Friday, 6 December

Archaeologist – Winter’s Wake

12:00

progressive metal

San Jose, California

Independent

디어 재즈 오케스트라 (Dieo jaejeu okeseuteula) / Dear Jazz Orchestra – A New Pulse

28:19

modern jazz

South Korea

Independent

Dylan DiLella & Chord – Split

48:12

free improvisation, noise

New York, New York

Doctor Nerve

Not Too Easy – Heads with No Faces

27:43

jazz fusion

Katowice, Poland

Independent

Fawn Limbs – Their Holes Aroused by the Splinters Carved from Their Teeth

8:02

mathgrind

Pennsylvania

Dark Trail

Fen – The Dead Light

57:06

atmospheric black metal

UK

Prophecy

Le Grand Sbam – Vaisseau monde

37:18

avant-prog

Lyon, France

Dur et Doux

Read our review.

Hvile i kaos – Black Morning, Winter Green

33:31

chamber music, black metal

Los Angeles, California

Red Nebula

キツネ (Kitsune) – Nothing Makes Me Happy Anymore

37:27

post-hardcore

Kelowna, British Columbia

Kala

Nikolov-Ivanović Undectet – Frame and Curiosity

67:38

modern jazz, world fusion

Belgrade, Serbia

Independent

Perihelion – Agg

35:48

post-metal

Hungary

Independent

La Petite Mort / Little Death – Disco

41:15

post-hardcore

Rodgau, Germany

Rabat-joie

Philip Zoubek, Ivann Cruz, and Marcin Witkowski – Radium

55:03

free improvisation

Austria

Circum-Disc

Serhan Erkol – Melting Pot

40:27

world fusion, jazz fusion

Turkey

Lin

Silent Fires – Forests

40:33

contemporary classical, electroacoustic

Paris, France

Independent

Ukkonen – Comfort for the Contemporary

62:24

progressive rock

Thunder Bay, Ontario

AMP

Wendy Richman – Vox/Viola

62:31

contemporary classical

New York, New York

New Focus

Saturday, 7

Feather – Convalescence

46:34

progressive metal

Dijon, France

Independent

Fucm Hawj – Steeple

45:49

contemporary classical

New York, New York

Chris Pitsiokos

Gourmand – Emanate

10:28

progressive death metal

Kansas City, Missouri

Independent

9 Horses – Blood from a Stone

24:03

modern jazz, classical

New York, New York

Sunnyside

Postcards from Arkham – Øakvyl

38:10

post-rock

Czechia

Metalgate

Tablopan – La cola del pan

41:17

free improvisation

New York, New York

Falcon Gumba

Sunday, 8

Jons – Jons

61:06

free improvisation, avant-prog

Sacramento, California

Independent

Alberto Cavenati’s Treifekter – 13

42:14

avant-garde jazz

Berlin, Germany

Trouble in the East

Monday, 9

Abelia – Kalamari

21:22

math rock

Dallas, Texas

Independent

Eric West Group – EP

17:33

modern jazz

Toronto, Ontario

Independent

The Great Sabatini – Dirge of the Cruel

32:24

noise, drone

Montréal, Québec

Independent

Joel Kent – Ghost Ship

29:01

djent, nu prog

Boston, Massachusetts

Independent

Keygen Church – Bullug Gegbug Ibgabiug Gixcure Dagabciea Fuic

18:00

progressive metal, MIDI

Rome, Italy

Independent

Mads Vinding, Marilyn Mazur, and Jean-Michel Pilc – Composing

60:09

avant-garde jazz

Denmark

Storyville

Widek – The Garden of Existence

50:04

progressive metal

Poland

Independent

Tuesday, 10

Filipe Teixeira Trio – Tao

45:25

modern jazz

Porto, Portugal

Independent

Flaming Row – The Pure Shine

73:19

progressive rock, rock opera

Osterode Am Harz, Germany

Independent

Jorge Elbrecht – Gloss Coma: 002

38:24

experimental pop

New York, New York

Independent

Yaca – Ⅱ

58:44

free improvisation

Santiago, Chile

Ce chemin est le bon

Wednesday, 11

Altesia – Paragon Circus

56:46

progressive metal

Bordeaux, France

Independent

コシュニエ (Ko shu nie) / Cö shu nie – Pure

33:02

J-rock

Osaka, Japan

Sony

Thursday, 12

Exitpost – Two Dreamers

26:09

synthwave, dream pop

Los Angeles, California

Zoom Lens

Grey Wing Ensemble – Artificial Field

119:25

contemporary classical

Perth, Australia

Tone List

Grey Wing Ensemble – Ex machina

112:53

contemporary classical

Perth, Australia

Tone List

Now Ensemble – Spare the Rod!

