Saturday, 29 September

Necronomidol – Voidhymn (darkwave, black metal)
Tokyo, Japan
On Imperiet Ⅳ

Out of Time – Esquisses (jazz fusion)
Chambéry, France

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Sunday, 30

The Aporia – Crowhurst (progressive metalcore) EP
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Cyan Marble – Imaginarium (progressive rock)
Sweden

Depths Above – Ex nihilo (post-metal)
Brno, Czechia

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Monday, 1 October

Druj – Chants to Irkalla (blackened death metal)
Anchorage, Alaska
On Godz ov War Productions

Fero Lux – Cheap Funeral: For Me (blackened post-hardcore) EP
Florida

Neurasthene – Moloch (black metal)
Québec

Neptunus – Alien Conspiracy (technical death metal) EP
Medan, Indonesia
On Eastbreath Records

The Nietzsche – The Parnassus (mathcore) Compilation
Ukraine
On Venona Records

Patrick Grant – Fields Amaze and Other Strange Music (contemporary classical, world fusion)
New York, New York
On Peppergreen Media

Paul Shapera – Janissary: A Balkan Rock Opera (progressive rock, folk)
New York, New York

The Yu-Yi Band – All Your Recorded Songs Are Stuffed Dead Animals (jazz fusion)
England, UK
On Coop De Ville Ltd.

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Tuesday, 2

Dream Sister – Miasma (progressive rock, math rock) EP
Launceston, Australia

Master Boot Record – Virus.dos (melodic metal, chiptune) EP
Italy
On Blood Music

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Wednesday, 3

Birushanah – 灰ニナルマデ (Hai ni narumade) (experimental doom metal)
Osaka, Japan
On Reiho Music

Countdown from Ten – Speakeasy Petting Zoo (math rock) EP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

מזמור (Mizmor) – משלי (Mishlei) (blackened doom metal)
Salem, Oregon

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Thursday, 4

Hexecutor – Poison, Lust and Damnation (blackened thrash metal)
Rennes, France

Karibu Orchestra – Music over the Ruins (jazz fusion, nu-jazz)
Ghent, Belgium

Vantana Row and Bleach Milk – Split (experimental hardcore, crustwave) EP
Oakland, California

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Friday, 5

Alkymist – Alkymist (doom metal)
Denmark
On Indisciplinarian

Alec K. Redfearn and The Eyesores – The Opposite (progressive rock, krautrock)
Washington, D.C.
On Cuneiform Records

Anomalie – Métropole, Part Ⅱ (jazz fusion, jazz-hop) EP
Montréal, Québec

Bear the Mammoth – Years under Glass (post-rock)
Melbourne, Australia
On Art as Catharsis

Black Peaks – All That Divides (progressive metal, post-hardcore)
Brighton, UK
On Rise Records

https://open.spotify.com/album/64nOhJqFoQi9P8LVjS4tuG

Carpe Noctem – Vitrun (atmospheric black metal)
Reykjavík, Iceland
On Code 666

Carthage – Punic Wars (death metal, grindcore) EP
Japan
On Amputated Vein Records

Chaoh Reiccuk – Resurrected (experimental jazz, art rock)
France

Coheed and Cambria – Vaxis, Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures (alternative rock)
Nyack, New York
On Roadrunner Records

Emperor of Mind – Non compos mentis (progressive metalcore) EP
New York

Fucked Up – Dose Your Dreams (hardcore) 2-disc
Toronto, Ontario
On Merge Records

Gridfailure and Megalophobe – 助けて (Tasukete) (noise, dark ambient)
Valley Cottage, New York
On Nefarious Industries

Monuments – Phronesis (metalcore, djent)
UK
On Century Media Records

Mungion – Ferris Wheel’s Day Off (jazz fusion, progressive rock)
Chicago, Illinois
On Shuga Records

Piah Mater – The Wandering Daughter (progressive death metal)
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
On Aural Music

Scythra – Forever Unclean (progressive death metal, black metal) EP
Regina, Saskatchewan

TTNG – Animals Acoustic (math rock)
Oxford, UK
On Sargent House

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Upcoming Releases

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Monday, 8

Euclid C Finder – Euclid C Finder! (mathcore) EP
Baltimore, Maryland
On Zegema Beach Records

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Friday, 12

Allelic – The Smoke of Atavistic Fires (folk metal, black metal)
Montréal, Québec
On The Green Man Label

Benighted – Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Master (death metal)
Balbigny, France
On Season of Mist

Blast – Drifting (jazz fusion)
France
On Label Pince-Oreilles

Gösta Berlings Saga – Et ex (post-metal)
Stockholm, Sweden
On Insideout Records

Lorraine Baker – Eden (experimental jazz)
London, UK
On Spark Label

Meiz – [meiz] (jazz fusion)
Lille, France

Paradigm Shift – सम्मुख (Sammukh) (progressive metal, world fusion)
Mumbai, India

Sanguine Hum – Now We Have Power (progressive rock)
Oxford, UK
On Bad Elephant Music

Set and Setting – Tabula rasa (post-metal)
St Petersburg, Florida
On Pelagic Records

