Release Round Up - September 3rd
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!
The big releases of the week is obviously Iron Maiden's Japanese themed 'Senjutsu'. The long awaited seventeenth studio album from the kings of British heavy metal.
Following the lackluster previous album 'Book of Souls' and the disappointing 'Nights of the Dead, Legacy of the Beast' live album which did not live up to the bands previous live releases; it is hoped by us all that 'Senjutsu' is a return to form for the boys!
Bokassa coined the term stoner-punk and then performed in stadium's across Europe alongside Metallica. Now they release album number three 'Molotov Cocktail' on Napalm Records.
"The songs are anthemic, raucous and hard-hitting. There is no shortage of melody, with their harmonious choruses bringing a softer side."
Read our review here.
Kings of British rock The Wildhearts return with brand new album '21st Century Love Songs' on Graphite Records this week.
"The Wildhearts are still wrapping it up in that belligerent attitude, with the big “fuck you” still front and centre."
Read our review here.
The doomy tones of Embr ring out on a new E.P. '1021' this week released as part of New Heavy Sounds 10th anniversary series.
"The E.P. kicks off and delivers a barrage of noise from the outset."
Read our review here.
Swedish traditional metal outfit Portrait drop 'At One With None' via Metal Blade Records this week.
"It’s mainly traditional metal feel is broken up with other styles such as power, thrash and a little doom, to keep the tracks feeling fresh."
Read our review here.
Ohio rockers Doctor Smoke return with a heavy slab of goodness, 'Dreamers and The Dead', released this week on Ripple Music.
"Fans of doom, hard rock, traditional metal, fuzz, sludge and biker rock will all find some great stuff here."
Read our review here.
Nottingham death metal outfit Beyond Grace return with a new album 'Our Kingdom Undone' on Prosthetic Records this week.
"All the songs have a vicious riff as a bedrock, held together by that well-renowned tech death sound."
Read our full review here.
San Diego's Malison drop their second album 'Death's Embrace' this week via Metal Assault Records.
"A gloriously maniacal explosion which blends of traditional heavy metal, thrash, power metal and neoclassical shred in one flaming fireball of music."
Read our full review here.
The majestic Night Flight Orchestra return with Aeromantic II on Nuclear Blast Records.
"One of the most joy-filled and fun albums in the band's discography."
Read our review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock / Hard Rock / Classic Rock
Over Nemesis - De Integro (Music Records)
The Magic Bus - Το Κάστρο [The Castle] (Self-released)
Sami Yaffa - The Innermost Journey to Your Outermost Mind (Livewire / Cargo Records)
The Hawkins - Aftermath (The Sign Records)
The Picturebooks - The Major Minor Collective (Century Media)
Tigress - Pura Vida (Humble Angel Records)
Death Metal
Croword - Crimson Gaze (NRT-Records)
Cryptae - Decrepit Collection [EP] (Sentient Ruin)
Deformatory - Inversion of The Unseen Horizon (Self-released)
Total Isolation / Sedimentum - Split 7 Inch (Seed Of Doom Records)
Thecodontion / Vessel of Iniquity - The Permian-Triassic Extinction Event [Split EP] (I, Voidhanger Records)
Carnifex - Graveside Confessions (Nuclear Blast)
Internal Bleeding - Heritage Of Sickness II (Comatose Music)
Famishgod - Rotting Ceremony (Xtreem Music)
Rise To The Sky - Per Aspera Ad Astra (GS Productions)
Black Metal
Korgonthurus - XX "20th Anniversary" [EP] (Woodcut Records)
Grandeur- Aurea Aetas [Reissue with additional tracks] (Personal Records)
The Necrosexual - Seeds of Seduction [EP] (Folkvangr Records)
Trna - Istok (Candlelight Records)
Wharflurch - Psychedelic Realms Ov Hell (Personal Records / Gurgling Gore)
Vow - Icarian (Surviving Sounds)
Stoner Rock / Doom / Sludge
Forever Autumn - Hail the Forest Dark (Self-released)
Tommy Stewart's Dyerwulf - Doomsday Deferred (Black Doomba Records)
Solar Mantra - Away (Argonauta Records)
In the Company of Serpents - Lux (Hammerheart Records)
Stone Deaf - Killers (Coffin & Bolt Records)
And the rest...
Seething Akira - Dysfunctional Wonderland (FiXT) [Alt-Metal/Nucore]
Auri - II - Those We Don't Speak Of (Nuclear Blast) [Alternative]
In The Absence Of Words - A Collection II (Self-released) [Dark/Ambient]
Nytt Land - Ritual (Napalm Records) [Folk/Metal]
Rituals - Awake (Self-released) [Modern Metal]
Tuesday The Sky - The Blurred Horizon (Metal Blade Records) [Post-rock]
Mysterizer - The Holy War 1095 (Rockshots Records) [Power Metal]
Desperate Measures - Rinsed (Easy Action Records) [Punk/Rock]
