Here are some of our favorite releases from April 2025 — listed in no particular order and grouped by genre. Most of these are also featured in our New Tracks and New Albums playlists on Spotify.

P.S. We update these lists throughout the year as we come across more standout releases — it’s impossible to catch everything right away 🙂 If we’ve missed something great, feel free to let us know in the comments!

AMBIENT

Albums

• Tim Hecker – Shards
  RIYL: Ambient, Dark Ambient, Experimental Electronica
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

Singles & EPs

• Rindert Lammers – Thank You Kirin Kiki
  RIYL: Ambient, Neoclassical, Ambient Jazz
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

ELECTRONIC

Albums

• N/A

Singles & EPs

• Ben Chatwin – The Beginning
  RIYL: Downtempo, IDM
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Amanati – Aura
  RIYL: Trip Hop, Ethnic Electronica
  LISTEN: Spotify

• Entele – Levitate
  RIYL: IDM, Downtempo
  LISTEN: Spotify

• Entele – Levitate
  RIYL: IDM, Downtempo
  LISTEN: Spotify

INDIE-ALT/FOLK

Albums

• Maud The Moth – The Distaff
  RIYL: Avant-garde, Alternative Folk, Neoclassical
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

Singles & EPs

• N/A

JAZZ FUSION

Albums

• N/A

Singles & EPs

• Maruja – Tír na nÓg
  RIYL: Jazz Fusion
  LISTEN: Spotify 

• Fugu Quintet – Existential Defeat
  RIYL: Dark Jazz
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Amero – Raising Alpacas For Tax Benefits
  RIYL: Jazz Rock, Jazz Fusion, Progressive Rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

METAL

Albums

• Decline Of The I – Wilhelm
  RIYL: Black Metal, Post-metal, Post-black Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Grima – Nightside
  RIYL: Atmospheric Black Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Unreqvited – A Pathway To The Moon
  RIYL: Post-black Metal, Blackgaze
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

Singles & EPs

• Kardashev – Reunion
  RIYL: Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Deathcore
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Rivers Of Nihil – House Of Light
  RIYL: Progressive Metal, Death Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Deafheaven – Heathen
  RIYL: Post-black Metal, Blackgaze
  LISTEN: Spotify | YouTube

• Mizmor & Hell – Pandemonium’s Throat
  RIYL: Blackened Doom Metal, Drone Metal, Noise Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Pelican – Cascading Crescent
  RIYL: Progressive Metal, Post-metal, Instrumental Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Bank Myna – Burn All The Edges
  RIYL: Drone Metal, Doom Metal, Doomgaze
  LISTEN: Spotify | YouTube

ROCK

Albums

• Parachute Day – Seasonal Expression
  RIYL: Math Rock, Instrumental Rock, Post-rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

Singles & EPs

• Comatose – Not So Far
  RIYL: Alt Rock, Grungegaze, Grunge
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Picture Postcard – October
  RIYL: Alt Rock, Grungegaze, Shoegaze
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Palehorse/Palerider – Waves I
  RIYL: Shoegaze, Doomgaze
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Swans – I Am A Tower
  RIYL: Drone, Post-rock, Noise Rock
  LISTEN: Spotify

• Snooze – Without
  RIYL: Math Rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Dos-Ovni – Big Rock
  RIYL: Dark Alternative Rock, Doomgaze
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Last Hyena – Make It Sound French
  RIYL: Math Rock, Post-rock, Noise Rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | YouTube

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