Release Round Up - February 7th, 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
Ukrainian metalcore outfit Jinjer release fifth studio album 'Duél' via Napalm Records.
"Possibly the leading album coming from the metalcore genre, certainly Jinjer at their very best!"
Read out full review here.
Mexican black metallers Fumes releasetheir debut album 'Skeletal Wings Unleashed' on Personal Records.
"a fine and effective debut record that shows the diabolical influence of the Lords of Chaos is still being felt across the globe."
Read our full review here.
Canada’s death/thrash pioneers Sarkasm unleash 'Carnival Of Atrocities' via Xtreem Music.
"delivers platter after platter of kingly riffs rammed with seismic rage down your throat."
Read our full review here.
German metallers Obscura release 'A Sonication' via Nuclear Blast Records.
"a worthy gateway album for people interested in Obscura and this progressive, technical level of extreme metal"
Read our full review here.
Boston's Pathogenic is set to make a triumphant return with the release of 'Crowned in Corpses' via Skepsis Records.
"a really solid piece of technical and progressive death metal."
Read our full review here.
Scottish atmospheric black metal master Saor releases 'Amidst the Ruins' via Season of Mist.
"“Amidst The Ruins” doesn’t reinvent the wheel at all for Saor but refines it with some of the best material from the band to date."
Read our full review here.
Copenhagen’s Phrenelith emerges from the darkness once again with their third and most unholy full-length offering 'Ashen Womb' via Dark Descent / Me Saco Un Ojo.
"delivering cutthroat and stabbing riffs but bound up in a soundscape so comprehensible yet complex"
Read our full review here.
London death metallers Corpsing drop 'Viewing the Invisible' this week.
"a quite savage slab of old school death metal"
Read our full review here.
Swedish power metal champions Majestica release 'Power Train' via Nuclear Blast
"A fast paced riff and melody driven album where every opportunity to be larger than life is exploited ten fold."
Read our full review here.
Ghost Hollow continues to push the boundaries of blackened sludge with 'Examinations of the Heart'.
"The music is overwhelming and potent in equal parts"
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Call Me Amour - Call Me Amour [EP] (Circular Wave Records)
Chris Harms - 1980 (Napalm Records)
Days of Jupiter - The World Was Never Enough (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Diverted Disorder - Portraits (Self-released)
Juliet's Not Dead - This World Is Ours (TMR Records)
Stud - Under Silver Sky (Self-released)
The Defect - Death x Destiny (FiXT)
Thundermother - Dirty & Divine (AFM Records)
Heavy Metal
Backface - Brave New World (Self-released)
Marko Hietala - Roses From The Deep (Nuclear Blast Records)
Saber - Lost In Flames (ROAR)
Saber - Without Warning [REISSUE] (ROAR)
Black Metal
Berlial - Nourishing The Disaster To Come (My Kingdom Music)
Sakahiter - Samnite Black Metal (Time To Kill Records)
Shagor - Lyksalver (Vendetta Records)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Eigenstate Zero - Shape of God Thought of Sun (Self-released)
Inborn Suffering - Pale Grey Monochrome (Ardua Music)
Open Kasket - Trials of Failure (Barbaric Brutlity Records)
Throne of Roaches - Chrysalis (Self-released)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Bikini Beach - Cursed (La Pochette Surprise Records)
Black .44 - Bloodlines (Inverse Records)
Di'Aul - EvAAvE (Minotauro Records)
Redwood - Sky Offering [EP] (Self-released)
TranscomaR - The Sea of Trees (WormholeDeath Records)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Dream Theater - Parasomnia (InsideOut Music)
Gin Lady - Before The Dawn of Time (Ripple Music)
Tumbleweed Dealer - Dark Green (Self-released)
Punk
Fvzz Popvli - Melting Pop (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Midlife Crisis - 45 turns 33 (Wild Kingdom)
Snakes In The Pit - Brothers' Inn (Self-released)
And the rest...
Ereb Altor - Hälsingemörker (Hammerheart Records) [Viking Metal]
Lorem Ipsum - Même Quand Ta Main Quittera La Mienne [EP] (Self-released) [Acoustic Screamo]
Noctambulist - Noctambulist II: De Droom (These Hands Melt) [Blackgaze]
Sidewinder - March of the Eternal Heretic {EP] (Self-released) [Thrash metal]
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