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

• William Tyler – Time Indefinite
  RIYL: Ambient Folk, Crossover Classical
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Pan-American, Michael Grigoni – New World, Lonely Ride
  RIYL: Ambient, Soft Guitar
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Luminous Manuscriptz – Everything is Luminous
  RIYL: Crossover Classical, Ambient
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

Singles & EPs

• Kyle Preston – A Shore We’ll Never Find
  RIYL: Neoclassical, Ambient, Soundtrack
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Harbors (Hollie Kenniff & Goldmund) – Where The Light Falls
  RIYL: Ambient, Drone
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Steyl – Distant Dream
  RIYL: Neoclassical, Ambient, Soundtrack
  LISTEN: Spotify 

ELECTRONIC

Albums

• Inuuor – Pacific Northwest
  RIYL: Chillout, Ambient-Electronic, Deep House
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Fejká – Azur
  RIYL: Deep House, Organic House
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

Singles & EPs

• Lentikula – No Connection
  RIYL: Breakbeat, Ambient Techno, IDM
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Jelle Bolijn & Moszq – Avanture
  RIYL: Progressive House, Melodic House
  LISTEN: Spotify

INDIE-ALT/FOLK

Albums

• Calming River – Macdui
  RIYL: Dark Folk, Alt Folk, Drone
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

Singles & EPs

• N/A

JAZZ FUSION

Albums

• l’Oumigmag – Ce Qui Tourne Dans L’Air
  RIYL: Jazz Fusion, Folk Jazz
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Batfish – Batfish
  RIYL: Jazz Fusion
  LISTEN: Spotify

Singles & EPs

• Ben Neill – Blisspeak
  RIYL: Jazz Fusion, Ambient Jazz, Nu Jazz
  LISTEN: Spotify 

• Sroka – Lunar/Solar
  RIYL: Jazz Fusion, Ambient Jazz
  LISTEN: Spotify 

• Quantum Trio – Mothead
  RIYL: Progressive Jazz Fusion
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

METAL

Albums

• Kardashev – Alunea
  RIYL: Deathgaze, Death Metal, Progressive Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Amimia – Eigengrau
  RIYL: Atmospheric Black Metal, Blackgaze
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Employed To Serve – Fallen Star
  RIYL: Mathcore, Metalcore
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Bank Myna – Eimuria
  RIYL: Drone Doom, Doomgaze
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Idle Heirs – Life Is Violence
  RIYL: Post-metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

Singles & EPs

• Adrien Gonzales & DAKEN – Breathing Hell
  RIYL: Hardcore Punk, Mathcore, Deathcore
  LISTEN: Spotify | YouTube

• Rivers Of Nihil – Water & Time
  RIYL: Progressive Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | YouTube

• Kalt – Wir Sind Angst
  RIYL: Black Metal, Post-black Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | YouTube

• Humanity’s Last Breath – Anthracite
  RIYL: Deathcore, Metalcore
  LISTEN: Spotify | YouTube

• Thought Trials, Greybloom – Earthrise
  RIYL: Post-black Metal, Blackgaze
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Icosandria – Flowers In The Attic
  RIYL: Shoegaze, Blackgaze
  LISTEN: Spotify

• Bloodred Hourglass – The Crown Is Permanent
  RIYL: Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Hemelbestormer – Usil
  RIYL: Post-metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

ROCK

Albums

• Patience – Third Time Lucky
  RIYL: Math Rock, Emo, Post-hardcore
  LISTEN: Spotify 

• Racquetball – Nosebleed Choir
  RIYL: Punk, Post-punk, Noise Rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Summer Fades Away – Endless
  RIYL: Post-rock, Ambient Rock, Instrumental Rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Kaschalot – Anemoia
  RIYL: Math Rock, Post-rock, Instrumental Rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Sloth – An Attempt To Harvest Denial
  RIYL: Math Rock
  LISTEN: Spotify

Singles & EPs

• Via Luna – Another Paralyzer!
  RIYL: Math Rock, Post-rock, Instrumental Rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Soot Sprite – Vicious Cycles
  RIYL: Alt rock, Grungegaze
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Pale Kaiori – kill(screen)
  RIYL: Math Rock, Post-hardcore, Punk
  LISTEN: Spotify | YouTube

• Balance And Composure – Alive & Well
  RIYL: Indie Rock, Emogaze
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

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