2025

On replay all year.

At least nine rock and metal bands have removed their music from Spotify. And it's not just about how much they are getting compensated by the company either.

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

From friendly grand farewell tours to arguments among members who couldn't go on any longer, here is a look at the rock and metal bands that broke up or decided to retire from the road in 2025.

These were the biggest and most surprising things that happened in rock and metal during the year 2025, in case you forgot.

Mammoth's 'The End,' the title track from their third album, is our pick for the No. 1 rock song of 2025. We spoke to Wolfgang Van Halen about the track.

Hayley Williams, Deftones and Turnstile's albums made Billboard's list of the 50 Best Albums of 2025 and Turnstile cracked the Top 10.

Sleep Token's 'Caramel' from 'Even in Arcadia' is The New York Times' No. 1 choice on their list of the Best Songs of 2025.

Ozzy Osbourne, My Chemical Romance, Three Days Grace and Yungblud are the four artists that impact rock and metal the most in 2025.

What a year! We'll be listening to these for a long, long time.