Release Round Up - June 7th, 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!
One of the UK's finest sludge outfits GURT release 'Satan ETC' this week.
"Slap this on and say “Fuck you!” to life for forty minutes"
Read our full review here.
Copenhagen hardcore punks, SYL release 'afmagt' via Audible Music.
"the perfect balance of accessibility and aggression"
Read our full review here.
Truly mesmerising duo Nordic Giants release 'Origins'.
"an exhilarating, exciting, emotional journey."
Read our full review here.
French heavy metal institution Nightmare release 'Encrypted' via AFM Records.
"far more grit than the standard European power metal."
Read our full review here.
Between The Killings release latest EP 'The Killing Quartet Vol. 2 - Omnipotence'
"Bigger, nastier and alot more for your money."
Read our full review here.
US death metallers Swelling Repulsions release 'Fatally Misguided' via Transcending Obscurity Records.
"this is a wildly uncompromising, uncaring record"
Read our full review here.
North America quintet Sect unleash 'Plagues Upon Plagues' via Southern Lord.
"They have found a new way to focus their ire and, listening to Plague Upon Plagues, it’s clear that Sect are mighty angry indeed."
Read our full review here.
Dislimn tackle topics of anxiety, mental health and depression on new EP 'Esmee'.
"Esmee has a very strong narrative through its core and music that is absolutely epic enough to accompany that."
Read our full review here.
Dutch outfit Severe Torture release 'Torn From The Jaws of Death' via Season of Mist.
"Utterly vicious and a downright mean slab of classic brutal death metal"
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Grand Slam - Wheel of Fortune (Silver Lining Music)
ISSA - Another World (Frontiers Music)
Kurt Frolich - 1977 (Golden Robot Records)
LØLØ - falling for robots and wishing i was one (Hopeless Records)
Royal Republic - LoveCop (Odyssey Music)
Sotory - Unspoken (UPhobia)
The Fires Below - Throns [EP] (Self-released)
Heavy Metal
Apocalytica - Plays Metallica Vol. 2 (Throwndown Entertainment)
Cianalas - Far Beyond Healing (Self-released)
From Ashes To New - Blackout [Deluxe Digitial Reissue] (Better Noise Music)
Holy Mother - Rise (Massacre Records)
Intranced - Muerte Y Metal (High Roller Records)
Nikk Fail - End Of The Line (Self-released)
Relicon - Consequences of Disbelief {EP (WormholeDeath Records)
Black Metal
Al-Namrood - Al Aqrab (Shaytan Productions)
Amen Corner - Written By The Devil (Hammerheart Records)
Anael - Mare (Paragon Records)
Azketem - Azketem (Darkness Shall Rise productions)
Ernte - Weltenzertorer (Vendetta Records)
Konigreichssal - Psalmen'o'delirium (Godz ov War Productions)
Mythraeum - Oblivion Aeternam (M-Theory Audio)
Odio Deus - Spiritual Syphilis (WormholeDeath Records)
Ordalie - Indifferent Universe (Paragon Records)
Widertod - Anemoia (Vendetta Records)
Zorza - Hellven (Godz ov War Productions)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
AD Patres - Unbreathable (Non Serviam Records)
Brazen Tongue - Of Crackling Embers & Sorrows Drowned (Self-released)
Desultory - Darkness Falls (The Early Years) (Darkness Shall Rise Productions)
Fracture Generartor - Convergence (Everlasting Spew Records)
Gom Jabber - Obsidian Black Carrion [EP] (Dawn of Murk
Grand Demise of Civilization - The Blaze of Abaddon (Ordovician Records)
Grave Heresy - Incineration (Godz ov War Productions)
Necrocene - Detrimental Paratomy (Personal Records)
Noroth - Sacrificial Solace (Carbonized Records)
Okular - Regenerate (Regenerative Productions)
Withering Surface - Exit Plan (Mighty Music)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Aythis - Celestial Exile / Lost Lighthouse (self-released)
Devil Moon Risen - Fissures of Men (Self-released)
Di'aul - EP II (MooDDoom Records)
Huntsmen - The Dry Land (Prosthetic Records)
Octohawk - Determinist (Crime Records)
Orquesta del Desierto - Orquesta del Desierto [REISSUE] (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Poobah - Burning In The Rain: An Anthology (Ripple Music)
Void Commander - Alien Queen (Majestic Mountain Records)
Void Moon - Dreams Inside The Sun (Personal Records)
WyndRider - Revival (Electric Valley Records)
Hardcore
Candy - It's Inside Your (Relapse Records)
Deathwish - The Fourth Horseman (Beer City Records)
Metalcore
Fool The Masses - It's All Lost (Dr. Music Records)
From A Nightmare - Doom State (Self-released)
Prog Rock / Metal
Alberto Rigoni - Unexpected Lullabies (Sliptrick Records)
Voidgazer - Dance of the Undesirabled (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Thrash Metal
Ashes Reborn - In Captivity (Firecum Records)
Blynd - Unbeliever (Pitch Black Records)
Holycide - Towards Idiocracy (Xtreem Music)
Kilonova - Grieve For The Living [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Nifelheim - Unholy Death (Darkness Shall Rise)
Vexxum - Lost In Infinity (Self-released)
Web - Burden of Destiny (Firecum Records)
And the rest...
Chrome Waves - Lost Horizon - Live 1/5/2024 (Disorder Rcordings) [Post-Black Metal]
Cruce Signatus - Cruce Signatus [EP] (Self-released) [Cinematic/Synthwave]
Dvrk - Infinite Reminiscence (Season of Mist) [Deathcore]
Evergrey - Theories of Emptiness (Napalm Records) [Power Metal]
Hippotraktor - Stasis (Pelagic Records) [Post-Metal]
Jason Devore - I'm On The Beach (Double Helix Records) [Punk]
Machukha - Mochari (Consouling Sounds) [Post-Black Metal]
Rarity - Lower Feeling (new Damaged Records) [Post-Hardcore]
Slow Joy - Mi Amigo Slow Joy [EP] (Mick Music) [Post-Rock]
The Hu - Live at Glastonbury (Better Noise Music) [Mongolian Folk]
Vazum - Western Violence (Self-released) [Post-Punk]
