Release Round Up - February 23rd, 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!
Morta Skuld continue their resurgence with new album 'Creation Undone' released via Peaceville Records.
"Creation Undone takes no prisoners and is absolutely uncaring for where you are and how you’re feeling"
Read our review here.
Stygian Crown release sophomore album 'Funeral For A King' via Cruz Del Sur Music.
"one of the finest Epic Doom Metal records in years."
Read our full review here.
German thrashers Dust Bolt return with 'Sound & Fury' on AFM Records.
"Dust Bolt have simply found a better and more life-affirming way to get more heads banging."
Read our full review here.
Gen and the Degenerates release debut album 'Anti-Fun Propaganda' on Marshall Records.
"thirty-three minutes of some of the best and most catchy tunes you’ll hear this year."
Read our full review here.
Irish death metal squadron Vircolac drop 'Veneration' via Sepulchral Voice Records.
"The band’s curious Black/Death metal hybrid sound is one certainly unique unto them as few bands seem to straddle this line with such finesse."
Read our full review here.
Hand of Kalliach return with their enriching blend of folklore and mythology on 'Corryvreckan', released via Prosthetic Records.
"Corryvreckan is an intoxicating blend of unmatched detail and ancient tales."
Read our full review here.
After nearly five years the incredible extreme metal force of Desolate Tomb has reawakened with 'Scorned By Misery' released on Rottweiler Records.
"chaotic and uncompromising"
Read our full review here.
Philadelphias Timelost release a magical throwback sounding album in 'Drained'.
"the perfectly packaged masterpiece that would have been a chart topper way back when."
Read our full review here.
German natives Smorrah release debut album 'Welcome To Your Nightmare'.
"An unsettling and ferocious debut album"
Read our full review here.
Darkest Hour release a killer album in 'Perpetual | Terminal' via MNRK Heavy.
"possibly the most compelling album of 2024"
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Disasteroid - Garden Creatures (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Glitterer - Rational (Epitaph)
Guiltless - Thorns [EP] (Neurot Recordings)
Lionheart - The Grace of a Dragonfly (Metalville)
PAT!i - Sahara (Red Flag Music)
Royal Tusk - Altruistic (MNRK Heavy)
Schubmodul - Lost In Kelp Forest (Tonzonen Records)
Heavy Metal
Amaranthe - The Catalyst (Nuclear Blast)
Autumnblaze - Auf zerfetzten Schwingen (Argonauta Records)
Blood Opera - Songs In The Key of Death (Self-released)
Counting Hours - The Wishing Tomb (Ardua Music)
Decrowned - Persona Non Grata (Rockshots Records)
Jamart - OmiNoUS (Self-released)
Rifforia - Axeorcism (Metalville)
The Body & Dis Fig - Orchards of a Futile Heaven (Thrill Jockey)
Traveler - Prequel To Madness (No Remorse Records)
Vincent Crowley - Anthology of Horror (Hammerheart Records)
Black Metal
Borknagar - Fall (Century Media)
Keres - Homo Homini Lupus (Gruesome Records)
Lilla Veneda - Primordial Movements (Self-released)
M o r n u - The Unearthly Becomes Inherent (Ground Media Group)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Bleak Sanctuary - The Dark Night of Soul (Self-released)
Cult Burial - Condemnation [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Darkest Hour - Perpetual / Terminal (MNRK Heavy)
Electric Deathbeat - A Ghost Triangle (Sliptrick Records)
Electric Deathbeat - The Past beats of Death [EP] (Sliptrick Records)
Galvornhathol - H-Alpha (Self-released)
Headless Dawn - Freakshow Ballet (Self-released)
Job For A Cowboy - Moon Healer (Metal Blade Records)
Maurda - Cultus Brachypter [REISSUE] (Sentient Ruin)
Pyra - Thos Who Dwell In The Fire (immortal Frost Productions)
Slaughterror - Endless Lust For Gore (Noble Demon)
Unburier - Nebulous [EP] (Self-released)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Crowskin / Bad Luck Rides On Wheels - Verstummt / Monocelestial Chords [SPLIT] (Exile on Mainstream)
Imperceptum - Chaos Pilgrimage (The Way Of the Hermit)
Monkey3 - Welcome The The Machine (Napalm Records)
Moonin Down - The Third Planet (Argonauta Records)
Rhino - Human Farm (argonauta Records)
Throndale - Lightning Spawn (Self-released)
Hardcore
Big Deal - Beyond Repair (Heroes & Martyrs Records)
Life Cycles - Portal To The Unknown [EP] (1126 Records)
Post-Rock
A Burial At Sea - Close To Home (Pelagic Records)
Tvinna - Two - Wings of Ember (By Norse)
Power Metal
Anubis - Dark Paradise (M-Theory Audio)
Nemedian Chronicles - The Savage Sword (No Remorse Records)
Lokheira - Dark of the Night (WormholeDeath Records)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Nebularis - Exodus - Shattered Earth Saga - Pt 1 (Self-released)
Fragment Soul - Galois Paradox (WormholeDeath Records)
North Sea Echoes - Really Good Terrible Things (Metal Blade Records)
And the rest...
Austrian Death Machine - Quad Brutal (Napalm Records) [Thrash Metal]
Cathubodua - Interbellum (Massacre Records) [Symphonic Metal]
Shoreline - To Figure Out (Pure Noise Records) [Emo/Punk/Hardcore]
Skrckvldet - 01:23:40 (Majestic Mountain Records) [Drone]
