Bound to Prevail – Enthroned in Torment [Maltese Death Metal]
January 7 via Lethal Scissor Records
Constellation Void – -… . – .– . . -. / . — -. … .-.-. [Colombian Atmospheric Black Metal]
January 7 via Zoth Productions
Secfremist – Twój Król, Mój Wróg [Polish Death Metal]
January 9 via Via Nocturna
Stranguliatorius – Flies Don’t Lie [Lithuanian Death Metal]
January 9 via Horror Pain Gore Death
Takatak – Influx [Pakistani Metalcore]
January 9
Uuhai – Human Herds [Mongolian Folk Metal]
January 9 via Napalm Records
Angerseed – Rapture is Mine… Glory is Ours [Hungarian Technical Death Metal]
January 10 via Metal Ör Die Records, Pest Records
Corpsemangle – Eating the Damned [Bulgarian Death Metal]
January 12
Infandvm – Gloria in Excelsis Diaboli [Brazilian Black Metal]
January 20 via Infernal Dimension Distro
Cadavrul – Necrotic Savagery [Romanian Death Metal]
January 23 via Loud Rage Music, Axa Valaha Productions
Crystal Lake – The Weight of Sound [Japanese Metalcore]
January 23 via Century Media
Hanabie – Hot Topic [Japanese Nü-Metalcore]
January 28 via Sony
Eximperitus – Meritoriousness of Equanimity [Belarusian Death Metal]
January 30 via Willowtip Records
HÉR – Monochrome [Polish Heavy Folk-Jazz]
January 30 via Season of Mist
Nödtveidt – Black Light Pantheon [Ukrainian Blackened Death Metal]
January 30
Pits – Macabre Luxuria [Latvian Progressive Black Metal]
January 30
Planet Hunter – Soothsayer [New Zealand Stoner Metal]
January 30 via Sharkhound
Red Sands – Evocations [Mexican Melodic Metal]
January 30
Shine – Wrathcult [Polish Stoner-Doom]
January 30 via Dark Descent Records
Ensanguinate – Departure [Slovenian Blackened Death Metal]
February 6 via Soulseller Records
Gormoth – Departure [Hungarian Atmospheric Black Metal]
February 6
Phendrana – Cathexis [Mexican Post-Black Metal]
February 6
Olga Kann of Withered Land – Ethnic Black Metal (vol.1) [Belarusian Folk-Black Metal]
February 6
Fossilization – Advent of Wounds [Brazilian Death-Doom]
February 13 via Everlasting Spew Records
Space of Variations – Poisoned Art [Ukrainian Metalcore]
February 13 via Napalm Records
Winter Eternal – Unveiled Nightsky [Greek Melodic Black Metal]
February 13 via Hells Headbangers Records
Abstracted – Hiraeth [Brazilian Progressive Death Metal]
February 20 via M-Theory Audio
Belzebong – The End is High [Polish Stoner-Doom]
February 20 via Heavy Psych Sounds Records
Dusk – Bunker [Costa Rican Blackened Industrial Metal]
February 20
Ender – Ender II: In Silent Throne [Puerto Rican Progressive Doom]
February 20 via Transcending Obscurity
Fleshgrave – Godhand [Indian Death Metal]
February 20
The Magus – Daemonosophia [Greek Blackened Heavy Metal]
February 20 via The Circle Music
Merculistarya – Áradó fájdalom a tűnődés medrében [Hungarian Black Metal]
February 20 via Pest Records
Phasma – Purgatory [Greek Blackened Death Metal]
February 20 via Transcending Obscurity
Zalaam – To Resist the Enemies of the Sun [Palestinian Post-Black Metal]
February 21
Ashes – Into the Woodlands [Polish Atmopsheric Black Metal]
February 27 via Malignant Voices
Doomsday Astronaut – Origins [Romanian Progressive Metal]
February 27 via A for Aleph Records
Ennui – Qroba [Georgian Funeral Doom]
