Release Round Up - January 17th, 2025
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
Newcastle's stone rock machine Dunes release 'Land of the Blind' via Ripple Music.
"it takes you back to that classic 90’s sound, all fuzzed out noise and plenty of explosiveness."
Read out full review here.
Cerebral Hemorrhage bring their old school death metal sound to 'Exempting Reality', released via Comatose Music.
"This record is big, nasty and brutal as hell."
Read our full review here.
Slamming death metal newcomers Putrid Defecation release 'Tales From the Toilet'.
"If you’ve ever wanted an album about accidentally violating yourself when your finger goes through the paper, this is the album for you."
Read our full review here.
Onirophagus release highly anticipated third album 'Revelations From the Void' via Personal Records.
"January can be hard to come by for quality releases, however this is one album worth checking out."
Read our full review here.
A.M.E.N. deliver Dark Doomy Jazz on 'Argento', released via My Kingdom Music.
"The whole album feels intimate, as if you are the only person in the audience watching"
Read our full review here.
Black Forest-based metal collective bunsenburner release 'Reverie' this week.
"Their assorted backgrounds combine to make music that is quite simply, exceptional."
Read our full review here.
German iconic metal institution Grave Digger release 'Bone Collector' via ROAR.
"Fast double bassing over filthy guitar riffs."
Read our full review here.
Sarcator are poised to launch a fresh attack with 'Swarming Angels & Flies' released via Century Media.
"ripsaw gnarly riffing overlayed with blackened metal screams"
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Abandon Alien - Are You Out There? (Sliptrick Records)
Dear Seattle - Toy (Domestic La La)
Godzillionaire - Diminishing Returns (Ripple Music)
Jessica Lynn - All I Own (Self-released)
Landfall - Wide Open Sky (Frontiers Music SRL)
The Big Deal - Electricfied (Frontiers Music SRL)
Wildness - Avenger (Frontiers Music SRL)
Heavy Metal
Aevum - Kaleidoscope (DarkTunes Music Group)
Cherrydead - Forsaken Land [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Crimson Storm - Livin' On The Bad Side (Fighter Records)
Solence - Blue Monday [EP] (Better Noise Music)
Tumenggung - Back On The Streets (Jawbreaker Records)
Vertex - War Is Peace (Self-released)
Black Metal
Dark Fortress - Anthems from Beyond The Grave (LIVE) (Century Media)
Deus Sabaoth - Cycle of Death (Self-released)
Goatlord Corp. - Temple of Serpent Whores (Nomad Snakepit Productions)
Häxkapell - Om jordens blod och urgravens grepp (Nordvis Produkion)
Hesperia - Fra Li Monti Sibillini (Hammerheart Records)
Necromaniac - Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable (Invictus Productions)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Aeon of Awareness - The Embracing Light of Rarohenga (Self-released)
Expurgate - Nynäs Death (Nomad Snakepit Productions)
Greh - Dysphoric Devotion (Fetzner Death Records)
Hierarchies - Hierarchies (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Pestilent Scars - Meadows of Misfortune (Inverse Records)
Synaptic - Enter The Void (Lifeless Chasm Records)
Thy Kingdon Will Burn - The Loss And Redemption (Scarlet Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Datura - Visions For The Celestial [REISSUE] (Ripple Music)
Industrial Metal
AntiMozdeBeast - The Alien Machine (Self-released)
Necrotech - Necrotechnology [EP] (Sentient Ruin)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Eidola - Mend (Blue Swan Records/Rise Records)
Howling Giant - Howling Giant [EP] (10th Anniversary Reissue) (Self-released)
Thrash Metal
Bottlebelt - Toxic Brew (Self-released)
Hazzerd - The 3rd Dimension (M-Theory Audio)
Necrodeath - Arimortis (Time To Kill Records)
And the rest...
Around 7 - A Tale of Martyrs & Heathens {EP] (SODEH Records) Punk
Dragonknight - Legions (Scarlet Records) Power Metal
Medusian - Library [EP] (Self-released) Symphonic Metal
Scary Hours - Can't Contend (Pyrrhic Victory Recordings) Hardcore
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