Release Round Up - December 9th, 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!
Chino Moreno (Deftones) and Shaun Lopez (Far) team up for †††'s debut full length 'Permanent.Radiant'.
"an album that not only commands your attention, but also asks you to keep an open mind."
Read our full review here.
Brutal Texan death metallers Stabbing unleash 'Extirpated Mortal Process' via Comatose Music.
"a beautifully crafted slab of all out brutality in which Stabbing shows that you can mature your sound without compromising the raw brutality."
Read our full review here.
Gothic Post-Punk outfit Shaam Larein return with sophomore album 'Sticka En Kniv I Världen' on Svart Records.
"the band’s music becomes an amalgam of the dark and doomy and the dramatic structures of middle eastern melodies and scales."
Read our full review here.
Woods of Desolation bring us atmospheric black metal in the form of new album 'The Falling Tide', released via Season of Mist.
"an excellent combination of the icy fury of black metal, cold melancholy and sadness as well as heart stirring and soul warming melodies."
Read our full review here.
Swiss thrashers Gomorra release the bone shattering 'Dealer of Souls' via Noble Demon.
"a mix of power and aggression"
Read our full review here.
Imperial Execration hit us at break neck speed with new album 'Commanding Satan’s Crusades' released via Comatose Music.
"it opens with a savage onslaught from the first second."
Read our full review here.
French doom masters Barabbas release 'La Mort Appelle Tous Les Vivants' via Sleeping Church Records.
"crushing stoner/doom with vocals that are deep and strong, spitting out the words with evil, venomous intent. "
Read our full review here.
Polish blackened thrashers Garota unleash 'Czarne Wizje' via Godz ov War Productions.
"It’s a maelstrom of noise, rage, and feral viciousness"
Read our review here.
One man black metal outfit Fäust releases 'Death From Beyond'.
"It’s this effortless fusion of Dissection’s raw power with Abbath’s accessibility that gives this record the engaging might it possesses."
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
††† - Permanent.Radiant [EP] (Warner Records)
Dead Meadow - Force Form Free (Blue Funeral Recordings)
Flash Forward - Endings = Beginnings (Uncle M Music)
Journey - Live in Conert at Lollapalooza (Frontiers Music SRL)
Landfall - Elevate (Frontiers Music SRL)
Nevena - Nevena (Frontiers Music SRL)
No Setting Sun - From The Earth [EP] (Self-released)
Omni of Halos - Omni of Halos (Lövely Records)
Rob Moratti - Epical (Frontiers Music SRL)
Rokets - Break Free (The Sign Records)
Sabu - Banshee (Frontiers Music SRL)
Tarmat - Out of the Blue (Frontiers Music SRL)
The Ghost Of Fu Kang Walker - The Ghost of Fu Kang Walker [EP] (WormholeDeath Records)
The Riven - Peace and Conflict (The Sign Records)
Tommy Decarlo - Dancing In The Moonlight (Frontiers Music SRL)
Heavy Metal
Autumn's Grief - Dead By The Dawn (Inverse Records)
Deathless Legacy - Mater Larvarum (Scarlet Records)
Disconnected Souls - Can You Stop The Cavalry [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Hetman - Black Heart (Self-released)
Legendarium - Death's Hands in Yours (Self-released)
Scream Maker - Bloodking (Frontiers Music SRL)
Serenity - Memoria (Napalm Records)
Tailgunner - Crashdive [EP] (Fireflash Records)
Titans Wrath - Will of the Beast (Self-released)
Twisted Mind - From Slave To Prophet [EP] (Self-released)
Death Metal / Grindcore
Dehiscence - Colony (Chaos Records)
Fäust - Death From Beyond (Self-released)
Immortal Possession - The Resurrectionist (Self-released)
Os - Tehom (Godz ov War Productions)
Ploughshare - Ingested Burial Ground (Brilliant Emperor Records)
Sacrilegion - From Which Nightmares Crawl (Chaos Records)
Sathanas - Psalm Satani (Self-released)
Souldrainer - Departure (Black Lion Records)
Unchristian Christian - Sulphurfeast (Self-released)
Various Artists - Dark Side of the Sacred Star (Peaceville Records)
Black Metal
Skála - The Secrecy (Eternal Death)
Wolok - The Bilious Hues of Gloom (Brucia Records)
Stoner Rock / Doom / Sludge / Psych
Bunsenburner - Poise (Bunsenburner Records)
Onhou - Monument (Tartarus Records/Lay Bare Recordings)
The Big Rip - Evil Eye [SINGLE] (Self-released)
The Temple - Of Solitude Triumphant (I Hate Records)
Progressive Rock / Metal
After Lapse - Face The Storm (Frontiers Music SRL)
Rioghan - Different Kinds Of Losses (Inverse Records)
And the rest...
À l’Ombre d’Héméra - Saison de Déceptions (Ripcord Records) [Post-Metal]
Frenzee - Frenzee (Ouga Booga and the Mighty Oug Records) [Punk]
Halberd - Thrashbestos (Self-released) [Thrash Metal]
Hammok - Jumping/Dancing/Fighting (Loyal Blood Records) [Hardcore/Noise]
Justin Courtney Pierre - Permanent Midnight (Epitaph) [Pop-Punk]
Krilloan - Emperor Rising (Scarlet Records) [Power Metal]
Wang Wen - Painful Clown & Ninja Tiger (Pelagic Records) [Post Rock]
