Saturday, 30 March
Dadèf Quartet – Sonnerie (jazz fusion, world fusion)
Toulouse, France
Eucalyptus – Kick It ’till You Flip It [EP] (experimental jazz)
Hamilton, Ontario
On HAVN
Kerala – Anagenesis (experimental progressive metal)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Knots – Sing, Shattering, a Poem in Reverse (free jazz, noise rock)
Perth, Australia
On Tone List
Ocean Fanfare – Imagine Sound, Imagine Silence (experimental jazz, free jazz)
Copenhagen, Denmark
On Barefoot
Ratchet Orchestra – Coco Swirl (experimental jazz)
Montréal, Québec
On Actuellecd
Monday, 1 April
Julien Favreuille, Christophe Motury, and Stefan Orins – Till mina vänner (contemporary jazz)
Lille, France
On Circum-Disc
Skeletonized – We Gladly Feast on Those Who Would Subdue Us (experimental jazz, free jazz)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Triocracy – Pyramid Scheme (modern jazz)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
On Shifting Paradigm
Tuesday, 2
Kalpa – A Grand Misconception [EP] (mathcore, post-hardcore)
Greece
On Vault Relics
Spacemusic Ensemble – Is Okay Okay Is Certified (jazz fusion, experimental jazz)
Oslo, Norway
On Motvind
Wednesday, 3
ハイパーライトニングハイドラ (Haipā Raitoningu Haidora) / Hyper Lightning Hydra – ー直線ミックステープ (Chokusen mikkusutēpu) / The Syzygy Mixtape [2-disc] (experimental progressive metal)
Italy
Thursday, 4
Colin Webster, Noah Punkt, and Mark Holub – 2.26.B [EP] (free jazz)
Leipzig, Germany
On Otherunwise
Joseph A. Peragine – Humans Being Human Beings (mathcore)
New Jersey
The Mercury Tree – Spidermilk (avant-prog)
Portland, Oregon
Mord’a’stigmata – Dreams of Quiet Places (post-black metal)
Bochnia, Poland
On Pagan
MRW – Transmutatio (progressive metal)
Sosnowiec, Poland
Friday, 5
Ahmi – i (math rock, prog fusion)
Detroit, Michigan
Dwarphs – Hiss (jazz fusion, noise rock)
Berlin, Germany
On MKG
Emma Goldman and Clavel [Split] (grindcore, screamo)
British Columbia and Oregon
Fluoride – Disentanglement [EP] (grindcore, powerviolence)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
On Nerve Altar
Ikarus – Mosaismic (modern jazz)
Switzerland
On Iapetus
Lou Kelly – Savage Death Valley [EP] (soundtrack)
Ukiah, California
Macie Stewart & Lia Kohl – Pocket Full of Bees (avant-garde jazz, free jazz)
Chicago, Illinois
On Astral Editions
Mark de Clive-Lowe – Heritage Ⅱ (jazz fusion)
Los Angeles, California
On Ropeadope
One Album Trio – Songs for Emily Dickinson (contemporary jazz)
Moscow, Russia
On Fancymusic
Orso – Paninoteca (post-metal)
Lausanne, Switzerland
On Czar of Crickets
Pak – Bestial (progressive metal)
New York
On Nefarious Industries
Periphery – Ⅳ: Hail Stan (djent)
Washington, D.C.
On Entertainment One Music
Pixvae – Cali (jazz fusion, progressive metal)
Lyon, France
On Compagnie 4000
Le Rex – Escape of the Fire Ants (experimental jazz, progressive rock)
Washington, D.C.
