Release Round Up - August 30th, 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!
Nails are here to brighten up the second half of 2024 with new album 'Every Bridge Burning' On Nuclear Blast Records.
"the most blunt and forceful album of their entire career"
Read our full review here.
London crew Ishtar Terra release new EP 'Isolator'
"Ishtar Terra are not just full of bark, but they bite, and bite hard."
Read our full review here.
Norwegian progressive outfit Leprous release 'Melodies of Atonment' via Inside Out Music.
"another stunning victory for Leprous."
Read our full review here.
Finnish extreme metallers Concrete Winds release their self-titled album via Sepulchral Voice.
"Concrete Winds throw your torso straight through the wall the moment you start up this record"
Read our full review here.
Deathcore merchants Oceano unleash 'Living Chaso' on Sumerian Records.
"a blistering and caustic statement of intent"
Read our full review here.
Norwegian grinders Rat Lord hit it out of the park with 'Blazed In The Northern Sky' via Loyal Blood Records.
"plucking influences from hardcore to grind to classic punk and blending them all into a delicious short sharp shock of an album"
Read our full review here.
Texan powerhouse Pneuma Hagion release 'From beyond' via Everlasting Spew Records.
"their tone manages to capture this driving, atomic power"
Read our full review here.
One of Australia’s most uncompromising bands, To The Grave release 'Everyone's A Murderer' on Unique Leader Records.
"absolutely harrowing"
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
AWOLNATION - The Phantom Five (Better Noise)
Exotic Potion Cookies - That's Huge (Self-released)
Swervedriver - Doremi Faso Latido (Outer Battery Records)
Thunderbird Divine - Little Wars (Black Doomba Records)
ZacTheLocust - All I Am (Self-released)
Heavy Metal
Forlorn Hope - Valour - Part 1 [EP] (Self-released)
Gloria Perpetua - The Darkside We Wanna Hide (Rockshots Records)
Grendel's Syster - Katabasis Into The Abaton (Cruz Del Sur Music)
Phaethon - Wielder of the Steel (Gates of Hell Records)
Black Metal
Amiensus - Reclamation Pt. II (M-Theory Audio)
Avmakt - Satanic Inversion Of (Peaceveille Records)
Ellende - Todbringerin (AOP Records)
Sur Austru - Datura Străhiarelor (Avantegarde Music)
Wrach - Quae Infra Volo Videre (Apocalyptic Witchcraft)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Deliver The Galaxy - Bury Your Gods (Massacre Records)
Wintersun - Time II (Nuclear Blast Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Dionize - Lighthouse (Argonauta Records)
Erronaut - The Space Inbetween (London Doom Collective)
Faceless Empress - The Escapist [EP] (self-released)
Kungens Man - For samtida djur 2 (Majestic Mountain Records)
Satan's Satyrs - After Dark (Tee Pee Records)
Temple Witch - Ocean Thousand, Mountain Thousand (WormholeDeath Records)
Torus - Torus (MNRK)
Vast Pyre - Vast Pyre (Octopus Rising)
Wall - Brick By Brick (APF Records)
Hardcore
Doulos - Bellum (Rottweiler Records)
Worn Out - Low [EP] (Self-released)
Punk
Deny - Call of the Void [EP] (DiSTAT Records)
Light Grey - Nightm@res (Never Meant Records)
Molly Vulpyne - Amortise [EP] (FOAD Musick)
And the rest...
Anciients - Beyond the Reach of the Sun (Season of Mist) Progressive Metal
Atomis - The Void [BOXSET] (Self-released) Post-Metal
Copse - MMXXIV (Church Road Records) Post-Metal
Executioner's Mask - Almost There (Seeing Red Records) Post-Punk
Flotsam & Jetsam - I Am The Weapon (AFM Records) Thrash Metal
Norna - Norna (Pelagic Records) Post-Hardcore
Thrown - Excessive Guilt (Arising Empire) Metalcore
Wolfhorde - Bloodmoon Symphonies (Inverse Records) Folk/Death/Black
