Saturday, 29 December
Cosmic Collective – Cosmic Computer Music, Volume 1 [EP] (jazz-hop, experimental jazz)
Nashville, Tennessee
Jankomas – Le Poulet 16.12.2018 (avant-prog)
Montpellier, France
On Bermuda Cruise
Gnarwolf – Gnarvina [EP] (post-hardcore)
Austin, Texas
Sunday, 30
Bandit – Warsaw [EP] (grindcore)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Blankfield – Untaled [EP] (djent, VGM)
Japan
Verneri Pohjola, Maciej Garbowski, and Krzysztof Gradziuk – Gemstones (experimental jazz)
Warsaw, Poland
On Fundacja Słuchaj
Monday, 31
Ahmet, Prince of Denmark – Odprawa pedałów polskich (experimental folk)
Poland
Dead Neanderthals – Gestation [EP] (experimental jazz)
Nijmegen, Netherlands
i.o – The Soul of Flowers [2-disc] (free jazz)
Victoria, British Columbia
4인놀이 (Sainnol-i) / 4 in Nori – 4인놀이 (Sainnol-i) / 4 in Nori (world fusion)
Seoul, South Korea
On Gogeum
Tuesday, 1 January 2019
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
Forests – Spending Eternity in a Japanese Convenience Store (math rock)
Singapore
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
Friday, 4
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
Upcoming Releases
Sunday, 6
Lantern – Lost Paragraphs [EP] (blackened death metal)
Finland
On Dark Descent Records
Monday, 7
Sungazer – Volume Ⅱ (progressive jazz)
Brooklyn, New York
Tuesday, 8
Twin Talk – Weaver (jazz fusion)
Chicago, Illinois
On People
Thursday, 10
Orchid – Miasma [EP] (mathcore)
Bengaluru, India
Friday, 11
Jinjer – Micro [EP] (progressive metalcore)
Ukraine
On Napalm Records
Moulin Banal – Le rythme du maréchal ferrant (black metal, folk metal)
Montréal, Québec
On Corde Raide Productions
Oroboro – Dyad (art rock)
Hadley, Massachusetts
Ouzo Bazooka – Transporter (alternative rock)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Plasticbag Facemask – Whited Sepulcher (progressive deathcore)
Fresno, California
The Richmond Avant-Improv Collective – Multiplicity (experimental jazz, free jazz)
Thessaloniki, Greece
On Thirsty Leaves Music
Soilwork – Verkligheten (melodic death metal)
Helsingborg, Sweden
On Nuclear Blast Records
Saturday, 12
Chord – Chord Ⅱ (experimental metal, noise)
New York, New York
On Punos Music
Tuesday, 15
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 5 (spiritual jazz)
London, UK
Ill Considered – Ill Considered 6 (spiritual jazz)
London, UK
Friday, 18
Endolith – Chicxulub: The Fossil Record (symphonic progressive death metal)
Tromsø, Norway
On Rob Mules Records
Gorgon – Elegy (blackened death metal)
Paris, France
On Dusktone
Hama – Houmeissa (world fusion, synthwave)
Niamey, Niger
On Sahel Sounds
Mark Lockheart – Days on Earth (jazz fusion)
London, UK
On Edition Records
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
Monday, 21
Dentype – Why So (mathcore)
Montréal, Québec
Vessel of Iniquity – Void of Infinite Horror [EP] (experimental black metal)
UK
On Xenoglossy Productions
Wednesday, 23
Mendel – The Blood, the Sin and the Djinn [EP] (progressive metal)
Netherlands
Friday, 25
Altarage – The Approaching Roar (avant-garde death metal)
Spain
On Season of Mist
Jasper Blom – Polyphony [2-disc] (modern jazz, jazz fusion)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
On Whirlwind Recordings
Lost Crowns – Every Night Something Happens (progressive rock)
London, UK
On Bad Elephant Music
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
Paal Nilssen-Love – New Brazilian Funk (free jazz, funk)
Oslo, Norway
On PNL Records
Paal Nilssen-Love – New Japanese Noise (free jazz, noise)
Oslo, Norway
On PNL Records
Slow – IV: Mythologiæ [Rerelease] (doom metal, post-metal)
Belgium
On Code666
Sofy Major – Total Dump (noise rock, sludge)
France
On Corpse Flower Records
Saturday, 26
Light Dweller – Incandescent Crucifix (atmospheric black metal)
