Release Round Up - November 8th, 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
Icelandic outfit Solstafir release 'Hin Helga Kvöl' via Century Media Records.
"a luscious melancholic soundscape"
Read our full review here.
Tampa death crew Massacre release 'Necrolution' via Agonia.
"Nostalgia is a powerful thing and “Necrolution” will please a lot of fans who like their death metal the old way."
Read our full review here.
Illinois death metal outfit Molder release sophomore effort 'Catastrophic Reconfiguration' via Prosthetic Records.
"faster and more rabid"
Read our full review here.
Nottingham duo Shrykull release their caustic sophomore album 'Beyond Subconscious Realms'.
"Rippling and churning like viscous waves through molten iron"
Read our full review here.
The Body return with eighth studio album 'The Crying Out Of Things' released via Thrill Jockey.
"It’s intentionally jarring, uncomfortable, and frankly fucking disgusting in some places. It’s so good!"
Read our full review here.
Greek stoner rock outfit 1000mods release 'Cheat Death' via Ripple Music.
"killer riffs, plenty of groove, psychedelic jams and Sabbath worship"
Read our full review here.
Chaos Invocation release fifth album 'Wherever We Roam...' via AOp Records.
"an icebound deluge of demon worship, those scything chords, unholy shrieks emanating from forsaken mist-shrouded crypts"
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Aua - Painkiller No. 1 (CrazySane Records)
Bissesvinet - Blodager (Self-released)
Crippled Black Phoenix - The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature (Season of Mist)
Esprit D'Air - Seasons (Starstorm Records)
Klone - The Unseen (Pelagic Records)
Massive Wagons - Earth To Grace (Earache Records)
Thank - I Have A Physical Body That Can Be Harmed (Big Scary Monsters)
Various Artists - Action Rock Jukebox 45 Series, Vol. 1 (Screaming Crow Records)
Yesterdaze - Sentences (Indie Recordings)
Heavy Metal
(0) - KNÆK.MØRKE.MOD.LYS (Audible Records)
Defences - Shadowlight (Long Branch Records)
Impellitteri - War Machine (Frontiers Music SRL)
Innerwish - Ash of Eternal Flame (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Paragon - Metalation (Massacre Records)
Sol Invicto - Loosely Aware [EP]
The Browning - Omni (FiXT)
Black Metal
Auriferous Flame - The Insurrectionists and The Caretakers (True Cult Records)
Blackdeath - Mortui incedere possunt (EAL Productions)
Fiende - Snart er Alt Glemt (Hellstain Productions)
Grylle - Egrotants, Souffreteux, Cacochymes, Covidards (Antiq)
Valontuoja - Luonnon Armoilla (Inverse Records)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Earthburner - Permanent Dawn (M-Theory Audio)
In Dakhma - He Who Sows The Ground (Tower of Silence Records)
Necroferum - Visions from th Necrorealm [EP] (Nuclear Winter Records)
Ploughshare - Second Wound (Brilliant Emperor Records)
Possessive - Res Ipsa Loquitur (Brucia Records)
Rivers of Nihil - Hierarchy (Metal Blade Records)
Suicide - Devour The Fallen (Self-released)
Suidakra - Darkanakrad (MDD Records)
Through Mists - Branches (Self-released)
Verbannt - Falsche Versprechen [EP] (Der Abt Records)
Deathcore / Metalcore
A Scar For The Wicked - Acolythus (Self-released)
Make Them Suffer - Make Them Suffer (Sharptone Records)
The Plot In You - Vol. 3 [EP] (Fearless Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Codespeaker - Scavenger (Self-released)
Dawnrider - Five Signs of Malice (Firecum Records)
Ghost Frog - Galactic Mini Golf (Self-released)
Witchpit - Forever Spoken (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Witnesses - Joy (Self-released)
Industrial Metal
Bowels of Suffering - [B.o.S] 2.0 (WormholeDeath Records)
King Satan - The Devil's Evangelion (Noble Demon)
Neander - III (Through Love Records)
Post-Metal
Drownship - Tidal Passages (These Hands Melt)
The Death of Money - Error After Era (Suntreader)
Wolfgang - Trigger The Short-Fuzed (Barley Records)
Post-Rock
Bantar - This Heat Is Exhausting (Self-released)
Isleptonthemoon - Only The Stars Know of My Misfortune (Bindrune Records)
Softsun - Daylight In The Dark (Ripple Music)
Tides From Nebula - Instant Rewards (Nebula Records)
Power Metal
Seven Kingdoms - The Square (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Valkyrie's Fire - Ascension (Eclipse Records)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Archsin - On Death and Dying (Self-released)
Nine Stones Close - Adventures in Anhedonia (FREIA Music)
Punk
Kaptain Kaizen - Für 3 Minuten 11 (This Charming Man Records)
State Champs - State Champs (Pure Noise Records)
Symphonic Metal
Delain - Dance With The Devil [EP] (Napalm Records)
Just Reborn - Formae Mentis (WormholeDeath Records)
Marble - T.I.M.E. (Rockshots Records)
Miracle of Sound - Materia : Best of 2011 - 2024 (Napalm Records)
Tungsten - The Grand Inferno (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Thrash Metal
Furoius Descent - Judgement Day [EP] (Brutal Records)
Shadows Decay - Agent of Chaos (Preoptic Distortion Records)
