Release Round Up - January 12th, 2024
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!
British Rock Legends Magnum return with their new album 'Here Comes The Rain', released via Steamhammer/SPV.
"an absolute joy on the senses"
Read our full review here.
The brainchild of Hal Microutsicos, Engulf release latest album 'The Dying Planet Weeps' via Everlasting Spew Records.
"a ripping yet meandering piece that will take you down multiple avenues and roads within the span of a single track."
Read our review here.
Old School Death Metal outfit Domination Campaign release sophomore album 'A Storm of Steel' on Prosthetic Records.
"Eight pummelling and uncompromising death metal tunes."
Read our full review here.
Welsh post-hardcore outfit Casey release 'How To Disappear' via Hassle Records.
"one of the country’s foremost post hardcore/emo exponents."
Read our full review here.
Sheffield hardcore merchants Rough Justice release 'Faith In Vain' on Malevolence's own record label MLVLTD.
"full of chest beating rhythms and chunky guitar riffs that you’d find only from the north of England."
Read our full review here.
Samurai metal warriors Ryujin release their self titled album on Napalm Records, an album produced by Trivium's Matt Heafy.
"a technical guitar lovers wet dream, ferociously fast riffs, technical bridges and wonderful melodies"
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Artificial Heaven - Digital Dreams (My Kingdom Music)
Jim Peterik & World Stage - Roots & Shoots Vol 1 (Frontiers Music)
Last In Time - Too Late (Rockshots Records)
Linnea Hjertén - Nio systrar (Nordvis Produktion)
Nobody's Fool - Time (Battlegod Productions)
Psycho Ward - Committed (Battlegod Productions)
Ravenstine - 2024 (Massacre Records)
Russell / Guns - Medusa (Frontiers Music)
The Grandmaster - Black Sun (Frontiers Music)
The Magic Bus - Σε Άγνωστα Νερά (Self-released)
Xephyr - No Signal (Self-released)
Heavy Metal
Exit Eden - Femmes Fatales (Napalm Records)
Gothony - Gothony (Inverse Records)
Ruthless - The Fallen (Fireflash Records)
Ryujin - Ryujin (Napalm Records)
Black Metal
Krvna - The Rhythmus of Death Eternal (Zazen Sounds)
Nargathrond - Mourning Season (Self-released)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Cariosus - Will, Until Beauty (Self-released)
Iron Front - Hooked (Creator-Destructor Records)
Karnak Seti - Restos [EP] (Self-released)
Lifesick - Love and Other Lies (Metal Blade Records)
Savus Finis - Facilis Descensus Averno (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Yersin - The Scythe is Remorseless (Trepanation Recordings)
Deathcore
Alluvial - Death Is But A Door [EP] (Nuclear Blast)
Drown In Sulphur - Dark Secrets of the Soul (Scarlet Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Mourning Dawn - The Foam of Despair (Aesthetic Death)
Ritual Earth / Kazak - Turned To Stone Chapter 9 [SPLIT] (Ripple Music)
The Awesome Machine - ...It's Ugly or Nothing [REISSUE] (Ripple Music)
The Clamps - Megamouth (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Hardcore
Escuela Grind - DDEEAATTHHMMEETTAALL (MNRK Heavy)
Good Cop - No Country For The Young (Self-released)
Rough Justice - Faith In Vain (Mlvltd)
Splitknuckle - Breathing Through The Wound (DAZE)
And the rest...
Emil Bulls - Love Will Fix It (Arising Empire) [Metalcore]
Neal Morse - The Restoration - Joseph: Part Two (Frontiers Music) [Prog Rock]
No Terror In The Bang - Heal (Klonosphere Records) [Prog/Cinematic Metal]
Sabotage India - Pishach (Self-released) [Thrash Metal]
The Darkest Moment - Love & Loss (Prime Collective) [Post Hardcore]
