Tuesday, 1 January
Ben Raw – Buying Gravity [EP] (experimental electro)
Austin, Texas
Bruno Sanfilippo – Pianette (modern classical)
Barcelona, Spain
Burning Ghosts – American Circus (avant-garde jazz)
Los Angeles, California
On Orenda Records
Chris Conde – Growing Up Gay (experimental hip-hop)
San Antonio, Texas
Evelyn Drach – Up with the Smoke (art rock)
London, UK
Forests – Spending Eternity in a Japanese Convenience Store (math rock)
Singapore
Hexeth – Lore [Compilation] (blackened death metal)
Montréal, Québec
MoE – Oslo Janus (IV) (noise rock)
Oslo, Norway
On Conrad Sound
My Wrist – Fresh (experimental jazz)
West Palm Beach, Florida
Potion and Car Made of Glass [Split] (experimental death metal, grindcore)
California
On List of Lakes Arts
Seeli Kuuppo – Kaamos [EP] (field recording, ambient)
Finland
On Terranean Recordings
Solipsismo – Festival de la resurrección [EP] (technical death metal)
Ecuador
Sunjae Lee – Entropy (experimental jazz)
Seoul, South Korea
Yvette Young – Piano (indie rock, chamber music)
San Jose, California
Wednesday, 2
Rudemanners – Resurrection (hip-hop, electro)
New York, New York
Thursday, 3
Melt Quartet – Tinct [EP] (free jazz)
Canberra, Australia
Todd Harper – Trees (free jazz)
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Friday, 4
City of the Asleep – An Amputated Elliptic Knob of the Cryptocurve Regenerates (various)
Portland, Oregon
Eyrth – Fracture (atmospheric post-metal)
Riga, Latvia
Quantum Trio – Quality Studio Live [2-disc] (jazz fusion, progressive jazz)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rosetta – Sower of Wind (post-rock, ambient)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
On Pelagic Records
Shrezzers – Relationships (progressive metal, nu prog)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Saturday, 5
Fantastic Swimmers Concertography – Concerto grosso #14 [EP] (contemporary classical, free jazz)
Minsk, Belarus
Sunday, 6
Jose Carra – Diario de vuelo (jazz fusion)
Málaga, Spain
On Taghrid Records
Lantern – Lost Paragraphs [EP] (blackened death metal)
Finland
On Dark Descent Records
Yaldabaoth – That Which Wets the Saccharine Palate (blackened death metal)
Anchorage, Alaska
On Lycaean Triune
Monday, 7
Hum – Hum (free jazz)
Bern, Switzerland
On TVL Rec
Serpent of Gnosis – As I Drink from the Infinite Well of Inebriation [EP] (blackened deathgrind)
Boston, Massachusetts
Sungazer – Volume Ⅱ [EP] (progressive jazz)
Brooklyn, New York
Wednesday, 9
i.o – Last Age // Symbol (free jazz)
Victoria, British Columbia
Krallice – Wolf [EP] (experimental black metal)
New York, New York
Uswa – Cold Spell (atmospheric doom metal)
Helsinki, Finland
Thursday, 10
Kinda Alright – Nice! [EP] (math rock)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Orchid – Miasma [EP] (mathcore)
Bengaluru, India
素数 (Sosuu) – 二 (Ni) / 2 (nu jazz)
Trieste, Italy
Wyxz – Yiy (avant-prog)
United States
Friday, 11
Aswad Byrant & i.o – Akrasia (free jazz, experimental mathcore)
Victoria, British Columbia
Drofnosura – Voidfever (atmospheric doom metal)
Toronto, Ontario
Emme Phyzema – Dispelling Differences (experimental metal, noise)
Columbus, Ohio
Grand ensemble Koa – Beat (jazz fusion)
France
On Neuklang
Jinjer – Micro [EP] (progressive metalcore)
Ukraine
On Napalm Records
Moulin banal – Le rythme du maréchal ferrant [EP] (black metal, folk metal)
Montréal, Québec
On Corde Raide Productions
Mo’ynoq – Dreaming in a Dead Language (progressive black metal)
Raleigh, North Carolina
Oroboro – Dyad [EP] (art rock)
Hadley, Massachusetts
Ouzo Bazooka – Transporter (alternative rock)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Plasticbag Facemask – Whited Sepulcher [EP] (progressive deathcore)
Fresno, California
The Richmond Avant-Improv Collective – Multiplicity (experimental jazz, free jazz)
Richmond, Virginia
On Thirsty Leaves Music
Rogue Parade – Stomping Off from Greenwood (jazz fusion)
