
Best Picks of March
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Saturday, 1 March
Maxime Even – The Cure
$10 USD
61:10
nu prog
Paris, France
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. Rewind [01:38]
2. Ghost [09:38]
3. Queen of Demise [05:57]
4. Scarlet [06:28]
5. When You’re There [01:37]
6. The Finest Leave First [07:25]
7. Joy [02:05]
8. Brick Lane [00:53]
9. Neverending [05:30]
10. Void [02:46]
11. The Will to Act [06:38]
12. Château Rouge [03:05]
13. The Cure [07:30]
The Far Cry – Once There Was
$10 USD
64:31
progressive rock
Connecticut
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. Unholy Waters [14:09]
2. Crossing Pangea [12:38]
3. The Following [06:39]
4. Once There Was – The Rising [03:24]
5. Once There Was – Once There Was [03:57]
6. Once There Was – Dimension Of Darkness [02:34]
7. Once There Was – Gathering of Shadows [03:22]
8. Once There Was – The Agitation [01:34]
9. Once There Was – Videosyncrasy [02:40]
10. Once There Was – The Carnival of Doom [00:49]
11. Once There Was – Falling in Line [03:25]
12. Once There Was – What Once Was [01:48]
13. Once There Was – Rest Assured [03:26]
14. Once There Was – Now the Sun [02:15]
15. Once There Was – And Ever After [01:51]
Monday, 3
Apeiron necrosi – Sogni bagnati
€5 EUR
42:55
post-hardcore
Bologna, Italy
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. Preludio [00:55]
2. Apri Gli Occhi [05:58]
3. Miraggio [06:12]
4. Interludio [00:32]
5. Sogni Bagnati [07:12]
6. Sacrificio [06:48]
7. Loro [08:11]
8. Postludio [00:26]
9. Grido [06:41]
Tuesday, 4
Vulfpeck – Clarity of Cal
$10 USD
38:17
funk
Los Angeles, California
Vulf

Tracklist (click to display)1. Big Dipper [03:08]
2. Matter of Time [04:02]
3. Can You Tell [04:26]
4. In Real Life [02:57]
5. Tender Defender [04:23]
6. New Beastly [04:11]
7. La Gioconda [01:42]
8. The Heist [03:17]
9. Memories [04:35]
10. Aug 26 [02:26]
11. This Is Not the Song I Wrote [03:22]
Friday, 7
Helena Casella – Pit of Impressions
€9 EUR
46:49
neo-soul
Bruges, Belgium
Werf

Tracklist (click to display)1. Undefined Borderline [07:03]
2. Imaginary Windows [06:32]
3. Frozen in Sight [05:59]
4. Misunderstood [03:40]
5. Pillar [01:17]
6. Trees [04:54]
7. Hesitation [00:27]
8. First Flight [02:08]
9. Power Plants [05:55]
10. Esiotrot [00:37]
11. Tortoise [04:15]
12. We Are Everything, Always [04:02]
Dawn of Ouroboros – Bioluminescence
$10 USD
43:21
progressive black metal
Oakland, California
Prosthetic

Tracklist (click to display)1. Bioluminescence [05:07]
2. Nebulae [04:57]
3. Slipping Burgundy [07:38]
4. Poseidon’s Hymn [04:33]
5. Dueling Sunsets [05:43]
6. Static Repetition [05:29]
7. Fragile Tranquility [06:43]
8. Mournful Ambience [03:11]
Frogg – Eclipse
$10 USD
45:09
progressive metal
New York, New York
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. Walpurgisnacht [04:44]
2. Life Zero [04:30]
3. Dandelion [03:50]
4. Eclipse I: Blind Bakunawa [04:20]
5. Eclipse II: Sickened By Silence [04:48]
6. Interspecific Hybrid Species [04:18]
7. Wake Up [06:22]
8. Sun Stealer [04:41]
9. Double Vision Roll [03:29]
10. Omni Trigger [04:07]
Gellért Szabó’s Ideal Orchestra – Live at Berghain
€12 EUR
58:30
contemporary classical
Bezau, Austria
Boomslang

