Release Round Up - October 22nd
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 metal outfit Armored Saint release a live version of their classic album 'Symbol of Salvation' this week on Metal Blade Records.
"A fabulous recording that encapsulates all that is special about this album."
Read our full review here.
Purveyors of the extreme Cradle of Filth unleash album number thirteen 'Existence is Futile' this week on Nuclear Blast!
"Existence is Futile is solid evidence that Cradle of Filth’s claws are deeply rooted in the souls of their acolytes."
Read our review here.
The worlds biggest progressive metal outfit Dream Theater are back with album number fifteen 'A View From The Top Of The World' released this week on InsideOut Music.
"Dream Theater have a way of turning heavy music into majestic tales and this album strengthens their back catalogue with yet another masterpiece."
Read our full review here.
Waking The Cadaver return with a brutal album in 'Authority Through Intimidation', released this week on Unique Leader.
"Authority Through Intimidation brings all the sheer intensity of Waking The Cadaver’s thunderous live performances without the possibility having your nose broken."
Read our review here.
Floridian bruisers Massacre are back with new album 'Resurgence' on Nuclear Blast'.
"the tracks are short, ferocious smashes to the face."
Read our full review here.
War themed death metallers 1914 release 'Where Fear And Weapons Meet' on Napalm Records this week.
"A really well balanced and dynamic album that is able to walk the line over what is ruthless and relentless with what is sombre and pained to hear."
Read our review here.
Green Lung continue to dominate the heavy scene as they release new album 'Black Harvest' on Svart Records this week.
"The riffs from guitarist Scott Black are enormous and mixed in with the wonderfully retro organ from John Wright makes for a joyous combination."
Read our review here.
Finnish powerhouse Bloodred Hourglass return with 'Your Highness', released on Out of Line Music this week.
"Bloodred Hourglass combine thrashy chugging riffs, melodic passages, and high energy vocals"
Read our full review here.
Thecityisours release their sophomore album 'Coma' this week on Arising Empire.
"Coma is a mature album of loss and personal discovery, with more than its fair share of in-yer-face moments."
Read our review here.
Death/Doom merchants Worm are back with sophomore album 'Foreverglade' released via 20 Buck Spin.
"From an immersive perspective, Foreverglade succeeds on all fronts at pulling you in and possesses zero desire at letting go until it says so."
Read our full review here.
This week The Pineapple Thief release a live album 'Nothing taken from the recording of their streaming event last year.
"There are few bands who can capture the emotions like The Pineapple Thief."
Read our review here.
Danish extreme metal outfit Sulphurous release sophomore album 'The Black Mouth Of Sepulchre' this week on Dark Descent Records.
"Sulphurous have a production here that really enables this feeling of savage death to permeate with zero effort."
Read our review here.
British thrashers Helgrind return with new album 'Insurrection' this week.
"There’s more firepower here than some countries possess in their entire armed forces."
Read our review here.
Death metallers Apparition brutalise with new album 'Feel' out this week on Profound Lore Records.
"The riffs aren’t merely striking you head on but assume a gradual and collective identity."
Read our full review here.
Italian death metal stallions Organic drop the beefy 'Where Graves Abound' on Testimony Records this week.
"A rolling and thunderous form of death metal that is more akin to a charging and wild beast than some lean and broken creature of man’s control."
Read our review here.
Irish folk / punk, delivered via a detour to Germany, The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats release 'In Strange Waters' this week on Metalville.
"Their foundation is firmly set in the soil of traditional Celtic folk/ punk and do not move too far away from tin whistles, banjos and harps."
Read our review here.
Classic heavy metal outfit Medieval Steel release compilation 'The Dungeon Tapes' via SKOL Records this week.
"It is a retro sound indeed. Images of chainmail and animal hides, swords, loin cloths and the like all spring to mind."
Read our review here.
Norwegian outfit Hex A.D. combine classic hard rock and psychedelic doom on 'Funeral Tango for Gods & Men'.
"The crashing guitar work, heavy drums and bass all work and weave their way around the Hammond organ that dominates without overpowering."
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
Don Broco - Amazing Things (Sharptone Records)
Inthewhale - Vanishing Point (Riot Records)
La Luz - La Luz (Hardly Art / Sub Pop)
MuddiBrooke - Lunacy (Self-released)
Starset - Horizon (Fearless Records)
The Mentulls - Recipe For Change (ProgBlues Music)
Tonstartssbandht - Petunia (Mexican Summer)
Valyear - Revolution Fear (WormholeDeath Records)
Wild Freedom - Polarize (WormholeDeath Records)
Heavy Metal
Armored Saint - Symbol of Salvation Live (Metal Blade Records)
Death Blooms - Life Is Pain (Adventure Cat Records)
Ezra Brooks / Serpent Rider - Visions Of Esoteric Splendor [Split EP] (No Remorse Records)
Ignea / Ersedu - Bestia [Split Album] (Self-released)
Sixx:AM - Hits (Better Noise Music)
Shadowland - The Necromancer’s Castle (No Remorse Records)
Skanners - Greatest Hits (Self-released)
Death Metal
Deimler - A Thousand Suns (Xtreme Music)
Ghoul - Live In The Flesh (Tankcrimes)
Livløs - And Then There Were None (Napalm Records)
Reawacan - Pandemic Coverage & Old Schooling [EP] (Self-released)
Thirteen Bled Promises - Foundation [EP] (Lacerated Enemy Records)
Zornheym - The Zornheim Sleep Experiment (Noble Demon)
Black Metal
Horns of Domination - Where Voices Leave No Echo (Sepulchral Voice Records)
In Crucem Agere - Calling The Void(code666)
Le Chant Noir - La Société Satanique des Poètes Morts(Personal Records)
Necrofier - Prophecies of Eternal Darkness(Season of Mist)
Stoner Rock / Doom / Sludge
Blackwater Holylight - Silence/Motion (RidingEasy Records)
Don't Grow Old / Burr - Split EP (Nefarious Industries)
Dooms Children - Dooms Children (Dine Alone Records)
Ember Sun - On Earth and Heaven (Code666)
Indigo Raven - Looking For Transcendence (Argonauta Records)
The Sonic Overlords - Last Days of Babylon (M-Theory Audio)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Amon Sethis - Part 0: The Queen With Golden Hair (WormholeDeath Records)
Black Falcoln - Skyburner (Self-released)
Cognos - Cognos (Willowtip Records)
Fox Oak - Trolsk Earth [EP] (Apocalyptic Witchcraft)
Sentinals - Collapse By Design(Sharptone Records)
Venus Syndrome - Cannibal Star (Rockshots Records)
Zych - Dante’s Inferno Part I (Metal Assault Records)
And the rest...
Hand Of Kalliach - Samhainn (Self-released) [Atmospheric Celtic Metal]
Everytime I Die - Radical (Epitaph) [Metalcore]
Slaves of Kali - Uncharted Trails (Self-released) [Metalcore]
Burning Point - Arsonist Of The Soul (AFM Records) [Power Metal]
Ravenous - Hubris (Feast Beast Records) [Power Metal]
Evil Spell - Padre Vostro (Blasphemous Records) [Speed/Black Metal]
