Release Round Up - January 26th, 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!
London progressive outfit Mountain Caller release sophomore effort 'Chronicle II: Hypergenesis' via Church Road Records.
"a masterpiece that needs to be heard to be believed"
Read our full review here.
Lucifer are back with 'Lucifer V' released via Nuclear Blast.
"a fantastic album that falls slightly short of the band’s previous release."
Read our full review here.
The Infernal Sea return to once again weave a darkened path with 'Hellfenlic' released via Candlelight Records.
"a cacophony of fury which cascades into waves of old English, blasphemy, and belligerence"
Read our full review here.
Yorkshire technical death outfit Cognizance release 'Phantazein' via Willowtip Records.
"a record that will interest people who may not want to have their faces melted off for 40 straight minutes but it does this without sacrificing its musical integrity."
Read our full review here.
Dipygus release their self-titled, third album via Mementio Mori this week.
"a great, compelling death metal record that is bound to garner scores of new fans over to their side."
Read our full review here
Hungarian death metallers Mephitic Grave release 'Dreadful Seizures' via Memento Mori.
"a blunt and uncaring record that does what it says on the tin"
Read our full review here.
Romanian death metal outfit Necrotum drop 'Defleshed Exhumation' via Memento Mori.
"they throw a slew of cerebral riffs and warped songwriting our way."
Read our full review here.
Crossover hardcore/thrashers Almost Dead release 'Destruction Is All We Know' via Innerstrength Records.
"The band pull out all the stops to set themselves apart from the scores of similar acts"
Read our full review here.
Nearing their 25th anniversary, Madder Mortem release their first album in eight years 'Old Eyes, New Heart'.
"the depth and nuance of the ten tracks seem to be given a more intimate consideration."
Read our full review here.
US West Coast death metal act Dripping Decay unleash new EP 'Ripping Remains' via Satanik Royalty Records.
"the band take you down one avenue before smashing your expectations to pieces"
Read our full review here.
Canadian death metal outfit Dissimulator drop their debut 'Lower Form Resistance' on 20 Buck Spin.
"an album that’s going to raise eyebrows."
Read our full review here.
Aussie progressive rockers, Caligula’s Horse return after a near four-year absence with 'Charcoal Grace' on InsideOut Music.
"a lengthy record that is a constant treat from the ears and the brain."
Read our full review here.
Barbarian, Bunker 66, Camera Obscura Two, Kryptonomicon, Kryptonomicon and Necrodeath join forces on 'Mesmerized - A Tribute to Celtic Frost' released via Time To Kill Records.
"All six acts here are worthy of your consideration in their own right but, bringing them together under the guise of Frost covers is, frankly, genius."
Read our full review here.
Norway's Blood Red Throne return with new album 'Nonagon' on Soulseller Records.
"a slab of no nonsense death metal"
Read our full review here.
Tennessee Deathcore royalty Whitechapel release live album 'Live in the Valley' via Metal Blade Records.
"Whitechapel will carry the energy of this show with them onto the Bloodstock stage this summer and have Malevolence and Architects pondering how to follow them."
Read our full review here.
Portland Oregon’s death metal machine Vitriol release 'Suffer & Become' via Century Media.
"a firm and utterly savage collection of ten tracks which pull exactly zero punches"
Read our full review here.
Slayer songs... but slower and heavier! Doom super-group SLOWER take on some classics on their new EP, released via Heavy Psych Sounds.
Read our full review here.
Polish one man outfit Drunk Thrasher drops new EP 'Raining Vomit' via Godz ov War Productions.
