Release Round Up - December 1st, 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!
French Modern Metallers Stengah follow up their Bloodstock appearance this year with a new EP 'Downward Mechanic'. Released on Mascot Records.
"destructive guitars become soaring astral compositions within a heartbeat."
Read our full review here.
Dutch retro rockers Cobra Spell unleash their debut album '666' on Napalm Records.
"an 80’s sleaze album but from a feminine point of view with the typically sleazy lyrical themes given a twist."
Read our full review here.
Canadian thrashers Aggression release 'Frozen Aggressors' on Massacre Records.
"provides listeners with a ripping, fantastic time that completely immerses them for nearly forty minutes straight."
Read our full review here.
UKHC crew Going Off drop EP 'Kill List' via Church Road Records.
"Going off, finish off a very successful 2023 with a solid new collection of tracks certain to cause dancefloors to erupt."
Read our full review here.
Immortal Guardian continue to evolve and update their sound with new album 'Unite and Conquer' on Massacre Records.
"choked full of guitar melodies, topped with a wicked bass line."
Read our full review here.
Swedish Post Metallers ORO release sophomore album 'Vid Vägs Ände' via Hammerheart Records.
"A great way to end the year and something you might want to ask Santa for."
Read our full review here.
Bradford gothic/doom masters Paradise Lost reimagine 'Icon' on its 30th Anniversary.
"a fascinating listen"
Read our full review here.
Swedes Orbit Culture release EP 'The Forgotten' via Seek and Strike Records, just in time for Christmas.
"exploring some new ground and maybe giving listeners a snapshot of a future direction"
Read our full review here.
Dutch trio Cryptosis release new EP 'The Silent Call' via Century Media.
"a nice little taster EP and a good introduction for those who have yet to discover the Dutch trio."
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
Fate - Ghosts From The Past [REISSUE] (Frontiers Music SRL)
Fate - If Not For The Devil [REISSUE] (Frontiers Music SRL)
Fate - V [REISSUE] (Frontiers Music SRL)
The Seafloor Cinema - The Seafloor Cinema (Pure Noise Records)
Heavy Metal
Beyond This Earth - Portraits of the Absurd (Self-released)
Black Reuss - Arrival (Self-released)
Disorientation - Survival Mode [EP] (Self-released)
Ensemble 1 - Delay Works (Halfmeltedbrain Records)
Five Finger Death Punch - The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 & Volume 2 [Boxset]
Into The Deep - Black Fin (Self-released)
Visions of Atlantis - A Pirate's Symphony (Napalm Records)
Warlamb - Predator (Self-released)
Black Metal
Abduction - Toutes Blessent, la Dernière Tue (Finisterian Dead End/Frozen Records)
Aphelium Aeternum - Dark Interstellar Mysteries (Dominance of Darkness)
Demoncy - Black Star Gnosis (Dark Descent Records)
Dethroned - A Bridge to Eternal Darkness (Dominance of Darkness)
Grau - Abseits Des Lichts (Tragedy Productions)
Heimdalls Wacht - Mystagogie (Trollzorn Records)
Nornir - Skuld (Northern Silence Productions)
Serpents Oath - Revelation (Odium Records)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Abyss of Hel - Into The Abyss (MDD Records)
Abyssal Rift - Extirpation Dirge (Sentient Ruin)
Beyondition - Abysmal Night (Chaos Records)
Bjørkø - Heartrot (Svart Records)
Cryptosis - The Silent Call (Century Media Records)
Elements - Mind Control (Self-released)
Embrace Your Punishment - Made of Stone (Self-released)
Hatred Reigns - Awaken The Ancients (Self-released)
Helfro - Tálgröf (Season of Mist)
Orbit Culture - The Forgotten [EP] (Seek and Strike Records)
Orphaned Land - A Heaven You May Create (Live in Tel Aviv) (Century Media Records)
Reap - Born From Plague (Selfmadegod Records)
Swansong - Awakening (Noble Demon)
Thunraz - Borderline (Self-released)
Voice of Ruin - Cold Epiphany (Self-released)
Walking Corpse - Our Hands, Your Throat (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Yermo - Yermo (Negre planY)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Demons of Noon - Death Machine (Evil Feast Records)
Dune Pilot - Magnetic (Argonauta Records)
Gilded Form - Gilded Form (Burning World Records)
Khanate - Khanate [REISSUE] (Sacred Bones)
Khanate - Things Viral [REISSUE] (Sacred Bones)
Oro - Vid Vägs Ände (Hammerheart Records)
Paradise Lost - Icon (Self-released)
Pharm - The Tower [EP] (Self-released)
Super Pink Moon - Inertia (Self-released)
Various Artists - "Burn On The Bayou: A Heavy Underground Tribute
To Creedence Clearwater Revival" (Ripple Music)
Metalcore
Dead Icarus - Ad Infernum [EP] (MNRK)
Locked In A Vacancy - ...Before The Dawn (Fuzzy Therapy Records)
Toronto Is Broken - TorontoIsBroken (FiXT)
Post-Rock
Wolfredt / VHK String Orchestra - Live At The Estonian Public Broadcast Radio Studio 1 (Moment Of Collapse Records)
Erase Theory - The Good Kind [EP] (Icons Creating Evil Art)
Power Metal
Axenstar - Chapter VII (Inner Wound Recordings)
Immortal Guardian - Unite And Conquer (Massacre Records)
Skiltron - Bruadarach (Trollzorn Records)
Prog Rock / Metal
Kong - Traders of Truth (Sliptrick Records)
Unprocessed - ...and everything in between (Self-released)
Punk / Hardcore
Animal Shithouse - EWho Taught You To Hate? [EP] (Lockjaw Records)
Ett Dödens Maskineri - Kulturkriget (Suicide Records)
Ett Dödens Maskineri - Kulturkriget (Suicide Records)
Lil Lotus - Nosebleeder (Epitaph Records)
Oxygen Thief - Instrumentals Do Not Happen, They Are Caused (Xtra Mile Recordings)
The Young Hearts - Somewhere Through The Night (Year of the Rat Records)
Thrash Metal
Burden of Grief - Destination Dystopia (Massacre Records)
Destructor - Blood, Bone, and Fire (Shadow Kingdom)
Paradogmata - Endetid (Self-released)
And the rest...
Buried Shallow - Buried Shallow [EP] (Self-released) [Deathcore]
Gutlocker - Payoff [SINGLE] (Self-released) [Groove Metal]
Ni - Fol Naïs (Dur & Doux) [Extreme Noise/Metal]
Vast Slug - Children of the Cunt [EP] (Self-released) [Grindcore]