Shezmu – Breaching the Tomb (death metal) EP
Montréal, Québec

Skraeckoedlan – Äppelträdet (doom metal)
Sweden
On The Sign Records

Sylvain Darrifourcq in Love With – Coïtus interruptus (experimental jazz)
Paris, France
On Label Gigantonium

Vola – Applause of a Distant Crowd (progressive metal)
Copenhagen, Denmark
On Mascot Label Group

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Saturday, 13

Ensemble, et al. – Patterns & Improvisations, Volume 1 (free jazz)
Brooklyn, New York

Solium Fatalis – Genetically Engineered to Enslave (blackened death metal)
Newmarket, New Hampshire

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Sunday, 14

Julian Suhr – Ascendant (progressive metal)
Germany

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Monday, 15

Malepeste and Dysylumn – Ce qui fut, ce qui est, ce qui sera (black metal)
Lyon, France
On Goathorned Productions

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Tuesday, 16

山童 (Yama Warashi) – Boiled Moon (world fusion)
Bristol, UK
On Worlds within Worlds

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Wednesday, 17

Noisays – Noisays (mathcore)
Baltimore, Maryland
On Dark Trail Records

Outre-Tombe – Nécrovortex (death metal)
Québec
On Temple of Mystery

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Thursday, 18

Grugrü – 333 (experimental jazz, mathcore)
Montpellier, France

The Hemisphere Music Movement – A Musical Metanoia (varied) Compilation
Rochester, New York

Uboa – The Sky May Be (noise)
Australia
On Art as Catharsis

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Friday, 19

Aaron Parks – Little Big (modern jazz)
New York, New York
On Ropeadope

Big Lad – Pro Rock (synthwave, drum and bass)
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
On Box Records

Dust in Mind – From Ashes to Flames (melodic death metal)
Strasbourg, France
On Darktunes Music Group

Esoctrilihum – Inhüma (avant-garde black metal)
France
On I, Voidhanger Records

Iamthemorning – Ocean Sounds (progressive rock)
Sankt Peterburg, Russia
On Ocean Sounds Recordings

Nauticus – Disappear in Blue (progressive metal, post-metal)
Finland

Sacral Rage – Beyond Celestial Echoes (progressive thrash metal, tech-death)
Athens, Greece
On Cruz del Sur Music

Valdur – Goat of Iniquity (blackened doom metal)
Mammoth Lakes, California
On Bloody Mountain Records

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Saturday, 20

Zayn – Evolution Made Us (progressive metal)
Croatia

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Monday, 22

Barús – Drowned (black metal)
Grenoble, France
On Emanations

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Friday, 26

Alithia – The Moon Has Fallen (progressive rock, post-metal)
Melbourne, Australia
On Wild Thing Records

Anna Pest – Something Is a Foot (death metal) EP
Montréal, Québec

Avast – Mother Culture (post-black)
Stavanger, Norway
On Dark Essence Records

Cryptopsy – The Book of Suffering, Tome Ⅱ (technical death metal) EP
Montréal, Québec
On Century Media Records

Daughters – You Won’t Get What You Want (mathcore)
Providence, Rhode Island
On Ipecac Recordings

Gadadu – Outer Song (jazz fusion)
New York, New York
On Birdwatcher Records

Haken – Vector (progressive metal)
London, UK
On Insideout Records

Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Laurent David, Stéphane Galland, and Malcolm Braff – 四神 (Shijin) (experimental jazz)
Brooklyn, New York
On Alter-Nativ Music Label

Leonov – Wake (post-doom)
Oslo, Norway
On Fysisk Format

Outre – Hollow Earth (post-black metal)
Poland
On Debemur Morti Productions

Rapheumets Well – The Elder’s Anthology (progressive metal)
North Carolina
On Test Your Metal Records

Saint Sadrill – Pierrefilant (avant-garde jazz)
Lyon, France
On Dur et Doux

Samskaras – Lithification (technical death metal) EP
Montréal, Québec

Sandman Project – Royal Family (jazz fusion)
London, UK
On Batov Records

Serocs – The Phobos/Deimos Suite (technical death metal)
Guadalajara, Mexico
On Everlasting Spew Records

Street Sects – The Kicking Mule (experimental hardcore)
Austin, Texas
On The Flenser

Thumpermonkey – Make Me Young, Etc (progressive rock)
London, UK
On Rockosmos

Xander Naylor – Transmission (experimental jazz, jazz fusion)
Brooklyn, New York

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Sunday, 28

Lifelost – Dialogues from Beyond (black metal)
Bilbao, Spain
On Transcending Obscurity Records

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Monday, 29

Abstract Void – Back to Reality (blackwave)
On Avantgarde Music

Universe Effects – Desolation (progressive metal)
Québec, Québec

[Official website]

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Tuesday, 30

Consumed – Consumed (blackened grindcore)
Brisbane, Australia

Organ: – Everything Is Pared Down. Minimal Expectations. (avant-garde black metal)
Italy and Norway
On Duplicate Records

Read our review.

