One of my favorite genre rabbit holes that I went down in 2025 was instrumental rock music. That title covers a lot of styles from post-rock to stoner rock to prog rock to cosmic country to fusion to psych rock etc. I've always listened to music that falls into this category whether it's Khruangbin or Causa Sui or Oren Ambarchi but this year my interest in this genre exploded.
So I thought I would create a mix of some of my favorite instrumental rock albums from 2025. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the heavy stuff. This mix has a nice blend of a few heavy tunes with some Khruangbin-like tracks, a couple kraut rock style tracks, a jam band cut, a prog tune, even a dub track, and a bunch of other difficult to categorize music.
>>>LINKS TO ALL THE MUSIC USED IN THIS MIX<<<
01 - https://actiontensionspace.bandcamp.com/album/new-dimensions
02 - https://heavypsychsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/yawning-man-pavement-ends
03 - https://ambarchiberthlingwerliin.bandcamp.com/album/ghosted-iii
04 - https://elparaisorecords.com/product/causa-sui-in-flux/
05 - https://piotrkurek.bandcamp.com/album/songs-and-bodies
06 - https://elparaisorecords.com/product/edena-gardens-dispossessed/
07- https://barrywalker.bandcamp.com/album/barry-walker-unit-at-the-13th-moon-gravity-well
08 - https://jeffthebrotherhood.bandcamp.com/album/magick-songs
09 - https://kungensman.bandcamp.com/album/resande-i-rockmusik
10 - https://markusreuter.bandcamp.com/album/truce-3
11 - https://re-stoned.bandcamp.com/album/the-loom-maxi-single
12 - https://townportal.bandcamp.com/album/grindwork
13 - https://holmisanisland.bandcamp.com/album/behind-curtains
14 - https://yuuf.bandcamp.com/album/alma-s-cove
15 - https://eliwinter.bandcamp.com/album/a-trick-of-the-light
Cheers!
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T R A C K L I S T :
02) 04:47 Yawning Man - Bomba Negra (Pavement Ends 2025)
03) 09:45 Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin - Chahar (Ghosted III 2025)
04) 15:49 Causa Sui - The Circus is Back (In Flux 2025)
05) 17:32 Piotr Kurek - Nothing Holds Still (Songs And Bodies 2025)
06) 22:26 Edena Gardens - Fills The Well (Dispossessed 2025)
07) 27:50 Barry Walker Unit - High in the Hummocks (At the 13th Moon Gravity Well 2025)
08) 32:51 Jeff The Brotherhood - Many Moons Dub (Magick Songs in Dub 2025)
09) 37:27 Kungens Män - Resande i rockmusik (Resande i rockmusik 2025)
10) 42:40 Markus Reuter - We Have Your Back (Truce <3 2025)
11) 47:20 The Re-Stoned - The Loom (The Loom 2025)
12) 52:24 Town Portal - Gold-Plated (Grindwork 2025)
13) 56:18 Holm - Behind Curtains (Behind Curtains 2025)
14) 60:08 Yuuf - Alma’s Cove (Alma's Cove 2025)
15) 63:37 Eli Winter - A Trick of the Light (A Trick of the Light 2025)
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