Release Round Up - June 10th, 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!
German titans Kreator unleash 'Hate Über Alles' via Nuclear Blast Records this week.
"Kreator on pure anthemic form."
Read our full review here.
French thrashers Heart Attack release their third album 'Negative Sun' via Atomic Fire Records.
"chugging riffs interspersed with full on aggressiveness"
Read our full review here.
This week Wardruna release a live album from their 'Kvitravn - First Flight Of The White Raven' live stream, via Music for Nations.
"The performances are absolutely incredible with the atmosphere, melancholy and emotion of these incredible Nordic folk songs"
Read our full review here.
Death metal outfit Yatra unleash 'Born Into Chaos' via Prosthetic Records.
"Yatra have amplified the brutality they infer with their songwriting"
Read our full review here.
Thrashers Besieged release 'Violence Beyond All reason' on Unspeakable Axe Records.
"This record pushes down that pedal to the floor and really refuses to ease the acceleration at any moment."
Read our full review here.
Desert rockers Foot return with 'You Are Weightless' on Copper Feast Records.
"The riffs are heavy enough to keep those looking for something meaty interested, whilst the lighter side of the band will appeal to those who may parts of it a bit too fuzzed up."
Read our review here.
Blackened thrashers Nekkromaniac reissue their debut 'Plague Eater' via Gates of Hell Records.
"The atmosphere is demonic, the playing furious and unreconstructed, and the vocals as hideous as one would demand."
Read our full review here.
Top brutal death metal act Severe Torture release new EP 'Fisting The Sockets' this week on Season of Mist.
"their most ferocious riffs and intense vocals."
Read our full review here.
Pre-Human Vaults release a 17-minute fist of brutality in 'Allegiance Divine' this week.
"a mixture of death, thrash and even djent styles which pummel from start to finish with little respite."
Read our full review here.
Swedish tech death giants Soreption release 'Jord' on Unique Leader Records this week.
"the kick drums coming through like a battering ram and the guitars having considerable punch to them."
Read our full review here.
The House release 'Horror Tribute Collection' via Avantgarde Music.
"Axe wielding levels of satisfaction!"
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
Dragged Under - Upright Animals (Self-released)
Joanne Shaw Taylor - Blues From The Heart Live! (KTBA Records)
Michael Monroe - I Live Too Fast To Die Young (Silver Lining Music)
Heavy Metal
Darian and Friends - Lost Horizons (Cruz Del Sur Music)
Moodring - Stargazer (UNFD)
Stellar Death - Sentient (Chapter 1) (Bravemusic)
Torchlight Parade - Never Laugh When a Hearse Rolls By (Self-released)
Death Metal
Barbaric Horde - Barbaric Hammer Fist (Godz ov War Productions)
Berator - Elysian Inferno [EP] (Dark Descent)
Black Therapy - Onward (Black Lion Records)
Crisis Benoit - El Culto De La Muerte (Slaughterhouse Records)
Eggs of Gomorrh - Wombspreader (Godz ov War Productions)
Furnace - Stellarum (MDD Records)
Goatsmegma - Goat Separatist Movement (Godz ov War Productions)
Stillborn - Cultura de la Muerte (Godz ov War Productions)
Timōrātus - My Life In A Made Metal Band (Mythic Panda Productions)
Voimation - Profane Vestige (Personal Records)
Volus - Thrown to the Abyss (Vargheist Records)
Stoner Rock / Psych / Doom / Sludge
Deathwhite - Grey Everlasting (Season of Mist)
Monasterium - Cold Are The Graves (Nine Records)
Sabator - SKYGGEKÆMPER (HQ REC)
Torus - Sail [EP] (MNRK)
Metalcore
Bury The Kingdom - Bury The Kingdom [EP] (Sliptrick Records)
Creature - Haunt [EP] (Grey Ghost Records)
InRetrospect - Current State [EP]
Power Metal
Adamantis - The Daemon's Strain [EP] (Cruz Del Sur Music)
Wind Rose - Warfront (Napalm Records)
Prog Rock / Metal
Majesty of Revival - Pinnacle (Self-released)
The Tangent - Songs from the Hard Shoulder (Inside Out Music)
Juan S. Garces - Personal Warfare (Self-released)
Szabotage - Six-Pack (Self-released)
And the rest...
Above & Below - Suffer Decay Alone (Disorder Recordings) [Industrial Metal]
American Anymen - Cities Changing Names (Eclipse Records) [Industrial Metal]
Cancel The Apocalypse - Terminus Stairway (Inverse Records) [Post-Metal]
Guineapig - Parasite (Spikerot Records) [Goregrind]
Ianai - Sunir (Svart Records) [Folk Metal]
Joey Diabolic - Mute [EP] (Self-released) [Post-Goth]
Joyce Manor - 40 oz. to Fresno (Epitaph Records) [Pop-Punk]
Kardashev - Liminal Rite (Metal Blade Records) [Deathgaze]
Koldkrypt - Holocauste Global (Hessian Firm) [Black Metal]
Schandmaul - Knüppel aus dem Sack (Napalm Records) [Folk Metal]
The Utopia Strong - International Treasure (Rocket Recordings) [Ambient]
