Best Releases of April
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Tuesday, 1 April
Chafouin – Tout ce qui reste
Name your price
40:32
krautrock
Brest, France
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Facteur d’amortissement [08:04]
2. Calibres à répétition multiple [06:24]
3. Ode à la mort d’un fasciste [04:47]
4. La fin du disco [05:12]
5. Soigner par le feu [09:21]
6. Pratique de l’aïkido du coeur [06:44]
Lost Crowns – The Heart Is in the Body
£8 GBP
50:32
progressive rock
London, UK
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. I Might Not [05:36]
2. She Didn’t Want [05:56]
3. Weaker Than Me [05:06]
4. The Same Without [06:39]
5. Et Tu Brute [04:16]
6. O Alexander [05:36]
7. Did Look A Fool [07:37]
8. A Sailor And His True Love [09:46]
Friday, 4
Allegaeon – The Ossuary Lens
$9.99 USD
44:43
progressive death metal
Denver, Colorado
Metal Blade
Tracklist (click to display)1. Refraction [00:58]
2. Chaos Theory [04:32]
3. Driftwood [04:28]
4. Dies Irae [03:47]
5. The Swarm [03:27]
6. Carried by Delusion [04:48]
7. Dark Matter Dynamics (feat. Adrian Bellue) [06:02]
8. Imperial [04:07]
9. Wake Circling Above [06:54]
10. Scythe [05:40]
Autoreplicant – Drone Down
$8 USD
18:55
progressive thrash metal
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Drone Down [02:15]
2. Voids [02:42]
3. Global Tempest [04:06]
4. Artificial Stupidity (instrumental) [02:25]
5. Drowning Voices [03:05]
6. We Know Absolutely Everything [02:04]
7. The Temples of Syrinx [02:18]
Black Country, New Road – Forever Howlong
$10 USD
52:10
indie folk
London, UK
Ninja Tune
Tracklist (click to display)1. Besties [03:36]
2. The Big Spin [02:31]
3. Socks [06:07]
4. Salem Sisters [03:10]
5. Two Horses [06:26]
6. Mary [04:06]
7. Happy Birthday [04:06]
8. For the Cold Country [06:27]
9. Nancy Tries to Take the Night [06:36]
10. Forever Howlong [04:48]
11. Goodbye (Don’t Tell Me) [04:17]
Blanc Dehors – Diaphane
$7 CAD
38:20
post-punk
Saguenay, Québec
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Nuit dense [02:53]
2. Artax [03:41]
3. Solitude [04:59]
4. Félicité [03:18]
5. Sentinelles [03:48]
6. Élixir [03:20]
7. Fluorescente [03:40]
8. Parachute [04:01]
9. À travers [04:52]
10. Promesse [03:48]
David Longstreth’s Dirty Projectors & Stargaze – Song of the Earth
£10 GBP
63:50
chamber pop
Brooklyn, New York
Transgressive
Tracklist (click to display)1. Summer Light [00:55]
2. Gimme Bread [05:50]
3. At Home [02:46]
4. Circled in Purple [03:13]
5. Our Green Garden [01:57]
6. Walk the Edge [01:20]
7. Opposable Thumb [04:19]
8. More Mania [03:01]
9. Spiderweb at Water’s Edge [01:52]
10. Mallet Hocket [02:26]
11. So Blue the Lake [02:10]
12. Dancing on our Eyelids [02:14]
13. Same River Twice [01:16]
14. Armfuls of Flowers (feat. Steve Lacy) [02:00]
15. Twin Aspens (feat. Mount Eerie) [03:11]
16. Uninhabitable Earth, Paragraph One [03:52]
17. Kyrie – About My Day [03:12]
18. Shifting Shalestones [01:04]
19. Appetite [01:14]
20. Bank On [06:15]
21. Paper Birches, Whole Scroll [02:09]
22. Raven Ascends [03:01]
23. Blue of Dreaming [03:38]
24. Raised Brow [00:55]
Dutch Nuggets – Fishbowl’d!