On Cuneiform
Suffering Hour – Dwell [EP] (blackened death metal)
Sweden
On Blood Harvest
Sur écoute Quartet – Muß es sein ? Es muß sein ! (jazz fusion)
France
On Pince-oreilles
Town Portal – Of Violence (post-metal, math rock)
Copenhagen, Denmark
On Art as Catharsis / Small Pond
Tulip – Tulip [EP] (experimental mathcore)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Waste of Space Orchestra – Syntheosis (experimental black metal)
Finland
On Svart
Årabrot – Die Nibelungen (art rock)
Haugesund, Norway
On Pelagic
Upcoming Releases
Saturday, 6
Drumming Cellist – Abraxas (contemporary classical)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Shamin – Fine Gnaw (experimental jazz, progressive rock)
Brisbane, Australia
Monday, 8
Eximperituserqethhzebibšiptugakkathšulweliarzaxułum – “Tahâdu” [Single] (brutal death metal)
Minsk, Belarus
On Amputated Vein
Low Vertigo – Low Vertigo (avant-garde jazz, progressive metal)
Poznań, Poland
On Multikulti Project
Thursday, 11
Kooba Tercu – خروب (Kharrúb) (progressive rock)
Athens, Greece
On Hominid Sounds
Friday, 12
Atsuko Chiba – Trace (progressive rock, jazz fusion)
Montréal, Québec
Big Business – The Beast You Are (stoner metal)
Los Angeles, California
On Joyful Noise
Coursed Waters – Many Altered Returns (avant-garde jazz)
Sydney, Australia
On Earshift Music
The Far Meadow – Foreign Land (symphonic prog)
UK
On Bad Elephant Music
Felix Martin – Caracas (progressive metal, jazz fusion)
Los Angeles, California
Inferi – The End of an Era | Rebirth (technical death metal)
Nashville, Tennessee
On The Artisan Era
Matangi Quartet – Markus Reuter’s String Quartet No. 1: Heartland (contemporary classical)
Berlin, Germany
On Iapetus
Numenorean – Adore (post-black metal)
Calgary, Alberta
On Season of Mist
Poil – Sus (avant-prog)
Lyon, France
On Dur et doux
Portals – Desolation (deathcore)
Bloomington, Illinois
Slow Evolution Ensemble – Slow Evolution Ensemble (avant-garde jazz)
Copenhagen, Denmark
On Gotta Let It Out
Trio Subliminal – Trio Subliminal (avant-garde jazz, free jazz)
Los Angeles, California
On Orenda
Saturday, 13
Hirveä – Tuska ja pakokauhu (atmospheric doom metal)
Finland
On Dying Sun
Hybrid Nightmares – Obelisk [EP] (progressive black metal)
Australia
Magam – Another (avant-garde jazz)
Thessaloniki, Greece
On Thirsty Leaves Music
Untu – Rats of Oran (avant-garde death metal, world fusion)
Los Angeles, California
Sunday, 14
Bruxa Maria & MoE (noise punk, noise)
UK/Norway
On God Unknown
Losion – Imminent [EP] (progressive metal, electro-djent)
France
On Outallectuals
Thursday, 18
Elliott Sharp, Álvaro Domene, and Mike Caratti – Expressed by the Circumference (experimental jazz)
Australia
On Iluso
Friday, 19
L’acéphale – L’acéphale (experimental black metal)
Portland, Oregon
On Eisenwald
Alfred Vogel and Sylvie Courvoisier – Pulse (avant-garde jazz, contemporary classical)
Bezau, Austria
On Boomslang
Allegaeon – Apoptosis (progressive death metal)
Denver, Colorado
On Metal Blade
Archaic Decapitator – The Apothecary [EP] (melodic death metal)
Connecticut
Bather – Bather [EP] (blackened post-hardcore)
Columbus, Ohio
On Appalachian Noise
Claire Rousay – Several Erasures (free jazz, contemporary classical)
Atlanta, Georgia
On Already Dead Tapes
A Constant Knowledge of Death – Volume ⅢA: Forth from the Quiet to the Air That Trembles [EP] (progressive post-metal)
Long Beach, California
