Saturday, 26 January
Key to Abyss – Beautiful Demons [2-disc] (free jazz)
Vancouver, British Columbia
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
https://tonelist.bandcamp.com/album/morphologies
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
Blvck Ceiling – Coast (darkwave)
United States
On Polycoffin
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
Friday, 1 February
Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom – 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
Fange – Punir (sludge metal)
Rennes, France
On Throatruiner Records
Fearless Trio – Unusual Solutions (jazz fusion, experimental jazz)
Cologne, Germany
On Galileo Music
Graham Costello’s Strata – Obelisk (modern jazz)
Glasgow, UK
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 (theatrical 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
Sketch the Sky – Switching [EP] (progressive rock, metal)
Port Shepstone, South Africa
Soen – Lotus (progressive post-metal)
Sweden
On Silver Lining Music
Uglyglow – Pills Not Candy [EP] (experimental electro)
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
Yodok III – This Earth We Walk Upon (ambient jazz)
Trondheim, Norway
On Consouling Sounds
Upcoming Releases
Saturday, 2
Fountainhead – I Do and I Will [Compilation] (progressive metal, jazz fusion)
Berlin, Germany
On Vmbrella
Monday, 4
Autism – Have You Found Peace? (post-metal)
Lithuania
On Saint Ripper Records
Horse Orchestra – Video EP 2018 [EP] (experimental jazz)
Copenhagen, Denmark
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
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
Quinsin Nachoff – Path of Totality (jazz fusion)
New York, New York
On Whirlwind Recordings
Seed Ensemble – Driftglass (jazz fusion)
London, UK
On Jazz Re:Freshed
Seer – Volume 6 (blackened doom metal)
Vancouver, British Columbia
On Artoffact Records
Twin Talk – Weaver (jazz fusion)
Chicago, Illinois
On People
Monday, 11
Karfagen – Echoes from within Dragon Island [2-disc] (progressive rock)
Ukraine
On Caerllysi Music
Thursday, 14
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Wednesday, 15
Backstabber – Conspiracy Theorist (death metal)
Rouyn Noranda, Québec
Cabinets of Curiosity – The Chaos Game (progressive metal)
Mansfield, New Jersey
Cheeto’s Magazine – Amazingous (progressive rock, art pop)
Barcelona, Spain
Coltsblood and Un [Split] (atmospheric doom metal)
Seattle, Washington
Dieu – Fore (experimental rock)
France
On Bermuda Cruise
Gridfailure – Sixth Mass-Extinction Skulduggery I (dark ambient, noise, folk)
Valley Cottage, New York
On Nefarious Industries
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
Saturday, 16
Soliloque – Window (nu-prog)
Québec City, Québec
Thursday, 21
Dan James Griffin – Automatrix (progressive metal, nu prog)
Kidderminster, UK
Larsen – Tiles (experimental rock)
Torino, Italy
On Hypershape Records
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
Brent Birckhead – Birckhead (jazz fusion)
New York, New York
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
Dronte – Quelque part entre la guerre et la lâcheté (experimental progressive metal)
France
On Apathia Records
Ghost Iris – Apple of Discord (progressive metalcore, djent)
Denmark
On Long Branch Records
معلم حسام كانية (Maalem Houssem Gania) – موساوي صويري (Mosawi Swiri) (gnawa, world)
Essaouira, Morocco
On Hive Mind Records
Minors – Abject Bodies [EP] (hardcore, powerviolence)
Windsor, Ontario
On Holy Roar Records
Nyos – Now. (math rock, post-rock)
Jyväskylä, Finland
O.R.k. – Ramagehead (progressive rock)
London, UK
On Kscope
Rhys Marsh – October after All (progressive rock, jazz fusion)
Trondheim, Norway
On Karisma Records
Sawce – Bedtime Stories (math rock)
New Jersey
Sunwatchers – Illegal Moves (experimental jazz, jazz fusion)
New York
On Trouble in Mind Records
Monday, 25
Jakob Heinemann – Latticework (contemporary classical)
Madison, Wisconsin
On Scripts Records
Thursday, 28
Bees Made Honey in the Vein Tree – Grandmother (doomgaze)
Stuttgart, Germany
Identikit – Mind’s Eye Meteorology (progressive rock, jazz fusion)
Atlanta, Georgia
Friday, 1 March
Berried Alive – Make It Work (progressive metalcore)
Vancouver, Washington
Cartographs – Wilt & Blossom (post-metal)
Copenhagen, Denmark
On Prime Collective
Consider the Source – You Are Literally a Metaphor (avant-prog, jazz fusion)
New York, New York
Eli Wallace – Barriers (contemporary classical, avant-garde jazz)
Brooklyn, New York
On Eschatology Records
Heaume Mortal – Solstices (No North Re-Release) (blackened doom metal)
Paris, France
On Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions
Michael Rossetto – Intermodal Blues (world fusion)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
On Shifting Paradigm Records
Patchwork Jazz Orchestra – The Adventures of Mr Pottercakes (jazz fusion, big band)
London, UK
On Spark Label
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
Saturday, 9
Mopcut – Accelerated Frames of Reference (experimental, noise)
Vienna, Austria
On Trost Records
Friday, 15
Bruxa Maria & MoE (noise punk, noise)
UK/Norway
On God Unknown Records
Contrarian – Their Worm Never Dies (progressive death metal)
Rochester, New York
On Willowtip Records
قيس ايشار (Qais Essar) – I Am Afghan, Afghani Is Currency, Volume Ⅲ: Zahir (folk, world)
Phoenix, Arizona
On Worlds within Worlds
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
Tuesday, 26
The Mercury Tree – Spidermilk (avant-prog)
Portland, Oregon
Friday, 29
Elder Ones – From Untruth (jazz fusion, free jazz)
Buffalo, New York
On Northern Spy
Red Handed Denial – Redeemer (progressive metalcore)
Toronto, Ontario
Scopes – Scopes (modern jazz)
New York, New York
On Whirlwind Recordings
Skryptor – Luminous Volumes (progressive rock, noise rock)
St. Louis, Missouri
On Skin Graft Records
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
Big Business – The Beast You Are (stoner metal)
Los Angeles, California
On Joyful Noise Recordings
Numenorean – Adore (post-black metal)
Calgary, Alberta
On Season of Mist
Poil – Sus (avant-prog)
Lyon, France
On Dur et Doux
Friday, 19
L’acéphale – L’acéphale (experimental black metal)
Portland, Oregon
On Eisenwald
Allegaeon – Apoptosis (progressive death metal)
Denver, Colorado
On Metal Blade Records
Scheduled for 2019
Caldera – Tephra (post-metal, sludge)
Athens, Greece
Ex fauna – Blue Moon (experimental punk, noise rock)
Chicago, Illinois
On Auris Apothecary
Good Nightowl – Truthmaster (progressive metal)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gralaghorr – The Divine Spectacle of Rebirth [EP] (atmospheric black metal)
Somerville, Massachusetts
Ihlo – Union (progressive metal)
UK
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