$10 CAD
35:26
progressive punk
Montréal, Québec
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Ignorance Is Bliss [01:55]
2. Fishbones [03:35]
3. Dead-Tired [01:29]
4. Three Of Clubs [02:59]
5. Catharsis [04:06]
6. Plastic Lives [03:31]
7. II [01:23]
8. Discordant [03:19]
9. Red Filter Disaster [02:08]
10. Ex-Troglodyte [02:38]
11. Liminal Cage [01:57]
12. Same Old Dark Ages [06:26]
Fractal Universe – The Great Filters
$10 USD
45:31
progressive metal
Paris, France
M-Theory Audio
Tracklist (click to display)1. The Void Above [04:26]
2. The Great Filter [03:40]
3. Causality’s Grip [03:35]
4. The Seed of Singularity [04:07]
5. The Equation of Abundance [06:24]
6. Specific Obsolescence [06:49]
7. Dissecting the Real [05:23]
8. Concealed [06:04]
9. A New Cycle [05:03]
Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals – A City Drowned in God’s Black Tears
£9 GBP
45:26
experimental hip-hop
Baltimore, Maryland
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. The Iron Wall ft. FRANKI3 [04:05]
2. Live at the Chinese Buffett [03:15]
3. A City Drowning. God’s Black Tears. ft. The Lil Black Oxen Émile Joseph Weeks, Nicolas Ratany [07:37]
4. BAGGY [03:26]
5. Soft Pack Shorty ft. Eze Jackson, Dale Rath [03:32]
6. Тревога-Trevoga ft. Vladlena Volodkevich, The Lil’ Black Oxen [02:48]
7. Sometimes, Papi Chulo ft. Gabriela Bibiana [03:25]
8. Everyone I Love is Depressed [03:30]
9. Two Headed Buffalo ft. The Lil’ Black Oxen, Boat Water, Randi Whithani, Marci Ray, Natalia De Oliveira [07:21]
10. Foggy (Live at The Voxel) ft. Mind on Fire Orchestra [03:36]
11. O Trouble ft. Allison Clendandiel [02:51]
Μαρία Μανουσάκη – Behind Closed Doors
39:03
folk fusion
New York, New York
PK Musik
Ozma – The Day We Decided to Live at Night
€8 EUR
45:45
jazz fusion
Strasbourg, France
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. The Day We Decided To Live At Night [04:27]
2. Rapide & Furieuse feat. Dramane Dembélé [03:39]
3. To The Braves [04:36]
4. Multiple Faces [04:03]
5. Crystal Flare [00:41]
6. Amours Volatiles feat. Lynn Adib [05:30]
7. Metalycra feat. Delphine Joussein [03:48]
8. I Love Snakes – part2 [03:47]
9. Magnetic Mist [04:32]
10. This is Umbra [00:37]
11. Atomic Winter [05:33]
12. Quadratisch feat. Meritxell Neddermann [04:32]
Radiance – Radiance
$7 USD
27:57
experimental mathcore
New York, New York
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Kaleid [04:12]
2. Grab Much Too Much Or You’ll Get Nothing At All [03:38]
3. Magic Microsecond [02:52]
4. Blubbering Thanks [02:40]
5. Prudence & Prophet [04:17]
6. Leonard L. Leech [04:51]
7. Savage Clashing Of Gears [05:27]
Snooze – I Know How You Will Die
$10 USD
53:28
math rock
Chicago, Illinois
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. I Existed [02:09]
2. Expectation [04:52]
3. Harked [04:02]
4. Without [03:39]
5. A Mysterious Voice [04:32]
6. On a Superposition [04:43]
7. Overheard from the Void [03:05]
8. Contingent [04:48]
9. I listened [04:11]