Fractal Universe – Rhizomes of Insanity (progressive death metal)
Nancy, France
On Metal Blade
Gdańsk Necropolitan Orchestra – Necrosofia (dark jazz, free jazz)
Gdańsk, Poland
Hate Inclination – Grand Wormwood (technical death metal)
Fresno, California
Oeugons Are Real – Say It Again with Different Words (math rock)
Chicago, Illinois
Somerville Symphony Orkestar – Crazy Beats Big (ska, world fusion)
Boston, Massachusetts
Yves Theiler Trio – We (free jazz)
Zurich, Switzerland
On Intakt
Saturday, 20
Grylle – Les grandes compagnies (folk, black metal)
France
Tuesday, 23
Kenneth Jimenez – Sublunary Minds (experimental jazz)
New York
On Irazu
Friday, 26
Aidan Baker, Faith Coloccia, and Jon Mueller – See Through (ambient jazz, post-rock)
UK
On Gizeh
Alfa Mist – Structuralism (jazz-hop)
UK
Arashi – Jikan (avant-garde jazz)
Oslo, Kingdom of Norway
On PNL
Árstíðir lífsins – Saga á tveim tungum I: Vápn ok viðr (atmospheric black metal)
Iceland
On Ván
Brian Krock – Liddle (modern jazz, jazz fusion)
New York
On Outside In Music
Collocutor – “The Angry One” [Single] (world fusion)
London, UK
On On the Corner
Lonely Robot – Under Stars (alternative rock)
Derby, UK
On Insideout
Oort Smog – Smeared Pulse Transfers [EP] (progressive rock, jazz fusion)
Los Angeles, California
On Sweat Band
Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark – Screen Off (free jazz)
Oslo, Kingdom of Norway
On PNL
The Richmond Avant-Improv Collective – Lamentations (avant-garde jazz, free jazz)
Richmond, Virginia
On Arachnidiscs
Sly and the Family Drone – Gentle Persuaders (æ)
Colchester, UK
On Love Love
Spotlights – Love & Decay (post-doom, doomgaze)
New York
On Ipecac
Tuesday, 30
Clouds Taste Satanic – Evil Eye (instrumental doom metal)
New York
Neige et noirceur – Interstellar Enigmatic Throne (atmospheric black metal)
Montréal, Québec
On Avantgarde Music
Phineas Brady – Commonfate [EP] (experimental electro)
Iowa City, Iowa
Sales de baño – Geometría del vínculo (experimental jazz, progressive rock)
Lima, Peru
On Buh
Wednesday, 1 May
Anthony Weis – Nature Has Forever (experimental folk, music collage)
Chicago, Illinois
Arch Echo – You Won’t Believe What Happens Next! (progressive metal, nu prog)
Nashville, Tennessee
Bitter Lake – New Branches on Old Trees (avant-garde metal)
Scotland, UK
Friday, 3
Jim Sauter & Kid Millions – Safe & Sane (avant-garde jazz)
Indianapolis, Indiana
On Family Vineyard
Mireplaner – A Mountain of Saola Hooves (post-metal)
Finland
Panzerpappa – Summarisk Suite (progressive rock, jazz fusion)
Norway
On Apollon
The Physics House Band – Death Sequence (jazz fusion, progressive rock)
London, UK
On Unearthly Vision
Walt Weiskopf European Quartet – Worldwide (jazz fusion)
Los Angeles, California
On Orenda
William Brittelle – Spiritual America (indie classical)
Brooklyn, New York
On New Amsterdam
Monday, 6
Michael Begg – Vanitas (contemporary classical, dark ambient)
UK
On Omnempathy
Tuesday, 7
Amogh Symphony – Ⅳ (avant-garde metal, world fusion)
International
On Vmbrella
Nyss – Dépayser (black metal)
Italy
On Avantgarde Music
Friday, 10
Astrïd – A Porthole (I) (contemporary classical)
UK
On Gizeh
Bak – Painter (progressive metal)
Sydney, Australia
Big|Brave – A Gaze among Them (doomgaze, post-doom)
Montréal, Québec
On Southern Lord
Caroline Davis – Alula (experimental jazz)
Brooklyn, New York
On New Amsterdam
Holly Herndon – Proto (avant-pop)
Berlin, Germany
On RVNG Intl.
