| 1 | Anfel | "Cry" | Icy World | Operatic Elsa's-fur-cloak metal from Anfel. |
| 2 | Treacherous Orchestra | "The Long Count" | Grind | Pirate-grade Scottish folk-punk from Treacherous Orchestra. |
| 3 | Jon Ososki | "Drift" | Bend Youth | Smooth, epicness-tinged ambient IDM from Jon Ososki. |
| 4 | EDEN | "Memories" | Memories | More gothic symphonic swoopiness from Eden. |
| 5 | Kimera | "Sorrow" | Faceless Mirror | And a slightly less etherial version from Kimera. |
| 6 | To/Die/For | "In Black" | Cult | Return of one of my favorite non-symphonic gothic metal bands, To/Die/For. |
| 7 | Symphony X | "Nevermore" | Underworld | New non-gothic symphonic-metal song by Symphony X. |
| 8 | Tuatha de Danann | "We´re Back" | Dawn of a New Sun | Brazilian Celtic folk-metal from Tuatha de Danann. |
| 9 | Stam1na | "Rautasorkka" | SLK | Shouty Finnish semi-folk-progressive-metal from Stam1na. |
| 10 | Mokoma | "Elävien kirjoihin" | Elävien kirjoihin | Coarse Finnish thrash metal from Mokoma. |
| 11 | Santa Cruz | "Bonafide Heroes" | Santa Cruz | Shredding glam-thrash metal by Santa Cruz. |
| 12 | Apulanta | "Sun kohdalla" | single | Warm, stomping Finnish rock from Apulanta. |
| 13 | Shiraz Lane | "Mental Slavery" | Be The Slave Or Be The Change 5 | Old-school heavy metal from Shiraz Lane. |
| 14 | Nothing But Thieves | "Trip Switch" | single | Twitchy modern uplift from Nothing but Thieves. |
| 15 | HANA | "Clay" | single | Simmery indie (not-really-) r&b by Hana. |
| 16 | COIN | "Atlas" | COIN | Would you like Imagine Dragons more if they weren't Imagine Dragons? Try COIN. |
| 17 | Burning Point | "All the Madness (2015)" | Burning Point | Power-thrash metal from Burning Point. |
| 18 | TAEYANG | "눈,코,입(Eyes, Noes, Lips)" | RISE | Crisp, sultry K-Pop from TaeYang. |
| 19 | Hurts | "Some Kind of Heaven" | single | Reverent dance catharsis from Hurts. |
| 20 | Matt McAndrew | "Counting On Love" | single | If Michael Penn were making his first album now, it might sound like Matt McAndrew. |
| 21 | White Poppy | "Confusion" | Natural Phenomena | Blurred-out trippiness from White Poppy. |
| 22 | Tearless | "Deathwish" | Step into Darkness | Beauty-and-the-beast-mode gothic symphonic metal from Tearless. |
| 23 | Miguel | "a beautiful exit" | Wildheart (Deluxe Version) | What the hell is wrong with Miguel's crotch in that cover? Oh, wait, it's a second person in front of him. Headless. No, wait, there's the head. |
| 24 | Sick Of Sarah | "Bars Full of Strangers" | Anthem 6 | Need a little more punk in your pop-punk? Get Sick Of Sarah. |
| 25 | Xandria | "Don't Say A Word" | single | New Xandria! Nightwish, you will have to share the year after all. |
| 26 | Myrkur | "Onde Børn" | single | Myrkur's indie-turned-black-metal goes dreamy. |
| 27 | BLØF | "Klaar Voor" | De Grasbroek Sessies | BLØF tour-accompanying cover/remake/etc album. |
| 28 | Bassnectar | "Chasing Heaven" | Into the Sun | Big Room gets no Bigger than Bassnectar. |
| 29 | Delta Rae | "All Good People" | single | Delta Rae. |
| 30 | Månegarm | "I evig tid" | Dödsfärd | Dry, merciless pagan metal from Månegarm. |
| 31 | Author & Punisher | "The Barge" | Melk En Honing | Groaning lumbering crushing noises from Author & Punisher. |
| 32 | Isvind | "Flommen" | Gud | Clattering frostchewed bleakbeats from Isvind. |
| 33 | Santigold | "Radio" | single | Santigold finds a way to not fear pop quite as much. |
| 34 | Shane V! | "In This Moment" | single | Synth-dance jumpiness from Shane V! |
| 35 | Vattnet Viskar | "Dawnlands" | Settler | Black-punk-metal from no-actually-they're-from-New-Hampshire Scandinotians Vattnet Viskar. |
| 36 | The Wonder Years | "Cardinals" | single | Happy emo from The Wonder Years. |
| 37 | Blackpool Astronomy | "Gold Is the Color (Single)" | single | Throwback post-punk from Blackpool Astronomy. |
| 38 | John De Sohn | "Wild Roses" | Far From Home | Bouyant EDM-pop by John De Sohn. |
