Release Round Up - August 22nd, 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
Sacramento's finest export, Deftones, release 'private music' via Reprise/Warner Music
"one of the most powerful albums of their career, long removed from the rawness of their first two releases."
Read out full review here.
Spewing forth from Finland's death-sodden crypts, Grave hex unleash 'Vermian Death'.
"a band who relish in the dirtier side of death metal"
Read our full review here.
Tuscany-based stoner metal powerhouse Supernaught drop 'Apocalypso' on Ripple Music.
"It sounds sleazy in parts but has a sway and swagger that lots will enjoy"
Read our full review here.
Alt-rock heroes Dinosaur Pile-Up release 'I've Felt Better' via Mascot Label Group.
"the beauty of it lays at the door of the raw emotions that are pouring out."
Read our full review here.
Retching present a gore-soaked, rotten, old school-inclined death metal album in 'Charming the Decomposed' released via Transcending Obscurity Records.
"now is the perfect time to get in on Retching’s offal-friendly discourse."
Read our full review here.
Doom-infused death metal collective Innumerable Forms release 'Pain Effulgence' via Profound Lore Records.
"a beautiful, striking, punching record that refuses to hold back its ferocity"
Read our full review here.
Panzerchrist complete their ambitious double-album concept with 'Maleficium Part 2' via Emanzipation Productions.
"Maleficium - Part 2 thunders forth on a flaming chariot of ebon steel."
Read our full review here.
US deathcore legends Signs of the Swarm are set to release their sixth studio album ‘To Rid Myself of Truth’ via Century media.
"This is deathcore 2.0, and it sees Signs of the Swarm take the genre to the next level."
read our full review here.
One man extreme metal act Kratornas drops 'God of The Tribes' via Grathila Records.
"Kratornas come across more as agents of Chaos, dealers of chained mayhem."
Read our full review here.
Stoner Metal stalwarts Solace are set to release an expanded new edition of their debut album, 'Further', to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
"sound as fresh and potent as they did when they were released a quarter of a century ago."
Read our full review here.
Ohio's thrash torchbearers Vindicator drop 'Whisphers of Death'.
"this album takes no prisoners when it comes to brutality and out and out thrash"
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Bask - The Turning (Season of Mist)
Crowne - Wonderland (Frontiers Music SRL)
Otherwise - Some Kind of Alchemy [EP] (Seek & Strike)
Pendulum - Inertia (Mushroom Music)
really big really clever - ...huh (Sugar-Free Records)
Rise of the Wood - Discharge (Self-released)
Rust N' Rage - Songs of Yesterday (Frontiers Music SRL)
Strangers - Boundless (Frontiers Music SRL)
Three Days Grace - Alienation (RCA Records)
Zetra - Believe [EP] (Nuclear Blast Records)
Heavy Metal
Blackbriar - A Thousand Little Deaths (Nuclear Blast)
Burning Witches - Inquisition (Napalm Records)
Dragonsclaw - Moving Target (High Roller Records)
Night's Edge - The World That never Was (Self-released)
This I Owe - Alchemists (WormholeDeath Records)
Black Metal
Amenspear - All My Gods Are Dying (Self-released)
Corridoré - Abandon (Hypaethral Records)
Hebephrenique - Decathexis (Gutter Prince Cabael/Brilliant Emperor Records)
Hellir - Hollow Moon: Precursor (Self-released)
Malevich - Under a Gilded Sun (Church Road Records)
Old Machines - The Cycles of Extinction (Self-released)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Ashen - Leave The Flesh Behind (Redefining Darkness Records)
Defacement - Doomed (Unorthodox Emanations / Avantgarde Music)
Desaster - Kill All Idols (Metal Blade Records)
Devolver - Non Compos Mentis (Self-released)
Dying Awkward Angel - The Missing Frame (Rockshots Records)
Hebephrenique - Decathexis (Gutter Prince Cabal/Brilliant Emperor Records)
Monoliyth - He Who Kills (WormholeDeath Records)
Visitant - Rubidium (Exitus Stratagem Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Crop - S.S.R.I. (Third House Communications)
Farseer - Portals to Cosmic Womb (Self-released)
Metalcore
Fates Messenger - Eternal War [EP] (Greyline Records)
Seilies - Between Truth & Lies (Self-released)
We Came As Romans - All Is Beautiful... Because We're Doomed (Sharptone Records)
Power Metal
Burning Sun - Retribution (Metalizer Records)
Iron Savior - Reforged - Machine World (Perception/Reigning Phoenix Music)
Mob Rules - Rise of the Ruler (ROAR)
Reinforcer - Ice and Death (Scarlet Records)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Jack The Joker - The Devil To Pay In The Backlands (Frontiers Music SRL)
Rún - Rún (Rocket Recordings)
Thrash Metal
Benefactor Decease - Abnormal Attachments (Xtreem Music)
White Mantis - Arrows At The Sun (High Roller Records)
... and the rest!
And None Of Them Knew They Were Robots - Almanac (Self-released) [Hardcore/Punk]
Feuerschwanz - Knightclub (napalm Records) [Folk Metal]
Hot Mulligan - The Sound A Body Makes When It's Still (Wax Bodega) [Post-Emo]
Storm - Join the Storm (Indie Recordings) [Pop-Punk/EDM/Metalcore]
