Metacritic/EOY Aggregate: 2025 New Compilations of Old/Various Music: Metal

For information on what lists are consulted, and what the various abbreviations and notes mean, click here.

Reissues, compilations, vault music, etc. For new records, click here.

Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

• Blues/Gospel
• Country/Americana/Folk
• Classical/New Age
• Electronica/Dance
• Hip-Hop/R&B
• Jazz
• Metal
• World
• Other (Mostly Pop/Rock, or Unknown)
• Everything

Ranking

1. Helloween: March of Time (The Best of 40 Years) (Nuclear Blast) {1}: Blb:* -- A:80/1
2. Mötley Crüe: From the Beginning (BMG) {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
3. Slipknot: Slipknot [25th Anniversary Edition] (Roadrunner) {1}: Pf:* -- A:82/1