Release Round Up - February 14th, 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
Italian metallers Lacuna Coil release 'Sleepless Empire' via Century Media.
"the premier purveyors of gothic-tinged heavy metal."
Read out full review here.
Ritualistic sludge-metal juggernauts Pothamus release 'Abur' via Pelagic Records.
"a voyage of discovery, as equally important to the internal and spiritual as it is to the external. "
Read our full review here.
Channelling the darkest and vilest sounds of black and death metal, Obscureviolence release 'Refuting the Flesh' via Transcending Obscurity Records.
"Blackened death supremacy in excelsis; a reduction of all mankind to mewling dislimbed husks, blind and writhing."
Read our full review here.
French doom metal pioneers Hangman's Chair release 'Saddiction' via Nuclear Blast.
"combining massive slamming drums and dirty riffing with a lightness akin to later-era Ulver and an emotion heart only the French could conjure."
Read our full review here.
Finnish melancholic metal heavyweights Dawn of Solace release 'Affliction Vortex' via Noble Demon.
"all very succinct with no padding or excessiveness simply doing the job of delivering gloom and melancholy."
Read our full review here.
Eco warriors Savage Lands release 'Army of Trees' via Season of Mist.
"the sheer diversity of sounds crippling any shot at unity or clarity"
Read our full review here.
Punk stalwarts MC16 release new album 'Machine Code'
"a swift kick up the backside to the apathetic and a rollicking good punk record."
Read our full review here.
Stoner rock meets thrash metal on Asasara's new EP '777'
"one melting pot of noise, aggression and laid-back vibes."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Big Canyon - Big Canyon (Self-released)
Crazy Lixx - Thrill of the Bite (Frontiers Music SRL)
Diamond Dogs & Chris Spedding - Macon Georgia Giant (Wild Kingdom)
Ginger Evil - The Way It Burns (Frontiers Music SRL)
Greybeards - Out of the RED [EP] (Rexius Records)
Hands Like Houses - Atmospherics (Civilians)
Leadfeather - Roll The Dice [EP] (Self-released)
Midland Railway - Midland Railway (Self-released)
Möuth - Global Warning (Bonebag Records)
Spiders - Sharp Objects (Wild Kingdom)
The Nightmares - Fire In heaven (Venn Records)
The Velveteers - A Million Lives (Easy Eye Sounds)
Warlung - The Poison Touch (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Zement - Passagen (Self-released)
Heavy Metal
Löanshark - No Sins To Confess (ROAR)
Mantric Momentum - Alienized (Frontiers Music SRL)
Prehistoria - Cryptic Halo (StormSpell Records)
Raven - Can't Take Away The Fire (Silver Lining Music)
Ray Of Light - City of Angels (RFL Records)
Rioghan - Kept (Inverse Records)
Black Metal
Blood Cult - We're Gonna Take Your Soul (Self-released)
Délirant - Thoughteater (Sentient Ruin)
Fell Omen - Invaded By A Dark Spirit (True Cult Records)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Cantu Ignis - The Fathomless Dominion (Self-released)
Pyrrhic Salvation - When Society Crumbles (Self-released)
Replicant - Hypochondria of the Machine [7 inch] (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Asasara - 777 (Self-released)
Carcolh - Twilight of the Mortals (Sleeping Church Records)
Collignon - Bicicleta (Gris Gris Records)
Ditch - The Traveler (Dark Skies Coming)
Mantar - Post Apocalyptic Depression (Metal Blade Records)
Novarupta - Astral Sands (Suicide Records)
Metalcore
Bleeding Through - Nine (Sharptone Records)
Church Tongue - You'll Know It Was Me [EP] (Pure Noise Records)
Ephemera - For Those Afraid To Die (Morning Star Heresy Music Group)
Storm - Walking Dead [SINGLE] (Indie Recordings)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Mastord - Lemmon Lintu (Inverse Records)
Vénus Bleue - Infâme Nectar (WormholeDeath Records)
Symphonic Metal
Carmeria - Trinity: Volume I (Self-released)
Serpentyne - Tales From The Dark (Rockshots Records)
And the rest...
Bite Me Bambi - Eat This (Self-released) [Pop Punk]
Love is Noise - To Live In A Different Way (Century Media Records) [Alt-Metal/Shoegaze]
Ranzer - Leidkultur (Kein Pardon Records) [Thrash Metal]
Rescue Cat - Flesh & Weapon (Time To Kill Records) [Hardcore]
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