Chicago, Illinois
On Greenleaf Music
Soilwork – Verkligheten (melodic death metal)
Helsingborg, Sweden
On Nuclear Blast Records
Swim Team – V (avant-garde punk)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Terry Day, Dominic Lash, and Alex Ward – Midnight and Below (avant-garde jazz)
Australia
On Iluso Records
Saturday, 12
Chord – Chord Ⅱ (experimental metal, noise)
New York, New York
On Punos Music
Defacement – Deviant [EP] (blackened death metal)
Utrecht, Netherlands
Leadtowill – The Leaden Echo [EP] (breakcore, experimental electro)
UK
Monday, 14
Barque – Pyre Builders [EP] (hardcore)
Lille, France
Charlie Dennard – Deep Blue (jazz fusion, modern jazz)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Omni Optometrist – The Power of Love (avant-prog)
Reading, Pennsylvania
Tracteur – Tracteur (experimental rock, world fusion)
Toulouse, France
Vantana Row – Marme [EP] (crustwave)
California
Tuesday, 15
Analizator – Čovečanstveno sranje (grindcore)
Novi Sad, Serbia
Barshasketh – Barshasketh (black metal)
Edinburgh, UK
On W.T.C. Productions
Gleb Kanasevich – Asleep (blackened noise, dark ambient)
Bronx, New York
Ill Considered – Ill Considered V (spiritual jazz)
London, UK
Ill Considered – Ill Considered Ⅵ (spiritual jazz)
London, UK
Robert Rich – Tactile Ground [2-disc] (ambient electro)
United States
Ted Byrnes, Michael Foster, and Jacob Wick – Token Breeder (free jazz)
Los Angeles, California
On Hard Angle
Wednesday, 16
Ил (Il) – Образ пустоты (Obraz pustoty) [EP] (doom metal, sludge metal)
Moscow, Russian Federation
Mart – Magical [EP] (experimental jazz, post-rock)
Ajdovščina, Slovenia
Ragnarökkur – Hold þeirra í tómið dregið [EP] (atmospheric black metal)
Iceland/Finland
Thursday, 17
George Crotty Trio – Four String Nomad (world fusion, jazz)
Toronto, Ontario
Nudo – La última de las burocracias (avant-garde jazz)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Phaneronaut – Somatic System (experimental electro)
Munich, Germany
SBTDOH – Escape Escape [EP] (harsh noise)
Milwaukie, Oregon
Steve Strong – Turbo Island (math rock, alternative rock)
UK
On Sapien Records
Ühtceare – El genocidio primordial llevará el nombre infinito de la empatía (atmospheric black metal)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
On Death Kvlt Productions
Friday, 18
Beck Hunters – Has It Been Found? (free jazz)
Sheffield, UK
On Discus Music
Boa Brass Band – Boa Brass Land (big band jazz)
France
On Boa Prod
Broken Spear – Truth Pieces [EP] (art pop)
USA
On Business Casual
Brought to the Water – Complex (blackened progressive metal)
Winston Salem, North Carolina
Endolith – Chicxulub: The Fossil Record (symphonic progressive death metal)
Tromsø, Norway
On Rob Mules Records
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Glitch Black – Age of Machines (darkwave)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Gorgon – Elegy (blackened death metal)
Paris, France
On Dusktone
The Great Sabatini & Great Falls [Split] (hardcore, noise rock)
Québec/Washington
On Hex Records
Hama – Houmeissa (world fusion, synthwave)
Niamey, Niger
On Sahel Sounds
Helium Horse Fly – Hollowed (experimental rock, avant-garde metal)
Liège, Belgium
Human Feel – Gold (modern jazz)
Zurich, Switzerland
On Intakt Records
Kadinja – Super 90′ (djent)
Paris, France
On Nuclear Blast
ليل شاكر وصرفند / Layale Chaker and Sarafand – تقاكيل (Taqakil) / Inner Rhyme (world fusion)
Lebanon
On In a Circle Records
Mad Fellaz – Ⅲ (progressive rock)
Bassano Del Grappa, Italy
Mark Lockheart – Days on Earth (jazz fusion)
London, UK
On Edition Records
MRW – Materia prima (progressive metal)
Sosnowiec, Poland
New Thread Quartet – Plastic Facts (contemporary classical)
New York, New York
On New Focus Recordings
Origami Button – Button Season [EP] (alternative rock)
Chicago, Illinois
Pilgrim – Crosswinds (modern jazz)
Zürich, Switzerland
On Intakt Records
