Release Round Up - August 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!
Death metal stalwarts Nile release 'The Underworld Awaits Us All' via Napalm Records.
"a good collection of material with some stand out moments"
Read our full review here.
One of modern metal’s biggest and most bombastic acts, Fleshgod Apocalypse return with 'Opera' on Nuclear Blast Records.
"Opera is still a wondrous record that’s a blast to enjoy"
Read our full review here.
Leaning towards the heavier side of things, Nebülith release 'Feel Good Music for the End of the World Vol. 1'
"one that will get your toes tapping and head banging"
Read our full review here.
Swedish outfit Furnace release 'Trojan Hearse' via Obelisk Polaris Productions.
"a fascinating album since it seems to completely forgo many aspects of Swedish death metal we take for granted"
Read our full review here.
Punk heroes The Exploited reissue 'Punks Not Dead / Troops Of Tomorrow' via Captain Oi!/Cherry Red Records.
"a fearsome collection of fast and furious punk ragers"
Read our full review here.
Blackened thrashers Demiser release 'Slave to the Scythe' via Metal Blade Records.
"There's oodles of energy bounded up in Demiser"
Read our full review here.
New Zealand natives Sidewinder release 'Talons' via Wyrmwood Records.
"satisfying and awe inspiring"
Read our full review here.
Spectral Wound release 'Songs Of Blood and Mire' via Profound Lore Records.
"seven sulphurous hymns, bleak, solemn, yet rapturous"
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Dampf - No Angels Alive (Silver Lining Music)
Dead Karma - The Space Camaro [EP] (Self-released)
Drenched - Grey [EP] (Self-released)
Earth Lux - Earth Lux (Metalville)
Fostermother - Echo Manor (Ripple Music)
Illuminati Hotties - Power (tbc)
Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks - TRUE (Frontiers Music)
Mike Tramp - Songs of White Lion Vol. II (Frontiers Music)
Mothica - Kissing Death (Rise Records)
Nervous Eaters - Rock n Roll Your Heart Away (Wicked Cool Records)
Prisoner - House of Cards [EP] (Self-released)
Silvera - World Behind Doors (Mighty Music)
Various Artists - Earache Records: Piano That Rocks (Earache Records)
White Hills - Beyond This Fiction (HOF Industries)
Heavy Metal
Carmeria - Tragedie D'Amour (Self-released)
Endless Chain - Agony (Self-released)
Monolith - Lord of the Insect Order (Self-released)
Virgin Steele - Virgin Steel I [Anniversary Edition] (Steamhammer/SPV)
Vonavibe - Locked Up (Eclipse Records)
Zeal & Ardor - Greif (MVKA)
Black Metal
Gravenoire - Devant La Porte Des Etoiles (season of Mist)
Woe Bearer - Thriving Within the Absurdity of the Human Plight (Onism Productions)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Buryfication - Gallows Rise (Kvlt und Kaos Productions)
Har - Cursed Creation (Dark Descent Records)
Morgue Terror - Violent and Murderous Thoughts (Self-released)
Vomitrot - Emetic Imprecations (Personal Records)
Deathcore
Hellwrath - Sin Eater (Self-released)
Within The Ruins - Phenomena II (MNRK Heavy)
Folk Metal
Dimbild - Dunkelglöd (Hammerheart Records)
Fåntratt - Ångerstupa (Nordvis Produktion)
Metalcore
Atena - Full Force to the Heart (Indie Recordings)
Miss May I - Apologies Are For The Weak [15th Anniversary Edition] (Solid State)
Power Metal
All For Metal - God of Metal (Year of the Dragon) (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Siege of Perilous - Creation's Call [EP] (Self-released)
Warlord - From The Ashes To The Archives - The Hot Pursuit Continues (High Roller Records)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Kingcrow - Hopium (Season of Mist)
Simone Simons - Vermillion (Nuclear Blast Records)
And the rest...
Delving - All Paths Diverge (Stickman Records) [Krautrock]
Föhn - Condescending (Hypaethral Records/These Hands Melt) [Doom]
I Hear Sirens - Acheron (Post Recordings/Dunk! Records)[ Post-Rock]
Rising Insane - Wildfires (Long Branch) [Hardcore]
Salt on Sunday - A Docket of Votive Offerings (Self-released) [Post-Metal]
Stand Atlantic - Was Here (Hopeless Records) [Punk]
The Mercury Impulse - Records of Human Behavior (self-released) [Drone/Ambient/Noise]
Uniform - American Standard (Sacred Bones) [Industrial]
