50 rock albums we're looking forward to in 2025
With Thin Lizzy, Those Damn Crows, Ricky Warwick, The Darkness and many more
To kick-start the new year, Planet Rock looks ahead to 50 rock and heavy metal albums we cannot wait to lend our lugholes to in 2025!
Aside from a couple of live albums, one 50th anniversary reissue and one ‘lost’ record, the overwhelming majority of albums on our list are all-new studio releases.
As always, alongside the plethora of locked in albums, there are some tentative releases that we hope will see the light of day over the next 12 months.
50 rock and heavy metal albums released in 2025:
Tremonti – ‘The End Will Show Us How’
Release date: Friday 10th January 2025 via Napalm Records
READ MORE: Tremonti unleash heavy new song and announce sixth album 'The End Will Show Us How'
Magnum – ‘Live at KK’s Steel Mill’
Release date: Friday 10th January 2025 via Steamhammer/SPV
Steve Hackett – ‘Live Magic at Trading Boundaries’
Release date: Friday 17th February 2025 via Inside Out
Thin Lizzy – ‘Acoustic Sessions’
Release date: Friday 24th January 2025 via Decca
READ MORE: Thin Lizzy announce first 'new' album in 42 years and premiere lead single
Larkin Poe – ‘Bloom’
Release date: Friday 24th January 2025 via Tricki-Woo Records
Iggy Pop – ‘Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023’
Release date: Friday 24th January 2025
Hawkwind – ‘Live at the Royal Albert Hall’
Release date: Friday 31st January 2025 via Cherry Red Records
Black Eyed Sons - 'Cowboys in Pinstriped Suits'
Release date: Friday 31st January 2025 via Off Yer Rocka Recordings
READ MORE: The Quireboys change name to Black Eyed Sons and announce debut album
The Hellacopters - 'Overdriver'
Release date: Friday 31st January 2025 via Nuclear Blast Records
Dream Theater – ‘Parasomnia’
Release date: Friday 7th February 2025 via Inside Out
READ MORE: Dream Theater release first new song with Mike Portnoy in 15 years, 'Night Terror'
Marko Hietala - 'Roses from the Deep'
Release date: Friday 7th February 2025 via Nuclear Blast Records
Neil Young – ‘Oceanside Countryside’
Release date: Friday 14th February 2025 via Warner Records
Black Spiders – ‘Cvrses’
Release date: Friday 28th February 2025 on Dark Riders via Cargo Distribution
READ MORE: Black Spiders announce April 2025 tour and unleash new song 'Out of Order'
Eric Bass – ‘Eric Bass Presents: I Had a Name’
Release date: Friday 28th February 2025
Robin McAuley - 'Soulbound'
Release date: Friday 28th February 2025 via Frontiers Records
Avantasia – ‘Here Be Dragons’
Release date: Friday 28th February 2025 via Napalm Records
Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen - ‘Black Light / White Noise’
Release date: Friday 7th March 2025 via BMG
READ MORE: Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen return with 'White Noise' video and second album
The Wildhearts - 'Satanic Rites of The Wildhearts'
Release date: Friday 7th March 2025
READ MORE: The Wildhearts announce 11th studio album and March 2025 UK tour
Ricky Warwick – ‘Blood Ties’
Release date: Friday 14th March 2025 via Earache Records
READ MORE: Ricky Warwick premieres video for Lita Ford duet 'Don't Leave Me in the Dark'
Steven Wilson – ‘The Overview’
Release date: Friday 14th March 2025 via Virgin Records
The Darkness – ‘Dreams on Toast’
Release date: Friday 28th March 2025 via Cooking Vinyl
READ MORE: The Darkness announce 17-date March 2025 UK tour and eighth studio album
Genesis – ‘The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition’
Release date: Friday 28th March 2025
READ MORE: Genesis announce 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway' 50th anniversary super deluxe reissue
CJ Wildheart – ‘SLOTS’
Release date: Friday 28th March 2025
Those Damn Crows – ‘God Shaped Hole’
Release date: Friday 11th April 2025 via Earache Records
READ MORE: Those Damn Crows premiere 'Glass Heart' video and announce 4th album 'God Shaped Hole'
King Kraken – ‘March of the Gods’
Release date: Friday 18th April 2025
King Diamond – ‘Saint Lucifer’s Hospital 1920’
Release date: TBA
Spinal Tap - Spinal Tap II movie soundtrack
Release date: TBA
READ MORE: Spinal Tap to unleash new album in 2025 featuring A-list guest performers
Volbeat – As yet untitled 9th studio album
Release date: TBA
READ MORE: Volbeat finish ninth album and confirm 2025 tour plans
Tony Iommi – As yet untitled third solo album
Release date: TBA
READ MORE: Tony Iommi confirms new solo album
Mammoth WVH – working title ‘Mammoth III’
Release date: TBA
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram – As yet untitled 3rd studio album
Release date: TBA
Five Finger Death Punch – As yet untitled 10th studio album
Release date: TBA
Epica – As yet untitled 9th studio album
Release date: TBA
Shinedown – As yet untitled 8th studio album
Release date: TBA
Anthrax – As yet untitled 12th studio album
Release date: TBA
Halestorm – As yet untitled 6th studio album
Release date: TBA
Gojira – As yet untitled 8th studio album
Release date: TBA
The Pretty Reckless – As yet untitled 5th studio album
Release date: TBA
Ghost – As yet untitled 6th studio album
Release date: TBA
Jay Weinberg – As yet untitled debut solo album
Release date: TBA
Europe - As yet untitled 12th studio album
Release date: TBA
Disturbed – As yet untitled 9th studio album
Release date: TBA
Nine Inch Nails - As yet untitled 12th studio album
Release date: TBA
Megadeth – As yet untitled 17th studio album
Release date: TBA
Don Airey – As yet untitled 6th solo album
Release date: TBA
Living Colour – As yet untitled 7th studio album
Release date: TBA
Glenn Hughes – As yet untitled 15th solo album
Release date: TBA
Clutch – As yet untitled 14th studio album
Release date: Late 2025
Black Label Society – As yet untitled 12th studio album
Release date: TBA
Slipknot – ‘Look Outside Your Window’
Release date: TBA
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