Independent German prog metallers Monosphere continue to blaze a trail for themselves on tightly packaged third album Amnesia.

Philadelphia's Varials focus on obliterating brutality at maximum force of impact on new album WHERE THE LIGHT LEAVES.

Good Tiger make their return after a prolonged absence on reflective fourth album The Most Negative Day Of The Year, bearing the scars left by the passage of time.

Car Bomb visionary technical guitarist and sound effects mad scientist Greg Kubacki launches pulverising instrumental mathcore project Sun Guts with debut album Kilonova.

From unsettling dissonant noise rock to glossy gothic synthpop; Enter the world of CAMGIRL where sex-workers, sadistic psychopaths, failed criminals, broken dreams and toxic relationships set the stage for rising underground stars Crippling Alcoholism to present their simultaneously most accessible and deranged work yet.

On third album CAMGIRL, Crippling Alcoholism fine-tune their songwriting and overall artistic identity with killer efficiency, blurring the lines between outsider noise-rock and dark glamorous synth-laden pop under a deceptively alluring pink neon glow which conceals festering horrors.

Underground progressive heavy-hitters Cryptodira successfully harness and condense their ambitious vision within the span of their new three track EP Genesis of Error.

Enigmatic swedish inventors of "thall" Vildhjarta make metal sound more abstract and challenging than ever before on their unexpected full-length return + där skogen sjunger under evighetens granar +.

Wounded Touch harness early 2000s metalcore and mathcore on their sophomore album A Vivid Depiction Of Collapse to deliver a viciously impassioned reflection on grief and a steadfast will to better oneself.

Who said concept albums were only meant for progressive metal albums that go beyond the one-hour mark? Danish hardcore troupe EYES take us through a world heavily inspired by manga author Asano Inio

On their latest album The Spin, Italian "scarlet doom" quartet Messa leave the desert sands of previous album Close behind and go full throttle down a highway of new sounds and possibilities.

Indiana shoegazers Cloakroom are still orbiting through space but trade high-concept fiction for a worrisome observation of the current state of affairs past our blue planet's ozone layer on their new album.