Release Round Up - October 20th, 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!
Max Cavalera and his son Igor return with Go Ahead and Die's latest album 'Unhealthy Mechanisms' released via Nuclear Blast Records.
"a blunt and forceful performance that hides nought from its audience."
Read our full review here.
Guns N Roses bassist and Planet Rock presenter Duff McKagan releases solo album 'Lighthouse' this week.
"a spotlight right into the heart of Duff Mckagan’s soul."
Read our full review here.
Brutal death metallers Afterbirth release 'In But Not Of' on Willowtip Records.
"If you want both audio bliss and devastation in a single sitting then Afterbirth will meet these expectations."
Read our full review here.
GLDN release a deluxe edition of 'First Blood' this week.
"a vast, widescreen presentation combining sweeping, hypnotic musical motifs with breathless, bile-filled, rasping vocals."
Read our full review here.
Pioneers of the Crossover over genre Dog Eat Dog return with their first studio album in 17 years – 'Free Radicals' is released via Metalville.
"Big Riffs, catchy choruses but the harmonies most certainly have a modern blend to them."
Read our full review here.
Cirith Ungol's epic heavy stylings return on 'Dark Parade' released via Metal Blade Records.
"It’s clear that one of the most powerful and idiosyncratic bands are back."
Read our full review here.
Italian thrashers Game Over unleash 'Hellframes' this week via Scarlet Records.
"modern thrash done right"
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
Appalooza - The Shining Son (Ripple Music)
Carpool Tunnel - Don't Let Them Pass You By (Pure Noise Records)
Duff McKagan - Lighthouse (BFD/ Orchard/ Sony)
Kardang - Rizky Biznizz (Kardang Music)
Lynch Mob - Babylon (Frontiers Music SRL)
Skinny Lister - Shanty Punk (Xtra Mile Recordings)
Vitalines - Wheels Within Wheels (Frontiers Music SRL)
Wicked Smile - Night Time Riders [EP] (Self-released)
Heavy Metal
Archangel - Total Dark Sublime (Scarlet Records)
Blood Lightning - Blood Lightning (Ripple Music)
Diabolic Night - Beneath The Crimson prophecy (High Roller Records)
Elegy of Madness - XI (Scarlet Records)
Entierro - The Gates of Hell (Self-released)
Helgrindur - Helgrindur (MDD Records)
Marthe - Further In Evil (Southern Lord)
Slowburn - Fire Starter (Fighter Records)
Temperance - Hermitage - Daruma's Eyes Pt. 2 (Napalm Records)
Trounce - The Seven Crowns + Live at Roadbur (Hummus Records)
Black Metal
Aldaaron - Majestic Heights, Melancholic Depths (Paragon Records)
Asagraum - Veil of Death, Ruptured (Edged Circle Productions)
Domhain - Nimue (These Hand Melt)
Galloglaigh - Realms Unknown (Self-released)
Garden Gnome - Phegnomenology of Spirit (Voices of the Ainur)
In A Forest Dark - Buried Giant (WormholeDeath Records)
Sorry... - Self inflicted Razor Cutting (Tragedy Productions)
Unpure - Prophecies Ablaze [Limited Tape Release] (Nomad Snakepit Productions)
Venomous Echoes - Writhing Tomb Amongst the Stars (Vargheist Records)
Wratheon - Becoming Nil (Seek and Strike)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Askesis - Beyond the Fate of Death (Time To Kill Records)
Cult Burial - Reverie of the Malignant (Self-released)
Daniele Brusaschetto - Bruise A Shadow (WormholeDeath Records)
Display of Decay - Vitriol (Gore House Productions)
Owdwyr - Receptor (Self-released)
Plaguestorm - Empty Eyes [EP] (Noble Demon)
Poseydon - Through the Gate of Hatred and Aversion (Necktwister)
Putrid Torso - Trails Of Hypnotized Human Veins (Pathologically Explicit Recordings)
Reginn - Reginn (Self-released)
Sangdragon - Hierophant (Wake Up Death Records)
Solemn Vision - Despite The Rise Of The Sun (Black Lion Records
Sylvatica - Cadaver Synod (Mighty Music)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
20 Watt Tombstone - The Chosen Few (Self-released)
Anuseye - Right Place Wrong Time (Go Down Records)
Bismut - Ausdauer (Lay Bare Recordings)
Conny Ochs - Wahn Und Sinn (Exile On Mainstream)
Dirty Sound Magnet - Dreaming In Dystopia (Wild Thing Records)
Hippie Death Cult - Helichrysum (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Hounskull - The Faces of Evil (Self-released)
Kalmo - Dominus Meus (Self-released)
Mortajas - Mortajas II (Sun & Moon Records)
Stomach - Parasite (Hibernation Records)
The Spacelords - Nectar of the Gods (Tonzonen Records)
Prog Rock / Metal
Animamortua - Gods Among Us (Underground Symphony Records)
Divided By Design - A Cancas For The Universe (Self-released)
GOAD - Titania (My Kingdom Music)
Jason Blake - Radiant Dusk (Self-released)
Lalu - The Fish Who Wanted To Be King (Frontiers Music SRL)
Misleading Days - Kintsugi (Ænima Recordings)
Punk
Day Drinker / The Gundown - Split EP (Rebellion Records)
Knuckle Puck - Losing What We love (Pure Noise Records)
Oxymorrons - Melanin Punk (Mascot Records)
Thrash Metal
Angelus Apatrida - Aftermath (Century Media)
War Curse - Confession (Metal Blade Records)
And the rest...
Bad Rabbits - Garden of Eden (Self-released) [Funk Rock/Post-Hardcore]
Catch Your Breath - Shame On Me (Thriller Records) [MetalCore[
GLEN - I can See No Evil (Self-released) [Experimental]
No Retreat - Pray For Peace [20th Anniversary Edition] (Screaming Crow Records) [Hardcore]
Occult Hand Order - Silence By The Raging Sea (Self-released) [Post-Rock/Doom]
The Callous Daoboys - God Smiles Upon The Callous Daoboys [EP] (MNRK Heavy / Modern Static Records) [Mathcore]
Unverkalt - A Lump of Death: A Chaos of Dead Lovers (Argonauta Records) [Post-Metal]