Tracklist (click to display)1. In Medias Res [02:58]
2. Confrontation [02:01]
3. Resolution (looking up, vulcano) [03:14]
4. Psalm [03:20]
5. Edelstahl [03:51]
6. Landscape After The Battle [04:24]
7. Wunderschön Wie Heute [05:35]
8. Crescendo [05:48]
9. Truth Reveals Itself [03:36]
10. What Is Left (Fog) [02:36]
11. Bleib Hart (I Have Completed A Monument) [02:12]
12. Requiem For Gellért Szabó [02:59]
13. Emerging [03:44]
14. Ascension [08:21]
15. Journey Back To The Familiar Lands [01:45]
16. Crescendo II (Triumph Of A Hero) [02:06]
Smiqra – Rɡyaġdźé!
Name your price
42:08
progressive metal
China
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. I am the broken generation [03:12]
2. Rɡyaɡ̇dźé [02:27]
3. Vdzärnga [02:14]
4. 1960怪人 [02:06]
5. po-ti-ni-ja! [04:42]
6. 未知舞蹈 [01:50]
7. Imaginary Minotaurian academia [02:14]
8. Peer review by oxen [02:55]
9. Major revision! [01:02]
10. 反哲學牛 [02:05]
11. 頭虱惡魔 [01:14]
12. 犏牛舞! [01:05]
13. 犏牛心 [02:05]
14. 犏母子州 [02:58]
15. qa-si-re-u! [09:59]
Sunday, 9
Coffret de bijoux – Qunaiqû nèjautsè
$1 USD
37:02
blackgaze
Québec City, Québec
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. ssaytt nanst jait souq ssa jattjays tait qai vûtt qiqjaysjouva qunaiqû, ssètt tais souq viqsès naytt sût viqsat jè vaysjautt [12:18]
2. vi naittjaissoutvèq touqou [12:32]
3. sèqvaiquqnûsoutssayq sûnûq qayssi [12:12]
Friday, 14
Clipping – Dead Channel Sky
$10 USD
53:30
experimental hip-hop
Los Angeles, California
Sub Pop

Tracklist (click to display)1. Intro [00:51]
2. Dominator [02:31]
3. Change the Channel [02:15]
4. Run It [04:58]
5. Go [01:14]
6. Simple Degradation (Plucks 1-13) (with Bitpanic) [01:37]
7. Code [03:23]
8. Dodger [04:08]
9. Malleus (with Nels Cline) [01:56]
10. Scams (ft. Tia Nomore) [03:41]
11. Keep Pushing [03:46]
12. “From Bright Bodies” (Interlude) [00:46]
13. Mood Organ [01:41]
14. Polaroids [04:03]
15. Simple Degradation (Plucks 14-18) (with Bitpanic) [01:42]
16. Madcap [01:33]
17. Mirrorshades pt. 2 (ft. Cartel Madras) [04:10]
18. “And You Called” (Interlude) [00:42]
19. Welcome Home Warrior (ft. Aesop Rock) [03:43]
20. Ask What Happened [04:50]
Dessiderium – Keys to the Palace
$8.99 USD
62:22
progressive death metal
Phoenix, Arizona
Willowtip

Tracklist (click to display)1. In The Midst Of May [07:22]
2. Dover Hendrix [10:28]
3. Pollen For The Bees [13:15]
4. A Dream That Wants Me Dead [07:00]
5. Magenta [08:07]
6. Keys To The Palace [16:10]
Ithak – Pills for Techno sapiens
€7 EUR
38:15
progressive rock
France
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. The Outsider [03:09]
2. Dancing in the sun [04:02]
3. Physiological Philosophy [05:09]
4. Le Chat de Schrödinger [02:37]
5. Cash Sex War [03:49]
6. The Messiah [03:50]
7. Agua del Sol [04:23]
8. Under the volcano [04:18]
9. Follow me please [03:15]
10. The terrorist [03:43]
Mikau – Agartha
$5 USD
31:51
post-hardcore
Washington, DC
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. Spiraling Decay [03:00]
2. Reverie [03:07]
3. Negative Karma [01:34]
4. Neophyte [02:48]
5. Intrinsic Gray [03:28]
6. Morphic Resonance [02:25]
7. Not Alone [03:00]
8. Seven Days of Fire [02:51]
9. Orbital Frame [02:16]
10. Wraith [03:25]
11. Echopraxia [03:57]
Saturday, 15
Caesar Augustus – The Ides of March
$5 USD
10:04
skramz
Arvada, Colorado
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. Kraterocracy [01:02]
2. You Don’t Bring the Revenue Code to the Baseball Game [00:58]
3. Iactura Praesentiae [01:39]
4. Semper Hubris [02:10]
5. Investiture [02:43]
6. Knives In (The Ides of March) [01:32]
Happy Family – 4,037
$6 USD
21:23
avant-prog
Japan
Cuneiform

Tracklist (click to display)1. Pygmalion [05:35]
2. Hypocrisy [04:16]
3. The Flying Man [05:08]
4. Itchu [06:24]
Monday, 17
Sad Eyes – Five Senses
€5 EUR
21:54
technical death metal
Soria, Spain
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. 5mell [04:35]
2. Ta5te [04:15]
3. 5ight [04:12]
4. Tovch [04:33]
5. Hearing [04:19]
Friday, 21
Bodybox – 3
$10 USD
23:49
brutal death metal
Florida
Maggot Stomp