20:06

contemporary classical

New York

New Amsterdam

Samuel Morgan – Nicotine Dreams

31:20

jazz pop

Wellington, New Zealand

Independent

Sasha Berliner – Azalea

44:06

modern jazz

New York, New York

Independent

TBPN – Mémoires de formes

47:55

avant-garde jazz, contemporary classical

Paris, France

Gigantonium

Friday, 13

Alexander Manotskov – 52

61:23

contemporary classical, opera

Moscow, Russia

Fancy Music

Aperiodic – For

54:47

contemporary classical

New York, New York

New Focus

Barney McAll – An Extra Celestial Christmas

47:23

jazz, classical

New York, New York

Independent

Bureau Berlin – High-Time Seizure

27:25

free improvisation

Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia

Sounds et al.

Conjurer & Palm Reader – Split

17:33

blackened post-metal

Rugby, UK

Holy Roar

Cosmo Sheldrake – Galápagos, Original Soundtrack

23:55

indie folk

London, UK

Tardigrade

In Human Form – Ⅲ

47:07

progressive black metal

Italy

I, Voidhanger

Incipience – Vehement

22:45

progressive metal

Los Angeles, California

Independent

Katariin Raska & Christian Meaas Svendsen – Finding Ourselves in All Things

33:16

experimental jazz

Norway

仲間 (Nakama)

Large Unit – Ethio Braz

65:22

world fusion

Oslo, Kingdom of Norway

PNL

Mnmlst – Anmls

19:19

progressive metalcore

Denver, Colorado

Independent

Moe & Pinquins – Vi som elsket kaos

38:20

noise rock

Oslo, Norway

Independent

Moleslope – Slope

32:57

jazz fusion, progressive rock

Tokyo, Japan

Dewfall

Mono & AA Williams – Exit in Darkness

15:55

post-rock

東京都 (Tōkyōto), Japan

Pelagic

Mosaic – Fensterverse und Nachtgespinste

27:27

experimental folk

Gotha, Germany

Eisenwald

Mosaic – Secret Ambrosian Fire

48:42

folk black metal

Gotha, Germany

Eisenwald

Nova – Veniamo dal cielo

34:03

progressive black metal

Trieste, Italy

ATMF

Oni – Alone

24:39

metalcore

Ontario

Metal Blade

Torino Unlimited Noise – Jason

31:31

electro-jazz

Torino, Italy

Jazz-o-Tech

Whalesong – Radiance of a Thousand Suns

105:02

experimental post-metal

Tarnowskie Góry, Poland

Independent

Wreath of Tongues – Penance

deathgrind

New York, New York

Independent

Upcoming Releases

Saturday, 14

The Richmond Avant-Improv Collective – Häxan: Cinema Paradiso, Volume I

experimental jazz, free jazz

Richmond, Virginia

Thirsty Leaves Music

Sunday, 15

Barney McAll – An Extra Celestial Christmas

jazz, classical

New York, New York

Independent

Non- – Artifact

blackgaze

Boston, Massachusetts

Independent

Monday, 16

Atrium – Dither

progressive metal

Provo, Utah

Independent

Age of Atlas – Between Now and Never

progressive rock, post-hardcore

Hull, UK

Independent

Friday, 20

Grant the Sun – Sur Jupiter

progressive post-metal

Oslo, Norway

Mas-Kina

Shipley Hollow – Infinite Zest

math rock

Canada

Independent

Saturday, 21

The Conjuration – Gospel

avant-garde death metal

Danville, Virginia

Independent

Kalya Scintilla – Gaian Code

psybient, bass

Australia

Independent

Timothée Quost, Ishmael Ali, and Bill Harris – Dawá

avant-garde jazz

New York, New York

Amalgam

Label Page

Tylor Dory Trio – Unsought Salvation

progressive rock, hard rock

Edmonton, Alberta

Independent

Tuesday, 24

Awes – Modern Love

experimental math rock

Berlin, Germany

Independent

Wednesday, 31

Glass Noose – No More Dignity

indie rock, math rock

Chicago, Illinois

5:45 Media

Scheduled for December

Frutería Toñi – El porvenir está en las huevas

progressive rock

Málaga, Spain

Independent

Crowdfunding campaign

Scheduled for 2019

ᚪᚱᛊᛏᛁᛞᛁᚱ᛬ᛚᛁᚠᛊᛁᚾᛊ (Árstíðir lífsins) – Saga á tveim tungum Ⅱ : Eigi fjǫll né firðir

