Release Round Up - February 4th, 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!
NWOBHM legends Saxon return with their 23rd album 'Carpe Diem' this week on Silver Lining Music.
"‘Carpe Diem’ has a riff that will linger in your ears for months, and a hook on the chorus that you’ll be unconsciously humming as you wander about your business."
Read our full review here.
The future of extreme music is here as Venom Prison release 'Erebos' on Century Media.
"Pure, refined brutality from the future of extreme metal."
Read our review here.
Nordic Giants deliver their enigmatic post rock on latest album 'Symbiosis'.
"Be adventurous, immerse yourself in this album and simply absorb the quality that oozes from start to finish."
Read our review here.
Rolo Tomassi return this week with latest album 'Where Myth Becomes Memory' on MNRK.
"A unique collection of songs and this should take them into higher climates. "
Read our full review here.
Ripple Music release another barn burner of a doom laden album this week, this time from Bulgarian doom metal trio Obsidian Sea.
"The songs are mesmeric, adding mystic to the dark, evocative proto-rock."
Read our review here.
Death/doom solo project Thorn unleash new album 'Yawning Depths' via Chaos Records this week.
"Like harnessing raw and wild energy, it could go anywhere it wants yet you can feel it writhe and pulsate in the palm of your hands"
Read our full review here.
Italian old school metal trio Gunjack release 'The Third Impact' this week.
"This is gritty, gnarly heavy metal performed with gusto and energy."
Read our review here.
Incendiary outfit Golgothan unleash 'Leech' this week via Lacerated Enemy Records.
"It’s an ugly and gargling persona yet one that fits Golgothan’s personality like a glove."
Read our full review here.
The criminally under-rated Abysmal Dawn release new E.P. 'Nightmare Frontier' via Season of Mist this week.
"It’s a skin-shredding yet addictive roar!"
Read our full review here.
Black metallers Bat Magic re-issue their latest E.P. 'Feast of Blood' on cassette this week via Babylon Doom Cult Records.
"Howling vocals, visceral riffs and a drum sound that vibrates terribly, it’s a real attempt to return to the Norwegian sound which was prevalent in those early 1990s."
Read our review here.
Canadian thrashers TYMO unleash 'The Art of the Maniac' this week.
"It’s a runaway train with no brakes!"
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
Dryed - Dryed (Self-released)
Flitcraft - Our Long Journer In the Middle (Heavy Chains Records)
Heavy Metal
Atrial - Handle Me with Hate [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Old Spirit - Old Spirit (Bright as Night)
Powertryp -Midnight Marauder (Rafchild Records)
Vass/Katsionis - Ethical Dilema (Symmetric Records)
Death Metal
Cultist - Manic Despair (Self-released)
Devourer - Raptus (Self-released)
Human Harvest - Flesh Sermons (Self-released)
Kill All The Gentlemen - Black Canvas (Sliptrick Records)
Mass Worship - Portal Tombs (Century Media Records)
Persefone - Metanoia (Napalm Records)
Black Metal
Abhoria - Abhoria (Prosthetic Records)
Astrophobos - Corpus (Personal Records)
Carathis / Sulfure - Split CD (Personal Records)
Interment Ashes - Interment Ashes (Eternal Death)
KRVVLA - X (Brucia Records)
Theomachia - The Theosophist (Xenoglassy Productions)
Vorga - Striving Towards Oblivion (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Darkwave
Dark Sanctuary - Iterum (Avantgarde Music)
Lycia - A Day In The Stark Corner (Avantgarde Music)
Hardcore
Alfa Bravo - SXE [EP] (Self-released)
Beyond The Styx - Sentence (WTF Records)
And the rest...
Crown The King - Groundhog Day [EP] (Self-released) [Pop-Punk]
Dead Venus - Flowers & Pain (Team H Entertainment) [Prog Rock]
Foxhaunt - Mindset [EP] (Self-released) [Alt-Rock]
Knuckle Puck - Disposable Life (Wax Bodega) [Punk]
Kurokuma - Born of Obsidian (Self-released) [Sludge/Doom]
Silent Skies - Nectar (Napalm Records) [Symphonic/Power Metal]
The Final Sleep - Vessels of Grief (Self-released) [Progressive Metal]
Validor - Full Triumphed (Symmetric Records) [Power Metal]
