https://superfirecords.bandcamp.com/album/makyo-2xlp
Birushanah - Makyo
Super heavy, brutal sludge doom that incorporates traditional folk music from their home of Japan.
https://revrevrev.bandcamp.com/
rev rev rev - Des fleurs magiques bourdonnaient
A spacey and mellow meeting of dream pop and krauty psychedelia.
https://ustalost.bandcamp.com/
Ustalost - The Spoor of Vipers
Psychedelic and hypnotic black metal with fantastic riffs and melodies.
https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp...m/slow-forever
Cobalt - Slow Forever
The newest release from in my opinion, one of the top metal acts of today, and surely one of the most original. Gin was a masterpiece, but even that doesn't touch this, their best yet. Like Gin, but expanded upon in almost all aspects.
https://tegucigalpan.bandcamp.com/releases
Tegucigalpan - The Fifth of She
Trippy psych rock, a little bit heavy too, with a darkwave approach.
https://stonehillrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lightforger
Black Spring Monolith - Lightforger
Some kind of post industrial avant-doom metal, and it rarely gets huger than this.
https://pogavranjenband.bandcamp.com/
Pogavranjen - Jedva Čekam Da Nikad Ne Umrem
Apparently I was hopping on a bandwagon I didn't even know existed when I made my blackened krautmetal album. Oh well, here it is done by pros. Very hypnotic drum patterns and riffs in a black metal t-shirt.
https://colloquialsoundrecordings.ba...um/rubber-room
Aksumite - Rubber Room
This band generally played a raw black metal and punk hybrid which was very catchy, but here the sound is polished up and post-hardcore/punk influences are showcased much more than before. Still great and catchy.
https://vaultsofzin.bandcamp.com/
Vaults of Zin - Kadath
An early AOTY contender here, a fusion of doom metal/post-metal and zeuhl. If you don't wanna listen to it then you have some kind of problem.
https://penseesnocturnes.bandcamp.co...re-et-a-manger
Pensées Nocturnes - À Boire Et À Manger
This is even weirder than they typically are. Here is some dissonant, experimental black metal that includes cabaret and circus type music.
https://phyllomedusa.bandcamp.com/al...ngs-in-january
Phyllomedusa - Sightings in January
This project is more or less an incredibly whack and not often cool cyber/goregrind/frognoise (I didn't make it up, some kind of amphibious noise grind thing, all about frogs and whatever) output, but this new album is awesome. I guess it still has those sounds, but it's more on the black metal/shoegaze side, very experimental and thick.
https://cashewcats.bandcamp.com/albu...-in-super-nova
CashewCats - Alice in Supernova
This is absolutely infectious. It's like spazzy j-pop/breakcore/chiptune/some japanese folk.
https://camelofdoom.bandcamp.com/album/terrestrial
Camel of Doom - Terrestrial
An enormous offering of psychedelic and progressive stoner metal, with it's fair share of death/doom influences.
https://absenceofjoy.bandcamp.com/al...e-in-existence
Absence of Joy - No Pleasure In Existence
If you enjoy depressive sounding black metal riffs and thick drones, then here's this. Atmospheric drone/black metal.
I don't know if I can think of a recent year that has offered so much incredible music this early in. Just from albums I've heard up until now, I can boldly say it's been the best year for music in the 2010's. And there's still more than half left.