The Ironfist – Akumalize [Singaporean Black-Thrash]
January 1 via Huzzcult Records
Patriarkh – ПРОРОК ИЛИЯ [Polish Black-Doom]
January 3 via Napalm Records
Auratom – Kamenari [Ukrainian Post-Black Metal]
January 9
Implant Soul – Artefact [Ukrainian-Indonesian Progressive Death Metal]
January 9
Divine Sovereign – Autaxia Chronicles: Dawn of a New Age [Polish Blackgaze]
January 10
Maw – The Humble Collapse [Polish Stoner-Doom]
January 10 via Argonauta Records
Bolg – Where Death Dwells [Bulgarian Black Metal]
January 12
Tria Prima – Three Primes of Alchemy [Ukrainian Death Metal]
January 12 via Lunatic
Avolia – Falls upon the Earth [Brazilian Black Metal]
January 15
Battlespells – Hymn of Heretics [Brazilian Atmospheric Black Metal]
January 15
Deus Sabaoth – Cycle of Death [Ukrainian Melodic Black Metal]
January 17
Belle Morte – Pearl Hunting [Belarusian Symphonic Metal]
January 23
Across the Shade – Madness [Polish Melodic Death Metal]
January 24
Mortui Vultus – Distant Echoes [Ukrainian Post-Black Metal]
January 24
Sabhankra – Nocturnal Elegies [Turkish Melodic Black Metal]
January 24
Confess – Destination Addiction [Iranian Death-Groove]
January 31 via Evin Productions
Hållbar – Nemesis [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
January 31
Relics of Humanity – Absolute Dismal Domain [Belarusian Brutal Death Metal]
January 31 via Willowtip Records
Volt Ritual – Swamp Lake City [Polish Stoner-Doom]
February 2
Jinjer – Duél [Ukrainian Progcore]
February 7 via Napalm Records
Infernal Flame – The Grave [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
February 13
Fell Omen – Invaded by a Dark Spirit [Greek Black Metal]
February 14 via True Cult Records
Mordox – Endgame [Ukrainian Rap-Slam]
February 14 via True Cult Records
Obscureviolence – Refuting the Flesh [Russian Experimental Death Metal]
February 14 via Transcending Obscurity
Sin of God – Blood Bound [Hungarian Extreme Metal]
February 18 via Extius Stratagem Records
Manntra – Titans [Croatian Folk Metal]
February 21 via Napalm Records
Frightful – What Lies Ahead [Polish Death-Thrash]
February 28 via Godz ov War
Matalabos – Phantasmagoria: Hexed Lands [Mexican Death-Doom]
February 21 via Concreto Records
Seventh Station – On Shoulders of Giants [Slovenian-Turkish-Israeli-Ukrainian Avant-Garde]
February 21 via Layered Reality
Shepherds of Cassini – In Thrall To Heresy [New Zealand Progressive Metal]
February 21
Xenotrone – Into the Void [Ukrainian Thrash]
February 21 via Archivist Records
Obrij – Joseph [Ukrainian Death Metal]
February 27 via Neformat Family
Grima – Nightside [Russian Atmospheric Black Metal]
February 28 via Napalm Records
Selvnatt – Empty Life [Ukrainian Black Metal]
February 28
Exileth – Death of the Almighty [Armenian Death Metal]
March 1 via Satanath Records
Cursed Darkness – Monoliths of Eternal Night [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
March 4
Shrine of Denial – I, Moloch [Tuskish Blackened Death Metal]
March 7
Vokodlok – The Egregious Being [Romanian Black Metal]
March 14
Rotten Filthy – Apotheosis [Brazilian Blackened Death Metal]
March 20
Bloodywood – Nu Delhi [Indian Folk-Groove]
March 21 via Fearless Records
BlackLight – Future Belongs To [Polish Progressive Metal]
March 21 via Wormholedeath
Damon Systema – Ate [Greek Melodic Death Metal]
March 21 via Theogonia Records
Embrional – Inherited Tendencies for Self-Destruction [Polish Death Metal]
March 21 via Agonia Records
