Lambgoat Looks Back At 2025's Most Visited Items
As we look back on 2025, we want to thank our readers for making this past year one of the strongest in Lambgoat’s history. None of this works without you.
To the new readers who joined us over the last 12 months, welcome. And to everyone who’s been here for years, from casual lurkers to daily diehards, thank you for continuing to show up and support what we do.
That being said, here is what you, the readers, were most interested in in 2025.
Top 15 Reviews:
15. The Acacia Strain – You Are Safe from God Here
14. Lorna Shore – I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me
13. Morning Eagle – Cloud Noise
12. Greet Death – Die In Love
11. Fallujah – Xenotaph
10. Blind Equation – A Funeral In Purgatory
9. Cryptopsy – An Insatiable Violence
8. The World Is A Beautiful Place… – Dreams of Being Dust
7. Modern Life Is War – Life on the Moon
6. Destroyer Destroyer – Void
5. PSYCHO-FRAME – SALVATION LAUGHS IN THE FACE OF A GRIEVING MOTHER
4. The Devil Wears Prada – Flowers
3. Turnstile – NEVER ENOUGH
2. Attack Attack! – Attack Attack II
1. Architects – The Sky, The Earth & All Between
Top 15 Features:
15. Jon Hunt of Dead To Fall: Six Songs To Die With
14. Scott Acquavella & Mike Monaco (Cryptodira): Six Songs To Die With
13. The Lambgoat Awards 2025
12. Gwyn Strang & Sean Bilovecky (Frayle): Six Songs To Die With
11. Black Sabbath Back To The Beginning: The Full Recap Pt. 4
10. Black Sabbath Back To The Beginning: The Full Recap
9. Lambgoat Goes To: Welcome to Rockville 2025
8. Lambgoat Goes To: Hellphyra 2025
7. Devin Townsend's The Moth Live Rock Orchestra Performance
6. Wesley Eisold (American Nightmare/Cold Cave): Six Songs To Die With
5. Looking back at HORSE The Band's 'The Mechanical Hand' for it's 20th Anniversary
4. Sunmancer breaks down their new EP, Everything Falls Apart, track by track
3. I (Still) Don’t Want to Grow Up: The Descendents' Sophomore Album Turns 40
2. UNDERRATED: Ringworm
1. Probot: 20 Years Later
Top 15 Interviews:
15. Gambling, vaping, and touring: a conversation with Counterparts' Brendan Murphy
14. Defiled: An Interview with Yusuke Sumita
13. 25 in '25: ISIS talk 'Celestial'
12. Endon: An Interview with Taichi Nagura
11. First Breath of Life: Spiritkiller discuss debut LP
10. Looking forward by going back: a conversation with Senti from Ephyra and Balmora
9. Barbecue, toys, and of course, music: tour according to Horse The Band
8. 25 in '25: BOYSETSFIRE talk 'After The Eulogy'
7. All Leather take back and revamp their catalog amid fallout with Dim Mak Records
6. Maybe djent is a genre after all? A conversation with Mortal Reminder
5. Zegema Beach Records: An Interview with Dave Norman
4. 25 in '25: SKYCAMEFALLING talk '10.21'
3. Keeping it real: a conversation with Matt Guglielmo (The Acacia Strain, END)
2. Adam Rupert Fisher of Fear Before the March of Flames, All Human, and Orbs
1. 25 in '25: CAVE IN talk Jupiter
Top 15 Lists:
15. 5 Essential Poison The Well Non-Singles
14. 5 Albums to Introduce You to Japanese Underground Music
13. 5 Albums to Introduce You to Japanese Screamo
12. 5 Essential Thrice Non-Singles
11. 5 Essential Cave In Non-Singles
10. 2025 Metal Music Festival Guide: Lineups, Cities, Tickets
9. 30 Metal and Hardcore Albums Turning 10 In 2025
8. 5 Essential letlive. Non-Singles
7. New Releases - July 18th
6. 5 Essential I Prevail Non-Singles
5. 14 Tracks That Shaped the 2005 Scene: From Emo Anthems to Deathcore Classics
4. 5 Essential Glassjaw Non-Singles
3. 5 Essential Sleeping With Sirens Non-Singles
2. List of Hot Sauce Bands
1. 5 Essential Every Time I Die Non-Singles
Top 15 Podcasts Episodes:
15. Dave Davidson of Revocation #188
14. Brittany & Jeff of Rwake #171
13. Stu Folsom of SpiritWorld #166
12. Mark Hunter of Chimaira #168
11. Aaron Bruno of The Barbarians of California #189
10. Josh James of Stick To Your Guns/Eighteen Visions #165
9. Johnny Famiglietti of HEALTH #179
8. Nick Lee of Moon Tooth #199
7. John Joseph ex-Cro-Mags/Bloodclot #198
6. Eric Ellis of Bury Your Dead #200
5. Brandan Schieppati of Bleeding Through #170
4. Geert van der Velde of Shai Hulud #194
3. Michael Kiske of Helloween #184
2. Adam De Micco of Lorna Shore #187
1. Ethan Lee McCarthy of Primitive Man #191
Top 15 News Stories:
15. Vans Warped Tour 30th-anniversary line up announcements to begin this month
14. Red Jumpsuit Apparatus' Ronnie Winter tells Trump voters, "You are not allowed to come to my shows."
13. Shai Hulud announce U.S. headlining tour featuring Denial Of Life and Holder
12. Bullet For My Valentine address Trivium tour drama in newly released statement
11. Ex-SeeYouSpaceCowboy vocalist Connie Sgarbossa faces allegations
10. Gel are officially done, band points to ex-guitarist Anthony Webster as the reason
9. Deftones' Chino Moreno tells fans on the street: "I'm not signing shit no more"
8. Zulu's Anaiah Rasheed Muhammad faces allegations of abuse
7. As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis seen hurting dog in newly leaked video
6. Korn's former bassist Fieldy says he hasn't spoken to anyone in the band in over 5 years
5. Brand New’s Jesse Lacey faces new grooming allegations ahead of reunion tour
4. ex-Cro Mags vocalist John Joseph calls late Warzone frontman Raybeez a child predator
3. System Of A Down's John Dolmayan claims he enjoys Trump as President
2. Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace accused of abuse by wife amid ongoing public dispute
1. Daron Malakian responds after Nikki Glaser makes System Of A Down joke at 2025 Golden Globes