Tracklist (click to display)1. Real Cocaine Muzak [01:34]
2. Skante [01:52]
3. High Til Dawn [02:17]
4. Skimping Fuckin Idiots (feat. Snuffed on Sight) [02:36]
5. Cletus [02:16]
6. Loyal to the Foil [02:16]
7. Scratch Offs and Hookers (feat. Volcano) [03:02]
8. Dodgeball [02:45]
9. Tusi (feat. Street Soldier) [02:29]
10. Methdog [02:42]
Dissocia – To Lift the Veil
$8.99 USD
41:25
progressive metal
International
Willowtip

Tracklist (click to display)1. Existentialist [05:26]
2. He Who Dwells [05:06]
3. Samsara [06:43]
4. Zenosyne [05:59]
5. The Lucifer Effect [08:01]
6. Evasion [02:49]
7. Out of Slumber [07:21]
Drudkh – Гра жіней
$9.99 USD
55:01
atmospheric black metal
Харьков, Ukraine
Season of Mist

Tracklist (click to display)1. Scattering the Ashes [07:21]
2. April [11:10]
3. The Exile [10:12]
4. Fallen Blossom [06:50]
5. The Eve [07:07]
6. The Thirst [12:21]
Εὐφροσύνη – Μόρος
€9 EUR
42:35
post-black metal
Greece
Black Lion

Tracklist (click to display)1. Morus [00:52]
2. July 21th [06:11]
3. Valley Of White [05:31]
4. Eulogy [04:46]
5. Funeral Rites [04:48]
6. Mhtera [05:28]
7. Asphodel [06:43]
8. Lilac Ward [08:16]
Imperial Triumphant – Goldstar
€10.90 EUR
38:15
avant-garde black metal
New York, New York
Century Media

Tracklist (click to display)1. Eye of Mars [05:07]
2. Gomorrah Nouveaux [04:34]
3. Lexington Delirium (feat. Tomas Haake) [04:34]
4. Hotel Sphinx [04:49]
5. NEWYORKCITY (feat. Yoshiko Ohara) [00:47]
6. Goldstar [00:54]
7. Rot Moderne [04:35]
8. Pleasuredome (feat. Dave Lombardo & Tomas Haake) [05:35]
9. Industry of Misery [07:20]
The Infinity Ring – Ataraxia
$11 CAD
42:35
dark folk
Boston, Massachusetts
Profound Lore

Tracklist (click to display)1. Obsidian [05:57]
2. Nightingale [04:34]
3. Elysium [05:59]
4. Hymn [04:24]
5. Revenge [04:34]
6. The Drum [06:55]
7. The Window [04:08]
8. The Archway [06:04]
Memória de peixe – Ⅲ
€7 EUR
38:31
indie jazz
Lisboa, Portugal
Omnichord

Tracklist (click to display)1. Good Morning
2. Peacemaker
3. 03:13
4. Under The Sea
5. El Vuelo
6. Close Encounters
7. Coincidentia
8. Not Tonight
9. The Sun Inside Your Eyes
10. Golden Fiasco
11. Good Night
No Hand Path – Μυστικισμός της ενηλικίωσης
€5 EUR
40:05
black metal
Greece
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. Διαφθορέας (Curruptor) [04:12]
2. Μήτρα (Womb) [05:29]
3. Βάπτισμα (Baptism) [08:12]
4. Εξορκισμός (Exorcism) [07:09]
5. Προδότης (Traitor) [09:05]
6. Κοσμογονία (Cosmogony) [05:58]
One Hundred Thousand – Liminal
$10 USD
30:33
progressive metalcore
Boonton, New Jersey
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. insider trading [06:50]
2. all the nothing [05:26]
3. intruder. [05:54]
4. let you (in) [05:12]
5. hidden:below [07:11]
Tiberius – Singing for Company
£7 GBP
40:05
progressive metal
Edinburgh, UK
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. New Revelation [05:14]
2. Soul Saviour [04:45]
3. Tip of the Spear [04:26]
4. Mosaic [04:38]
5. Singing for Company [05:54]
6. Juggernaut [03:26]
7. The Iliad Flow [05:00]
8. Touch the Past [06:42]
To Be Gentle – If You Are Reading This We Are All Connected and We All Love You
$1 USD
36:02
blackgaze
Portland, Oregon
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. Spright Blue [02:37]
2. My Greatest Treasure [02:49]
3. Those Who Trespass in My Soul [01:36]
4. Shadow Games [04:02]
5. Relinquishing a Part of Myself to Die [01:49]
6. A Lightning Storm to Wield [02:29]
7. This Song Sounds Like How Schizoaffective Feels (Corridor Paved with Jagged Triangles) [02:10]
8. Unconditional [04:12]
9. Rakkauden Taikuus [14:18]
Saturday, 22
Mechina – Bellum interruptum
$11 USD
89:23
symphonic metalcore
Chicago, Illinois
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. The World We Saved 2025 [14:55]
2. Blessings Upon The Field Where Blades Will Flood 2025 [18:06]
3. Cruelty Is the Point [05:23]
4. The Plague Pit [05:20]
5. The Wasteful Energy Of Words [06:17]
6. Bellum Interruptum [10:12]
7. On The Wings of Vecterra [06:05]
8. Invictus Thales [06:48]
9. When Honor Meant Something [07:51]
10. The Collapse Promised To All [03:17]
11. The Overwhelming Harmony of Collective Suffering [05:09]
Monday, 24
Chris Beernink – The Chimera Suite
$15 NZD
38:10
progressive jazz metal
Aotearoa
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. I. Regenesis [07:27]
2. II. Aergia [06:11]
3. III. Event Horizon [09:03]
4. IV. Fury Spawn [06:10]
5. V. Kleos [09:19]
Wednesday, 26
Antonio Sánchez – The Studio
45:05
soundtrack
Mexico
Lions Gate