Euphrosyne – Morus [Greek Post-Black Metal]
March 21 via Black Lion Records
U Kronakh – Archaic Dance of Winds [Ukrainian Blackened Death Metal]
March 21 via Archivist Records
Wesele – Smierzch [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
March 25 via Odium Records
Cult of Fire – The One, Who is Made of Smoke [Czech Black Metal]
March 26 via Beyond Eyes
Alien Weaponry – Te Rā [New Zealand Folk-Groove]
March 28 via Napalm Records
Lucifer’s Child – The Illuminant [Greek Atmospheric Black Metal]
March 28 via Agonia Records
Necrólisis – Templo de Fraude [Costa Rican Thrash]
May 28 via Witches Brew
Prognan – Sve Će To Narod Pozlatiti [Croatian Melodic Black Metal]
April 2
All Us In One – Soulless Copies Of Themself [Russian Nü Metal]
April 3
Godless – Genesis of Decay [Indian Death Metal]
April 4 via Brutal Records
Hteththemeth – Telluric Inharmonies [Romanian Avant-Garde Metal]
April 4 via Layered Reality Productions
Frozen Winds – Keys to Eschaton [Cypriot Black Metal]
April 5 via Visceral Promotions
Vyr Muk – Crimson Fields of Sorrow [Ukrainian Ambient Black Metal]
April 10
Church of the Sea – Eva [Greek Doomgaze]
April 11 via These Hands Melt
Diabolizer – Murderous Revelations [Turkish Death Metal]
April 11 via Dark Descent Records, Me Saco Un Ojo Records
Overcast Rain – Black Death [Latvian Symphonic Metal]
April 11 via Brutal Records
Within Destruction – Animetal [Slovenian Metalcore]
April 11 via Sumerian Records
Into the Fray – Deofolist [Russian Death–Groove]
April 15 via Satanath Records
Primitiae Dormientium – The Flame Vessel [Polish Black Metal]
April 16
Atrox Trauma – Where Death Hunts [Hungarian Death-Thrash]
April 18 via Brutal Records
Chaos Insignia – Mechatronic Carnation [Romanian Blackened Death Metal]
April 18
Crypts of Despair – We Belong in the Grave [Lithuanian Death Metal]
April 18 via Transcending Obscurity
Rahvira – Ghosts of Darkness [Armenian Black Metal]
April 23 via Satanath Records
Wesele – Zmierzch [Polish Black Metal]
April 24 via Odium Records
ORIA – This Future Wants Us Dead [Greek Prog-Groove]
April 25 via Theogonia Records
Valkenrag – Fury Untamed [Polish Melodic Death Metal]
April 25 via Art of the Night Productions
YHWH – Tetragrammaton [Thai Blackened Death Metal]
April 25 via Wormholedeath
Tombstone – The Philosophy of Eternal Recurrence [Indonesian Black Metal]
April 27
Matraque – Nature Morte [Belarusian Death-Sludge]
May 1 via Ashen Tree Records
Brzask – Der Wanderer im Riesengebirge [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
May 2 via Vendetta Records
Hate – Bellum Regiis [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
May 2 via Metal Blade Records
Labyrinthus Stellarum – Rift in Reality [Ukrainian Atmospheric Black Metal]
May 2 via Archivist Records
Maestrick – Espresso Della Vita: Lunare [Brazilian Progressive Metal]
May 2 via Frontiers Music
Nightfall – Children of Eve [Greek Symphonic Black Metal]
May 2 via Season of Mist
Synteleia – Sands of Madness [Greek Black Metal]
May 5
Tumulario – Vestigios [Colombia Blackened Thrash]
May 5 via Satanath Records, Vestigio Records, The End of Time Records
Behemoth – The Shit ov God [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
May 9 via Nuclear Blast
Crimson Crown – Vae Victis [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
May 9 via Nuclear Blast
Mors Silens – Infernal Legacy [Hungarian Blackened Death Metal]
May 9 via Wormholedeath
Ohol Yeg – Shadows of the Future Converged [Turkish Black Metal]
