Saturday, 12 January
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
Bill Wurtz – “At the Airport Terminal” [Single] (progressive jazz, pop)
New York, New York
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
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
Boa Brass Band – Boa Brass Land (big band jazz)
France
On Boa Prod
Broken Spear – Truth Pieces [EP] (future funk)
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
Glitch Black – Age of Machines (darkwave)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Gorgon – Elegy (blackened death metal)
Paris, France
On Dusktone
Hama – Houmeissa (world fusion, synthwave)
Niamey, Niger
On Sahel Sounds
Helium Horse Fly – Hollowed (experimental rock)
Liège, Belgium
Human Feel – Gold (modern jazz)
Zurich, Switzerland
On Intakt Records
Kadinja – Super 90′ (djent)
Paris, France
On Nuclear Blast
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 rock)
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)
Moscow, Russia
On Addicted Label
Upcoming Releases
Sunday, 20
Kelp – Exterior (experimental jazz)
Fukuoka, Japan
Mar – Pressed in the Earth (experimental doom metal)
Providence, Rhode Island
Monday, 21
Dentype – Why So (mathcore)
Montréal, Québec
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
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
Bloor – Drolleries (avant-garde jazz)
Brooklyn, New York
On Astral Spirits
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
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
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
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
Saturday, 26
Light Dweller – Incandescent Crucifix (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
Zach Rowden, Jarrett Gilgore, and Ian McColm – First Lapse (avant-garde jazz)
London, UK
On Raw Tonk Records
Tuesday, 29
Ex Fauna – Blue Moon (experimental punk, noise rock)
Chicago, Illinois
The Moon Project – Morphologies (avant-garde classical)
Perth, Australia
On Tone List
Wednesday, 30
An Empty Room – The Palimpsest (doom metal, sludge)
Eugene, Oregon
Thursday, 31
Deadspace – Dirge (atmospheric black metal)
Perth, Australia
Scheduled for January
Caldera – Tephra (post-metal, sludge)
Athens, Greece
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
Dali Mráz – Level 25 (jazz fusion, progressive rock)
Czechia
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
Lighteater – Autoscopy (post-rock)
Brooklyn, New York
Mastiff – Plague (sludge metal)
Kingston Upon Hull, UK
On APF Records
Mörglbl – The Story of Scott Rötti (progressive metal, jazz fusion)
New Jersey
On The Laser’s Edge
Pensées Nocturnes – Grand Guignol Orchestra (avant-garde black metal)
Paris, France
Living Impressions – The Big Dipper (progressive metal, jazz fusion)
Leiria, Portugal
Morild – Så kom mørket og tog mig på ordet en sort sky af minder i afgørende stunder frosset fast i mit indre jeg håber det forsvinder med lyset at dø eller blive fri (atmospheric black metal)
Copenhagen, Denmark
On Indisciplinarian
Soen – Lotus (progressive post-metal)
Sweden
On Silver Lining Music
Ünum – Contemplatif (post-metal)
Montréal, Québec
William Covert – Music for Synthesizer and Drums (experimental electro, free jazz)
Castlegar, British Columbia
On Coup sur Coup Records
Saturday, 2
Fountainhead – I Do and I Will [Compilation] (progressive metal, jazz fusion)
Berlin, Germany
On Vmbrella
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
Monday, 4
Autism – Have You Found Peace? (post-metal)
Lithuania
On Saint Ripper Records
Friday, 8
Daniel Carter, Tobias Wilner, Djibril Toure, and Federico Ughi – New York United (free jazz)
Brooklyn, New York
On 577 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
Miho Hazama – Dancer in Nowhere (big band jazz)
New York, New York
On Sunnyside Records
A Novelist – Folie (progressive death metal)
Louisiana
Seer – Vol. 6 (blackened doom metal)
Vancouver, British Columbia
On Artoffact Records
Twin Talk – Weaver (jazz fusion)
Chicago, Illinois
On People
Wednesday, 15
Backstabber – Conspiracy Theorist (death metal)
Rouyn Noranda, Québec
Cheeto’s Magazine – Amazingous (progressive rock, art pop)
Barcelona, Spain
Coltsblood and Un [Split] (atmospheric doom metal)
Seattle, Washington
Herod – Sombre dessein (sludge metal, post-metal)
Vevey, Switzerland
On Pelagic Records
Hess Usui Suen – もも (Momo) (free jazz)
Atlanta, Georgia
On Already Dead Tapes
Kaleikr – Heart of Lead (progressive black metal)
Reykjavík, Iceland
On Debemur Morti Productions
Saor – Forgotten Paths (atmospheric black metal)
Scotland, UK
On Avantgarde Music
Tom Blankenberg – Atermus (contemporary classical)
Düsseldorf, Germany
Wing Walker Orchestra – Hazel (jazz fusion)
Jersey City, New Jersey
On Ears & Eyes Records
Y I Y – Dkvdnt (atmospheric black metal)
Berlin, Germany
Thursday, 21
Dan James Griffin – Automatrix (progressive metal, nu prog)
Kidderminster, UK
Friday, 22
Ænimus – Dreamcatcher (technical deathcore)
San Francisco, California
On Nuclear Blast Records
Basement Research – Impromptus and Other Short Works (modern jazz)
International
On WhyPlayJazz
Cân Bardd – The Last Rain (atmospheric black metal)
Switzerland
On Northern Silence Productions
Chris Potter – Circuits (jazz fusion)
New York, New York
On Edition Records
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 [EP] (hardcore, powerviolence)
Windsor, Ontario
On Holy Roar Records
Nyos – Now. (math rock, post-rock)
Jyväskylä, Finland
Rhys Marsh – October after All (progressive rock, jazz fusion)
Trondheim, Norway
On Karisma Records
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
Cartographs – Wilt & Blossom (post-metal)
Copenhagen, Denmark
On Prime Collective
Ni – Pantophobie (avant-prog)
Bourg en Bresse, France
On Dur et Doux
Nonlocal Forecast – Bubble Universe! (experimental rock, synthwave)
Chicago, Illinois
On Hausu Mountain Records
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, 8
Deathcrush – Megazone (post-punk)
Oslo, Norway
On Apollon Records
Equipoise – Demiurgus (technical death metal)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
On The Artisan Era
Fen – Stone and Sea [Rerelease] (post-black metal)
UK
On Eisenwald
Friday, 15
Contrarian – Their Worm Never Dies (progressive death metal)
Rochester, New York
On Willowtip Records
Steaksauce Mustache – Superwoke (mathcore)
New York, New York
On Silent Pendulum Records
Saturday, 16
Bitter Lake – New Branches on Old Trees (avant-garde metal)
Scotland, UK
Friday, 29
Elder Ones – From Untruth (jazz fusion, free jazz)
Buffalo, New York
On Northern Spy
Vltimas – Something Wicked Marches In (death metal)
Almada, Portugal
On Season of Mist
Friday, 5 April
Town Portal – Of Violence (post-metal, math rock)
Copenhagen, Denmark
On Art as Catharsis / Small Pond
Friday, 12 April
Poil – Sus (avant-prog)
Lyon, France
On Dur et Doux
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