10. I know how you will die [06:19]
11. On a Precipice [04:23]
12. Wondered [04:41]
13. Until [02:04]
Tómarúm – Beyond Obsidian Euphoria
$10 USD
68:48
technical black metal
Atlanta, Georgia
Prosthetic
Tracklist (click to display)1. In Search of the Triumph Beyond…(Obsidian Overture) [09:59]
2. Introspection III [02:55]
3. Shallow Ecstasy [07:02]
4. Shed This Erroneous Skin [08:57]
5. Blood Mirage [03:46]
6. Halcyon Memory: Dreamscapes Across the Blue [08:13]
7. Silver, Ashen Tears [10:25]
8. The Final Pursuit of Light [14:09]
9. Becoming the Stone Icon (Obsidian Reprise) [03:22]
Ukandanz – የክፋት እቅድ
€7 EUR
27:26
world fusion
Ethiopia
Compagnie 4000
Tracklist (click to display)1. Yene Felagote የኔ ፍላጎቴ [04:29]
2. War Pigs [07:08]
3. Liwsedsh Andken ልውሰድሽ አንድ ቀን [04:56]
4. 4 Against The Odds [02:41]
5. Hedech Alu ሄደች አሉ [05:35]
6. Song For Francis [02:55]
Monday, 7
Mamogi – Ⅱ
$12 USD
39:02
jazz fusion
Mumbai, Bharat
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Rise To Fall [05:42]
2. Backside Inn [04:26]
3. Pink [04:00]
4. Shadow Warrior [05:10]
5. Chip [04:59]
6. Maverick [05:58]
7. Raftaar [04:17]
8. Painted Faces [04:30]
Spiral Garden – Spiral Garden
$17 USD
50:50
experimental rock
Mars Hill, North Carolina
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Septangle [08:10]
2. Shadow Key [04:44]
3. Heirophony [06:12]
4. Shovel [04:48]
5. Aurora [05:35]
6. Paramonde [05:18]
7. Beal-Four Island Industrial Park Museum [09:20]
8. A View from the Trees [06:43]
Tuesday, 8
Kaschalot – Anemoia
€10 EUR
36:49
math rock
Tallinn, Estonia
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Flourish [05:03]
2. Glitter [04:16]
3. Laminar Flow [03:08]
4. Neon Dreams [04:55]
5. Elsewhere [04:43]
6. Vanishing Points [05:00]
7. Kaleidoscope [04:22]
8. Fanfare [05:22]
Friday, 11
Benthos – From Nothing
€10.90 EUR
45:19
progressive metal
Milan, Italy
Inside Out
Tracklist (click to display)1. It Starts [01:09]
2. From Nothing [05:41]
3. Let Me Plunge [03:59]
4. As a Cordyceps [03:17]
5. Fossil [06:30]
6. Recompose [01:33]
7. The Giant Child [04:33]
8. Pure [04:45]
9. Athletic Worms [02:21]
10. Perpetual Drone Monkeys [04:55]
11. To Everything [04:43]
12. It Ends [01:53]
Blood Abscission – Ⅱ
€7.77 EUR
41:14
atmospheric black metal
Unknown
Dēbēmur mortī
Tracklist (click to display)1. I I – I [12:21]
2. I I – I I [06:33]
3. I I – I I I [10:04]
4. I I – I V [04:05]
5. I I – V [08:11]
Crumb?! – I tipici amici del mare
€5 EUR
27:17
jazzcore
Rome, Italy
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Mitragliacore [02:33]
2. Krang [00:26]
3. John Brown [01:11]
4. O Ste [00:46]
5. Forfora [02:13]
6. Scusa Pier.. [00:13]
7. Bottigliette [00:28]
8. Beatnik Party [01:37]
9. Leo [03:43]
10. Rite of Duo (Parte 2) [00:31]
11. My Friend [04:31]
12. Bellini [00:34]
13. Cancelli [01:29]
14. Braccialetti [03:11]
15. I Tipici Amici del Mare (feat. il Mago Sborone) [01:22]
16. Elettrolisi [01:42]
17. I Tipici Amici del Mare (Banjo Edition) [00:47]
