Best Releases of August
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Friday, 1 August
Abrupt Decay – The Illusion of Our Choices in a World of No Options
Name your price
36:44
mathcore
Alberta
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Black Rock [01:48]
2. Sliver [02:11]
3. Pressure Sores [03:50]
4. Hypothermia feat. Trench [03:55]
5. He Had It Coming [02:25]
6. Whelm [06:41]
7. 9B [01:40]
8. No Blessings feat. Diploid [02:12]
9. Surreptitious feat. Cel Damage [02:32]
10. Fixation feat. Killing of a Sacred Deer [01:58]
11. The Illusion of Our Choices… [07:32]
The Armed – The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed
$9.99 USD
32:16
noise rock
Detroit, Michigan
Sargent House
Tracklist (click to display)1. Well Made Play [02:13]
2. Purity Drag [03:28]
3. Kingbreaker [01:59]
4. Grace Obscure [03:14]
5. Broken Mirror (Feat. Prostitute) [02:31]
6. Sharp Teeth [02:34]
7. I Steal What I Want [02:06]
8. Local Millionaire [03:37]
9. Gave Up [02:15]
10. Heathen [05:38]
11. A More Perfect Design [02:41]
Wippy Bonstack – Tactile Demons
Name your price
46:43
avant-prog
United States
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Tactile Demons [08:33]
2. Addy’s Homeplate [05:57]
3. Rings [04:23]
4. The Walking Glass Shrimp [02:03]
5. Barren Swords [03:53]
6. Billiards of Pit [21:54]
Climbing Antapex – Veil on the Horizon
Name your price
34:28
progressive death metal
Colorado
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Veil on the Horizon [34:27]
2. Veil on the Horizon, Pt. 1 [11:35]
3. Veil on the Horizon, Pt. 2 [07:38]
4. Veil on the Horizon, Pt. 3 [08:56]
5. Veil on the Horizon, Pt. 4 [06:18]
The Depth beneath Us – Descent
$10 USD
55:19
post-rock
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Trust Thermocline [05:21]
2. Cluster B [05:57]
3. Head And The Transient Love [05:22]
4. Jealousy Professor [04:56]
5. Hessdalen Lights [04:18]
6. Emprise [04:35]
7. Apollonian [06:33]
8. 117B [05:01]
9. Descent [07:38]
10. Closure [05:38]
Flender – It Rules
$9 USD
40:05
experimental noise rock
Houston, Texas
Decoherence
Tracklist (click to display)1. Willem Dafoe’s Radical Sabbatical [03:46]
2. Wasp Salad [03:06]
3. Furious Asshole [04:36]
4. Spud Lever [07:00]
5. There Was Nothing I Could Do Because I Was DJ’ing [01:26]
6. Dean Filleter [05:29]
7. DS Factory [03:02]
8. Contributive Assets [03:59]
9. Cease to Noodle [07:41]
Kayo Dot – Every Rock, Every Half-Truth under Reason
$7.99 USD
65:59
ambient metal
Middlefield, Connecticut
Prophecy
Tracklist (click to display)1. Mental Shed [10:53]
2. Oracle By Severed Head [09:44]
3. Closet Door in the Room Where She Died [14:10]
4. Automatic Writing [23:06]
5. Blind Creature of Slime [08:06]
Sallow Moth – Mossbane Lantern
$8 USD
40:58
progressive death metal
Dallas, Texas
I, Voidhanger
Tracklist (click to display)1. Gutscape Navigator [05:47]
2. Icegorger Gauntlets [03:13]
3. Psionic Battery [05:12]
4. Aethercave Boots [06:19]
5. Parasite Orb’s Lock [03:52]
6. Cauldron Brim Neurosilk [07:44]
7. Runemilk Amulet [07:00]
8. Parasite Orb (Chipped Topaz) [01:51]
Sea Mosquito – Majestās
£6.89 GBP
44:03
avant-garde black metal
London, UK
I, Voidhanger
Tracklist (click to display)1. Organs Dissolved in Lacquer [07:46]
2. Dead to the World [08:16]
3. Ascension [06:28]
