Every Friday there is a tidal wave of new music released unto the world. Whilst we try to cover as much as possible here at The Razor’s Edge, it’s not always possible to review everything. So each week on a Friday we’ll round up some of the best new music available, some we’ve reviewed, some we haven’t, but all worth checking out!
Theres a lot of new heavy music hitting the airwaves this week, everything from black metal, death metal, gothic metal, Stoner rock, doom, thrash metal and even some of your traditional heavy fuckin’ metal!
Here’s what we think you should check out today!
Witherfall release their latest, unique, album this week melding elemnts of power and progressive metal to great effect on ‘Curse of Autumn’.
You can read our full review here, and our interview with Jake and Jospeh here.
Extreme music doesn’t get better than this! The new album from death metal outfit Baest, ‘Necro Sapiens’, is a monster!
Read our full review here.
Death metal fans are in for a treat with the new Wolfheart E.P. dropping today. Two brand new tracks from the band along with two rarities on this pandemic produced E.P.
Get the full low down here.
For a dose of slam in with your death metal then Bonecarver are the band of the day with new album ‘Evil’.
Check out our full review here.
Staying with death metal, there are a few more releases of not this week. Exanimis release ‘Marionnettiste’, Magefa drop ‘Exenteration’, Pustilence release the tongue twister ‘The Birth of the Beginning Before the Inception of the End’ and The Harvest Trail unleash the barbaric ‘Instinct’. You can check out ‘Strangled’ from the latter’s album below!
For something a bit different, we highly recommend ‘A Disconnect’, the new album from The Hyena Kill, out today on APF Records.
Here‘s our take on it.
Hardcore fans will be rejoicing this week as hardcore legends Terror return with a new album, ‘Trapped In A World’.
Check out our thoughts on this album here.
Black Metal aficionados will appreciate the new release from NIXIL, ‘All Knots Untied’, which the Maryland outfit release today.
Read our full review here.
The Netherlands has spawned black metal act Kjeld and this week they release their latest album ‘Ôfstân’.
Read our full review here.
Atmospheric blackness seeps out of the new release from Archierophant, the solo project from Lewis Borthwick. ‘Birds Of Joy And Sorrow’ is not top be missed!
Paul reviewed the E.P. earlier this week. Check it out here.
And there is mor eblack metal out today in the form of Gorr‘s ‘Kvit Som Snøen, Kald I Blikket’ (you try saying that after a few pints!) and Wÿntër Ärvń release ‘Abysses’. Whilst DSKNT meld black and death in the masterful ‘Vacuum γ-Noise Transition’ and Sporae Autem Yuggoth mix death and doom on ‘The Plague of the Aeons’ E.P.
For punk fans, and specifically those who like the stylings of the Dead Kennedy’s and The Clash, this week the wonderfully named Spam Javelin release ‘The Three Chords Of The Apocalypse’ this week.
If you missed it, our full review is here.
Drawing inspiration from traditional heavy metal, but giving it a blackened twist. Wolf King drop new album ‘The Path of Wrath’ this week.
‘The Path of Wrath’ is released iva Prosthetic records today and you can read our full review here.
UK thrash metal upstarts Blacklist drop a bomb of a new single today in ‘Blood On The Sand’.
We reviewed it earlier this week, read here.
Aussie retro rockers Butterfly deliver a new album this week. The first thing of note with ‘Doorways of Time’ is the stunning album artwork. But how does the album fair?
Read our full assessment here.
The juggernaut that is the new wave of classic British rock shows little sign of slowing down and adding to the list of bands jumping into the genre are Brazen Bull who release their self titled album today.
Read our review here.
The sound of the underground reverberates loudly this week as Telford metalcore outfit Recall The Remains release their E.P. ‘Dead Dreams’.
Our full review is here and check out their video below!
Prepare to be crushed by the heaviest riffs of the week! Acid Mammoth release ‘Caravan’ on Heavy Psych Sounds today and it’s brutal.
Our full review is here.
We’re not finished yet!
For alt rock fans, Skinny Knowledge and The Spill Canvas both have albums out. The resurgence of classic rock continues on KinStrife‘s new release ‘ Fools and Monsters’ and Void of Visionre-issue their ‘Hyperdaze’ album under the reworked ‘Hyperdaze Redux’ title.
Doom fans can rejoice in the beastly Golgotha album ‘Remembering the Past – Writing the Future’ or bathe in the heavy riffage of Iron man‘s live album ‘Hail to the Riff’. Plus a split E.P. from Ungraven and Slomatics and new albums from both Spelljammer and Recluse.
Traditional heavy metalist’s Starscape release ‘Colony’ whilst Dreamshade drop ‘A Pale Blue dot’. Check back on Monday and you might just find Dreamshade washed up on Devil’s Island!
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! There is so much new music out today for you to get your groove on to. Enjoy it all!
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