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Wednesday, 31

Etienne Pelosoff – Trve Brutal Black Jazz (experimental jazz, black metal) EP
London, UK

Gorepot – Asian Stoned Effect (brutal death metal)
Taipei City, Taiwan
On Brutal Mind Records

Gralaghorr – The Divine Spectacle of Rebirth (atmospheric black metal)
Somerville, Massachusetts

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Thursday, 1 November

Caroline Scott Khoalesce – Khoalesce (modern jazz)
London, UK

Monobody – Raytracing (nu jazz)
Chicago, Illinois
On Soft Greens Music

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Friday, 2

Amgala Temple – Invisible Airships (jazz fusion)
Oslo, Norway
On Pekula Records

Apollyon – False Light (blackened death metal)
Kelowna, British Columbia

Cóndor – El valle del Cóndor (atmospheric black metal)
Bogotá, Colombia

[Bandcamp]

Iana – D’une extrême à l’autre (avant-garde jazz)
Toulouse, France
On Freddy Morezon

Karybdis – In the Shadow of Paradise (melodic death metal)
London, UK

Noise Trail Immersion – Symbology of Shelter (mathcore, avant-garde death metal)
Berlin, Germany
On Moment of Collapse Records

The Ocean – Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic (progressive metal)
Berlin, Germany
On Pelagic Records

Sunn Trio – فايروس (Fayrus) (experimental jazz)
Phoenix, Arizona
On Sky Lantern Records

[Stranded Records]

Sylvaine – Atoms Aligned, Coming Undone (post-metal)
Oslo, Norway
On Season of Mist

Tera Melos – Treasures and Trolls (math rock)
Sacramento, California
On Sargent House

Toska – Fire by the Silos (progressive metal, post-metal)
Brighton, UK

Ølten – Ambiance (post-metal, sludge metal)
Canton of Jura, Switzerland
On Hummus Records

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Thursday, 8

Fractal Cypher – Prelude to an Impending Outcome (progressive metal)
Montréal, Québec

[Bandcamp]

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Friday, 9

Cold Night for Alligators – Fervor (progressive metalcore)
Copenhagen, Denmark
On Long Branch Records

Cortez – No More Conqueror (blackened hardcore)
Switzerland
On Wooaaargh

Four Stroke Baron – Planet Silver Screen (alternative metal, progressive metal)
Reno, Nevada
On Prosthetic Records

Maisha – There Is a Place (spiritual jazz)
London, UK
On Brownswood Recordings

Psycroptic – As the Kingdom Drowns (death metal)
Hobart, Australia
On Prosthetic Records

Rikard Sjöblom’s Gungfly – Friendship (progressive rock)
Sweden
On Insideout Records

Thoren – Gwarth I (avant-garde death metal) EP
Sterling Heights, Michigan
On Drylands Records

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Saturday, 10

Emika – Falling in Love with Sadness (experimental electronic music)
UK

He Was Eaten by Owls – Inchoate with the Light Go I (contemporary classical, progressive rock)
London, UK

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Tuesday, 13

Europa – Small Steps (progressive rock)
Orlando, Florida

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Wednesday, 14

Mnmm – Minimum (post-rock, world music)
Melbourne, Australia
On Art as Catharsis

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Friday, 16

Azusa – Heavy Yoke (post-hardcore)
USA
On Solid State Records

Baring Teeth – Transitive Savagery (death metal)
Dallas, Texas
On Translation Loss Records

Circuitry – Untouched by Human Hands (progressive metalcore)
Long Branch, New Jersey

The Great Sabatini – Goodbye Audio (experimental rock, noise rock)
Montréal, Québec
On No List Records

Portrayal of Guilt – Let Pain Be Your Guide (post-hardcore) EP
Texas
On Holy Roar Records

Shattered Skies – Muted Neon (progressive metal)
England, UK

Tangent – Proxy (progressive rock)
London, UK
On Insideout Records

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Saturday, 17

Sœur – Fight (post-punk)
Bristol, UK

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Friday, 23

Roine Stolt’s The Flower King – Manifesto of an Alchemist (progressive rock, neo-prog)
Sweden
On Insideout Records

[Official website]

Unreqvited – Mosaic I: L’amour et l’ardeur (atmospheric black metal, post-black metal)
Canada

Zapruder – Zapruder (mathcore, post-hardcore)
Poitiers, France
On Apathia Records

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Sunday, 25

Second to Sun – The Walk (blackened death metal)
Russia

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Friday, 30

Sarah Longfield – Disparity (progressive metal)
Wisconsin
On Season of Mist

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Scheduled for November

Soulmass – The Weakness of Virtue (death metal, doom metal)
Florida

[Bandcamp]

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Tuesday, 4 December

Darkaeon – The Shattered Monolith (progressive metal)
Montréal, Québec

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Friday, 7

Vulfpeck – Hill Climber (funk)
Los Angeles, California
On Vulf Records

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Sunday, 23 December

Mono – Nowhere Now Here (post-rock)
東京都 (Tokyo), Japan
On Temporary Residence Ltd.

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Scheduled for 2018

Dali Mraz – Level 25 (jazz fusion, progressive rock)
Czechia

Soul Cycle – Soul Cycle III (progressive metal)
Savannah, Georgia