Greetings sputnikers and welcome to your weekly reminder that there are people out there with the audacity to release new albums despite music peaking with Jane Doe in 2001. I know, kinda cringe. Big hitters this week include a load of metal bands I vaguely recognise and the second half of that Bon Iver project that dropped last year, plus the new Ken Carson album that will definitely release on time. For sure. No doubt in my mind. Oh and Wu-Tang apparently, although the chances of that being real give Bigfoot some competition. Anywho, as usual let us know what you are hyping and why we all should definitely check the new Neptunian Maximalism album – those genre tags look tasty. Feel free to sample a few of these releases in the playlist below. ‘Til next week!

– List of Releases: April 11th, 2025 – 

AIR & Vegyn – Blue Moon Safari
Genre: Downtempo / IDM
Label: Warner Music France

Akutagawa – 鱗光
Genre: Emo / Post-Hardcore
Label: Shore&Woods Recordings

Annisokay – Abyss Pt. II
Genre: Alternative Metal / Metalcore
Label: Arising Empire

The Birthday Massacre – Pathway
Genre: Darkwave / Alternative Metal
Label: Metropolis Records

Blood Abscission – I I
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Label: Debemur Morti Productions

Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE
Genre: Art Pop
Label: Jagjaguwar

Clay Birds – A Seperation From Vanity
Genre: Screamo
Label: Self-released

Cytotoxin – Biographyte
Genre: Technical Death Metal / Brutal Death Metal
Label: Self-released

Elvenking – Reader of the Runes: Luna
Genre: Power Metal / Folk Metal
Label: Reaper Entertainment

Epica – Aspiral
Genre: Symphonic Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast

fantasy of a broken heart – Chaos Practitioner
Genre: Neo-Psychedelia / Indie Pop
Label: Dots Per Inch Music

Habak – Mil orquídeas en medio del desierto
Genre: Neocrust / Post-Metal
Label: Alerta Antifascista

In the Woods… – Otra
Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Prophecy Productions

Ken Carson – More Chaos
Genre: Trap / Rage
Label: Opium

The Lord Weird Slough Feg – Traveller Supplement I: The Ephemeral Glades
Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Cruz del Sur Music

The Mars Volta – Lucro sucio; los ojos del vacio
Genre: Art Rock / Neo-Psychedelia
Label: Clouds Hill

Messa – The Spin
Genre: Doom Metal
Label: Metal Blade

NCT Wish – poppop
Genre: K-Pop
Label: SM Entertainment

Neptunian Maximalism – Le sacre du soleil invaincu
Genre:  Avant-Garde Jazz / Drone Metal
Label: I, Voidhanger Records

OK Go – And the Adjacent Possible
Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Paracadute

Real Lies – We Will Annihilate Our Enemies
Genre: Deep House / Downtempo
Label: Tonal Recordings

Röyksopp – True Electric
Genre: Downtempo / House
Label: Dog Triumph

Trousdale – Growing Pains
Genre: Pop Rock / Country
Label: Zula Records

Valerie June – Owls, Omens, and Oracles
Genre: Country Soul / Americana
Label: Concord Records

Within Destruction – Animetal
Genre: Industrial Metal / Alternative Metal
Label: Sumerian Records

Wu-Tang Clan – Black Samson, The Bastard Swordsman
Genre:  Boom Bap / East Coast Hip-Hop
Label: RuffNation

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