atmospheric black metal

Iceland

Independent

Bandcamp page

Gralaghorr – The Divine Spectacle of Rebirth

atmospheric black metal

Somerville, Massachusetts

Independent

Kevel – Mutatis mutandis

progressive post-metal

Athens, Greece

Independent

Piet Onthel – Kamui

hardcore

Kuantan, Malaysia

Independent

https://pietonthel.bandcamp.com/album/kamui

Safety Squad – Adventure Jazz

jazz fusion

Columbus, Ohio

Independent

Band page

Terry Pack’s Trees – Into the Woods

big band, jazz fusion

England, UK

Independent

Wastewalker – Lowborn

progressive metalcore

Sacramento, California

Independent

Yaldabaoth – That Which Wets the Saccharine Palate

blackened death metal

Anchorage, Alaska

Lycaean Triune

https://yldbth.bandcamp.com/album/that-which-wets-the-saccharine-palate

Wednesday, 1 January 2020

K+K-Tactics – All the Best

progressive metal

Oulu, Finland

Progeiitti

Friday, 3

Ando San – Schemin Season

math rock, hip-hop

Los Angeles, California

Independent

Karfagen – Birds of Passage

progressive rock

Ukraine

Caerllysi Music

Ekmeles – A Howl, that Was Also a Prayer

contemporary classical

New York, New York

New Focus

Kaelen Ghandhi, Michael Larocca, and Jonathan Milberger – Bones of a House

free improvisation

Connecticut

Independent

Sunday, 5

Svrm – Позбавлення (Pozbavlennja)

