With big steps we walk towards the end of the year. The release flood might slow down a bit around this time, but October still hit us super hard. Take your time and devour this list like a hungry pack of wolves would devour an elk. This is your elk, folks.
Kero Kero Bonito – Time’n’Place
October 1 // Polyvinyl
Piah Mater – The Wandering Daughter
October 5 // Code666
Bear The Mammoth – Years Under Glass
October 5 // Art As Catharsis
Coheed And Cambria – Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures
October 5 // Roadrunner Records
Molly Burch – First Flower
October 5 // Captured Tracks
Hellogoodbye – S’Only Natural
October 5 // Pulse Music
Gunship – Dark All Day
October 5 // Horsie In The Hedge
Pardans – Spit And Image
October 5 // Tambourhinoceros
Redwood – Lay Your Love Down
October 5 // Failure By Design Records
Kikagaku Moyo – Masana Temples
October 5 // Guruguru Brain
Black Peaks – All That Divides
October 5 // Rise Records
Tolliver – Rites
October 10 // Icons Creating Evil Art
If you adore Moses Sumney as much as I do, you will like this a lot as well.
Rezn – Calm Black Water
October 10 // Of The Record Label
Valley Maker – Rhododendron
October 12 // Frenchkiss Records
Connan Mockasin – Jassbusters
October 12 // Mexican Summer
Outer Heaven – Realms Of Eternal Decay
October 12 // Relapse Records
Polyphia – New Levels New Devils
October 12 // Equal Vision Records
Speaker Bite Me – Future Plans
October 12 // PonyRec
I love every second of this record. Really sweet, subtle, and powerful.
Thomas Dybdahl – All The Things
October 12 // ferryhouse productions
Just a bunch of nice songs. I like that.
Matt Calvert – Typewritten
October 12 // Truant Recordings
Hæster – All Anchors No Sails
October 12 // Dunk! Records
The band nobody heard of because this world is an unfair place.
Eli Keszler – Stadium
October 12 // Shelter Press
The Threats – Saboteur
October 12 // Unsigned
Blast – Drifting
October 12 // Prince Oreilles
Zac Apollo – Loveset
October 17 // Unsigned
Amigo The Devil – Everything Is Fine
October 19 // Regime
Moab – Trough
October 19 // Falling Dome Records
Novo Amor – Birthplace
October 19 // AllPoints
Kenny Segal – happy little trees
October 19 // Team Supreme/Ruby Yacht
How to Dress Well – The Anteroom
October 19 // Domino Recordings
Empress Of – Us
October 19 // Terrible Records
Saint Lune – Cope
October 19 // Unsigned
Big Jesus – Not a Dreamer
October 19 // Unsigned
Kiran Leonard – Western Culture
October 19 // Moshi Moshi
Jessie Reyez – Being Human In Public
October 19 // FMLY
Very expressive. Great storytelling.
Neneh Cherry – Broken Politics
October 19 // Smalltown Supersound
Barús – Drowned
October 22 // Memento Mori
Hemwick – Junkie
October 23 // Unsigned
Leonov – Wake
October 26 // Fysisk Format
Grzegorz – 33
October 26 // Unsigned
Megaton Leviathan – Mage
October 26 // Blood Music
Thumpermonkey – Make Me Young, etc.
October 26 // Rockosmos
Daughters – You Won’t Get What You Want
October 26 // Ipecac Records
Hissing – Permanent Destitution
October 26 // Profound Lore Records
Miserable – Loverboy / Dog Days
October 26 // Sargent House
Street Sects – The Kicking Mule
October 26 // The Flenser
Pijn – Loss
October 26 // Holy Roar Records
Micah P. Hinson – When I Shoot At You With Arrows, I Will Shoot To Destroy You
October 26 // Full Time Hobby
Boygenius – Boygenius
October 26 // Matador Records
The trio infernale combine their strengths to unleash a beast of an EP.
Avast – Mother Culture
October 26 // Dark Essence Records
One of the better black metal releases this year!
I’m exhausted. Thanks for scrolling.