4. In Reverence of Pain [06:55]
5. الخمرية (Ode to Wine) [06:03]
6. To Look Upon Your Own Skeleton [08:35]
Toadal Package – Toadal Package
$10 USD
41:59
free rock
New Jersey
JPN
Tracklist (click to display)1. Yes, You Are Alive [04:51]
2. 21st Century Transsexual E-Girl [06:48]
3. Premature Supernova [12:12]
4. Big Legacy [10:00]
5. Illusions [08:08]
Wednesday, 6
明日の叙景 – Think of You
$12 USD
36:27
blackgaze
Tokyo, Japan
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Dawn [03:13]
2. Stella [03:55]
3. Magic Hour [03:39]
4. Angel [05:00]
5. Dogma [03:24]
6. In the City Where Cobalt Falls [04:04]
7. The Farewell Frost [03:52]
8. Zeppelin [04:58]
9. Tomorrow is Your Day [04:22]
Friday, 8
Babymetal – Metal Forth
35:16
J-metal
Japan
Capitol
Ethel Cain – Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You
73:21
indie pop
Tallahassee, Florida
Daughters of Cain
Cytolysis – Surge of Cruelty
$8 USD
43:38
death metal
Boston, Massachusetts
Comatose Music
Tracklist (click to display)1. Your Slow Demise [04:28]
2. Devout Sacrifice [04:29]
3. Surge of Cruelty [04:32]
4. Consenting Brood [03:18]
5. A Blood-Soaked Offering [03:41]
6. Ritual Carnage (Instrumental) [01:34]
7. Tribal Savagery [03:40]
8. Tortured Flesh [04:58]
9. Mark of the Demons [05:07]
10. Innocence is Raped [03:48]
11. Hung from the Rafters [04:03]
Malthusian – The Summoning Bell
$9.99 USD
54:02
blackened death metal
Dublin, Ireland
Relapse
Tracklist (click to display)1. Isolation [03:05]
2. Red, Waiting [08:27]
3. Between Dens and Ruins [05:22]
4. The Summoning Bell [06:28]
5. The Onset of the Death of Man [01:44]
6. Eroded Into Superstition [06:28]
7. Amongst the Swarms of Vermin [15:30]
8. In Chaos, Exult [06:58]
No Joy – Bugland
$9 CAD
33:39
psychedelic rock
Montréal, Québec
Hand Drawn Dracula
Tracklist (click to display)1. Garbage Dream House [05:16]
2. Bugland [02:29]
3. Bits [03:38]
4. Save the Lobsters [04:46]
5. My Crud Princess [03:14]
6. Bather in the Bloodcells [02:55]
7. I hate that I forget what you look like [03:30]
8. Jelly Meadow Bright (feat. Fire-Toolz) [07:51]
Return to Zion – Burdened with Glorious Purpose
$9 USD
46:20
post-rock
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Burdened with Glorious Purpose [05:30]
2. Dreadnought II [10:29]
3. Alone in Kyoto [07:35]
4. One Day, the Water Will Wash It All Away [07:59]
5. Out of the Blue [04:41]
6. Adrift [10:06]
Valfreyja – The Rose of Rebirth
50 SEK
32:15
progressive metal
Linköping, Sweden
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Distant Shores Of Silver-Green [09:06]
2. The Fountain Of Glass [06:47]
3. The Rose Of Rebirth [07:38]
4. King Of The Fever Dream [08:44]
Völur & Cares – Breathless Spirit
$10 CAD
41:55
post-doom metal
Toronto, Ontario
Batke
Tracklist (click to display)1. Hearth [05:36]
2. Windbourne Sorcery I [06:41]
3. Windbourne Sorcery II [07:37]
4. Breathless Spirit [08:55]
5. On Drangey [05:11]
6. Death in Solitude [07:55]
Thursday, 14
Ange de la mort – Bequeathed
£2.33 GBP
26:34
avant-garde metal
Gulfport, Mississippi
The Centipede Abyss
Tracklist (click to display)1. Bequeathed Consumption [04:59]
2. Oracle Labyrinth [04:53]
3. Bile Mortality [03:01]
4. Eloquent Temple [04:23]
5. Ceremony [03:45]
6. Fallen Shroud [05:33]
Friday, 15
Hex – Ⅱ
Name your price
37:23
