PHIL'S PICKS 2025 TOP 10 NEW ROCK ALBUMS

By Philip Sayblack
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Rock fans had lots to cheer this year in regard to new music.  This year saw veteran rock acts, such as Styx, Finger Eleven, Spin Doctors, and Buckcherry return with new music alongside Chevelle and the Michael Schenker Group while newer acts, such as Ryan Cosmonaught and The Speaker Wars also released some interesting music in their own right.  That is just a taste of all that rock fans had to appreciate this year.  Keeping that in mind, this critic has assembled a list of the year’s top new rock albums.  Instead of just posting the standard Top 10 list, this critic is adding in five honorable mention titles, as there was simply that much notable new music even from the rock community.  To that end, here for your consideration is this critic’s list of the year’s Top 10 New Rock Albums.
2025 Top 10 New Rock Albums
1.      Ricky Byrd – NYC Made
2.      Set It Off – Set It Off
3.      Buckcherry – Roar Like Thunder
4.      Finger Eleven – Last Night on Earth
5.      Styx – Circling From Above
6.      Spin Doctors – Face Full of Cake
7.      L.A. Guns – Leopard Skin
8.      Thunder Mother – Dirty & Divine
9.      Chevelle – Bright as Blasphemy
10. Danko Jones – Leo Rising


2025 Rock Honorable Mentions
1.The Squirts – III
2. Ryan Cosmonaught – Stars Are Coming
3. Michael Schenker Group – Don’t Sell Your Soul
4. Jizzy Pearl’s Love/Hate – Punk Rock Fiesta
5. Ronnie Romero -- Backbone