Sadisme – Festering in Telepathic Communion (black metal)
United States
On Grey Matter Productions
Stephan Thelen – Fractal Guitar (progressive rock, jazz)
Berlin, Germany
On Iapetus
Tardigrade Inferno – Mastermind (progressive metal)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Tim Linghaus – About B. (Memory Sketches B-Sides Recordings) [EP] (contemporary classical)
NDS, Germany
Wristmeetrazor – Misery Never Forgets [EP] (mathcore, skramz)
United States
On Prosthetic Records
Xavi Reija, Tony Levin, Markus Reuter, and Dusan Jevtovic – The Sound of the Earth (progressive rock, stoner rock)
Barcelona, Spain
On Moonjune Records
Жертвоприношения (Žertvoprinošenija) – Меньше чем ничто (Men’še čem ničto) (avant-garde black metal)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
On Akt-Produkt
Злурад (Zlurad) – Во благо злу (Vo blago zlu) (noise rock, free rock)
Moscow, Russia
On Addicted Label
Saturday, 19
Tonus – Ear Duration (free jazz)
London, UK
Brian! (Quartet) – Minimum Donation [EP] (experimental rock, avant-garde jazz)
Ithaca, New York
Sunday, 20
Call Us Колос (Kolos) – На связи (Na svjazi) [EP] (post-rock)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Kelp – Exterior (experimental jazz)
Fukuoka, Japan
Kevin Blanke – In Remembrance of Things That Never Were (avant-garde jazz)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar – Pressed in the Earth (experimental doom metal)
Providence, Rhode Island
Matt Rappa – Barf Bag (free jazz)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg – Everyone’s in Love and Flowers Pick Themselves [Rerelease] (post-hardcore)
London, UK
On UndergrooveRecords
Monday, 21
Colin Stetson – The Rain like Curses [EP] (modern jazz)
Montréal, Québec
On Kartel Music Group
Danielle Palardy Roger – Cannibale (avant-garde jazz)
Montréal, Québec
On Actuellecd
Dentype – Why So (mathcore, noise rock)
Montréal, Québec
Galena – Sliced [EP] (progressive rock, post-hardcore)
Asheville, North Carolina
Martin Tétreault – Plus de snipettes!! (various)
Montréal, Québec
On Actuellecd
The Michael Zucker Ensamble – Strawberry Melt [EP] (jazz fusion, progressive rock)
Denver, Colorado
Noctambulist – Atmospheres of Desolation [EP] (blackened death metal)
Sweden
On Blood Harvest
Quatuor Bozzini – Phill Niblock: Baobab (avant-garde classical)
Montréal, Québec
On Actuellecd
Vessel of Iniquity – Void of Infinite Horror [EP] (experimental black metal)
UK
On Xenoglossy Productions
Tuesday, 22
Varra – Peppa [EP] (jazz fusion, progressive rock)
Concepción, Chile
Wednesday, 23
Mendel – The Blood, the Sin and the Djinn [EP] (progressive metal)
Netherlands
Thursday, 24
No vale nada – Alter ego (post-hardcore)
France
On Vox Project
Friday, 25
Altarage – The Approaching Roar (avant-garde death metal)
Spain
On Season of Mist
Bloor – Drolleries (avant-garde jazz)
Brooklyn, New York
On Astral Spirits
海老 (Ebi) / Shrimp – 海老 (Ebi) / Shrimp (avant-garde jazz, noise metal)
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
On Panurus Productions
Émile Parisien Quartet – Double Screening (avant-garde jazz)
France
On ACT Music
Gum Takes Tooth – Arrow (experimental electro, noise rock)
London, UK
On Rocket Recordings
Hifiklub – E Lisboa (experimental rock)
France
On Shhpuma
Ions – Ions (progressive metalcore)
Prague, Czechia
Izumi Kimura, Barry Guy, and Gerry Hemingway – Illuminated Silence (avant-garde jazz)
Dublin, Ireland
On Fundacja Słuchaj
Jasper Blom – Polyphony [2-disc] (modern jazz, jazz fusion)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
On Whirlwind Recordings
Jeff Ballard – Fairgrounds (modern jazz)
New York, New York
On Edition Records
Lost Crowns – Every Night Something Happens (progressive rock)
London, UK
On Bad Elephant Music
Mecha Maiko – 置屋 (Okiya) [EP] (experimental electro)
Toronto, Ontario
On Zoey Records
Mono – Nowhere Now Here (post-rock)
Tokyo, Japan
On Temporary Residence Ltd.