February 27 via Meuse Music Records
Insect Inside – Reborn In Blight [Russian Brutal Death Metal]
March 6 via Gore House
Sermon to the Lambs – Sermon to the Lambs [Chilean Brutal Death Metal]
March 6 via Comatose Music
Decipher – ΘΕΛΗΜΑ (Thelema) [Greek Black Metal]
March 20 via Transcending Obscurity
Putred – Blestemul Din Adânc [Romanian Death Metal]
March 20 via Awakening Records
Numquam – Forlorn Empire [Hungarian Death Metal]
March 21
Myrath – Wilderness of Mirrors [Tunisian Prog-Power-Folk Metal]
March 27 via earMUSIC
Rivers Ablaze – Inexternal Dread [Hungarian Progressive Blackened Death Metal]
March 27 via Inertial Music
Varmia – lauks [Polish Black Metal]
March 27 via M-Theory Audio
Blood Aeon – Fall of Man [Greek Black Metal]
March 30 via Underworld Echoes Records
Orothania – Echo of Freedom [Ukrainian Folk Metal]
April 3 via Archivist Records
Nervosa – Slave Machine [Brazilian Death-Thrash]
April 3 via Napalm Records
Melechesh – Sentinels of Shamash [Jerusalem Folk-Black Metal]
April 10 via Reigning Phoenix Music
Aprocryphal – Ouroboros [Indian Metalcore]
April 17
The Moon and the Nightspirit – Seed of the Formless [Hungarian Folk Post-Metal]
April 17 via Prophecy Productions
Muerto – Eclipsed Realms [Mexican Blackened Doom]
April 17 via Transcending Obscurity
Vaeovon – Spiritual Nullification [New Zealand Black Metal]
April 20 via Gutter Prince Cabal
Luciferian – Where Rivers of Sorrow Flow [Colombian Melodic Black Metal]
April 21 via Mutilated Records
Heiden – Cma [Czech Progressive Black Metal]
April 24 via Epidemie Records
Mutism – Bitter Blossom [Slovenian Progressive Metal]
April 24
Pure Wrath – Bleak Days Ahead [Indonesian Post-Black Metal]
April 24 via Debemur Morti Productions
Sepultura – The Cloud of Unknowing [Brazilian Death Metal]
April 24 via Nuclear Blast
Hrob – Brána chladu [Slovakian Death-Doom]
April 27 via Memento Mori
Hajduk – Хвърковата чета [Bulgarian Black Metal]
April 30 via Amor Fati Productions
Meresin – Anthems of Hatred [Polish Black Metal]
May 1 via Via Nocturna
Skyloth – Home [Russian Progressive Death Metal]
May 1
Carcerous – Doomsday Factory [Bulgarian Blackened Death Metal]
May 2
Thrownness – Marrow Part II: A Fire Through The Ether [Portuguese Post-Metal]
May 4 via Raging Planet Records
Bloodkill – Systemic Disruption [Indian Groove-Thrash]
May 10
Molosser – Molosser [New Zealand Death Metal]
May 11 via Gutter Prince Cabal
Mauna Sol – The Calling [Romanian Post-Black Metal]
May 15 via Loud Rage Music
Мракобес – Опустошение [Bulgarian Black Metal]
May 15
Aneeiun – An.Ki.Kur [Colombian Black Metal]
May 16 via Black Stars Productions
Ersedu – Gore [Ukrainian Symphonic Death Metal]
May 19
The Circle of the Elect – Kaoskarma [Ukrainian Black Metal]
May 22 via Archaic Sound
Voroth – Lingua Secunda [Russian Death Metal]
May 20 via Satanath Records, Sanatorio Records
Halter – Another Strong Hand for a Damned Land [Russian Death-Doom]
May 25 via Satanath Records
Mohyla – Nulla Salus [Polish-Ukrainian Black Metal]
May 25
Ater Era – Sinistria [Slovenian Black Metal]
May 29 via Parole Productions, Sound Pollution
Deafkids – Cicatrizes Do Futuro [Brazilian Experimental Metal]
May 29 via Neurot Recordings