Loins – Afterglow
€10 EUR
36:13
noise rock
Helsinki, Finland
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Don’t Have It In You [04:32]
2. Set Like This [03:40]
3. Carpetbagger [04:12]
4. For Keeps [05:20]
5. No Place Like Home [02:36]
6. Afterglow [03:20]
7. Workhorse [03:25]
8. Wave [05:32]
9. Let’s Go [03:36]
Messa – The Spin
$6.99 USD
41:37
doom metal
Italy
Metal Blade
Tracklist (click to display)1. Void Meridian [04:28]
2. At Races [05:59]
3. Fire on the Roof [04:32]
4. Immolation [04:46]
5. The Dress [08:14]
6. Reveal [04:54]
7. Thicker Blood [08:44]
Neptunian Maximalism – Le Sacre du soleil invaincu
€13 EUR
101:58
avant-garde drone metal
Brussels, Belgium
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. At Dusk : Raag Marwa : Alaap [08:39]
2. At Dusk : Raag Marwa : Vilambit Laya Alaap [12:01]
3. At Dusk : Raag Marwa : Unisson Composition [04:55]
4. At Dusk : Raag Marwa : Dream Chord [08:11]
5. Arcana XX : Raag Todi : Alaap On Surbahar [16:30]
6. Arcana XX : Raag (Raudra) Todi : Drut Laya, Chaotic Polyphonic Taan Combinations [08:10]
7. Arcana XX : Raag (Raudra) Todi : MadhyalayaYama DCCLXXII [07:21]
8. At Dawn : Raag Bairagi : Vilambit Laya Alaap [08:37]
9. At Dawn : Raag Bairagi : Rite D’Ovairture & Badhat Unisson [05:42]
10. At Dawn : Raag Bairagi : Sthayi & Antara Composition [07:34]
11. At Dawn : Raag Bairagi : Layakari In Offer To The Cosmic Serpent [11:02]
L’Oumigmag – Ce qui tourne dans l’air
8 CHF
50:35
folk fusion
Montréal, Québec
Ronin Rhythm
Tracklist (click to display)1. ˚∆ ~ Terre ~ Horizon [01:42]
2. Ce qui tourne dans l’air (ft. Erika Angell) [07:13]
3. ° ˙· L’invisible de l’air [00:53]
4. Ce qui surgit [08:23]
5. Ce qui s’écoule [04:47]
6. Ce qui constelle [09:39]
7. Ce qui persiste [07:41]
8. Ce qui ne veut pas s’éteindre [03:04]
9. (Bonus) Ce qui tourne dans l’air (Instrumental) [07:13]
Kamasi Washington – ラザロ
78:16
spiritual jazz
USA
Milan
John Zorn, played by Chaos Magick – Through the Looking Glass
36:17
jazzcore
New York, New York
צ
Wednesday, 16
Cave Sermon – Fragile Wings
$7 AUD
40:08
post-metal
Melbourne, Australia
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Hopeless Magic [06:05]
2. Arrows and Clay [07:02]
3. Moloch [04:31]
4. Three-Headed Moth [06:38]
5. Sunless Morning [07:24]
6. Ancient for Someone [08:28]
Friday, 18
Dormant Ordeal – Tooth and Nail
$8.99 USD
47:11
technical death metal
Kraków, Poland
Willowtip
Tracklist (click to display)1. Wije i Mary, Pt. 1 [00:46]
2. Halo of Bones [05:04]
3. Horse Eater [05:36]
4. Orphans [04:53]
5. Solvent [07:58]
6. Dust Crown [05:16]
7. Against the Dying of the Light [06:39]
8. Everything That Isn’t Silence Is Trivial [07:05]
9. Wije i Mary, Pt. 2 [03:54]
Ethereal Minds – Ethereal Minds
$7 USD
61:55
progressive metal
Concepción, Chile
Mylodon
Tracklist (click to display)1. Insomnia [07:53]
2. Hunger_Addiction [08:05]
3. Madness Particle [11:18]
4. Faded [06:01]
5. The Call [05:13]
6. Of What I Am [06:45]
