Release Round Up – November 15th 2024

Release Round Up

Release Round Up - November 15th, 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!

ALBUM OF THE WEEK 

The most anticipated album of the year, Linkin Park are back with 'From Zero' and it was worth the wait.

"picking up where the legacy left off and transforming themselves into a modern day behemoth."

Read our full review here.

German thrash masters Sodom reissue 'Tapping The Vein' in a deluxe five disc box set on Noise/BMG.

"Sodom are sovereigns of the old guard, titanic figures with armfuls of immaculate releases to dispense at will."

Read our full review here.

Punk icons The 4 Skins release 'The Original 4 Skins' via Captain Oi!/Cherry Red Records.

"the genesis of one of Oi!’s major players."

Read our full review here.

Old-school death metal outfit Toxaemia release 'Rejected Souls Of Kerberus' via Emanzipation Productions.

"a delightfully pummelling 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

Ian Blurton's Future Now - Crimes of the City (Pajama Party Records)
Lionville - Supernatural (Frontiers Music SRL)
Rizen - Ex Cinere (Dr Johns Surgery Records)
Second Sun - Elektriska Mardrommar (Majestic Mountain Records)
The Damned Few - Karabasan (self-released)
The Rattlebacks - Sidewinder (Self-released)
Trapeze - Lost Tapes Vol. 2 (Metalville)
Tzimani - I Feel Fine (Glory or Death Records)
Voodoo Circle - Hail To The King (AFM Records)

Heavy Metal

All Involved - The Enemy Within [EP] (Self-released)
Apocryphal - Facing The End (The Circle Music)
Chüzo - M.T.M.D (Maximum Threshold, Minimum Decay) [EP] (Self-released)
Empires of Eden - Guardians of Tim (Massacre Records)
Gauntlet Rule - After the Kill (Fighter Records)
Metal Riot - Birth of Terror (WormholeDeath Records)
Starchaser - Into The Great Unknown (Frontiers Music SRL)

Black Metal

Burial - Rejoice In Sin (Apocalyptic Witchcraft)
Burial Oath - The Cycles of Suffering (Redefining Darkness Records)
Christian Botteri - Ancient Call (Self-released)
Druon Antigon - Het Donkere Volmaakte Al (Consouling Sounds)
Opus Irae - Into The Endless Night (Endtime Productions)
Still - A Theft (Floodlit Recordings)
Tuhka - Havuportaali (Nordvis Produktion)

Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore

A La Carte - Born To Entertain (Self-released)
In Eden Slain - Sorrow and Travail (Self-released)
Lurking Terror - A Worl in Darkness [EP] (M-Theory Audio)
Mammoth Grinder - Undying Spectral Resonance (Relapse Records)
Nekus - Death Apophenia (Sentient Ruin)
Of The Sun - Pattern Rebirth [EP] (Self-released)
Primal Code - Opaque Fixation (Relapse Records)
The Mosaic Window - Hemasanctum (Willowtip Records)
The Tale Untold - Counterculture (Self-released)
Trollcave - Adoration of the Abyssal Trespasser (Me Saco Un Ojo / BlackSeed)
Trollwar - Tales From The Frozen Wastes (Self-released)
Veilburner - The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Warfarer - A Tale Beyond The Pale (Inverse Records)

Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych

Acid Hags - Tempora Matantur (Olde Scratch Records)
Alkymist - UnnDerr (Audible Music)
Aversion - Futile Attempts to Reach The Light (Discordance Records)
Hraefn - Research Into infinity (Self-released)
Monolithe - Black Hole District (Hammerheart Records)
Nepenthe - The Fading Promise Of Tomorrow + Elegies Of Loss And Doom (Hypaethral records)
Sergeant Thunderhoof - The Ghost of Badonn Hill (Pale Wizard Records)
Tidal Shock - Riffs of Ha (Self-released)
Tomo Katsurada - Dream of the Egg (Future Days Shop)
Veuve - Pole (Go Down Records)
Wizard Must Die - L'Or des Fous (Klonosphere Records)

Post-Metal

Bodybuilder - There's No There, There (WormholeDeath Records)
Septaria - Astar (Klonosphere Records)

Progressive Rock / Metal

Alpenstock - A Dream (Promokativ)_
Gotho - Gothron Versus Fartark (Supernatural Cat)
HollowKin - Confessions & Failures (Self-released)
Vanitas - Wait and See [SINGLE] (Self-released)

Punk

Authority Zero - 30 Years: Speaking To The Truth [EP] (SBÄM Records)
Knives - One Cut Away From love (Punkerton Records)
Less Than Jake - Uncharted [EP] (Pure Noise Records)
Zebrahead - I [EP] (MFZB Records)

Thrash Metal

Doubting Thompson - Lizard Brain Directives (Sliptrick Records)
Nuclearsaurus Rex - Operation Party Destroy [EP] (Self-released)
Violent Definition - Progressive Obsoletion (I Hate Records / Bestial Invasion Records)

And the rest...

Beyond Unbroken - Destruction (FiXT) [Post-Hardcore]
Kromlek - III (Trollzorn Records) [Pagan Metal]
Miracle Blood - Hello Hell (Nefarious Industries) [Noise/Punk]
Obeyer - Chemical Well (3Dot Recordings) [Metalcore]
Pink Paradox - Broken Dolls (Self-released) [AI Generated Metal]
Super Monster Party - Rage Quit (Self-released) [Power Metal]
Thy Catafalque - XII: A gyönyörű álmok ezután jönnek (Season of Mist) [Avantgarde Metal]

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