Release Round Up - August 29th, 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
Legendary German metallers Helloween release the highly anticipated 'Giants & Monsters' via Reigning Phoenix Music.
"its staggering just how much energy and passion and love for metal still resides in Helloween."
Read out full review here.
Emerging from the ashes of UK horror-metal cult heroes Possessor, Torso unleash 'Annihilation Day' via APF Records.
"The beats are hypnotic, the guitars frenetic, like a stabbing scene from said 80’s horror films"
Read our full review here.
Belgian shoegaze torchbearers Slow Crush release 'Thirst' via Pure Noise Records.
"an exciting new chapter for Slow Crush, a band who are constantly evolving and committed to self-improvement."
Read our full review here.
Hailing from the depths of Istanbul’s ancient shadows, Ash Magick unleash a black metal cacophony in 'Rituals of Anathematic East' via Apocalyptic Witchcraft.
"an unstoppable hunting party of a release that greets your presence with total overkill."
Read our full review here.
Swedish melodic death metal masters, In Mourning, release 'The Immortal' via Supreme Chaos Records.
"a gorgeous mix of ferocity, morose atmosphere and strong melodies all wrapped together with progressive touches."
Read our full review here.
Massachusetts duo Hexrot, unleash an unholy cacophony of sound on 'Formless Ruin of Oblivion' released via Transcending Obscurity Records.
"It flows and tangles like mating cobras, sudden instrumental flourishes stabbing like cockroach limbs."
Read our full review here.
Irish death metallers Crimson Butchery release 'Stalker'
"With Crimson Butchery I came out looking like I’d just detonated a nail bomb inside a cow."
Read our full review here.
US power metal act Vicious Rumors release 'The Devil's Asylum' via Steamhammer/SPV
"combining punishing rhythms, brutal riffs, and serpentine guitar melodies."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Bostich - Walkin' On Ice (Self-released)
Deep Purple - Rapture of the Deep [20th Anniversary Remix] (earMUSIC)
Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill [Boxset] (Esoteric Recordings)
Lucie Sue - Battlestation (Self-released)
Nova Twins - Parasites & Butterflies (Marshall Records)
Sisters - Wings of Deliverance (Spartan Records)
Sweet Freedom - Blind Leading The Blind (Frontiers Music SRL)
The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie (Anti-)
Wolf Alice - The Clearing (Sony Music)
Wucan - Axioms (Long Branch Records)
Heavy Metal
Månegarm - Edsvuren (Napalm Records)
Relicon - Emphemeral Triumphs [EP] (WormholeDeath Records)
Rising Steel - Legion of the Grave (Frontiers Music SRL)
Stereophobia - Choke On This (Eclipse Records)
The Browning - Omni [ULTRA Edition] (FiXT)
Unén - Forever Winter (Frontiers Music SRL)
Black Metal
Blutsauger - Nocturnal Blood Tyrants (De Tenebrarum Principio)
Burghâsh - La tríada dels idiotes (WormholeDeath Records)
Dusk - Repoka (Self-released)
Finnr's Cane - Finnr's Cane (Nordvis Produktion)
Rauhnåcht - Zwischenwelten (Antiq)
The Great White Nothing - Passage I Melancholia (Self-released)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Imperishable - Revelation In Purity (Everlasting Spew Records)
KHNVM - Cosmocrator (Testimony Records)
Necrokinesis - Death Is The Hammer (Self-released)
Proscription - Desolate Divine (Dark Descent Records)
Shadows - Miseria (Self-released)
Visitant - Rubidium (Exitus Stratagem Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Ivy Gardens - Death of Don Valley (Paper Cut Recordings)
Toilet Snake - Back From The Sewers [EP] (Electric Valley Records)
Tumanduumband - Hail Satan, Triumph Awaits (Self-released)
Whitehorse / Uboa - The Dissolution of Eternity (Tartarus Records)
Metalcore
Exoneration - Monuments To Nothing (Rottweiler Records)
Kingdom of Giants - Burning Chrome (Sharptone Records)
Survivalist - Radio Bleed [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Noise
Årabrot - Rite of Dionysus (Rockstar Ghosts/Rising Pedestals)
Prayer Group - Strawberry (Reptilian Records)
Post-Metal
Adur - We Fail To Love Ourselves (Self-released)
Zatokrev - Bring Mirrors To The Surface (Pelagic Records)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Asymmetric Universe - A Memory And What Came After (InsideOut Music)
Headless - Transitional Objects (M-Theory Audio)
Ihlo - Legacy (Kscope)
Thrash Metal
Midjungards - Ravens and Eagles (Dark Rails Records)
Mount Slatra - Divine in Ruin [EP] (Self-released)
Ursawrath - Emergence (Self-released)
Void - Forbidden Morals (Shadow Kingdom)
... and the rest!
Death Goals - Survival Is An Act of Defiance [EP] (Self-released) [Queercore]
Hateful Abandon - Threat (Sentient Ruin) [Post-Punk/Industrial]
Lowheaven - Ritual Decay (MNRK Heavy) [Post-Hardcore]
Mélancolia - random.access.misery (Nuclear Blast Records) [Deathcore]
No Apologies - Life (Last Ride Records) [Hardcore]
Sowulo - Niht (Season of Mist) [Viking/Dark Folk]
Vicious Rumours - The Devil's Asylum (Steamhammer/SPV) [Power Metal]
