The Bad Penny’s Top 50 Best LPs of 2025, Pt. 3: Keep, Florist, Pharaoh Overlord, Gaupa, Igorrr
A lot of fucked-up up shit happened in the U.S. this year. Way, way too much of it. For many of us Americans who actually carry values in our hearts instead of bloviating about them or slapping bumper stickers on our monster trucks, it was almost too much to bear.
Fortunately, 2025 also saw the release of a staggering number of stellar records, which made the year a little more … well, bearable. Hence, for the first time ever, The Bad Penny is deviating from its usual annual tradition of limiting out favorite listens to just 10 and breaking them into a five-part series containing 10 records per installment.
What follows is the third batch. (Go here for The Bad Penny‘s favorite albums, #31 through #40 and here for The Bad Penny‘s favorite albums, #41 through #50.)
21. Noir Noir – Black Curtain/ Divine Swelling (Sentient Ruin)
22. Pest – Eternal Nightmares (Heidens Hart)
23. Pharaoh Overlord – Louhi (Rocket)
• Pharaoh Overlord’s ‘Louhi’: Two Cent Review
• The Visionaries: Journey to the Center of Aaron Turner
24. Gaupa – Fyr (Nuclear Blast)
• Gaupa’s ‘Fyr’: Two Cent Review
25. Cosmic Reaper – Bleed the Wicked, Drown the Damned (Heavy Psych)
• On Tyranny: Cosmic Reaper’s Frontman Says ‘This Is a Class War … We Can Take the Power Back’
• Best New Music Videos (August 2025): Packaging, Spaceface, Runnner, Cosmic Reaper, Oruã
26. Heaven Shall Burn – Heimat (Century Media)
27. Igorrr – Amen (Metal Blade)
• Igorrr’s ‘Amen’: Two Cent Review
28. Florist – Jellywish (Double Double Whammy)
29. Keep – Almost Static (self-release)
• Keep’s ‘Almost Static’: Two Cent Review
30. Lifeguard – Ripped and Torn (Matador)
• Matador’s Lifeguard Come to Save the Day–Without Even Knowing It
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