experimental rock
Geneva, Switzerland
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Fraction [10:00]
2. Fortress [07:48]
3. Liminal [07:38]
4. Immerse [11:57]
Pile – Sunshine and Balance Beams
$10 USD
43:03
noise rock
Boston, Massachusetts
Sooper
Tracklist (click to display)1. Balance Beams [00:58]
2. An Opening [03:09]
3. Deep Clay [04:13]
4. A Loosened Knot [05:19]
5. Bouncing in Blue [05:37]
6. Uneasy [02:35]
7. Holds [04:15]
8. Born at Night [05:29]
9. Meanwhile Outside [08:18]
10. Carrion Song [03:10]
Pool Kids – Easier Said Than Done
$8 USD
39:44
indie rock
Tallahassee, Florida
Epitaph
Tracklist (click to display)1. Easier Said Than Done [03:05]
2. Tinted Windows [03:15]
3. Bad Bruise [03:07]
4. Leona Street [03:27]
5. Last Word [04:13]
6. Sorry Not Sorry [04:05]
7. Not Too Late [02:54]
8. Which Is Worse? [02:48]
9. Dani [05:22]
10. Perfect View [03:42]
11. Exit Plan [03:46]
Street Sex – Full Color Eclipse
$9 USD
38:31
post-punk
Austin, Texas
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. TIMING BELT [03:32]
2. COMING OF AGE [02:19]
3. PERPETUITY [02:51]
4. TURN BLUE [02:57]
5. HALF LAUGH [02:48]
6. ROCK SALT [02:25]
7. GOING UP [02:23]
8. NEW BRAUNFELS [03:10]
9. SHORT CUT [03:37]
10. THE SQUEEZE [02:00]
11. THE PRETENSE [03:09]
12. THE ARRANGEMENT [04:24]
13. THE BIG HEAT [02:56]
Terralgia – The Living Weight of the World
Name your price
46:18
progressive metal
France
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. J’ai peur de partir [02:51]
2. The Hidden Floor [04:26]
3. The Curse [05:42]
4. Mother Earth [09:18]
5. Klematis [10:44]
6. Noéli [05:54]
7. The Living Weight Of The World [07:23]
Friday, 22
Bask – The Turning
$11 USD
40:40
progressive post-metal
Asheville, North Carolina
Season of Mist
Tracklist (click to display)1. Chasm [01:29]
2. In the Heat of the Dying Sun [04:57]
3. The Traveler [04:05]
4. The Cloth [04:11]
5. Dig My Heels [05:32]
6. Unwound [07:02]
7. Long Lost Light [06:52]
8. The Turning [06:32]
Defacement – Doomed
€8 EUR
41:07
avant-garde death metal
Utrecht, Netherlands
Avantgarde Music
Tracklist (click to display)1. 01 – Mournful [02:24]
2. 02 – Portrait [05:42]
3. 03 – Unexplainable [08:53]
4. 04 – Forlorn [02:32]
5. 05 – Worthless [06:50]
6. 06 – Unrecognised [06:11]
7. 07 – Clouding [02:15]
8. 08 – Absent [06:20]
Deftones – Private Music
42:13
alternative metal
Sacramento, California
Reprise
Glass Museum – Van glas
18:09
electro-jazz
Brussels, Belgium
Sdban
Linda May Han Oh – Strange Heavens
$15 USD
48:03
modern jazz
New York, New York
Biophilia
Tracklist (click to display)1. Portal [04:59]
2. Strange Heavens [04:48]
3. Living Proof [04:14]
4. Acapella [03:28]
5. The Sweetest Water [04:00]
6. Noise Machinery [05:26]
7. Home [02:47]
8. Paperbirds [04:38]
9. Folk Song [03:42]
10. Work Song [03:12]
11. Skin [02:46]
12. Just Waiting [04:03]
Malevich – Under a Gilded Sun
£9 GBP
38:31
blackened sludge metal
Atlanta, Georgia
Church Road
Tracklist (click to display)1. Blossom in Full Force [04:06]
2. Impasse [02:06]
3. Cross of Gold [02:11]
4. Delirium and Confidence [04:12]
5. Illusion Never Changed [04:48]
6. Into Bliss [05:10]
7. A Sun That Only Sets [05:09]
8. If We Sing Towards the Heavens Maybe They’ll Let Us In [03:27]
9. Supine, Under a Gilded Sun [07:22]
