Release Round Up - August 8th, 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
Halestorm return with album number six, 'Everest', released via Atlantic Records.
"a record that shows just how far the band have come, and gives a hint as to where they could go next."
Read out full review here.
Everyones favourite Japanese export Babymetal release 'Metal Forth' via Capitol Records.
"anything this catchy normally requires quarantining"
Read our full review here.
Anchor and Burden descend into the depths with 'Sunken Fleet'
"The scintillating soundscapes, shine and dazzle throughout"
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
I.F.A. - Tiimalasi (Inverse Records)
Supralunar - Picture In Your Head (Self-released)
Sweet - Sweet Fanny Adams Revisited (Metalville)
Heavy Metal
Borracho - Ouroboros (Ripple Music)
Firstborne - Lucky (M-Theory Audio)
Liv Sin - Close Your Eyes (Seek and Strike)
Meteora - In This Silence (H-Music)
Black Metal
Baelfyr - Empowered by Hatred [EP] (Self-released)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Cytolysis - Surge Of Cruelty (Comatose Music)
Fall & Resist - Dissolved in Misery [EP] (Self-released)
Malthusian - The Summoning Bell (Relapse Records)
Mehrwertsteuer - Krone Der Schopfung (Crown of Creation) (Self-released)
Pustulant Flesh - Gurgling Pustulence (Extremely Rotten Productions)
Sinsaenum - In Devastation (earMUSIC)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
in this house of mourning - Enlevèment (Self-released)
Namazu - Ice 800 [EP] (Golden Robot Records)
Trypanon - Through the Portal of Flesh to Achieve Divinity (Time To Kill Records)
Volur & Cares - Breathless Spirit (Batke Records)
And the rest...
Dreamwake - The Lost Years (UNFD) [Metalcore]
Dropout Kings - Yokai (Napalm Records) [Nu-Metal]
Humour - Learning Greek (So Young Records) [Punk]
Lord of the Lost - Opvs Noir Vol. 1 (Napalm Records) [Industrial Gothic]
Talaqat - Talaqat (Self-released) [Instrumental]
Temtris - Queen of Crows (WormholeDeath Records) [Power Metal]
Trainer - Oh Mandy! (Fidel Bastro) [Noise]
