer/engineer to get the sounds that a ton of bands in the heavy music genres are after. The way that Will can get the right tone from the guitar and perfectly compliment it with the right bass and drum sounds makes my ears tingle. Keep It Quiet is chock full of sweet ear candy moments courtesy of Will and the way he helps bands bring out the best in them.
Greyhaven have been here a while but, Keep It Quiet needs to be talked about loudly. So much so that when you are playing this album it should be played loud too! I truly hope people out there get to hear this album. I’ve heard a lot of records this year and this one has really left a lasting impact on me. Take some time and give this a listen and let it sweep you off your feet!
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