Deus Sabaoth – Distortion of Lies [Ukrainian Melodic Black Metal]
May 29 via Paragon Records
Primal Cult – Dark Passage [Greek Melodic Black Metal]
June 5 via Northern Silence Productions
Maneating Orchid – Cold Logic [Indian Progressive Metalcore]
June 5 via Subcontinental Records
Tayga Hardcore Division – The Beatdown Crusade [Russian Metallic Hardcore]
June 5 via RUMF Productions, Vile Tapes Records
Godless – Adversus Parousia [Chilean Death Metal]
June 6 via Nuclear Winter Records
Chants ov Obscurity – Bloodstained Monuments [Greek Blackened Deathcore]
June 10
Hierophany – Opusculume [Chilean Black Metal]
June 10
Defiled – Altered State [Japanese Death Metal]
June 12 via Season of Mist
Finsmoonth – Chrysalis of Astral Tears [Indonesian Melodic Black Metal]
June 12 via Disaster Records
Ka’aper – When Gods Walked The Earth [Cypriot Melodic Death Metal]
June 12 via Satanath Records
Hor – III [Greek Black Metal]
June 13 via Metal Throne Productions
Emberspire – Warp [Ukrainian Thall]
June 16 via Horde Echo Production
Prompts – Parasite Dream [Japanese Metalcore]
June 16 via Papercut Recordings
Loneshore – Nothing Left to Deconstruct [Brazilian Progressive Post-Metal]
June 19 via Willowtip Records
Warthrash – No Light Shall Remain [Colombian Death Metal]
June 19 via Awakening Records
Lindworm – Thousand Faces of Darkness [Hungarian Symphonic Black Metal]
June 20
Psicorragia – Nekromanthra [Peruvian Death-Doom]
June 23 via Satanath Records
Ascera – Nadir, In Another Realm [Turkish Thall]
June 26
Astriferous – Atavistic Unraveling [Costa Rican Death Metal]
June 26 via Me Saco un Ojo Records
Azels Mountain – Echa Krwi [Polish Pagan Metal]
June 26 via Pagan Records
Phantom – Not Midnight Yet [Mexican Thrash]
June 26 via High Roller Records
Zørza – Twilight of the Golden Star [Polish Post-Black Metal]
June 26 via Godz ov War Productions
Sol Sistere – Adrift from Reason [Chilean Atmospheric Black Metal]
June 26
Tsar Stangra – Химните на разрушените светове [Bulgarian Blackened Folk Metal]
July 1
Gods & Punks – A Shrine by the Sea [Brazilian Prog-Stoner Metal]
July 3 via Electric Valley Records
Mizoteist – В первородном пламени (In The Primordial Flame) [Russian Blackened Death Metal]
July 7 via Satanath Records, Arx Productions, More Hate Productions
Dehumanizing Itatrain Worship – 2D Complex [Chinese Brutal Death Metal]
July 10 via Stillbirth Records, Gore House Productions
Ambrotos – Atrocious Chants [Greek Black Metal]
July 13 via Satanath Records
Nightpath – The Night’s Path [Mexican Blackened Death Metal]
July 13
TodoMal – Graveyards of Joy [Spanish Progressive Doom]
July 13 via Satanath Records
Inferno – The Anthropic Sophisms [Czech Avant-Garde Black Metal]
July 17 via Debemur Morti Productions
Skjult – A Perfect Devouring Light [Cuban Black Metal]
July 17 via Satanath Records, The End of Time Records
Bothrash – Almas Poseídas [Costa Rican Blackened Thrash]
July 19 via GrimmDistribution, Sanatorio Records
Wormquizitor – Esthetic of Fear [Belarusian Blackened Thrash]
July 21 via GrimmDistribution, More Hate Productions, Dark East Productions
Broken By The Scream – 花鏑[HANAKABURA] [Japanese Metalcore]
July 24 via Metal Blade Records