May 13
Hibernum – Djavo [Croatian Black Metal]
May 15 via Satanath Records
Medico Peste – Aesthetic of Hunger [Polish Black Metal]
May 15 via Malignant Voices
Eleventh Ray – Reviving Tehom [Greek Black Metal]
May 16 via Dark Descent Records
Im Nebel – Hypocrisis [Georgian Progressive Black Metal]
May 16 via Octopus Rising
No Raza – Tyrona [Colombian Death Metal]
May 16 via Noble Demon
Pandemia – Darkened Devotion [Czech Death Metal]
May 16 via Hammerheart Records
Pridian – Venetian Dark [Estonian Metalcore]
May 16 via Century Media
Defiant – Mammon Mantra [Croatian Blackened Death Metal]
May 17 via Satanath Records
Genune – Infinite Presence [Romanian Post-Black Metal]
May 17 via Consouling Sounds
Decrepit Altar – Egregious Defilement [Croatian Death-Doom]
May 19 via Me Saco un Ojo Records
Martwa Aura – Lament [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
May 19 via Malignant Voices
Comatose – The Unhallowed Congregation [Filipino Death Metal]
May 21 via Satanath Records
Chepang – Jhyappa [Nepali Deathgrind]
May 23 via Relapse Records
Voice of Baceprot – Transisi [Indonesian Alternative Groove Metal]
May 23 via Dark Anthem Records
Historian – Book I: Bloodscriptures [Bulgarian Blackened Death Metal]
May 25
Krsnī – Neige éternelle [Uzbekistani Atmospheric Black Metal]
May 25 via Satanath Records, The End of Time Records
Ladrones – Mexican Pesado [Mexican Rap Metal]
May 28 via Alzada Corp
Cataclysmic – Mors Incipit [Turkish Raw Black Metal]
May 30
Needless – Premonition [Hungarian Progressive Death Metal]
May 30 via Inertial Music
Noisecide – Triangularity [Brazilian-Paraguayan Industrial Metal]
June 3
Sin Deliverance – Universe of Nightmares [Russian Blackened Deathcore]
June 5 via Lacerated Enemy Records
Autumn Nostalgie – Metanoia [Slovakian Post-Black Metal]
June 6 via Northern Silence Productions
Ophiolatry – Serpent’s Verdict [Brazilia Death Metal]
June 6 via WormHoleDeath Records
Somnvs Mortis – Onírica evocación de las auras condenadas [Chilean Black Metal]
June 9 via Oratorivm Records
Standover – …When A Clenched Fist Is No Longer An Option [New Zealand Metallic Hardcore]
June 9 via Gutter Prince Cabal
Aeon Winds – An Ode to the Mountains [Slovakia Atmospheric Black Metal]
June 12 via Folter Records
Byonoisegenerator – Subnormal Dives [Russian Jazzgrind]
June 13 via Transcending Obscurity Records
Death Reapers – Thirst for Chaos [Polish Melodic Death Thrash]
June 13
Draugveil – Cruel World of Dreams and Fears [Czech Black Metal]
June 13
McKenzie Hills – Ice Crossing [Russian Doom Metal]
June 13
Ocean of Another – Loneliness Of My Kin [Croatian Metalcore]
June 13 via Beton Music/MENART
Raventale – CDXXXII Thousand Years of Crime and Murders [Ukrainian Symphonic Black Metal]
June 13 via Ashen Dominion
Sigh – I Saw the World’s End – Hangman’s Hymn MMXXV [Japanese Avant Garde Metal]
June 13 via Peaceville Records
Ukhel – Bred to Conquer [Croatian Death Metal]
June 13 via Peaceville Records
Dig Me No Grave – Necrocosmic Ceremony [Russian Death Metal]
June 15 via Metal Race Records, Satanath Records
Black Path – Of Paint and Ash [Greek Progressive Death Metal]
June 20
Brinicle – Perceptions of Reality [Colombian Death-Groove Metal]
June 20
Joliette – Pérdidas Variables [Mexican Post-Hardcore]
June 20 via Persistent Vision Records
Sodomic Baptism – Contra Christum [Belarusian Death Metal]
June 20 via Brutal Records
Devilpriest – Where I Am the Chalice, Be Thou the Blood [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
