There are surprising pivots towards our world from the pop sphere this time from Miley Cyrus and Chvrches alongside new singles from Bullet for My Valentine & several others, live trips to see Electric Wizard & more, there's a mindblowing milestone for Judas Priest's Ian Hill, a bizarre multi-pronged bust-up with Frankie Palmeri at the centre, and sadly another passing of a punk and hardcore legend with the loss of New Found Glory's Chad Gilbert.

Releases:
Holding Absence - Modern Life is Lonely
Emma Ruth Rundle - These Killing Times
Boy Harsher - Get Mean
The Eternal - Obscured Horizons
Remote Viewing - State Violence
Early Moods - Ready for the Grave
Krallice - Scour Order
Runemagick - After Chaos: Nocturnal Vigil
CH’AHOM - Anthropic Rites of Sublimation
Combust / Blow Your Brains Out / Imposter - United Nations
Tom Morello - Everyone Gets Everything They Want
Coldrain - OPTIMIZE = OPTDEMIZE
Europe - Come This Madness
Keo - Put a Smile On For Me
Pain of Truth - Pain of Truth
Split Dogs - Nice N’ Rough
Burner - No One is Coming to Save Us
Cloven Hoof - Never a Prophet in Your Own Land
Bloodstain - Bloodstain
God Mother - Köttvärld
Crown of Magnetar - The Hollowing of Godflesh
Godflesh - Decay
Protomartyr - Hotel Usona
Brat - Manslayer
The Ocean - Solaris
Ethereal Tomb - Living to Dream Again
Noctule - Extinguish Thy Flame
Iskald - Curse of the Mind
Aborym - Metachaos
Krolok - Hričov  – Súľov – Lietava
Massteron - Second in the Spheres
Profanation - Ultra-Noise Warfare
Scorpion Milk - Flesh Mask for Skulls