Release Round Up - April 14th, 2023
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!
Metallica return with '72 Seasons' their first new album in seven years.
"harks back to their roots, the fast paced riffs hit you from the off giving you flashbacks to your youth"
Read our full review here.
Thrash stalwarts Overkill are back with new album 'Scorched' on Nuclear Blast Records.
"an album full of high octane thrash, with the messiah like Blitz vocals carrying the band to even greater heights."
Read our full review here.
German thrashers Holy Moses unleash 'Invisible Queen' this week on Fireflash Records.
"A sheer thrash joy."
Read our full review here.
The Infinity Ring release 'Nemesis & Nativity' via Profound Lore Records.
"The Infinity Ring have managed to construct fifty-minutes of music that can be this vast and far reaching yet be so intimate and introspective."
Read our full review here.
Hardcore sensations Jesus Piece release '...So Unknown' via Century Media Records.
"a volatile and violent slab of metallic hardcore with its backbone being made of pure rage."
Read our full review here.
Californian death metallers VoidCeremony release 'Threads of Unknowing' via 20 Buck Spin.
"a visceral guitar tone that sees the weight of every chord and solo strike with outlined force."
Read our full review here.
Veiled release debut EP 'The Black Rite' via Seek & Strike.
"a piece of deathcore madness that shouldn’t be passed on."
Read our full review here.
Prolific melodic rock pioneer Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall project releases 'Hunt The Flame' via Frontiers Music SRL.
"top quality melodic hard rock and metal release from the one of the main players in the genre right now."
Read our full review here.
Chilean extreme metal outfit Putrid Yell unleash 'Consuming Aberration' via Pulverised Records.
"a straightforward death metal record done well."
Read our full review here.
A funeral doom projects with members hailing from all over the globe, Mesmur release 'Chthonic' via Aesthetic Death.
"a crushing, punishing soundscape where the riffs are stronger in mass, the impact is all the more meteoric and every breath we take is a relief."
Read our full review here.
Mansfield riff masters Syncolima return with 'Wavelengths'.
"‘Wavelengths’ is a heavy, riff filled breath of fresh air."
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
Black Orchid Empire - Tempus Veritas (Season of Mist)
Dirty Heads - Midnight Control Sessions: Night 2 [EP] (Better Noise Music)
Joe Bonamassa - Tales of Time (Provogue/Mascot Label Group)
L.A. Guns - Black Diamonds (Frontiers Music SRL)
Lebrock - Gone [EP] (FiXT)
Lucifer Star Machine - Satanic Age (The Sign Records)
Mike Tramp - Songs of White Lion (Frontiers Music SRL)
Thomas Lassar - From Now On (Burning Minds)
Yesterdaze - Know No better (Acoustic) (Indie Recordings)
Heavy Metal
Archon Angel - II (Frontiers Music SRL)
Attractive Chaos - The Fire Between Us (Self-released)
Blazon Rite - Wild Rites and Ancient Songs (Gates Of Hell Records)
Patterns of Decay - Patterns of Decay (Self-released)
Red Rum - Book of Legends (Trollzorn)
Rosslyn - Totentanz (Sliptrick Records)
The Hellfreaks - Pitch Black Sunset (Napalm Records)
Black Metal
Aetherius Obscuritas - A Sors Szurke Pora (Paragon Records)
Altari - Kröflueldar (Svart Records)
Witte Wieven - Dwaallicht (Babylon Doom Cult)
Death Metal / Grindcore / Death-Doom
Atarka - The Mountain [EP] (Self-released)
Athanatheos - Cross. Deny. Glorify. (Lavadome Productions)
Carcariass - Afterworld (Season of Mist/Tunecore)
Crownshard - Awareness (Self-released)
Deathgrave - It's Only Midnight (Tankcrimes)
Dimentianon - Chapter VI Burning Rebirth (Paragon Records)
Extermination Order - The Seige of Ascalon (War Anthem Records)
Out of the Mouth of Graves - Shrines to Dagon (Vargheist Records)
Rotpit - Let There Be Rot (War Anthem Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
1782 - Clamor Luciferi (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Moribund Mantras - …of Fathomless Depths (Argento Records)
Syncolima - Wavelengths (Self-released)
Zeit - Ohnmacht (Self-released)
Hardcore
Biohazard - Urban Discipline/No Holds Barred - Live in Europe [REISSUE] (Cherry Red Records)
Break Them - You'v Got No One Left (Self-released)
Handcuff - Handcuff [EP] (Church Road Records)
Power Metal
Ashrain - Requiem Reloaded (Metalville)
Dreamyth - Aletheia (Rockshots Records)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Alase - A Matter of Time (Inverse Records)
Infected Rain - The Devil's Dozen (Napalm Records)
Neil Howell - The Wasteland (Self-released)
Punk
Derek Sanders - The Heavy Box {EP] (Rise Records)
Lazy Queen - Growing Pains [EP] (Icons Creating Evil Art)
Penny Rich - If Everyon'e An Expert... (Self-released)
Poison Ruin - Harvest (Relapse Records)
Thrash Metal
Deimos’ Dawn - Anthem Of The Lost (MDD Records)
Despite The Reverence - Stress of Evolution (Self-released)
Magnets For Maniacs - 872 [SINGLE]
Mordred - Fools Game [Vinyl Reissue] (Cherry Red Records)
Regicide - Dying To Be Liked [Single] (Self-released)
Wild Beyond - Wild Beyond (Gates of Hell Records)
And the rest...
All Hell - All Hail The Night [EP] (Terminus Hate City Records) [Black N Roll]
Atreyu - The Hope of a Spark [EP] (Spinefarm) [Metalcore]
Black Oak - Egolution (Self-released) [Post-Metal]
Coastal Fire Dept. - Outsiders (L'islet Records) [Post-Grunge]
Fews - Glass City (Welfare Sounds & Records) [Post-Punk]
Najing - Najing (Argonauta Records) [Post-Metal]
