Release Round Up - July 11th, 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
Theatrical titans Ward XVI are back and bigger than ever on 'Id3ntity'.
"they’ve taken their narrative, run with it, hammed it up and produced an album full of fun, frolics and frivolity."
Read out full review here.
Legendary American sludge/doom master Hell unleash 'Submersus' via Sentient Ruin.
"a ferocious soundscape that’s not so much ruthless as it is an unpleasant environment to be stuck in."
Read our full review here.
Germany melodic heavy metal act Front Row Warriors drop 'Running Out Of Time' via ROAR.
"deliver uncompromising teutonic heavy metal of the first degree"
Read our full review here.
Canadian death merchants Décryptal release 'Simulacre' via Me Saco Un Ojo / Rotted Life.
"their sound feels like it’s borne from some subterranean depths"
Read our full review here.
Indonesia’s Symphobia are ready to unleash the full impact of their shocking brutality with debut album 'Hideously Traumatic' on Comatose Music.
"a rapid collection of savage and brutal tracks full of slick powerful riffs"
Read our full review here.
Genre-blending outfit Calva Louise release 'Edge of the Abyss' via Mascot Records.
"an unpredictable and artful listen"
Read our full review here.
Disembodiment unleash the most rancid and filthiest death metal this week in 'Spiral Crypts', via Everlasting Spew.
"a rough-edged beast that carries a hardened strength"
Read our full review here:
European progressive metal quintet Philosophobia release 'The Constant Void' via Sensory Records.
"If Dream Theater thought they had 2025’s Progressive honours all-sewn-up with the Parasomina album, then Philosophobia might just have rained on their parade."
Read our full review here.
Death metal legends Obituary release boxset 'Godly Beings' via Dissonance Productions.
"it should be remembered how earth-shatteringly shocking they were back in the day."
Read our full review here.
UK Brutal Death Metal outfit Vulgar Dissection release 'Liquifying Coagulated Viscera'.
"a supreme slice of slam laden brutality"
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Double Vision - Double Vision (Frontiers Music SRL)
Kill The Robot - Kill The Robot (Dark Lab Recordings)
Laguna - The Ghost of Katrina (Frontiers Music SRL)
Regina Brury & ask Robin - Oya (Self-released)
Rising Alma - Cracking The Moment (Sliptrick Records)
Heavy Metal
Diamond Head - Live and Electric (Silver Lining Music)
Madhouse - Plead The Fifth (ROAR)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Angerot - Seofon (Redefining Darkness Records)
Cronos Compulsion - Lawgiver (Avantgarde Music)
Decadence Incarnate - Eternal Rebellion (Self-released)
Dire Thorns - The Happy Man (MetalVision Records)
Floating - Hesitating Lights (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Impureza - Alcázares (Season of Mist)
Mindkiller - Technocratic War Machine [EP] (Fetzner Death Records)
Starlit Pyre - Veins of Sulfur (Self-released)
Tomi Perrakoski - Diary of Insanity (Metal Madness Studios)
Viogression - Thaumaturgic Veil (Self-released)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
In The Company Of Serpents - A Crack In Everything (Self-released)
Metalcore
Born of Osiris - Through Shadows (Sumerian Records)
dead7 - Love What You Can While You Got Something Left To Love (Sharptone Records)
iyashicore - GURASHI! (Self-released)
Power Metal
Celestial Wizard - Regenesis (Scarlet Records)
Stygian Fair - The Hidden Realm (Rockshots Records)
And the rest...
Atom Juice - Atom Juice (Heavy Psych Sounds) [Progressive Metal]
Bright Sunshine - Executive Power Supreme (Reptilian Records) [Noise]
Digital Negative - Intersect (Self-released) [Industrial]
Küntsquäd - Satans Cock (WormholeDeath Records) [Crust Punk]
Sheev - Ate's Alchemist (Ripple Music) [Post-Metal]
Split Chain - Motionblur (Epitaph) [Post-Hardcore]
Toxic Youth - Still Hungry (Time To Kill Records) [Hardcore/Crossover]