Changing Places in the Fire – Changing Places in the Fire [Venezuelan Progressive Post-Metal]
July 24 via Wild Thing Records
Heretic Cult Redeemer – In Oculum Chaos [Greek Black Metal]
July 24 via Serpent Sun Records
The Hu – Hun [Mongolian Folk Metal]
July 24 via Better Noise Music
Ripper – Towards Rebirth [Chilean Death-Thrash]
July 24 via Dark Descent Records
Dymna Lotva – Vyraj [Belarusian-Polish Blackened Doom]
August 7 via Prophecy Productions
AXTY – The Pain Made Me Who I Am [Brazilian Metalcore]
August 21 via Napalm Records
Sarcoma – Ponzoña [Ecuadorian Deathcore]
August 21 via Valley of the Death
Black Spikes – Ydos [Lithuanian Prog Metal]
August 28 via Napalm Records
Ladrones – Arriba la L [Mexican Metalcore]
August 28 via Rise Records
Projector – Before the Last Light [Chilean Melodic Death Metal]
August 28 via NB Extreme Recordings
Zvindiyar – Six Rites [Bahraini Blackened Death Metal]
September 3 via Nuclear Blast Records
Season of Melancholy – In Sleep [Ukrainian Goth Metal]
September 4
Behemoth – I, Scvlptor [Polish Blackened Death Metal]
September 4 via Nuclear Blast Records
Scald – Relics [Russian Doom]
September 4 via Cruz Del Sur Music
Severoth – Waves [Ukrainian-Polish Atmospheric Black Metal]
September 4 via Avantgarde Music
Sigh – GOH-KA [Japanese Avant-Garde Black Metal]
September 4 via Peaceville Records
Villagers of Ioannina City – Venceremos [Greek Progressive Metal]
September 4 via Nuclear Blast Records
Sněť – V bažinách vědomí [Czech Death Metal]
September 10 via Me Saco Un Ojo Records, Dark Descent
NervoChaos – Chaosmongers [Brazilian Death Metal]
September 11 via Black Lion Records, Tomba Productions
Athanatos – Tales from the Womb of Elsewhere [Greek Black Metal]
September 12 via Hellenic Metal World
Godfrost – Hanging Doll [Japanese Industrial Metal]
September 18 via Brutal Records
Paranoid Reverb – Red River Black Roots [Greek Heavy Stoner Metal]
September 18 via Octopus Rising
Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra – Shattered Gates of Apocalypse [Ukrainian Ambient Black Metal]
September 25 via Oriana Music
Nokturnal Mortum – Біль | Hurt [Ukrainian Symphonic Black / Folk Metal]
September 25 via Oriana Music
coldrain – OPTIMIZE = OPTDEMISE [Japanese Alt-Metal]
September 28 via Century Media Records
Kafir – An Act of Defiance Against That What is Pure [Saudi Black Metal]
September 28 via Satanath Records, Metal of Crypt, More Hate Productions
Enterré Vivant – Kurogoku [French-Japanese Atmospheric Black Metal]
October 2 via Transcendance
Eshtadur – In Darkness All Shadows Gone [Colombian Melodic Death / Black Metal]
October 2 via Rockshots Records
Stoned Jesus – Songs to Moon [Ukrainian Prog-Doom]
October 16 via Season of Mist
Ensemble Tikoro – Tortoise [Inonesian Acapella Metal]
October 16 via Season of Mist
Ala – The Dragon’s Return [Serbian Black Metal]
October 23 via Wormholedeath
Ignea – Monumental [Ukrainian Progressive Metal]
October 23 via Napalm Records
Cutterred Flesh – The Shapes of Hidden Malice [Czech Brutal Death Metal]
November 13 via Transcending Obscurity
Azarath – Scorn Eternal [Polish Death Metal]
November 20 via Agonia Records
Kalt Vindur – The Void of Time [Polish Black Metal]
November 27 via The Circle Music