The World Is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die – Dreams of Being Dust
$8 USD
44:21
post-hardcore
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Epitaph
Tracklist (click to display)1. Dimmed Sun [03:46]
2. Se Sufre Pero Se Goza [02:33]
3. No Pilgrim [04:04]
4. Beware the Centrist [01:44]
5. Oubliette [04:02]
6. Captagon [04:29]
7. Dissolving [03:33]
8. Reject All and Submit [03:38]
9. December 4th, 2024 [03:55]
10. Auguries of Guilt [05:34]
11. For Those Who Will Outlive Us [07:03]
Saturday, 23
Mildred – Part 1
$20 USD
133:21
experimental noise rock
Los Angeles, California
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. Hung [04:16]
2. Lila [07:53]
3. Dance Of Death [06:20]
4. The Crash [04:13]
5. Drifter’s Rebirth [06:58]
6. Nightmare [03:13]
7. Drifter’s Tragedy Pt. 1 [07:34]
8. Self-Hating Trip Hop Song [01:43]
9. Band’s Death [04:56]
10. The Last Murder [04:52]
11. While The Iron’s Hot… [03:46]
12. Babel [03:33]
13. Ichkeria [09:58]
14. What It Feels Like To Discover A Mass Suicide [09:00]
15. Idiot Song [03:25]
16. Forgotten Song [03:20]
17. Almost Blue [04:31]
18. Song For A Dead Bird [02:31]
19. Drifter’s Tragedy Pt. 2 [11:00]
20. 2 Minutes Of Melancholic Euphoria [02:27]
21. Lila’s Death [13:38]
22. Dancing Queen On Heroin [02:45]
23. A Song For Everyone [11:29]
Friday, 29
Asymmetric Universe – A Memory and What Came After
€10.90 EUR
48:11
progressive metal
Turin, Italy
Inside Out
Tracklist (click to display)1. Coquelicot (feat. Richard Henshall) [04:38]
2. Fair Enough [04:35]
3. Don’t Go Too Early [07:27]
4. Reaction – Overthrow (feat. Jared Yee) [05:40]
5. Recovery – Thirst for Stars [03:34]
6. Feather on a Glass [05:16]
7. Dancing Through Contradictions [05:38]
8. Opaco [05:01]
9. Those Who Stay [06:22]
Hexrot – Formless Ruin of Oblivion
$4.99 USD
57:08
avant-garde black metal
Massachusetts
Transcending Obscurity
Tracklist (click to display)1. What Lies Veiled [03:48]
2. Heavenward [05:25]
3. Consecrating Luminous Conflagration [04:04]
4. Ghostly Retrograde I [01:09]
5. Clandestine Haunt [03:06]
6. Ghostly Retrograde II [01:51]
7. Formless Ruin of Oblivion [15:52]
8. Extant Offering [04:22]
9. Gloomwrought [03:55]
10. Immolated and Inhumed [07:48]
11. Reifying Impermanence [05:48]
Ihlo – Legacy
£9.99 GBP
68:29
progressive metal
UK
K Scope
Tracklist (click to display)1. Wraith [07:30]
2. Replica [05:12]
3. Source [05:03]
4. Empire [07:15]
5. Storm [02:25]
6. Mute [08:27]
7. Cenotaph [08:03]
8. Haar [05:48]
9. Legacy [08:45]
10. Signals [10:01]
Ye Olde & Simulacrus – 2: At the End of Time
$9 USD
42:42
avant-garde jazz
Brooklyn, New York
Independent
Tracklist (click to display)1. One Can Only Go Up [07:39]
2. Transcending Time [08:20]
3. Caro Ortolano [00:44]
4. Exo Microbiology [04:05]
5. Dyson Spheres [05:21]
6. Von Neumann Probes [00:50]
7. Omega Point [05:05]
8. Ye Olde vs Simulacrus [06:19]
9. Floating Brain [04:19]
Uboa & Whitehorse – The Dissolution of Eternity
€9 EUR
46:14
experimental noise
Australia
Tartarus
Tracklist (click to display)1. Whitehorse – Wringing Life [16:11]
2. Whitehorse – The Wait [07:09]
3. Uboa – Petplay Polycule Open Fire [01:46]
4. Uboa – Wasted Potential [05:00]
5. Uboa – Dreamwalker, Fuck I Miss You [02:40]
6. Uboa – Pareidolia Shadow [04:39]
7. Uboa – The Apocalypse Of True Love [08:49]