Release Round Up - July 23rd
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!
Canadian rock goddess Lee Aaron returns with new album Radio On! this week.
"Aaron’s voice soars when it needs to but her range is as good as ever"
Read our full review here.
Californian crossover masters Mordred have new work brewing for quite some today, and this week they finally unleash 'The Dark Parade' on the world.
"It’s full of hooks yet has a steely backbone which ensures that the roots of the band continue."
Read our review here.
The growing New Wave of Classic Rock movement comes together this week on a huge compilation album 'The Official New Wave Of Classic Rock – Volume 1'.
"This could be the soundtrack to Steelhouse, Rambling Man or Stonedeaf. In a world which needs music, this is an album that is most welcome."
Read out full review here.
Atlanta based classic rock outfit Pistols at Dawn drop 'Nocturnal Youth' E.P. this week.
"If you like your music safe but with an edge that allows you to let go with a beer in your hand, then Pistols at Dawn are likely to be a good choice."
Read our full review here.
Young Texan thrashers Archangel A.D. stretch their wings on new album 'Casus Belli' this week.
"It’s aggressive, ferocious but with a melody that leans towards the likes of Flotsam & Jetsam, Armored Saint and Metal Church."
Read our full review here.
WaxWorm release seven tracks of dark electro-chaos this week in 'Mea Kulpa'.
"WaxWorm have left nothing out of contention for inclusion on Mea Culpa, whether that be distorted synthesizers or dissonant noise hitting you in wave after wave of ambient uncertainty, this is very much a banquet for the cerebellum as well as the ears."
Read our full review here.
Swedish thrashers Hypnosia drop a bombshell of an album in 'Extreme Hatred'.
"It’s a furious combination of Morbid Angel and Kreator, bundled together with more aggression than ticketless England fans at the Wembley gates."
Read our full review here.
German thrashers Eradicator return with album number three, 'Influence Denied' this week on MEtalville.
"47 minutes of typically Teutonic thrash erupted from my speakers"
Read our full review here.
Instrumental solo-artist Epoch of Chirality unleashes his brand of sci-fi metal onto us mere mortals this week.
"This is an exercise in the creative freedom that only one persons mind can produce and it's a wonderful journey through a sci-fi world of aliens and intergalactic wars."
Read our full review here.
Like your thrash a bit blackened? Then Craven Idol have your fix for this week! New album 'Forked Tongues' gets released on Dark Descent Records.
"Right from the very start this album rips your head off and sets fire to your headless corpse."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Heavy Metal
Sleep Waker - Alias (UNFD)
Heavy Water - Red Brick City (Silver Lining Music)
Hookers & Blow - Hookers & Blow (Golden Robot Records)
The Best Medicine - Miracle Cure [EP] (Self-released)
The Age of Truth - Resolute (Contessa Music)
Death Metal
Psychomancy - Divine Archetype (Self-released)
Lykhaeon - Opprobrium (Repose Records)
Disimperium - Malefic Obliteration (Sentient Ruin)
Fulci - Exhumed Information (Time To Kill Records)
Necrogod - In Extremis (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Temple of Dread - Hades Unleashed (Testimony Records)
Incinerate - Back To Reality (Spirit Coffin Publishing)
Death Tribe - Beyond The Red Light District: A Canal Experiment (Blood Blast)
Doom / Sludge / Stoner Rock
Cavern Deep - Cavern Deep (Interstellar Smoke Records)
Flame, Dear Flame - Aegis (Eisenwald)
Purification - The Exterminating Angel (Rafchild Records)
Scald - Will Of The Gods Is Great Power [Re-issue] (High Roller Reecords)
Planet of the Dead - Pilgrims (Self-released)
Montezuma's Revenge - S.W.I.M. (DTH Records)
Crypt Monarch - The Necronaut (Electric Valley Records)
Mama Doom - Ash Bone Skin N Stone (Majestic Mountain Records)
Alt-Rock
Smoking Rogers - Comfort Zone (Seahorse Recordings)
Pierce Frolic - Zinnia [EP] (Self-released)
Young Pretorians - State Actors [EP] (Self-released)
And the rest...
Antethic - Mythographer B-sides (Church Road Records) [Atmospheric Experimental Metal]
Erdve - Savigaila (Season of Mist) [Experimental Hardcore/Sludge]
Hexenklad - Heathenheart (CDN Records) [Folk/black metal]
Alexis Marshall - House of Lull, House of When (Sargent House) [Noise rock]
Capstan - Separate (Fearless Records) [Post-hardcore/Prog-rock]
Phoenix Rising - Acta Est Fabula (WormholeDeath Records) [Power Metal]
Wings of Destiny - Memento Mori (WormholeDeath Records) [Power Metal]
Plant my Bones - Stage 1.0 (Inverse Records) [Progressive Metal]
Godslave - Positive Aggressive (Metalville) [Thrash Metal]