7. Eternal Dream [10:34]
8. Ethereal Minds [06:06]
Lūx terminus – Cinder
$10 USD
51:57
progressive rock
Cleveland, Ohio
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Jupiter I: Starless (feat. Espera) [02:38]
2. Jupiter II: To Bend a Comet (feat. Espera) [07:13]
3. Jupiter III: Perihelion (feat. Espera) [03:08]
4. Mosaic Mind [04:47]
5. Neon Rain [04:49]
6. P.L.O.N.K. [05:25]
7. Catalyst (feat. Ross Jennings, Jørgen Munkeby & Jon Pyres) [08:11]
8. The Devil’s Eyes [04:30]
9. Apparent Horizon [05:32]
10. Natsukashii [05:44]
Serpentes – Desert Psalms
€7 EUR
46:06
black metal
Portugal
No Ev Dia
Tracklist (click to display)1. Desert Psalms I [09:55]
2. Desert Psalms II [05:33]
3. Desert Psalms III [06:16]
4. Desert Psalms IV [04:52]
5. Desert Psalms V [06:45]
6. Desert Psalms VI [04:36]
7. Desert Psalms VII [08:09]
Saturday, 19
The Hypersonic Factor – Benevolent Beasts
$9.99 USD
67:17
jazz fusion
United States
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Groove for Danny [05:04]
2. Salome’s Dance [05:20]
3. 83 [04:44]
4. Hypersonic Groove [04:50]
5. The Simurgh (w- special guest William Paasche) [05:55]
6. It’s Probably Not You [05:35]
7. The Proximity Dance [05:09]
8. Hypersonic Spectrum [05:15]
9. Groove Goblin [04:28]
10. From Dawn till Dusk [04:33]
11. Dark Matter [04:16]
12. Funk Off [04:44]
13. Light and Shade [05:17]
14. Benevolent Beasts: Coda [02:07]
Immortal Onion – Technaturalism
$7 USD
30:29
nu jazz
Gdańsk, Poland
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. POST-INSTRUMENTAL [01:46]
2. 8-BIT STUDIES [04:40]
3. SOLARPUNK [04:27]
4. ZEITGEIST [05:10]
5. TERRORSTORM [04:44]
6. DATA BLOOM [02:35]
7. OK DOOMER [03:23]
8. SPECIAL SPECIES [04:04]
Sunday, 20
Heavy Heavy Low Low – Pain Olympics
$10 USD
17:30
mathcore
San Jose, California
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. I’m So Bad At Goodbyes [02:06]
2. Chip’s Journey [01:33]
3. I Go Where I’m Kicked [01:30]
4. Thizzme Software [00:43]
5. Soft & Obedient [01:17]
6. Mouthful Of Soup [00:37]
7. Vomited Soul [01:52]
8. Hospital Bed Blues [02:11]
9. Costco High [01:18]
10. Neck Pillow Suitcase [00:22]
11. What Makes You Think The World We Live In [01:17]
12. Pile Of Dead Dogs [02:44]
Friday, 25
Paul Andrew – Anchor
€12 EUR
45:58
jazz fusion
Berlin, Germany
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Departure [08:32]
2. Koobor [07:20]
3. AM Intro [02:43]
4. Alcoholic Melancholic [06:47]
5. Sparkle [07:26]
6. Anchor [04:02]
7. Waking Morpheus [09:08]
Big, Brave – Original Sound Track
$10 USD
45:18
post-metal
Montréal, Québec
Thrill Jockey
Tracklist (click to display)1. innominate Nº i [09:18]
2. innominate Nº ii [07:02]
3. innominate Nº iii [02:26]
4. innominate Nº iv [03:28]
5. innominate Nº v [09:30]
6. innominate Nº vi [06:00]
7. innominate Nº vii [05:15]
8. innominate Nº viii [02:19]
Changeling – Changeling
$9.99 USD
60:11
progressive death metal
Berlin, Germany
Season of Mist
Tracklist (click to display)1. Introject [01:55]