Thursday, 27
Gardenjia – Invictus
€6 EUR
57:28
avant-garde black metal
Brindisi, Italy
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. Amore e morte [04:24]
2. Those painful bonds around me [04:11]
3. Extasy and rupture [03:53]
4. Archetypes of mass destruction [03:44]
5. I’ve found your ruin and I’ve build a temple on it [04:58]
6. A Satana [03:54]
7. The host of the angels [09:20]
8. Pilgrims of the black heart [07:08]
9. Human limbs symmetrical sculptures [06:24]
10. Trascendent tidal heights aesthetic [09:32]
Unsolicited – Life Energies
$7 USD
32:05
progressive metal
Chicago, Illinois
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. The Lost Epoch [05:27]
2. Eater of Eternity [04:23]
3. Life Energies [03:05]
4. The Unsacred [03:56]
5. Promenade at Dusk [02:32]
6. Cries of Bermuda [02:16]
7. Uphold the Kingdom [04:19]
8. Obsidian Daydream [02:52]
9. Giants in the Effigy [03:15]
Friday, 28
Елена Экемов – Scenes from the Dark Ages
$16 USD
104:58
jazz fusion
New York, New York
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. Pilgrims [05:38]
2. Village Tavern [05:18]
3. From Peasants Life [05:41]
4. Spell-Bound Fortress [10:37]
5. Monks in Scriptorium [06:56]
6. Cathedral [05:30]
7. Legends of the Castle [11:05]
8. Adventures of a Knight [09:42]
9. Battle [04:45]
10. Chivalry [05:29]
11. Tournament [06:03]
12. Masquerade [04:25]
13. Alchemist [08:35]
14. Quest [09:16]
15. From the Life of the Lords [05:58]
Grey Aura – Zwart vierkant : slotstuk
€7 EUR
47:02
avant-garde black metal
Utrecht, Netherlands
Independent

Tracklist (click to display)1. Daken als kiezen [04:49]
2. De ideologische seance [03:53]
3. Een uithangbord van wanhoop [07:34]
4. Opgehangen afgrond [04:20]
5. Nachten zonder dagen [01:51]
6. Waarin de dood haar kust [04:45]
7. De stem, nu als zeeboezem [04:35]
8. Natalia Goncharova [01:46]
9. Moordend ongeluk [05:28]
10. Tussenspel: Stille zon [01:41]
11. Slotstuk [06:20]
Labyrinthine Heirs – Labyrinthine Heirs
€7 EUR
35:58
avant-garde black metal
Texas
I, Voidhanger

Tracklist (click to display)1. Brick Refusers Quartered [05:12]
2. The Loop of Human Flesh Told in Perpetuity [07:57]
3. The Conceited Determination of Nimrod [10:24]
4. Satan’s Domain is the Liver [05:07]
5. Yaldabaoth Gored to Blindness [07:18]
Orchards – Bicker
£7 GBP
32:05
indie rock
Brighton, UK
Big Scary Monsters

Tracklist (click to display)1. Say It [02:53]
2. Bicker [03:27]
3. I Feel Terrible [03:15]
4. Good For You, Good For Me [03:29]
5. Sweetie Pie [02:19]
6. Bethnal Green [03:18]
7. Gerl [02:52]
8. Mug Song [02:58]
9. Groan [03:28]
10. You Can Get Used To Anything [04:06]