| 39 | A Pregnant Light | "Blixen" | Neon White 3 | Matte-finish depressive black metal by A Pregnant Light. |
| 40 | Caspian | "Sad Heart Of Mine" | single | Anthemic atmospheric post-rock by Caspian. |
| 41 | Break of Reality | "Akpen Birge (feat. Galymzhan Moldanazar)" | single | Pulsing cello rock by Break of Reality. |
| 42 | Talking Bush | "Overgrow" | Ordinary Unusual 4 | Throwback new-wave by Talking Bush. |
| 43 | Jacob Kulick | "Finally Okay" | High in Limbo | Energetic I-was-probably-in-a-punk-band-once singer-songwriting by Jacob Kulick. |
| 44 | Laith Al-Deen | "Lass es los - Radio Edit" | Lass es los 3 | Why does Laith Al-Deen singing in German sound like Latino country music to me? |
| 45 | Münchener Freiheit | "So wie Du" | single | German pop-rock usually sounds more like Münchener Freiheit. |
| 46 | Elitist | "Vision Red" | Elitist | I can usually enjoy 1 or 2 metalcore albums a week. This week there's Elitist. |
| 47 | Vona | "Ahimsa" | (Hope) | Vona is not really metalcore, or maybe the core has been sawed out. |
| 48 | Elegies | "Throne" | Daylight Disease 3 | Elegies is kind of hard-rock-core. |
| 49 | Julieta Venegas | "Explosión" | single | Clicky indietronica from Julieta Venegas. |
| 50 | Francisca Valenzuela | "Almost Superstars" | single | Cross Rachel Platten with ABBA and maybe it would sound a tiny bit like Francisca Valenzuela. |
| 51 | Bebe | "Respirar" | single | Stomp and holler in Spanish with Bebe. |
| 52 | 曾靜玟 | "Lingering" | single | Soft C-pop from 曾靜玟. |
| 53 | Scuba | "Drift" | Drift +1 | Menacing electronica from Scuba. |
| 54 | Bruce Smear | "Pick & Roll" | Chlorine 5 | Post-footwork/vaporwave PC-music-ish robot-funk from Bruce Smear. |
| 55 | Redshape | "I Feel Like Riot" | I Feel Like Riot / The Rift 2 | Muted dub-shuffle from Redshape. |
| 56 | N.A.S.A. | "Iko (feat. Lizzo)" | Iko 2 | A master-class in what "Fancy" could have been if the hip-hop parts had been real by N.A.S.A. and Lizzo. |
| 57 | Anthonie Tonnon | "Railway Lines" | Successor | Chamber pop auterueality by Anthonie Tonnon. |
| 58 | Wolf Club | "Anywhere Without You" | Restless 4 | Arena Big Room by Wolf Club. |
| 59 | Frida | "Quiero Encontarte" | El Prologo De Mi Historia - EP 6 | This "Frida" is a Spanish-shouting anthemic post-metalcore band from El Paso. |
| 60 | Laszlo | "Closer" | Closer EP 5 | Catstep dreaming by Laszlo. |
| 61 | Alpine Universe | "Gaïa" | Gaia EP 4 | Epicstep by Alpine Universe. |
| 62 | Apnea | "Bitter" | Reflections 6 | What am I up to in metalcore so far this week? Apnea is about my limit. |
| 63 | Unite | "When You Hear Me Sing" | A Gathering of Strangers | 5 years old, but I just discovered this great proto-post-world technethnica thing by Transglobal Underground side-project UNITE. |
| 64 | Einar Helgaas | "In You" | single | Mild pop song by Einar Helgaas, but worth checking out for the art. |
| 65 | Fast Animals and Slow Kids | "Overture" | Alaska | Violin-laced Italian indie-rock by Fast Animals and Slow Kids. |
| 66 | Gaye Su Akyol | "Abbas" | Develerle Yaşıyorum | If you don't listen to any Turkish pop, that's not enough. Maybe try Gaye Su Akyol. |
| 67 | Thegiornalisti | "Promiscuità" | Fuoricampo | I've only recently started appreciating how thoroughly the Italians have mastered stately pop-rock while I wasn't paying attention. E.g. Thegiornalisti. |
| 68 | Marco Carta | "Ho scelto di no" | single | Also e.g. Marco Carta. |
| 69 | Jeden Tag Silvester | "Durch deine Augen" | Jeden Tag Silvester | The Germans aren't bad at it, either. Z.b. Jeden Tag Silvester. |
| 70 | Machinista | "Picture Frame Eternity - Original Mix" | Garmonbozia | Swedish synth-pop from Machinista. |
| 71 | Giovanni Caccamo | "Oltre l'estasi" | Qui per te | Sentimental indietronica by Giovanni Caccamo. |
| 72 | Dear Rouge | "Tongues" | single | Rousing duo-tone by Dear Rouge. |