June 27 via Nuclear Winter Records
Kill-Frenzy – The New Blasphemy [South African Modern Metal]
June 27
Gravered – Classic Cult to Death [Chilean Death Metal]
June 28 via Iron, Blood and Death Corporation
Nödtveidt – The Birth of the Dark Light [Bulgarian Blackened Death Metal]
June 28 via Little Norway Productions
Telluric Necro-Parasites – Feel the Nocturnal Energy from the Emanations of the Niche [Chilean Death Metal]
June 28 via Iron, Blood and Death Corporation
Yog-Sothoth – Under a Twinkle of a Fading Star [Polish Symphonic Black Metal]
June 28
Mora Prokaza – Crawling Through Time [Belarusian Blackened Experimental]
June 30 via Dark Terror Temple
Everlight – Claroscuro [Mexican Alternative Metalcore]
July 4
Mortual – Altar of Brutality [Costa Rican Death Metal]
July 4 via Nuclear Winter Records
Dark Blasphemer – Winter of Darkness [Argentinian Black Metal]
July 5
Impureza – Alcázares [French-Spanish Folk-Death Metal]
July 11 via Season of Mist
Shan – Shan [Polish Progressive Metal]
July 11 via Via Nocturna
Symphobia – Hideously Traumatic [Indonesian Brutal Death Metal]
July 11 via Comatose Music
Clairvoyance – Chasm of Immurement [Polish Death Metal]
July 18 via Carbonized Records
Dephosphorus – Planetoktonos [Greek Cosmic Grindcore]
July 18 via 7Degrees Records, Nerve Altar, Selfmadegod Records
Empillarist – Pale River, Ghost Reflection [Chilean Depressive Black Metal]
July 18
Imperium Infernalis – Mortality Salience [Greek Black Metal]
July 18 via Schattenkult Produktionen
Mawiza – ÜL [Chilean Folk-Groove]
July 18 via Season of Mist
Pogarda – Czarne Obrazy [Polish Black]
July 19
Cancerbero – Sempiternal Decay [Chilean Death Metal]
July 21 via Memento Mori
Etherbind – Dissociation Ritual [Colombian Depressive Black Metal]
July 24 via Black Stars Productions
Beheaded – Għadam [Maltese Death Metal]
July 25 via Agonia Records
Nihilvm – Ancient Cosmic Emanation [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
July 29 via Malignant Voices
Murderess – Time to Kill. Vol II [Brazilian Death Metal]
July 30 via Electric Funeral Records
Eskapism – Skresnava [Ukrainian Atmospheric Black Metal]
August 1 via Naturmacht Productions
Moths – Septem [Puerto Rican Progressive Metal]
August 1
Terrordome – Plagued with Violence [Polish Thrash]
August 1 via Selfmadegod Records
Bestia – Behold the Reign of the Black Sun [Polish Black Metal]
August 2
Zlobnik – Pjev prokletnika [Croatian Blackened Death Metal]
August 5 via Geenger Records, PDV Records
Apnea – Beyond the City Limits [Brazilian Stoner Metal]
August 8
Babymetal – Metal Forth [Japanese Alternative]
August 8 via Capitol Records
Cvrses – Heart Decay [Indian Post-Hardcore]
August 9
Dewichor – No Tomorrow [Russian Black Metal]
August 14 via Satanath Records
Tedd Deireadh – Fight to Death [Polish Melodic Death Metal]
August 15 via Via Nocturna
Treasondom – The Flesh Consumes the Mind [Romanian Deathgrind]
August 15 via Defense Records, Maximed Records
Benefactor Decease – Abnormal Attachments [Greek Tech-Thrash]
August 21 via Xtreem Music
Lutemkrat – The Eternal Resonance of Death [Brazilian Black Metal]
August 22 via Black Hearts Records
Medieval Demon – All Powers of Darkness [Greek Melodic Black Metal]
August 22 via Hells Headbangers Records
Crooked Royals – CREATE ME // ERASE ME [New Zealand Metalcore]
August 29
Dusk – Repoka [Costa Rican Blackened Industrial Metal]
August 29
Ash Magick – Rituals of Anathematic East [Turkish Black Metal]
