Release Round Up - March 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
The boys are back! Raging Speedhorn are set to destroy your ears once more with 'Night Wolf' released via Spinefarm Records.
"When the band hit the road this March this is going to level venues"
Read out full review here.
German thrash metal legends Destruction release 'Birth of Malice' via Napalm Records.
"without a doubt the first record from Destruction in a long time that feels weaponised, dangerous and raring to fight"
Read our full review here.
British rock royality The Wildhearts return with 'The Satanic Rites of The Wildhearts', released via Snakefarm.
"The Satanic Rites of… is better than I expected. Even though I should have learned by now, I’m ready to get my heart broken again. Take it away, Ginger!"
Read our full review here.
US black metal entity Uthullunn release new EP 'The Barbed Thread of Madness' vai Wolves of Hades.
"Loaded with unsettling and uncanny dissonances, and far-reaching ambition"
Read our full review here.
A fierce new force in the metal scene, Fomented release debut EP 'Bitter And Miserable Beings'.
"the equivalent of being punched straight in the face"
Read our full review here.
Finding Swervedriver back at their inimitable best, 'The World’s Fair' is released via Outer Battery Records.
"An accessible, friendly way into shoegaze for the uninitiated"
Read our full review here.
Australian death-doom metallers Reekmind release debut album 'Mired in the Reek of Grief' via Night Terrors Records.
"a towering gore-slicked obelisk"
Read our full review here.
Blackened sludge/hardcore outfit This Gift Is A Curse release 'Heir' via Season of Mist.
"Heir is a full-on war of attrition, exploring its ideas in the fullest way possible."
Read our full review here.
Finnish stoner rock band Kaiser release '2nd Sound' via Majestic Mountain records.
"From gnarly guitar solos to beastly bass lines and dramatic drumming, it will pummel you into submission"
Read our full review here.
From the deepest darkest recesses of winter Istapp release 'Sól Tér Sortna' via Trollzorn Records.
"some of the strongest material from Istapp with all the elements that makes their sound wonderfully balanced."
Read our full review here.
German death metal tank Scalpture come crushing with 'Landkrieg' released via Testimony Records.
"a record that absolutely explodes and continues to detonate with each successive track"
Read our full review here.
Swedish dark metal act The Vice release EP 'A Great unrest' on Noble Demon.
"a bite-sized sample of The Vice’s new direction"
Read our full review here.
French power trio The Baptized release 'Exilion' via Atypeek Music.
"you sense that air of unpredictability lurks around every corner."
Read our full review here.
Foulness brews in sun-dappled Spain as Avulsed release 'Phoenix Cryptobiosis' via Extreem Music.
"All the guts and grime you could wish to drown beneath"
Read our full review here.
LA based thrashers Mindwars re-issue their 'V' album via High Roller Records.
"'V' never slips into full-on-Maiden worship but you're not a million miles away."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Alter Bridge - One Day Remains [20th Anniversary Reissue] (Craft Recordings)
Edge of Paradise - Prophecy (Napalm Records)
Overdrivers - Glory or Nothing (ROAR)
Sea of Flame - Wires [SINGLE] (Golden Robot Records)
Sleep Unhealed - Safe In The Hard Place (Isolation Strategies)
Superloader - Reckless Hearts Bruiser Club (Audible Music)
Heavy Metal
Frogg - Eclipse (Self-released)
Grey Mountain - Grey Mountain (eat Lead and Die Music)
Nightshade - Wired [REMASTER] (Self-released)
Rainbows are Free - Silver and Gold (Ripple Music)
Stainless - Nocturnal Racer (High Roller Records)
Deathless Legacy - Damnatio Aeterna (Scarlet Records)
Black Metal
Amenspear - A Casket of Relics (Self-released)
Cult of Extinction - Nightmare Ascension (Winter Demons/Darkwoods)
Nekyros - Nyxian Path (Northern Silence Productions)
Ritualmord - This Is Not Lifelover (Unjoy - Art & Ritualia)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Ashen - Ritual of Ash (Redefining Darkness Records)
Chordoma - Chordoma [EP] (Comatose Music)
Dawn of Ouroboros - Bioluminescence (Prosthetic Records)
Destroyers of All - In Darkness We Remain (Self-released)
Exfeciate - Enthroned in Desiccation (Self-released)
Exordium Mors - Sworn To Heresy [EP] (Praetorian Sword Records)
Hexabrot - The Order of Things [EP] (Aenima Recordings)
Hypermass - Apperition Day [EP] (Seek & Strike)
Mortuaire - Monde Vide (World Eater)
Necrambulant - Upheaval of Malignant Necrambulance (Gore House Productions)
Nephylim - Circulation (Self-released)
Paterson - I Am The Darkness [Single] (Emanzipation Productions)
Shrine of Denial - I, Moloch (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Sutekh Hexen - Constellation Ritualistic Altars : Demo(n)s (Sentient Ruin)
War Magic - Atomic Rites (Obelisk Polaris Productions)
Deathcore
Crown Magnetar - Punishment [EP] (Unique Leader Records)
Whitechapel - Hymns in Dissonance (Metal Blade Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Druma - Sores of Our Time (Moment of Collapse Records)
Fvzz Popvli - Melting Pop (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Harvest of Ash - Castaway (Self-released)
Maison Dieu - Herbacea [EP] (Sliptrick Records)
Pyres - Yun (Hypaethral Records)
Ruststorm - Gravity (Self-released)
Gentle Beast - Vampire Witch Reptilian Super Soldier from Outer Space (Self-released)
Solothurn - Waves [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Hardcore
Combust - Belly of the Beast (Tripple B Records)
Staticlone - Better Living Through Static Vision (Relapse Records)
Power Metal
Adamantis - Reforged (No Remorse Records)
Niviane - Queen of Phantoms (Rockshots Records)
Throne of Iron - Adventure Two (No Remorse Records)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Álaghom - Return to the Beginner's Mind (WormholeDeath Records)
March of Scylla - Andromeda (Klonsphere Records)
Sacrosanct - Kidron (ROAR)
Voidchaser - Trust (Self-released)
Thrash Metal
Cryptosis - Celestial Death (Century Media Records)
Emissary - Eldritch (Fetzner Death Records)
Maltuka - Black Rite (High Roller Records)
And the rest...
Carthage - Duskdawn (Give/Take / Avalanche recordings) [Shoegaze]
Edyakaran - Pantheon (My Kingdom Music) [Post Metal]
Guiltless - Teeth to Sky (Neurot Recordings) [Experimental/Noise/Industrial]
Rotze - "The Greatest Chronicles of the Complete Anthology of Rotze Essentials - Platinum Collection Edition - Years 2023-2024" (Self-released) [Punk]
Sex-o-Rama - "Invaders from the Pleasure Planet" (Self-release) [Synthwave/Porn Funk]
Spiritbox - Tsunami Sea (Rise Records) [Metalcore]
Unfold - The Throne of Sumeru (Aesthetic Death) [Ambient]
Wÿntër Ärvń - Sous l'Orage Noir - L'Astre et la Chute (Antiq) [Dark Folk]
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