Release Round Up - May 23rd, 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
To celebrate their forty years, British thrashers Onslaught releae a double album, rerecording some classics and covering some inspirational tunes.
"showcases the thrash attack the band would become known for."
Read out full review here.
Welsh rock trio Häxan release fresh new EP 'Death Of Me'.
"maintaining the classic rock feel but incorporating a dirtier, far nastier feel."
Read our full review here.
Swedish death metal juggernaut Undecayed release 'In Death's Image' via Lethal Scissor Records.
"a brutally honest and visceral experience"
Read our full review here.
Brutal death metal horde Unmerciful unleash 'Devouring Darkness' via Willowtip Records.
"they combine brute force with precision technicality"
Read our full review here.
Belgian goregrind powerhouse Brutal Sphincter drop new album 'Sphinct-Earth Society' via Time To Kill Records.
"a gloriously flippant, unreasonably heavy half hour of groovy grind"
Read our full review here.
Ossuary release a relentless, pummelling assault in 'Abhorrent Worship', released via Darkness Shall Rise/Me Saco Un Ojo.
"Ossuary are ravenous and ready for war"
Read our full review here.
Finnish extremists ...And Oceans release 'The Regeneration Itinerary' via Season of Mist.
"A melody as morose as it is beautiful, a beacon casting sanctified illumination out into the void."
Read our full review here.
From the depths of the Swedish darkness Witchcraft unleash 'Idag' via Heavy Psych Sounds.
"No fan of doom metal will be left unsatisfied after such a tempting feast."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Cardinal Black - Midnight At the Valencia (Thirty Tigers)
Chantel McGregor - The Healing (Tis Rock Music)
Crystal Spiders - Metanoia (Ripple Music)
Deraps - Viva Rock N' Roll (Metalville)
Don Felder - The Vault - Fifty Years of Music (Frontiers Music SRL)
Holler - Next In Line (Scarlet Records)
Mandy Manala - Mandy Manala (Octopus Rising)
Mario Vayne - The Moment (Self-released)
Ronnie Romero - Live At Rock Imperium Festival (Frontiers Music SRL)
Sports Team - Boys These Days (Studio CDN)
Sweet - Platinum Rare 1 (Metalville)
The Devil Wears Nada - Postalgia (Eonian Records)
Heavy Metal
Bent by Sorrow - Sakura (Brutal Records)
Dark Solstice - Where Black Stars Beckon (Self-released)
Idolvein - When We Became Spirits (Self-released)
Insult - Reside Infernus (Self-released)
Marble Ghosts - The Greatest Divide [EP] (Self-released)
Spiralist - Violent Feathers (Self-released)
Black Metal
Balmog - Laio (War Anthem Records)
Hexerei - Realms... (Sentient Ruin)
Myrkvid - Nihilist (Immortal Frost Productions)
Walg - V (self-released)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Sudden Death - In Sinner Hate (Time To Kill Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Grin - Acid Gods (The Lasting Dose Records)
Pelegrin - Al-Mahruqa [REISSUE] (Ripple Music)
Turtle Skull - Being Here (Art As Carthasis / Copper Feast Records)
Witchrot - Soul Cellar (Majestic Mountain Records)
Folk Metal
Aexylium - Myth of Mankin (Rockshots Records)
Sielue - Askel tyhjyyteen (Nordvis Produktion)
Punk
Käpt’N Picus - Da Geht Noch Mehr (NRT-Records)
Lefokolodi - The Milk Was Finished Cos We Were Thirsty [EP] (Self-released)
Pinfinger - Death Spiral [EP] (Self-released)
Pleaser - Begging Guitars (Part Time Records)
Zahn - Seite E (Crazysane Records)
Thrash Metal
Degenerate - Rituals of Rage (Self-released)
Krematorium - Sinister Seduction (Witches Brew)
Poison The Preacher - Vs The World (Seek and Strike)
Toranaga UK - A New Order (Self-released)
Xenos A.D. - Reqviem For The Oppressor (My Kingdom Music)
And the rest...
bez|kres - bez|kres (Pagan Records)
Black Mynah - Worried 'bout Madame (Antena Kryku)
Dwellers - Corrupt Translation Machine (Small Stone Recordings)
Korean Cars - #1 (Mas-Kina Recordings)
Moonlight Haze - Beyond (Scarlet Records)
Pythia - V Pt 1: Unhallowed (Golden Axe)
Senna - Stranger To Love (Sharptone Records)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra - I'm Done With Self Care, It's Time For Others Harm (Prosthetic Records)
Year Of No Light - Les Maîtres Fous (Pelagic Records) [Post-Metal]
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