The Neal Morse Band – The Great Adventure [2-disc] (progressive rock)
Nashville, Tennessee
On Metal Blade Records
Noam Elron – Participant Observation (world fusion, jazz)
Israel
Ogmasun – Into the Void (progressive post-metal)
Fribourg, Switzerland
On Cold Smoke Records
Paal Nilssen-Love, Felipe Zenicola, Frode Gjerstad, Kiko Dinucci, and Paulinho Bicolor – New Brazilian Funk (free jazz, funk)
Oslo, Norway
On PNL Records
Paal Nilssen-Love, Akira Sakata, Kiko Dinucci, Kohei Gomi, and Toshiji Mikawa – New Japanese Noise (free jazz, noise)
Oslo, Norway
On PNL Records
SeeYouSpaceCowboy – Songs for the Firing Squad [EP] (mathcore)
Berkeley, California
On Pure Noise Records
Slow – IV: Mythologiæ [Rerelease] (doom metal, post-metal)
Belgium
On Code666
Smogma – Abracasmogma (free jazz, noise)
Paradise Valley, Arizona
On Arachnidiscs
Sofy Major – Total Dump (noise rock, sludge)
France
On Corpse Flower Records
Tamara Lukasheva Quartet – Homebridge (jazz fusion)
Cologne, Germany
On Traumton
Tano! – Cants als malsons: Onze ocultismes, sabers perduts i altres petites faules d’ultramar [EP] (post-hardcore)
Girona, Spain
Tear Light from Matter – In statu nascendi (progressive metal, jazz fusion)
Massachusetts
Saturday, 26
Light Dweller – Incandescent Crucifix [EP] (atmospheric black metal)
Tempe, Arizona
Sunday, 27
Long Hallways – Close Your Eyes to Travel (post-rock)
Portland, Oregon
Somn – The All-Devouring (blackgaze, post-black)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
On Elusive Sound
Monday, 28
Dead Kiwis – Systematic Home Run [EP] (mathcore)
Lyon, France
Soulmass – The Weakness of Virtue (death metal, doom metal)
Florida
Zach Rowden, Jarrett Gilgore, and Ian McColm – First Lapse (avant-garde jazz)
London, UK
On Raw Tonk Records
Tuesday, 29
Mindswimmer – Everytime I Eat My Dreams (jazz fusion, hip-hop)
Chicago, Illinois
On Stellar Nursery Records
The Moon Project – Morphologies [2-disc] (avant-garde classical)
Perth, Australia
On Tone List
Wednesday, 30
Bave – Parallels [EP] (progressive rock)
Detroit, Michigan
An Empty Room – The Palimpsest (doom metal, sludge)
Eugene, Oregon
Rodrigo Pinheiro, Zbigniew Kozera, and Kuba Suchar – Wschód (avant-garde jazz, free jazz)
Lisbon, Portugal
On Clean Feed
Stormhaven – Liquid Imagery (progressive black metal)
Toulouse, France
Thursday, 31
Deadspace – Dirge (atmospheric black metal)
Perth, Australia
Released in January
Iberian Roots Trío – The Wake of an Artist: Tribute to Bernardo Sassetti (experimental jazz)
Spain
On Clean Feed
José Dias – After Silence, Volume 1 (modern jazz)
Portugal
On Clean Feed
Jørgen Mathisen’s Instant Light – Mayhall’s Object (free jazz)
Norway
On Clean Feed
TGB – III (experimental jazz, jazz fusion)
Portugal
On Clean Feed
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