Tempe, Arizona
Sunday, 27
Long Hallways – Close Your Eyes to Travel (post-rock)
Portland, Oregon
Monday, 28
Dead Kiwis – Systematic Home Run [EP] (mathcore)
Lyon, France
Tuesday, 29
Ex Fauna – Blue Moon (experimental punk, noise rock)
Chicago, Illinois
Wednesday, 30
An Empty Room – The Palimpsest (doom metal, sludge)
Eugene, Oregon
Ühtceare – El genocidio primordial llevará el nombre infinito de la empatía (atmospheric black metal)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
On Death Kvlt Productions
Thursday, 31 January
Deadspace – Dirge (atmospheric black metal)
Perth, Australia
Friday, 1 February
Allison Miller – Glitter Wolf (jazz fusion)
New York, New York
On Royal Potato Family
Astronoid – Astronoid (progressive metal)
Boston, Massachusetts
On Blood Music
The Emerald Dawn – Nocturne (progressive rock)
St. Ives, UK
On World’s End Records
Fearless Trio – Unusual Solutions (jazz fusion, experimental jazz)
Cologne, Germany
On Galileo Music
James Brandon Lewis – An Unruly Manifesto (avant-garde jazz)
New York, New York
On Relative Pitch Records
Pensées Nocturnes – Grand Guignol Orchestra (avant-garde black metal)
Paris, France
Living Impressions – The Big Dipper (progressive metal, jazz fusion)
Leiria, Portugal
Soen – Lotus (progressive post-metal)
Sweden
On Silver Lining Music
William Covert – Music for Synthesizer and Drums (experimental electro, free jazz)
Castlegar, British Columbia
On Coup sur Coup Records
Thursday, 7
Billy Pod – Drums to Heal Society (free jazz)
Athens, Greece
On Puzzlemusik
Friday, 8
Anton Eger – Æ (experimental jazz)
Copenhagen, Denmark
On Edition Records
Downfall of Gaia – Ethic of Radical Finitude (atmospheric black metal)
Germany
On Metal Blade Records
Labirinto – Divino afflante spiritu (progressive post-metal)
Brazil
On Pelagic Records
A Novelist – Folie (progressive death metal)
Louisiana
Seer – Vol. 6 (blackened doom metal)
Vancouver, British Columbia
On Artoffact Records
Wednesday, 15
Backstabber – Conspiracy Theorist (death metal)
Rouyn Noranda, Québec
Cheeto’s Magazine – Amazingous (progressive rock, art pop)
Barcelona, Spain
Kaleikr – Heart of Lead (progressive black metal)
Reykjavík, Iceland
On Debemur Morti Productions
Y I Y – Dkvdnt (atmospheric black metal)
Berlin, Germany
Friday, 22
Ænimus – Dreamcatcher (technical deathcore)
San Francisco, California
On Nuclear Blast Records
Cân Bardd – The Last Rain (atmospheric black metal)
Switzerland
On Northern Silence Productions
Dream Theater – Distance over Time (progressive metal)
New York, New York
On Insideout Records
Ghost Iris – Apple of Discord (progressive metalcore, djent)
Denmark
On Long Branch Records
Minors – Abject Bodies (hardcore, powerviolence)
Windsor, Ontario
On Holy Roar Records
Nyos – Now. (math rock, post-rock)
Jyväskylä, Finland
Sunwatchers – Illegal Moves (experimental jazz, jazz fusion)
New York
On Trouble in Mind Records
Scheduled for February
Larsen – Tiles (experimental rock)
Torino, Italy
On Hypershape Records
Friday, 1 March
Steph Richards – Take the Neon Lights (experimental jazz)
New York
On Birdwatcher Records
D’Un Autre Temps – Nos mémoires (atmospheric black metal)
Montréal, Québec
On A Pile of Graves
Friday, 15 March
Contrarian – Their Worm Never Dies (progressive death metal)
Rochester, New York
On Willowtip Records
Scheduled for 2019
Dali Mráz – Level 25 (jazz fusion, progressive rock)
Czechia
Good Nightowl – Truthmaster (progressive metal)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gralaghorr – The Divine Spectacle of Rebirth [EP] (atmospheric black metal)
Somerville, Massachusetts
Ihlo – Union (progressive metal)
UK
Soulmass – The Weakness of Virtue (death metal, doom metal)
Florida
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