Inanimate Existence – Clockwork (technical death metal)
California
On The Artisan Era
Kongo Dia Ntotila – 360° (world fusion, jazz fusion)
London, UK
On Pussyfoot
Nick DePinna – Nexus Music, Volume 1 (avant-garde jazz)
Los Angeles, California
On Orenda
Warforged – I: Voice (progressive blackened death metal)
Chicago, Illinois
On The Artisan Era
Friday, 17
Big Big Train – Grand Tour (progressive rock)
UK
David Hush & Hamed Sadeghi – Harmony (Persian classical)
Sydney, Australia
On Worlds within Worlds
Full of Hell – Weeping Choir (deathgrind)
Ocean City, Maryland
On Relapse
声抑えめ (Koeosaeme) – おばにけし (Obanikeshi) (experimental electro)
United States
On Orange Milk
Laurence Pike – Holy Spring (modern jazz, experimental electro)
Sydney, Australia
On The Leaf
Linda May Han Oh – Aventurine (modern jazz, jazz fusion)
New York, New York
On Biophilia
M. Geddes Gengras – I Am the Last of That Green and Warm-Hued World (experimental electro)
Chicago, Illinois
On Hausu Mountain
Psychic Graveyard – Loud as Laughter (experimental rock, avant-prog)
St. Louis, Missouri
On Skin Graft
Vale of Pnath – Accursed [EP] (technical death metal)
Denver, Colorado
On Willowtip
Wednesday, 22
Valerinne – Desire (post-metal)
București, Romania
Friday, 24
Lisathe – Lisathe (experimental post-rock)
Sydney, Australia
On Art as Catharsis
Melissa Aldana – Visions (modern jazz, jazz fusion)
Las Vegas, Nevada
On Motéma Music
Mortet – Mortet (experimental jazz, jazz fusion)
New York, New York
On Silent Pendulum
Tuesday, 28
Alexi Tuomarila Trio – Sphere (jazz fusion)
Helsinki, Finland
On Edition
Friday, 31
Pound – •• (Double Bullet) (mathcore, grindcore)
Seattle, Washington
Vortex of End – Ardens fvror (black metal)
France
On Osmose
Scheduled for May
John Zorn – The Hierophant (modern jazz, chamber music)
New York, New York
On Tzadik
Friday, 7 June
EABS – Slavic Spirits (modern jazz, jazz fusion)
Wrocław, Poland
On Astigmatic
Gralaghorr – The Divine Spectacle of Rebirth [EP] (atmospheric black metal)
Somerville, Massachusetts
Jambinai – 온다 (Onda) (world fusion)
Seoul, South Korea
On Bella Union
Friday, 14
Neal Morse – Jesus Christ: The Exorcist [2-disc] (progressive rock)
California
On Radiant
Thank You Scientist – Terraformer (progressive rock)
Montclair, New Jersey
On Evil Ink
Friday, 21 June
The Odious – Vesica piscis (progressive death metal)
Portland, Oregon
Monday, 1 July
Falls of Rauros – Patterns in Mythology (atmospheric black metal)
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
On Gilead Media
Yellow Eyes – Rare Field Ceiling (experimental black metal)
New York, New York
On Gilead Media
Scheduled for 2019
Erth – Petricor (progressive rock)
Costa Rica
Ex fauna – Blue Moon (experimental punk, noise rock)
Chicago, Illinois
On Auris Apothecary
Good Nightowl – Truthmaster (progressive metal)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ihlo – Union (progressive metal)
UK
Zac Zinger – Fulfillment (jazz fusion, Japanese folk)
New York, New York
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