"Frenetic, fast paced drums and chaotic, almost inhuman riffing"
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Alkaline Trio - Blood, Hair and Eyeballs (Rise Records)
Ancient Vvisdom - Master of the Stone (Argonauta Records)
Beardsley / Shaw - No God of Mine [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Black Bombers - Vive La Revolution (Easy Action Records)
Dead Poet Society - Fission (Spinefarm Records)
Dreamworm - The Journey [EP] (Self-released)
Ghost Atlas - Dust of the Human Shape (UNFD)
Hearts & Hand Grenades - Where I Begin (Eclipse Records)
Nake - Nake (Self-released)
Riley's L.A. Guns - The Darkhorse (Golden Robot Records)
The Gems - Phoenix (Napalm Records)
The Survival Code - Whispers of Woe (Good Deed Music)
Thunder - Live At Islington Academy (earMUSIC)
Thunder - Live At Leeds (earMUSIC)
Heavy Metal
Acerus - The Caliginous Serendae (Nameless Grave Records)
Alcatrazz - Rock Justice: Complete Recordings 1983-1986 (Cherry Red Records)
Bright & Black - The Album (Self-released)
Byron - Chapter II: The Lotus Covenant (The Goatmancer)
Crucible - The Savage Weapon (From the Vaults)
Dymytry - Five Angry Men (AFM Records)
Kings Winter - The Other Side of Fear (Self-released)
Lovelorn Dolls - Beautiful Chaos [EP] (Alfa Matrix)
Manticora - Mycelium (Mighty Music)
Mega Colossus - Showdown (Cruz Del Sur Music)
Omen - Escape to Nowhere [35th Anniversary] (Metal Blade Records)
Pandora's Key - Yet I Remain (Self-released)
Poorhouse - XII (Self-released)
Sad Iron / Burning - Back To Back (Self-released)
Savaged - Night Stealer (No Remorse Records)
Show N tell - The Ritual Has Begun (No Remorse Records)
Wizard Death - I Am The Night (Self-released)
Black Metal
Command - Resver (Jawbreaker Records)
Corax B.M - Pagana (The Circle Music)
Kalt Vindur - Magna Mater (The Circle Music)
Olhava - Sacrifice (Avantgarde Music)
Reflecting the Light - Reflecting the Light (Bitume Prods)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Abyssius - Abyssius (Self-released)
Drowned - Procul His (Sepulchral Voice Records)
Exocrine - Legend (Season of Mist)
Hellmann - Born, Suffering, Death (Black Lodge)
Hiraes - Dormant (Napalm Records)
Onslaught Kommand - Visions of Blood and Gore (Godz of War Productions)
Sacrofuck - Święta Krew (Godz of War Productions)
Soulcarrion - Enthrone Death (Godz of War Productions)
Stone Horns - Chimaira (Rockshots Records)
Tanin'iver - Dark Evils Desecrate (Morning Star Heresy)
Temple of Void - The First ten Years (Hammerheart Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Cosmic Void - Subterranean Rivers (Self-released)
Forlesen / Lotus Thief - Split [EP] (Voidhanger Records)
Greengoat - A.I. (Argonauta Records)
Rituals of the Dead Hand - The Wretched and the Vile (Immortal Frost Productions)
Stuporous - Asylum's Lament (Void Wanderer Productions / War Productions)
Metalcore
Any Given Day - Limitless (Arising Empire)
Drip Fed Empire - Revolutionist (Self-released)
Kaonashi - The 3 Faces of Beauty: A Violent Misinterpretation of Morgan Montgomery" (Equal Vision Records)
Post-Punk
Fazi - Folding Story (Pelagic Records)
Heavy Blood & Die - Burnout Codes (Fysisk Format Records)
Yama Uba - Silhouettes (Ratskin Records)
Kill The Thrill - Autophagie (Season of Mist)
And the rest...
Dream State - Still Dreaming [EP] (Self-released) [Post-hardcore/Alt-Rock]
Godfrost - Godfrost (Sliptrick Records) [Industrial]
Guhts - Regeneration (New Heavy Sounds) [Post-Metal]
Hyloxalus - Make Me The Heart of The Black Hole (Self-released) [Power Metal]
Jenner - Prove Them Wrong (Fighter Records) [Thrash Metal]
Junta - Junta (Sentient Ruin) [Hardcore/Punk]
Overman - It's All Overman [Remix Album] (Sliptrick Records) [Post-Rock/Electronic]
Ruled by Raptors - Silent Sound {REMIX EP] (Self-released) [Post-Hardcore]
Vipassi - Lightless (Season of Mist) [Progressive Metal]