August 29 via Apocalyptic Witchcraft
Kalež – Udovi zaboravljenih bogova [Croatian Black Metal]
August 29
Vinbvrn – The Throne Room of Fathomless Melancholy [Hungarian Melodic Black Metal]
September 1 via Nordic Crusade Records, Spiritside Productions
Velzevul – Pandemonium [Russian Symphonic Black Metal]
September 2 via More Hate Productions, Satanath Records
Autrest – Burning Embers, Forgotten Wolves [Brazilian Atmospheric Black Metal]
September 5 via Northern Silence Productions
Crypt Monarch – Codex Pestilentia [Costa Rican Stoner-Doom-Sludge Metal]
September 5 via Cognitive Discordance Records, Things From Beyond, Heavy Threads, Violence Records
Eternal Returns – Let There Be Sin [Indian Groove-Thrash]
September 5 via Brutal Records
Falling Leaves – The Silence That Binds Us [UAE Death-Doom]
September 5
Adversaria – Twilight of the Divine [Costa Rican Black Metal]
September 7 via Komando Chaos Records
Nightspell – Darkness Spreads Around [Ukrainian Black Metal]
September 7
Infernal Thorns – Christus Venari [Chilean Death Metal]
September 12 via Personal Records
Galundo Tenvulance – Insomnis Somnia [Japanese Symphonic-Melodic Death Metal]
September 17 via Spiritual Beast Records
Def/Light – Stygian Conclave [Ukrainian Blackened Death Metal]
September 19
Species – Changelings [Polish Tech-Thrash]
September 19 via 20 Buck Spin
Sauerkraut – In Madness [Polish Alternative Metal]
September 19 via Wormholedeath
Stoned Jesus – Songs to Sun [Ukrainian Stoner-Doom]
September 19 via Season of Mist
Withered Land – Hall of the Dead [Belarusian Black Metal]
September 19
Narrenwind – Gorzkie Plony [Polish Blackened Heavy Metal]
September 22 via Pagan Records
Mysthicon – Bieśń [Polish Blackened Doom]
September 23
Hei’An – Kiss Our Ghosts Goodbye [Slovenian Modern Metal]
September 25
Frost – Age of Fading and Doom [Hungarian Black Metal]
September 26 via GrundRecords
Kingdom – Primeval Cult of Strength in the Womb of Suffer [Polish Death Metal]
September 26 via Osmose Productions
Korypheus – Gilgamesh [Ukrainian Progressive Metal]
September 26 via M-Theory Audio
Tetragrammacide – Cyber-Tantric Paradigm of Radical Sri-Vidya [Indian Blackened Death Metal]
September 26 via Iron Bonehead Productions
Vomitile – Faces of Terror [Cypriot Death Metal]
October 2
Ghast – Fear is the Blessing [South Africa Deathcore]
October 3
Orbstruct – Ostracism [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
October 3 via Paragon Records
Sothoris – Domus Omnium Mortuorum [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
October 3 via ADG Records, Fetzner Death Records
Carnage Inc. – Carnage Inc. [Indian Thrash]
October 4
Angrrsth – Złudnia [Polish Black Metal]
October 10 via Godz ov War Productiona
Blindfolded and Led to the Woods – The Hardest Thing About Being God Is That No One Believes Me [New Zealand Progressive Death Metal]
October 10 via Prosthetic Records
Humanity Zero – Cursed Be The Gift Of Life [Greek Death-Doom]
October 15 via Rude Awakening Records, Satanath Records
Penthos – Erevos [Greek Black Metal]
October 15 via Darkness Shall Rise Productions
Impermanence – Anicca [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
October 16 via Sanatorio Records, Satanath Records
Perishing – Malicious Acropolis Unveiled [Costa Rican Death-Doom]
October 17 via Transcending Obscurity
Strix – Owls Woods Graves [Polish Blackened Hardcore]
October 17 via Malignant Voices
Khatano – In Shackles [Czech Death-Groove]
