IoMP 93: What Have You Been Listening To? - October 2025
Spooky season might be ending, but the riffs refuse to die. In the latest What Have You Been Listening To? episode of the Influencers of Metal Podcast, Collin and Tom exhume their October playlists to see what’s been rattling their skulls all month long.
Collin sinks into the mournful doom of Pallbearer, channels the battlefield bravado of Sabaton, and gets sinister with Hooded Menace. Meanwhile, Tom revisits the Canadian deathcore nightmare of Sleepwraith, dives into melodic destruction with Burned In Effigy, and—brace yourselves—admits to headbanging to thrash again.
With listener picks flooding in like a zombie horde and the perfect eerie vibe to match, this is one hell of a seasonal finale.
Hit play, turn the lights down, and join us in asking the question: What Have You Been Listening To?
MUSIC:
Marco Beltrami “Arthur's Theme (The Woman In Black)”
Ólafur Arnalds, Alice Sara Ott “Reminiscence”
An Abstract Illusion “Blackmurmur”
Pallbearer “The Ghost I Used To Be”
ICE NINE KILLS “The Laugh Track”
Revocation “New Gods, New Masters”
Absence “Whispers of Eternity”
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