Release Round Up - January 7th
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!
It's only the first week in January but today Wilderun launch 'Epigone that is an album of the year contender!
"The musicianship throughout Epigone is at god tier level with incredible guitar work and utterly fantastic drumming."
Read our review here.
Aussie death metallers Nocturnal Graves kick start the year with new album 'An Outlaw's Stand' released this week via Season of Mist.
"An Outlaw’s Stand is a quality gateway record into the more explosive and nightmarish world of extreme metal."
Read our review here.
Omhosten delivers black metal from the Ukraine in new album 'Music of the Great Beyond' released this week on Kvlt und Kaos Productions.
"52 minutes of raw black metal that transports the listener back to the early nineties."
Read our review here.
Moldovan progressive modern metal unit Infected Rain release new album 'Ecdysis' via Napalm Records this week.
"The vocals have a throaty, guttural, harsh element blended with an operatic clean sound. Lena Scissorhands produces an outstanding performance."
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
Case 39 - Fucked Up Forever (Self-released)
Heavy Metal
Footprints In The Custard - Barren Field of Fucks [Single] (Self-released)
Kontact - First Contact (Temple of Mystery)
Death Metal
Nihility - Beyond Human Concepts (Vicious Instinct Records)
Sothoris - Wpieklowstapienie (Self-released)
Black Metal
Helleruin / De Gevreesde Ziekte - Invincible / Ω (Babylon Doom Cult Records)
V/Haze Miasma - Nebula [EP] (Supreme Chaos Records)
And the rest...
Power Paladin - With The Magic Of Windfyre Steel (Atomic Fire Records) [Power Metal]
Seven Nines and Tens - Over Opiated in a Forest of Whispering Speakers (Willowtip Records) [Progressive Metal]
Tailgunner - Guns For Hire [Single] (Self-released) [Traditional Heavy Metal]
The Grasshopper Lies Heavy/Woorms - Various Plants And Animals Under Domestication [Split] (Forbidden Place Records) [Post-Hardcore]
