Ever since 2010 I’ve kept track of the music I listen to each month. It’s fascinating to see how some bands stay with me over the years whilst others have their moment on my stereo before vanishing from my mind… well, until years later when I check out to see what I was listening to way back when in any case!
Anyway, I ran a Top 50 (which turned in to a Top 100) bands of the month chart on various social media platforms recording my listening habits for posterity and to share my earworms of the month. I listen to a lot of music when working, and also when relaxing. My tastes are fairly broad and I love discovering new bands, as well as new sounds and genres.
October saw 10 new entries hit my Top 100 for the first time. Leading that pack, straight in at #4, was AFI, largely courtesy of their fantastic new album “Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…”. Other new entries included F.O.O.L. (#21), Sprints (#25), Home Video (#55), Dusty Springfield (#60), Hookworms (#68), Deerhunter (#72), Paul Simon (#84), Ray Charles (#82), and The Good, the Bad & the Queen (#90).
There were also 20 re-entries this month, with the highest being The Cure at #17. Some of the other re-enteries included Sleepthief (#20), Carbon Based Lifeforms (#27), Creaming Jesus (#32), PJ Harvey (#47), Bauhaus (#53), How To Destroy Angels (#61), Zaniasc (#71), and Faith No More (#99).
Several of Octobers bands have appeared courtesy of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book group I’m now in, where one random album is selected from the book each day for us to listen to and review. Some have been great – either new finds or beloved classics – others less so. But it has meant that a few of those artists have started appearing in the monthly Top 100s.
Anyway, here’s my Top 100 for October 2025…

The Mission – Deliverance
Top 100 Bands – October 2025
| Position | Last Month | Band |
| 1 | 26 | The Mission |
| 2 | 9 | Kite |
| 3 | 12 | The Midnight |
| 4 | NE | AFI |
| 5 | 11 | Portishead |
| 6 | 4 | Carrellee |
| 7 | 94 | Ari Mason |
| 8 | 6 | Nine Inch Nails |
| 9 | 7 | Chvrches |
| 10 | 13 | Fields of the Nephilim |
AFI – Behind The Clock
| 11 | 24 | Magic Wands |
| 12 | 2 | Gunship |
| 13 | 88 | Hunter as a Horse |
| 14 | 1 | Melt Motif |
| 15 | 5 | The Devil & The Universe |
| 16 | 17 | Paris Paloma |
| 17 | RE | The Cure |
| 18 | 42 | All About Eve |
| 19 | 3 | Shadowdream |
| 20 | RE | Sleepthief |
The Cure – Lullaby
| 21 | NE | F.O.O.L. |
| 22 | 10 | NewDad |
| 23 | 8 | Halsey |
| 24 | 52 | HEALTH |
| 25 | NE | Sprints |
| 26 | 55 | The Sisters of Mercy |
| 27 | RE | Carbon Based Lifeforms |
| 28 | 14 | It Bites |
| 29 | 15 | Lowering |
| 30 | RE | Luna Shadows |
The Sprints – Descartes
| 31 | 39 | Conjure One |
| 32 | RE | Creaming Jesus |
| 33 | RE | Gazelle Twin |
| 34 | 35 | Patriarchy |
| 35 | 58 | Sunday’s Child 9 |
| 36 | 18 | Cult of Luna |
| 37 | 20 | Wisteria Lodge |
| 38 | 29 | Priest |
| 39 | 19 | So Below |
| 40 | 22 | Saint Mesa |
Creaming Jesus – Lillies
| 41 | 65 | All India Radio |
| 42 | 33 | GoldCry |
| 43 | 28 | Lamb |
| 44 | 57 | New Model Army |
| 45 | 25 | Purity Ring |
| 46 | 56 | Hemelbestormer |
| 47 | RE | PJ Harvey |
| 48 | 31 | Autoisolation |
| 49 | 83 | Collide |
| 50 | 30 | Fat Dog |
PJ Harvey – This Is Love
| 51 | 71 | Jahrund |
| 52 | RE | London Grammar |
| 53 | RE | Bauhaus |
| 54 | 21 | Dlina Volny |
| 55 | NE | Home Video |
| 56 | 34 | Innerpartysystem |
| 57 | RE | MXMS |
| 58 | 36 | Radio Roadhouse |
| 59 | 37 | The Dandy Warhols |
| 60 | NE | Dusty Springfield |
| 61 | RE | How To Destroy Angels |
| 62 | 40 | Julie Christmas |
| 63 | 41 | Pearly Drops |
| 64 | RE | Red Mecca |
| 65 | 45 | Sidewalks and Skeletons |
| 66 | RE | Akoviani |
| 67 | 32 | Enigma |
| 68 | NE | Hookworms |
| 69 | 44 | Ramones |
| 70 | 46 | Somewhere off Jazz Street |
| 71 | RE | Zanias |
| 72 | NE | Deerhunter |
| 73 | 43 | Manet |
| 74 | NE | Paul Simon |
| 75 | RE | Sneaker Pimps |
Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man
| 76 | 48 | The Lovecraft Sextet |
| 77 | 49 | 10 Years |
| 78 | 50 | Bat for Lashes |
| 79 | RE | Essenger |
| 80 | 53 | Midnight Smoke |
| 81 | 54 | Pink Floyd |
| 82 | NE | Ray Charles |
| 83 | RE | Siouxsie and the Banshees |
| 84 | 59 | adam is a girl |
| 85 | 85 | Covenant |
| 86 | 60 | Kat Leon |
| 87 | 61 | Metric |
| 88 | 62 | Monica Richards |
| 89 | 63 | Sally Dirge |
| 90 | NE | The Good, the Bad & the Queen |
| 91 | RE | The Psychedelic Furs |
| 92 | 64 | Trevor Rabin |
| 93 | RE | In Strict Confidence |
| 94 | 66 | Metallica |
| 95 | 27 | Mind.In.A.Box |
| 96 | 47 | REM |
| 97 | 67 | Sleep Token |
| 98 | 68 | UNKLE |
| 99 | RE | Faith No More |
| 100 | 69 | Dark Jazz Café Assembly |
Faith No More – A Small Victory