2. Instant Results [04:33]
3. Falling in Circles [03:47]
4. World? What World? [06:42]
5. Metanoia Interlude [00:57]
6. Changeling [06:57]
7. Abyss [08:05]
8. Cathexis Interlude [01:19]
9. Abdication [09:05]
10. Anathema [16:51]
Cosmic Cathedral – Deep Water
€10.90 EUR
71:20
progressive rock
California
Inside Out
Tracklist (click to display)1. The Heart of Life [13:35]
2. Time to Fly [06:53]
3. I Won’t Make It [03:55]
4. Walking in Daylight [08:55]
5. Deep Water Suite I: Introduction [03:02]
6. Deep Water Suite II: Launch Out, Pt. One [04:37]
7. Deep Water Suite III: Fires Of The Sunrise [04:04]
8. Deep Water Suite IV: Storm Surface [02:40]
9. Deep Water Suite V: Nightmare In Paradise [06:57]
10. Deep Water Suite VI: Launch Out, Pt. Two [01:50]
11. Deep Water Suite VII: New Revelation [05:14]
12. Deep Water Suite VIII: Launch Out, Pt. Three [01:48]
13. Deep Water Suite IX: The Door To Heaven [07:50]
Felgrave – Otherlike Darknesses
$4.99 USD
48:36
avant-garde death metal
Norway
Transcending Obscurity
Tracklist (click to display)1. Winds Batter My Keep [18:08]
2. Pale Flowers Under an Empty Sky [12:28]
3. Otherlike Darknesses [18:00]
Trilok Gurtu & Arkè String Quartet – Mirror
55:30
world fusion
Bologna, Italy
Broken Silence
Kardashev – Alunea
$7.99 USD
42:06
progressive metal
Tempe, Arizona
Metal Blade
Tracklist (click to display)1. A Precipice. A Door. [04:59]
2. Reunion [04:52]
3. Seed of the Night [05:18]
4. Speak Silence (feat. Genital Shame) [05:01]
5. Truth to Form [05:23]
6. Edge of Forever [05:24]
7. We Could Fold the Stars (feat. Paweł J.J. Przybysz) [05:09]
8. Below Sun & Soil [06:00]
Amay Laoni – Le Cœur des oiseaux de cendre
$14 CAD
44:14
indie pop
Montréal, Québec
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Aube
2. Les oiseaux de cendre [03:40]
3. Tous les gestes, les mots
4. Volière
5. Plus qu’assez
6. Plus grande que moi
7. À Genoux
8. Nord,sud,est,ouest
9. Démesurée
10. Ma Droiture
11. L’héritière
12. Ludere
13. Jouer pour Jouer
14. D’ici
15. J’aimerais balayer les éclats de verre
16. Partout où tu regardes
Oria – This Future Wants Us Dead
€7 EUR
49:28
progressive metal
Thessaloniki, Greece
Theogonia
Tracklist (click to display)1. Metamorphocene: The New from the Shell of the Old [04:40]
2. Pirates, Parrots and Parasites [05:08]
3. Clouds of Anatta [04:57]
4. Guided by the Hand of G.O.D.S. [04:09]
5. Chthonic Uprising [04:39]
6. From Wastelands to Vile Hands [04:56]
7. Terragenics [04:34]
8. The Islandead [04:53]
9. Tantalia [04:01]
10. Slow Down, Take a Breath and Bury the World that Was [07:31]
Panzerballett – Übercode Œuvre
56:04
metal fusion
Germany
SXE / Believe Digital
Sumac & Moor Mother – The Film
$10 USD
56:59
post-metal
United States
Thrill Jockey
Tracklist (click to display)1. Scene 1 [04:50]
2. Scene 2: The Run [12:30]
3. Hard Truth [01:49]
4. Scene 3 [07:01]
5. Scene 4 [04:13]
6. Camera [08:43]
7. The Truth Is Out There [01:16]
8. Scene 5: Breathing Fire [16:37]