October 19 via Satanath Records
Order of the Ebon Hand – XI: Justice [Greek Black Metal]
October 22 via Satanath Records, WP and RO Productions
coldrain – OPTIMIZE [Japanese Alt-Metalcore]
October 24 via Century Media
coldrain – OPTIMIZE [Japanese Alt-Metalcore]
October 24 via Century Media
Darah – Holier than Thou [Singaporean Death Metal]
October 24 via Underground Syndicate
Zaratus – Those Who Dwell Beyond [Greek Black Metal]
October 24 via Ván Records
Ildverden – Thou Not Shalt [Ukrainian Black Metal]
October 25 via More Hate Productions, Satanath Records, Wine and Fog Productions
Cemican – U k’u’uk’ankil Mayakaaj [Mexican Folk Metal]
October 31 via M-Theory Audio
Outlaw – Opus Mortis [Brazilian Melodic Black Metal]
October 31 via AOP Records
Pokuta – Metanoia [Polish Black Metal]
October 31 via Via Nocturna
Heretica – Veil of Eternal Dusk [Indonesian Black Metal]
November 7 via Destroy Records
Beastwars – The Ship // The Sea [New Zealand Stoner-Sludge Metal]
November 7 via Destroy Records
Ildaruni – Divinum Sanguinem [Armenian Black Metal]
November 7 via Black Lion Records
Kauan – Wayhome [Russian Post-Metal]
November 7 via Artoffact Records
Slava Zima – Harmidar [Belarusian Blackened Doom]
November 7
Sons of Hades – Tombs of the Blind Dead [Greek Blackened Thrash]
November 7 via Floga Records
Monastery Dead – Seeds of Apostasy [Russian Death Metal]
November 9
Wheel of Time – Asymmetry [Chinese Power-Prog]
November 12
1914 – Viribus Unitis [Ukrainian Blackened Death Metal]
November 14 via Napalm Records
Obleedon – Beacons [Greek Black Metal]
November 14
Tria Prima – The Mortificatio [Ukrainian Symphonic Death Metal]
November 18
ΦΩΣ – I Am the Light [Greek Black Metal]
November 20
Defamatory – Path of No Return [Colombian Death Metal]
November 28 via Awakening Records
Hakla – Pieśni Końca [Polish Black Metal]
November 28 via Via Nocturna
Victim of Reality – The Dump of Human Hopes [Belarusian Death-Doom]
November 28 via Satanath Records, The End of Time Records
Infernal Diatribe – Mahabhuta Pralaya [Indian Black Metal]
November 29 via Satanath Records, More Hate Productions, The End of Time Records
Primitiae Dormientium – The Ash Chalice [Polish Black Metal]
November 29
Mastectomy – Mass Murder Gospel [Polish Brutal Death Metal]
December 7 via Slam4Life
Argus Megere – Cerburea apusului [Romanian Atmospheric Black Metal]
December 10 via Loud Rage Music
Abbie Falls – Life is just a temporary plan [Czech Metalcore]
December 12 via Out of Line
Hierophany – Tenebrario [Mexican Mystic Black Metal]
December 12 via Serpent Sun Records
Kaosophia – Beyond the Black Horizon [Ukrainian Black Metal]
December 12 via Serpent Sun Records
Kra – Pogrzebanych Nocą Złudzeń [Polish Atmospheric Black Metal]
December 12
Morbonoct – No One Knows We’re Dying [Polish-Ukrainian Progressive Black Metal]
December 12
Windswept – The Devil’s Vertep [Ukrainian Black Metal]
December 12 via Season of Mist
Dimholt – MetaForm [Bulgarian Black Metal]
December 13
Omitten – Unrevelling the Obscure [Turkish Black Metal]
December 20 via Archaic Sound
Taedifer – Indivinus [Czech Death Metal]
December 20 via Archaic Sound
Noxifer – Enamoured off Thy Beauty in Darkness [Mexican Blackened Death Metal]
December 21 via Infinito Envenenado
Green Eyes of Darkness – Fire Waves [Romanian Gothic-Doom]
December 22 via Loud Rage Music
Midnight Silence – Overgrown Paths [Ukrainian Atmospheric Black Metal]
December 24 via Archaic Sound