Best of 2025

The best albums, films and TV shows of 2025, according to Mike Portnoy.

See which songs amassed the most spins at active rock radio for 2025, according to Mediabase.

On replay all year.

Out of thousands of songs released in 2025, we narrowed it down to the 13 best rock songs and ranked them for you.

Get ready for a beatdown! These are 2025's best hardcore and metalcore albums.

Machine Head vocalist Robb Flynn reflects on the year with a playlist and commentary on the songs he listened to most in 2025.

As you might expect, several of them are side-long suites!

It was a great, wide-ranging year for hard rock music and here we rank the best rock albums of 2025.

Metal is in a healthy place as we enter the back half of the 2020s.

What a year it was for rock and metal reunions, with Black Sabbath, Oasis and Rush leading the way.