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HM Magazine Exclusive

Top 25 Albums of 2025

Featuring Top 25 albums of 2025

Led by a combination of heavy music frontrunners and burgeoning new talent, 2025 was a year brimming with ferocious creativity.

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Braving the Wasteland

Featuring Wolves at the Gate

A fearless plunge into the psyche, Wolves at the Gate take on the desolate world we build for ourselves in their new record, Wasteland. The album begins with an all-too familiar story of the soul and leaves listeners with curiosity, conversation, and hope for a more refined and freeing truth.

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News 25 Apr 25 Lives Lost

Exclusive track-by-track breakdown of Lives Lost’s new EP, ‘Home’

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The Truth Behind the Music

Featuring Nesdam

Sharing the deeply personal journey behind 'Find the Truth,' Nesdam talks to HM about the creative risks, collaborations, and raw emotions that shaped his most ambitious record yet.

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One Step Closer

Featuring Zahna

With a new album on the horizon and a powerhouse label partnership, Zahna is stepping into a bold new chapter. From refining her vocal craft to redefining what it means to blend faith and heavy music, she’s proving that growth isn’t just about sound—it’s about impact.

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Top 25 albums of 2024

Featuring Top 25 albums of 2024

A year of bold evolution and expansion, 2024's list of top albums pushes boundaries in ways HM has never seen.

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HMTV 14 Nov 24 InTheosis

HM PREMIERE: InTheosis releases gripping new single, ‘Iconoclast,’ feat. Damien

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News 14 Nov 24 Visitor Pass

HM PREMIERE: Visitor Pass unleashes new single, ‘Bad Habit,’ feat. Idle Threat’s Zeke McKinney

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HMTV 31 Oct 24 Divine Grave

HM PREMIERE: Divine Grave unveils new single, ‘Grief’

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HMTV 26 Sep 24 Gihon

HM PREMIERE: Collaborative metal force Gihon releases debut single + music video, ‘Drift’

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HMTV 22 Feb 24 Nate Parrish

HM PREMIERE: Nate Parrish speaks up with punchy punk rock single, ‘Bad Excuses’

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HMTV 19 Jan 24 Waves in Autumn

HM PREMIERE: Waves in Autumn releases new song and music video, ‘Wintergaze’

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HMTV 13 Oct 23 Lift The Curse

HM PREMIERE: Lift The Curse unleashes brand new single and music video, ‘Chemical’

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HMTV 20 Jul 23 Hello Luna

HM PREMIERE: Hello Luna unleashes new single, ‘Buried on the Inside’

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HMTV 6 Jul 23 Seeing Things

HM PREMIERE: Seeing Things releases music video for new single, ’Shapeshifter’

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Gideon's Power and Pain

Featuring Gideon

As Alabama metalcore warriors Gideon celebrated their new album, MORE POWER. MORE PAIN. on the road, drummer Jake Smelley sat down to talk to us about the reality — both the anguish and the freedom — behind their latest release.

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20 Years of August Burns Red

Featuring August Burns Red

We spoke with August Burns Red guitarist JB Brubaker about the band's 10th studio album, what it's like coming back from COVID as a band, and the collaborations they were able to include in their latest release.

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HMTV 23 Mar 23 Lift The Curse

HM PREMIERE: Lift The Curse unleashes new single and music video, ‘Tidal Wave’

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News 27 Feb 23 Fencer

HM PREMIERE: Fencer releases music video for fan-favorite ballad, ‘Bad Bet’

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HMTV 22 Feb 23 Execution Day

HM PREMIERE: Execution Day unleashes music video for new track, ‘Flourish’

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A Calling Stronger than Death

Featuring Zahna

Rock artist Zahna gives HM an exclusive, intimate look behind her latest record, 'Stronger Than Death,' with a song-by-song breakdown.

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HMTV 18 Jan 23 Ignescent

HM PREMIERE: Ignescent releases reimagined cover of ‘Radio Ga Ga’ by Queen

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News 8 Dec 22 Ghostwreck

HM PREMIERE: Exclusive listen to Ghostwreck’s new EP, ‘1954’

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HMTV 3 Nov 22 Alive In Barcelona

HM PREMIERE: Alive in Barcelona releases new single, ‘Decay,’ off new EP, ‘Flatline’

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HMTV 27 Oct 22 Lift The Curse

HM PREMIERE: Lift the Curse shares music video for new single, ‘Take Me Under’

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News 15 Sep 22 The Anchor

HM PREMIERE: The Anchor unveils brand new single, ‘(Re) Avow’

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News 26 Aug 22 Alive In Barcelona

Alive in Barcelona offers behind-the-song look at the band’s new single, ‘Parasite’

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HMTV 15 Jun 22 We Struck Gold

HM PREMIERE: We Struck Gold drops music video for ‘Momentum,’ featuring Jay Kucera from Skywalker

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News 14 Apr 22 Folklore

HM PREMIERE: Texas instrumental band Folklore shares brand new single, ‘Cedar’

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HMTV 19 Jan 22 InRetrospect

HM PREMIERE: InRetrospect shares their new direction with single, ‘Substrate’

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