1 | Apocalyptica | "Sin In Justice" | single | Punch goth-metal collaboration between Apocalyptica and Vamps (the Japanese one). |
2 | Signum Regis | "Lost and Found" | Chapter IV: The Reckoning | Shimmery power-metal from Signum Regis. |
3 | Primal Fear | "The End Is Near" | single | Shreddy old-school heavy metal by Primal Fear. |
4 | Lucybell | "Cuando Me Acerco a Ti" | single | Tense, muted grandeur from my favorite Chilean modern-rock band, Lucybell. |
5 | Baroness | "Shock Me" | single | Epic shout-along metal anthem by Baroness. |
6 | Arca | "Alive" | Mutant | Sophisto-evasive productioneering by Arca. |
7 | Kyla La Grange | "Skin" | single | Dense, swirling multi-voiced etherpop by Kyla La Grange. |
8 | Obscura | "Akróasis" | single | Splattery technical death metal from Obscura. |
9 | The Korea | "Порох" | single | Keening Russian djent from The Korea. |
10 | John Cale | "Close Watch - M:FANS" | single | Stern, recitative noise-opera from John Cale. |
11 | Varien | "We Are the Lights" | single | Glassy ambientstep by Varien and Mr Fijiwiji. |
12 | Manimal | "Irresistible" | Trapped in the Shadows | Throwback speed metal from Manimal. |
13 | Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness | "Canyon Moon" | Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness | Earnest Big Pop by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness. |
14 | Månegarm | "Blodörn" | Månegarm | The whole Odinic pagan-metal Månegarm album is like the single. |
15 | Marit Bergman | "Dra åt helvete" | single | Lightly galloping Swedish indie-pop by Marit Bergman. |
16 | Joker | "Karıştır Kartları" | Microphone Show | Frenetic Turkish hip-hop from Joker. |
17 | Ken Zazpi | "Phoenicoperus" | Phoenicoperus | Bleepy Basque indie-rock by Ken Zazpi. |
18 | Crywolf | "Wake (E-bow)" | Cataclasm | Corruscating astral soul by Crywolf. |
19 | T-cophony | "144am" | Egolayten | Bright ambient mood-drone by T-cophony. |
20 | DRÆMINGS | "Like A Ghost" | single | Burbling synth-pop by Dræmings. |
21 | Enya | "The Humming..." | Dark Sky Island (Deluxe) | A whole new album of arco voices and plucked harpstrings from Enya. |
22 | Battle Tapes | "Valkyrie" | Polygon | Brash, blaring, faintly mechano-Killers-ish dance-rock by Battle Tapes. |
23 | Head Phones President | "Failed" | Alteration | Yes! The new album by the great great Japanese rock/metal band Head Phones President is availabe in the US! |
24 | Imperia | "Silence Is My Friend" | Tears of Silence | The return of one of my very favorite melodic gothic symphonic metal bands, Imperia. |