Release Round Up - August 11th, 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 metal!
Here's what we think you should check out today!
Werewolves unleash their fourth album in as many years with 'My Enemies Look and Sound Like Me' released via Prosthetic Records.
"a blinding flurry of ferocity"
Read our full review here.
British metal sensations Urne release 'A Feast on Sorrow' via Candlelight Records.
"The music is angry, aggressive, darker and all consuming"
Read our full review here.
Rockers Kind release 'Close Encounters' via Ripple Music.
"turn it on, turn it up and enjoy!"
Read our full review here.
Washington death metallers Cystic launch 'Palace of Shadows' via Chaos Records.
"a unique album that provides exactly the kind of macabre death/doom you’d want"
Read our full review here.
Dead and Dripping are set to unleash 'Black Cerebral Rifts' via Transcending Obscurity Records.
"an extremely solid slab of death metal which scratches so many different itches"
Read our full review here.
Prolific Canadian Death Metal practitioners Kataklysm release 'Goliath' via Nuclear Blast.
"A splendid addition to an already impressive back catalogue."
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
Blindstone - Scars To Remember (Mighty Music)
Copse - Old Belief [EP] (Church Road Records)
Hell In The Club - F.U.B.A.R. (Frontiers Music SRL)
Miss Vain - Crocus Biflorus [EP] (Inverse Records)
Phil Jamieson - Somebody Else (Golden Robot Records)
Sarayasign - The Lion's Road (Frontiers Music SRL)
Street Light - Ignition (Frontiers Music SRL)
Syteria - Syteriaworld (Cargo Records)
The Black Skeleton - The Rear View (Golden Robot Records)
Heavy Metal
Lancer - Tempest (Fireflash Records)
Tarja - Rocking Heels: Live at metal Church (earMUSIC)
The Prophecy 23 - Live At Summer Breeze (Massacre Records)
Black Metal
Moonaadem - Douleur de renaitre (Self-released)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Kataklysm - Goliath (Nuclear Blast)
Necronomicon Ex Mortis - Silver Bullet [EP] (Self-released)
Sorrow - Death of Sorrow (Xtreem Music)
Temple of Dread - Beyond Acheron (Testimony Records)
Uncaved - Dogmatorraistes (CMM)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
bunsenburner - Rituals (bensnburner Records)
Dismal Crux - The Hope of Things to Come (Self-released)
Rezn / Vinnum Sabbathi - Silent Future (Blues Funeral Recordings)
Silverburn - Self Induced Transcendental Annihilation (SITA) (MSH Music Group)
And the rest...
Caskets - Reflections (Sharptone Records) Metalcore
Danicide - Broken (Sliptrick Records) Thrash Metal
Feel Hope - New Day [EP] (Self-released) Hardcore
Megaherz - In teufels Namen (Napalm Records) Industrial Metal
Spoilers - There or Thereabouts [EP] (SBÄM Records, Waterslide Records, Brassneck Records, Rad Girlfriend Records) Punk
The Mystical Hot Chocolate Endeavors - A Clock Without A Craftsman (Massacre Records) Prog Rock
Tryst Arcane - Sun of Other Days (Self-released) Post-Rock/Dark-Folk
