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Spectral Lore : Ετερόφωτος

The Greek black metal outfit aims for heights beyond the known world.

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Victory Over the Sun : Nowherer

A microtonal metal album that dazzles to the very end.

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Iceage : Seek Shelter

The most soulful, bluesy and big-hearted that Iceage has ever sounded.

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CLYDE : Rally Finish

The UK producer finds the common ground between vintage jungle and rally culture.

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Manchester Orchestra – The Million Masks of God

Andy Hull and company return with an album split between dualities of grief and life, maximalism and intimacy.

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Amigo the Devil : Born Against

Danny Kiranos builds on his sound without leaving the darkness behind.

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Son Lux : Tomorrows III

The experimental electronic outfit’s latest is so odd, it’s prime.

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Gojira : Fortitude

The French metal band maintain their masterful balance of technicality and progressive metal on their latest.

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Alan Vega : Mutator

The late Suicide vocalist’s newly unearthed set of unreleased songs is contemporized, yet feels inevitable.

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Big|Brave – Vital

An excoriating effort from the Montreal trio that finds them applying a broader palette as well as a more personal perspective.

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Sarah Louise : Earth Bow

The guitarist and soundscapist returns with a set of music deeply attuned to the natural world.

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The Lion’s Daughter : Skin Show

The metal trio more seamlessly blend horror tropes with crushing riffs.

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Satomimagae : Hanazono

An intimate psych-folk album that captures what the artist calls a “small outer space.”

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Dinosaur Jr. : Sweep It Into Space

The legendary trio are in top form in this set of howling guitar riffs and earworm melodies.

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Body Void : Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth

A metal album set to the rhythm of the doomsday clock.

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Gloomseeker : The Violet Grim

A bittersweet spectacle of bronze industrial waste.

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Andy Stott – Never the Right Time

The Manchester producer’s latest is his most insular and atmospheric, a stunning exploration of ambience.

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Spirit of the Beehive : Entertainment, Death

A disorienting gauntlet of dream pop and nightmares.

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Mark McGuire : Our Family

The former Emeralds guitarist delves into more straightforward singer/songwriter material without letting go of his kosmische ambitions.

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The eclectic artist and bandleader crafts a powerful and innovative set of sample-laden jazz with his ensemble.