Release Round Up - May 2nd, 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
Poland’s blackened death machine Hate unleash 'Bellum Regiis' via Metal Blade Records.
"so blasphemous sounding that it would challenge anything from the frozen forests of Norway."
Read out full review here.
Finnish sludge/stoner metal giants Demonic Death Judge are back with 'Absolutely Launched' released via Suicide Records.
"their natural groove complimenting their crushing power"
Read our full review here.
Canadian post-black metal trio A Flock Named Murder release 'Incendiary Sanctum' via Hypaerthral Records.
"a frenzy of grizzled, demonic vocals and endlessly repeating riffs."
Read our full review here.
One man drone project Slow Draw release 'The People’s Department of Governmental Checks & Balances'.
"a harsh, pulsating piece, akin to Sunn O)))"
Read our full review here.
Killer heavy metal outfit Hangfire release 'Burn' via Rottweiler Records.
"I hear that passion in Hangfire. It drips from each tendon-threatening solo, each scream, each game attempt to beat a snare drum to death."
Read our full review here.
Purveyors of the finest frog-related-doom, Froglord release 'Metamorphosis'.
"the sludgy grooves combine well with a monstrous bass sound to produce wondrous psychedelic doom"
Read our full review here.
Scottish old school death metallers Coffin Mulch team up with Napalm Death legend Mick Harris on new EP 'In Dub'.
"The riffs clash with heavy synth laden beats and it creates an evil, eerie atmosphere"
Read our full review here.
Belgian heavy masters Growing Horns release 'The Essence of Suffering'.
"songs that hit you like a wall of despair and need to be played as loud as possible."
Read our full review here.
Telfordian metalcore crew Recall the Remains unleash the banging 'Revenant'.
"modern metalcore with a twist"
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Black Honey Cult - Black Honey Cult (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Evidence of a Struggle - Eddy Derecho (The Glue Factory)
Gurnslinger - Who Killed The World? (Octopus Rising)
Gypsy Pistoleros - Church of the Pistoleros (Earache Distribution)
Kickin Valentina - Raw Trax, B-Sides and Bootlegs (Mighty Music)
Skipping Stone - Grace (Self-released)
Slung - In Ways (Fat Dracula)
Heavy Metal
Antagonizör - Morbid And Miserable Records [Cassette Reissue] (Morbid and Miserable Records)
Bleed - Bleed (20 Buck Spin)
Pohjoisen Soturit - N (Inverse Records)
Power Surge - Shadows Warning (FHM Records)
Strega - Stryx Strega Strygae (Masked Dead Records / Sulphur Music)
Under Ruins - Age of the Void (FHM Records)
Black Metal
Acceptance - Crucifixtion of Orchids (Road to Masochist)
Alukta - Merok (Transcendance)
Amalekim - Shir Hashirim (Avantgrde Music)
Brzask - Der Wanderer im Riesengebirge (Vendetta Records)
Dagdrøm - Schauder (Rising Nemesis)
Helheim - Blod & Ild [VINYL REISSUE] (Nomad Snakepit Productions)
Labyrinthus Stellarum - Rift in Reality (Archivist Records)
Namebearer - Industries Of The Fading Sun (Self-released)
Nightfall - Children of Eve (Season of Mist)
Spiritwood - The Apparition of Horns (Loudriver Records)
ΑxepontaΣ - Νekyia - The Necromantic Patterns (Zazen Sounds / III Damnation)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Convulsing - Perdurance (Avantgrde Music)
Encelado - Pillars of Creation (Regenerate Records)
Falling From Grace - At The Edge (Inverse Records)
Matraque - Nature Morte (Ashen Tree Records)
No Heroes - Brood Eternal (Sound of the Northwoods)
RawMoor - En Route (WormholeDeath Records)
Symbiotic Growth - Beyond The Sleepless Aether (Bolverk Records)
Unbegotten / Velo Misere - Silencio y Demencia [SPLIT] (Nomad Snakepit Productions)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Aawks - On Through The Sky Maze (Black Throne Productions)
Electric Wizard - Black Magic Rituals And Perversions Vol. 1 [Crystal Meth Pressing] (Spinefarm Records/Witchfinder Records)
Master Charger - Posthumous Resurrection (Octopus Rising)
Skyjoggers - 12021 : Post-Electric Apocalypse (Supernatural Cat)
Tumble - Lost In Light [EP] (Stickman Records)
Metalcore
Acres - The Host (Solid State / Tooth & Nail Records)
fallfiftyfeet - Counterfeit Recollections (Self-released)
Paradise Slaves - With Hell In His Eyes (Spinefarm Records)
Your Spirit Dies - My Gnawing Pains Will Never Rest (MNRK Heavy)
Thrash Metal
Neuroblade - Desert Claw [EP] (Self-released)
Palantyr - The Ascent & The Hunger (Jawbreaker Records)
Psykosis - Mind Games (Self-released)
And the rest...
Arv - Curse & Courage (Vinter Records) [Post-Metal]
Beware of the Gods - Upon Whom The Last Light Descends II: Amnesia Island (Invoke Records) [Post-Metal]
Burndy - Burndy (Self-released) [Noise/Post-Punk]
Crematory - Destination (ROAR) [Gothic Metal]
Maestrick - Espresso Della Vita: Lunare (Frontiers Music SRL) [Progressive Metal]
Müntrails - The Cenobite Tapes (WormholeDeath Records) [Post-Rock]
Paula Teles - Entreparedes (Ethereal Sound Works) [Symphonic Metal]
Rum Runners - Wreck and Revere [EP] (Self-released) [Folk Metal]
Sextile - yes, please (Sacred Bones) [Post-Punk]
