Release Round Up - August 2nd, 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!
Manchester's finest Barbarian Hermit drop 'Mean Sugar' via APF Records.
"To think of Barbarian Hermit as merely a stoner band is no longer an option."
Read our full review here.
Emerging from the UK's brutal death metal scene Pathogenic Virulence release 'Scourged' on Brutal Mind.
"showcases their brand of crushing brutality"
Read our full review here.
Kansas City post-rock collective, A Light Within launch EP 're:preface'.
"There’s something apocalyptic here, lurking beneath the surface"
Read our full review here.
Forgotten Winter release black metal masterpiece 'Lucífugo'.
"Forgotten Winter’s particular brand is of a grand, regal line, bombastic to a surety but sticking mostly to a mid-paced, more reserved take on the genre."
Read our full review here.
Turkish death metallers Carnophage release 'Matter of a Darker Nature' via Transcending Obscurity Records.
"you get a sense that your ears are going to take a battering."
Read our full review here.
Deathgrind giants Brainsore release 'The Grip of the Naked Mind' via Time To Kill Records.
"The grind scene of today is a feral menagerie of violence fetishists"
Read our full review here.
Underground British thrashers Blacklist unleash 'With Murderous Intent' this week.
"this is one storming, electrifying record that will keep you on the edge of your seat for its entire fifty minute runtime."
Read our full review here.
Fresh off their tour with Bruce Dickinson, Black Smoke Trigger release debut album 'Horizons'.
"a unique album that will stand the test of time."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Brian Ray - My Town (Wicked Cool Records)
Loic J Tuckey - Beyond The Sun Road (Self-released)
Mystiek - Bring Me Down [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Ritchie Newton - Moments [EP] (NRT-Records)
Heavy Metal
Adder's Fork - Apparitions (Running Wild Productions)
King Zog - Second Dawn (Rue Morgue Records)
Kodama - Telos (Self-released)
Lesser Beings - Lesser Beings (Self-released)
Mourning Wood - Fill Your Wood [EP] (WormholeDeath)
SulfuriS - Corpus // Animus (Inverse Records)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Adon - Adon (Neuropa)
Asenblut - Entfesselt (Massacre Records)
Doldrey - Only Death Is Eternal [EP] (Pulverised records)
Eldermoon - Egregora (Sliptrick Records)
Fourth Dominion - Diana's Day (Fiadh Productions)
Lethal Technology - Mechanical Era (WormholeDeath)
Mourners Lament - A Grey Farewell (Personal Records)
RedFace - First Blood (Violence In The Veins)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Manic Abraxas - Skinformation (Self-released)
Shadow Knell - Shadow Knell (Relapse Records)
Solemn Ceremony - Chapter III (self-released)
And the rest...
Acid Mass - Worship (Morbid and Miserable Records) [Thrash Metal]
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond Revisited (Nuclear Blast Records) [Power Metal]
Imodium Party Animal - Party Time [EP] (Self-released) [Synthwave / Industrial]
J.R.C.G. - Grim Iconic... (Sadistic Mantra) (Sub Pop) [Punk]
Lord of the Lost - Live at W.O.A. (Napalm Records)[ Gothic/Industrial/Metal]
Lost To Light - Conceal [EP] (self-released) [Metalcore]
Mister Misery - Mister Misery (AFM Records) [Dark Metal]
Moiii - Moiii (Someoddpilot Records) [Experimental Metal]
Poison Ruin - Confrere (Relapse Records) [Post-Punk]
Rome - World In Flames (Trisol Music Group) [Neo Folk]
Svartelder - Trenches (Soulseller Records) [Black Metal]
Vanitas - Chaos Theory [EP] (self-released) [Progressive Metal]
