Release Round Up - February 18th, 2022
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!
New York death metal stalwarts Immolation unleash latest album 'Acts of God' this week via Nuclear Blast.
"They just flaw their listeners with a devastating display of death metal."
Read our review here.
Thrashers Annihilator revisit a release from the past with the updated 'Metal II' released this week on earMUSIC.
"The band let loose and have some real fun."
Read our full review here.
India's biggest metal export Bloodywood release latest album 'Rakshak' this week, prior to their upcoming appearance at Bloodstock this year!
"One cannot fault the energy and power that the band generate. There are hooks which drive deep, and the flute is a thing of beauty."
Read our full review here.
Psychedelic doomsters Sleepwulf bring their second album ‘Sunbeams Curl’ via Heavy Psych Sounds this week.
"The groove and riff draw you in without any resistance."
Read our review here.
San Francisco supergroup Black Map return this week with 'Melodoria' on Minus Head Records.
"Melodoria is not the heaviest record you’ll hear this year – but it was never intended to be. Instead it’s a collection of ten diverse tracks that will stay long after the CD has ended."
Read our review here.
Belgian death metallers Schizophrenia unleash 'Recollections Of The Insane' this week.
"Schizophrenia give us a ride from start to finish."
Read our full review here.
Multi instrumentalist Jonas Lindberg releases a stunning piece of work in 'Miles from Nowhere' this week on InsideOut Music.
"Beautiful musicianship which winds and weaves its way through majestic soundscapes, stirring emotions in a magnificent way."
Read our full review here.
Creative post-rock/shoegaze duo First Draft release E.P. 'Declines Are Long Gone' this week.
"The sound that this pair can lovingly create is warm and soul-stirring."
Read our full review here.
New Yorkers Brick by Brick drop a hardcore assault in 'Dismal Existence'.
"Great up tempo thrashy riffs that the metal crowd can get behind and chuggy windmill inducing breakdowns and singalong chorus for the hardcore crowd."
Read our full review here.
Melodic death metal outfit Nightrage release 'Abyss Rising' this week on Despotz Records.
"A furious concoction of gorgeous melody, blistering speed and caustic aggression."
Read our review here.
New Jersey's Lunar Blood burst onto the scene with debut album 'Twilight Insurgency' on Pulverised Records this week.
"Influenced by Swedish death metal, you can hear it in how the riffs have that signature ripping aesthetic."
Read our full review here.
San Francisco death metallers Mæntra unleash 'Kundalini Rising' this week.
"These tracks are just sheer aggression!"
Read our review here.
Houston doomsters Fostermother release 'The Ocean' via Ripple Music this weel.
"A nine track behemoth which is a rumbling mass of dark, heavy, fuzzy goodness, uncompromising in its ability to drag you into the darkest alleys of the human soul."
Read our review here.
British black metallers Crimson Throne release new E.P. 'Instinct' via Apocalyptic Witchcraft this week.
"It’s visceral, raw, and yet also intensely detailed and crafted."
Read our review here.
Turkish death metal outfit Devoured Elysium release 'Void Grave' today via Gore House Productions.
"a fantastic blend of technicality and brute force"
Read our full review here.
80's speed metal titans Savagae Grace re-issue their two albums 'Master of Disguise' and 'After The Fall From Grace' this week on Hammerheart Records.
"This is a great package, if you’re a fan of early Maiden, and the likes of Nasty Savage and from a modern view Enforcer then these are well worth checking out."
Read our reviews here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock / Hard Rock / Classic Rock
A Will Away - Stew (Rude Records)
Arjen Lucassen's Star One - Revel In Time (InsideOut Music)
Asgaard - What If... (WormholeDeath Records)
Buñuel - Killers Like Us (Profound Lore & La Tempesta International)
Ottorn - Little Red Riding Hood (Self-released)
ROT T.V. - Tales of Torment (Tee Pee Records)
Salvation Jayne - A Mouthful of Magnificent Spite (Self-released)
Thunderor - Fire It Up (Boonsdale Records)
Heavy Metal
Blinded By Hope - We Are (WormholeDeath Records)
Collected - Say When [EP] (Self-released)
Dagoba - By Night (Napalm Records)
Enemy of the Enemy - The Last Dance (WormholeDeath Records)
Glasya - Attarghan (Scarlet Records)
Kuoleman - Galleria (Inverse Records)
Tom Mckay - Call to the Dæmon Sultan [EP] (Self-released)
Death Metal
Catalyst - Catalyst II (Self-released)
Desultory - Bitterness [Reissue] (MDD Records)
Desultory - Into Eternity [Reissue] (MDD Records)
Fumigation - Structural Extermination (CDN Records)
Masakre - Morbid Extinction [EP] (Pulverised Records)
RazorRape - Fucked Beyond Recognition (Modern Generation Records)
The Last of Lucy - Moksha (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Black Metal
Chimera - Gloria Mortis (Self-released)
Kluizenaer - Ein Abbild Der Leere (Wolves of Hades)
Lord Agheros - Koine (My Kingdom Music)
Mortem - Slow Death (Peaceville)
Noircure - Kyrie (Avantgarde Music)
Vulutre Lord / Black Altar - Deathiah Manifesto [SPLIT ALBUM] (Self-released)
Metalcore
Circa Arcana - Bridget Viginti [EP] (Self-released)
Perpetual Paradox - Endless Cycle (Self-released)
Progressive Metal
Choreomanic - Choreomanic (Self-released)
Epoch Crysis - Rex (Self-released)
Yawn - Materialism (Mindsweeper Records)
Stoner Rock / Psych / Doom / Sludge
Dawnrider - The Fourth Dawn (Alma Mater Records)
Matt Pike - Pike Vs The Automaton (MNRK Heavy)
Pyre Fyre - Rinky Dink City/ Slow Cookin' [Single] (self-released)
The Neptune Power Federation - Le Demon De L'Amour (Cruz Del Sur Music)
And the rest...
Crusade of Bards - Tales of Seven Seas (Rockshot Records) [Pirate Metal]
Sign of Death - Revival [EP] (Self-released) [Thrash Metal]
The Blank Canvas - Dark Mirage (Drown Within Records) [Post-Rock]
Veonity - Elements of Power (Scarlet Records) [Power Metal]
