Release Round Up - December 8th, 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!
Blue Oyster Cult release '50th Anniversary Live – First Night' celebrating their 50th Anniversary shows.
"a real bona fide outfit of such magnitude and magnificence they defy description, and their music is immortal."
Read our full review here.
Brutal death metal act Kryptoxik Mortality release 'Interdimensional Calamitous Extirpation' via Comatose Music.
"Unapologetically falls into the slam banner "
Read our review here.
French heavy psychedelic stalwarts Mars Red Sky release 'Dawn of the Dusk' via Mrs Red Sound and Vicious Circle.
"the music is powerful, yet subtle, enticing you into their world."
Read our full review here.
Dimmu Borgir stray down the cover album path this week with 'Inspiratio Profanus' released on Nuclear Blast Records.
"Looking at the track list some feel like obvious, and others are refreshingly surprising."
Read our full review here.
Midlands heavy weights At War With the Sun and Slump join forces on new EP 'SP/LIT'
"a more traditional modern doom feel, channelling the vibes of Volume 4 or Cathedral."
Read our review here.
Classic metal outfit Grave Digger release some forgotten gems on 'The Forgotten Years'.
"A fun as ever trip down memory lane with your metal buddies singing along. One for the pure of Grave Digger heart."
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
Bad Touch - Bittersweet Satisfaction (Marshall Records)
Cassidy Paris - New Sensation (Frontiers Music SRL)
Fifth Note - Here We Are (Frontiers Music SRL)
Have Mercy - Numb (Rude Records)
Metal Cross / Meridian - Merry Bloody Christmas [SINGLE] (From the Vaults)
Nightblade - That's The Way You Want It (self-released)
Nighthawk - Live! [EP] (Mighty Music)
Unmothered - Corridors (Self-released)
Heavy Metal
Disconnected Souls - Last Christmas [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Dream Drop - Acne Superstar (self-released)
Eternal Returns - Hunchback Hatred (WormholeDeath Records)
Grave Digger - The Forgotten Years (vicrecords)
Mean To Youy - What We Could Have Been [EP] (Self-released)
Medusa Touch - The Loser / Savage Circle (self-released)
Scumfucks - Scumfucks (Sliptrick Records)
Six Foot Six - Beggar's Hill (Scarlet Records)
Trick or Treat - A Creepy Night Live (Scarlet Records)
Void - Jadjow (Brucia Records)
Black Metal
Dawn of a Dark Age - Transumanza (My Kingdom Music)
Deemtee - Strange Aeons & Deliriums (Darkness Within)
Saħħar - L-Imlejka (Self-released)
Winterhorde - Neptunian (Self-released)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Dusk - Dissolve Into Ash (Dark Symphonies / The Crypt Vinyl)
Genus Ordinis Dei - The Begining (Eclipse Records)
Morning Dead - Desde El Otro Lado (Tragedy Productions)
Phobocosm - Foredained (Dark Descent Records)
Plague of the Fallen - Amongst The Rats (Self-released)
Progeny of Sun - Throne of Desolation (Inverse Records)
Saasta - Black | Death | Doom (Inverse Records)
Sublation - On The Advancement of Decay [EP] (Self-released)
Through Mists - Summon The Severed (Syrup Moose Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Aawks - Luna (Black Throne Productions)
Embr - Embr (Black Doomba Records)
Megaton Leviathan - Magick Helmet (Volatile Rock Recordings)
Slow - Abimes I (code666)
Sonny Vincent - Primitive 1969-1976 (Ripple Music)
The Links - Outside [Deluxe Edition] (Self-released)
Metalcore
Atreyu - The Beautiful Dark of Life (Spinefarm Records)
Torn Between - Last Chance Saloon [EP] (Self-released)
Power Metal
Axenstar - Chapter VIII (Inner Wound Recordings)
Chamelion - Legends & Lores (Rockshots Records)
Judicator - I Am The Void [EP] (self-released)
Sons of Eternity - End of Silence (Massacre Records)
Prog Rock / Metal
Knim - When A Star Falls (WormholeDeath Records)
Polar Son - Wax / Wane (Self-released)
Symphonic Metal
Beyond God - The Great Divide (Self-released)
Everdawn - Venera (Frontiers Music SRL)
Thrash Metal
Inculter - Morbid Origin (Edged Circle Productions)
Rage Behind - Eminence Or Disgrace (Atomic Fire Records)
Swarf Damage - Swarf Damage (Self-released)
And the rest...
Automata - Heart Murmur (Atypeek Music/Araki Records) [Post-Rock]
Ektomorf - Vivid Black (AFM Records) [Nu-Metal]
Health - Rat Wars (Loma Vista) [Noise Rock/Industrial]
Immerse - Energy (Adventure Cat Records) [Post-Hardcore]
Music In Low Frequencies - Catharsis (Raging Planet Records) [Post-Metal]
Skeptical Minds - Kharon (Self-released) [Gothic/Indutsrial Metal]
The Trudy - Outside Time (Miron Music) [Post-Punk]
Tijuana Bibles - Free Milk (Button Up Records) [Post-Punk]