atmospheric black metal

Kharkiv, Ukraine

Vigor Deconstruct

Friday, 10

Aiming for Enrike – Music for Working Out

math rock, noise rock

Oslo, Norway

Pekula

Gordon Grdina’s Nomad Trio – Nomad

world fusion, free jazz

Vancouver, British Columbia

Independent

Poppy – I Disagree

alternative metal, pop

Boston, Massachusetts

Sumerian

Rýr – Left Fallow

50:03

atmospheric post-metal

Kiel, Germany

Narshardaa

Snorlax – Ⅱ

black metal, sludge

Brisbane, Australia

Brilliant Emperor

Unreqvited – Mosaic Ⅱ: La Déteste et la Détresse

atmospheric black metal

Canada

Prophecy

Wednesday, 15

Gleb Kanasevich – If You Want to Be Reborn, Let Yourself Die

noise, electroacoustic

New York, New York

Independent

Odious Mortem – Synesthesia

technical death metal

San Francisco, California

Willowtip

Friday, 17

Algiers – There Is No Year

jazz fusion, hip-hop

Atlanta, Georgia

Matador

Atena – Drowning Regret & Lungs Filled with Water

deathcore

Oslo, Norway

Independent

Gloe – Dead Wait

progressive rock, post-hardcore

Salt Lake City, Utah

Independent

L’Homme absurde – Belong

post-black metal

Moscow, Russia

Independent

Kaoteon – Kaoteon

35:37

blackened death metal

Netherlands

Independent

Movses Pogossian – Modulation Necklace: New Music from Armenia

contemporary classical

New York, New York

New Focus

Saturday, 18

Kloct – Years of Silence

atmospheric black metal

France

Independent

Thursday, 23

Bokotono – Bokotono

math rock

Galway, Ireland

Independent

Friday, 24

Colosso – Apocalypse

blackened death metal

Porto, Portugal

Transcending Obscurity

Etoile filante – Magnum opus cælestis

ambient black metal

France

Northern Silence

Nero di Marte – Immoto

progressive post-metal

Bologna, Italy

Season of Mist

Torben Snekkestad, Agustí Fernández, and Barry Guy – The Swiftest Traveler

avant-garde jazz, free improvisation

Vienna, Austria

Trost

Raphael Weinroth-Browne – Worlds Within

classical

Canada

Independent

Thy Catafalque – Naiv

progressive rock

Makó, Hungary

Season of Mist

Thursday, 30

Granite Hands – Void

jazz fusion

Austin, Texas

Independent

Friday, 31

Deathwhite – Grave Image

progressive metal

United States

Season of Mist

Eric Hofbauer & Tony Leva – Five Agents: Book of Fire

avant-garde jazz

Boston, Massachusetts

CNM

Stömb – From Nihil

progressive metal

Paris, France

Independent

Thematic – Skyrunner

progressive metal

Chicago, Illinois

Independent

Saturday, 1 February

CP Unit – One Foot on the Ground Smoking Mirror Shakedown

avant-garde jazz

New York, New York

Ramp Local

Hubris – Metempsychosis

post-rock

Fribourg, Switzerland

Art as Catharsis

Sunday, 2

Lent – Croix​-​bâtons

experimental post-rock

France

Tricollectif

Spichard Rencer – You Can’t Ever Go Back

grindcore, mathcore

Tampa, Florida

Independent

Thursday, 6

Their Dogs Were Astronauts – Dreamcatcher

progressive metal

Vienna, Austria

Independent

Friday, 7

Antibalas – Fu Chronicles

world fusion

Brooklyn, New York

Daptone

Karg – Traktat

post-black metal

Seesen, Germany

Art of Propaganda

Krosis – A Memoir of Free Will

progressive deathcore

North Carolina

Unique Leader

清水三恵子 (Mieko Shimizu) – サク (Saku) / I Bloom

experimental pop

London, UK

Kartel Music Group

Pablo Held Trio & Nelson Veras – Ascent

moden jazz

Cologne, Germany

Edition

Thoren – Gwarth Ⅱ

avant-garde death metal

Sterling Heights, Michigan

Drylands

Sunday, 9

Frederick Galiay – Time Elleipsis

avant-garde jazz, contemporary classical

France

Ayler

Friday, 14

Beach Bunny – Honeymoon

indie rock

Chicago, Illinois

Mom + Pop

Collocutor – Continuation

jazz fusion

London, UK

On the Corner

Frayle – 1692

doom rock

Cleveland, Ohio

Aqualamb

Necrowretch – The Ones from Hell

black metal, blackened death metal

France

Season of Mist

Oiseaux-tempête – طلامس (Tlams) / Sortilège

experimental post-rock

Paris, France

Independent

Sign Libra – Sea to Sea

synthwave, experimental electro

New York

RVNG

Friday, 21

Binary Code – Memento mori

progressive metal

New York, New York

Independent

Cocanha – Puput

world, folk

Pau, France

Pagans

In Technicolour – Big Sleeper

47:07

post-metal

Sydney, Australia

Art as Catharsis

Jim Hart & Ivo Neame – Multiverse

jazz fusion

London, UK

Edition

Pat Metheny – From This Place

modern jazz

New York, New York

Nonesuch

Polaris – The Death of Me

alternative metalcore

Sydney, Australia

Resist

Xenobiotic – Mordrake

blackened death metal

Australia

Unique Leader

Monday, 24

Psalm Zero – Sparta

progressive metal

New York, New York

Last Things

Friday, 28

Kilter – Axiom

experimental jazz, progressive metal

Brooklyn, New York

Alter-Nativ

Nadia Reid – Out of My Province

indie folk

New Zealand

Spacebomb

Ocœur – Everything

ambient electro

France

n5md

Label page

Regarde les hommes tomber – Ascension

46:48

blackened post-metal

France

Season of Mist

Siti Muharam – Siti’s of Unguja (Romance Revolution on Zanzibar)

world fusion

Zanzibar, Tanzania

On the Corner

Toundra – Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

post-rock

Madrid, Spain

Inside Out

Saturday, 29 February

Brickwork – Brickwork

avant-garde jazz

New York, New Yok

Independent

Bandcamp page

Friday, 6 March 2019

Novena – Eleventh Hour

progressive metal

London, UK

Frontiers Music

Friday, 13

Aronious – Perspicacity

technical death metal

Green Bay, Wisconsin

The Artical Era

Scheduled for March

Cult of Fire – Moksha / Nirvana

black metal

Prague, Czechia

Beyond Eyes

Scheduled for 2020

Arkaik – To Be Announced

technical death metal

Riverside, California

The Artical Era

Filade – Le Ballet mystique

experimental math rock

Avignon, France

Slice of Wax

Scheduled for 2019

Irreversible Entanglements – To Be Announced

avant-garde jazz

Chicago, Illinois

International Anthem

Scheduled for 2020

Marie-Hélène Breault & Pamela Reimer – Mes Hommages

contemporary classical

Montréal, Québec

Collection QB

Nytt Land – Cvlt

dark folk

Kalachinsk, Russia

Ksenza

Ensemble Super Musique – Voir dans le vent qui hurle les étoile rire, et rire

contemporary classical

Montréal, Québec

Ambiances magnétiques

Label page

Xander Naylor – Continuum

avant-garde jazz

Brooklyn, New York

Independent