Release Round Up – October 15th, 2021

Release Round Up

Release Round Up - October 15th

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!

Legendary outfit Alcatrazz are back with new album 'V' released this week on Silver Lining Music.

"‘V’ is an album that contains enough steel to appeal to those who like their hard rock with a real spine"

Read our review here.

Boston’s Horrorcore exponents, Ice Nine Kills, follow up 2018’s The Silver Scream with the inevitable sequel: 'The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood'.

"With the spooky season just around the corner Ice Nine Kills have presented a sequel to pique the interest as much as the forthcoming Halloween Kills."

Read our full review here.

Twelve Foot Ninja release a career defining 'Vengence' today via Volkanik.

ICYMI - you can check out our interview with Steve MacKay here.

Austin rockers Hugh Desert Queen release 'Secrets of the Black Moon' via Ripple Music this week.

"Powerful, riff laden songs inspired by personal growth, nature, and the never ending search for total and complete peace of mind."

Read our full review here.

Israeli post metal outfit Nür release new E.P. 'Negative Transfer' on Suicide Records this week.

"Swathes of pulsing caustic riffs slice through the contrasting slower more measured guitar which graces the background."

Read our review here.

Swedish collective Vildhjarta release latest album 'måsstaden under vatten' on Century Media Records this week.

"An enigma, a curiosity but most certainly a unique work, ‘Måsstaden Under Vatten’ needs to be heard."

Read our review here

Crystal Coffin set their latest album against the historical realities of the Chernobyl. 'The Starway Eternal' is released via A Beast in the Field this week.

"Combining the intensity of Wolves in the Throne Room, Enslaved and the ferocity of High on Fire, ‘The Starway Eternal’ is explosive from its opening strains"

Read our full review here.

Greek black metal outfit Necromantia release their fifth and final album 'To The Depths We Descend…' this week.

"An interesting mix of progressive and epic sounds combined with gnarly black metal."

Read our full 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

Alice - Tambourine Lover Forse Non Sei Tu (Go Down Records)
Black Star Jackals - Hallow [EP] (Self-released) 
Dig Lazarus - Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time (Self-released)
The Courettes - Back In Mono (Damaged Goods Records) 
The Hawkins - Aftermath (The Sign Records) 
Bangkok Dollars - Lost Souls (Sliptrick Records) 
Perpetual Etude - Now is the Time (Sound Pollution)
Ferocious Dog - The Hope (Graphite Records)

Heavy Metal

Defences - In The Balance (Self-released)
Judas Priest - 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music [Boxset] (Epic)
Endure The Affliction - Evolve (Self-released)
Gemini Syndrome - 3rd Degree - The Raising (Century Media Records)
ElisaDay - Auftakt [EP] (Self-released)
Seether - Vicennial - 2 Decades Of Seether (Concord Recorded Music)

Death Metal

Avdagata - Damnatio Cursus [EP] (Black Lion Records)
Zetar - Devouring Darkness (Spirit Coffin Publishing)
Rothadás - Kopár hant... az alvilág felé (Me Saco Un Ojo)
Aeon - God Ends Here (Metal Blade Records)
Beyond Your Design - Fallen Angels [Single] (Self-released)
Bound in Fear - Penance (Unique Leader Records)
Deviant - Process Nurture (Season of Mist)
Feed The Corpses To The Pigs - This Insidious Horror (Horror Pain Gore Death Productions)
Hate - Rugia (Metal Blade Records)
Lutharo - Hiraeth [EP] (Self-released)
Muertissima - Inquisition (Music Records)
Reaping Asmodeia - Darkened Infinity (Prosthetic Records)
Venomous Breath - Svb Vmbra Occvtorvm (Doomed Records)
Extreme Cold Winter - World Exit (Hammerheart Records)
Destiny - In Continuum (Crimson Productions / Season of Mist)
The Agonist - Days Before the World Wept (Napalm Rcords)

Thrash Metal

Rebellix - Serpent’s Kiss [EP] (Inverse Records)
Snafu - Exile//Banishment (Housecore Records)
Illyrian - Aegis (Self-released)

Black Metal

Snakeblade - The Curse (Moonshooter Productions)
Dødsdrift - Ødnis (Vendetta Records)
Hak-ed Damm - Destructio Purificalis (Self-released)
Misanthur - Ephemeris (Season of Mist)
Mulla - جن (Subsound Records)
Noltem - Illusions in the Wake (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Sol Sistere - Sol Sistere (Cult Of Parthenope)

Stoner Rock / Doom / Sludge

Superstatic - Glimmering Veil (Solitude Productions)
Craneium - Unknown Heights (The Sign Records)
Loose Sutures - A Gash with Sharp Teeth and Other Tales (Electric Valley Records)
Djiin - Meandering Soul (Klonosphere Records)
Redscale - The Old Colossus (Majestic Mountain Records)
Shi - Basement Wizard (Self-released)
The Stone Eye - South Of The Sun (Eclipse Records)
Melvins - Five Legged Dog (Ipecac Recordings)

And the rest...

Lair of the White Worm - EP1 (APF Records) [Noise/Grind]
Necromantia - To The Depths We Descend... (The Circle Music / Hell's Fire Records / Rabauw Records) [Post Black Metal]
Rage In My Eyes - Spiral [EP] (Self-released) [Power Metal]
Skeletoon - The 1.21 Gigawatts Club (Scarlet Records) [Power Metal]
Baron Crane - Les Beaux Jours (Mrs Red Sound) [Progressive Rock]
Athemon - Athemon (Self-released) [Progressive Metal]
Naked Raygun - Over The Overlords (Audio Platter) [Punk Rock]
Dynatron - Origins (Blood Music) [Synthwave]

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