Release Round Up - October 31st, 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
Toulouse-based symphonic death metal powerhouse Aephanemer strikes back with 'Utopie' via Napalm Records.
"a statement by a band poised to carve their own path and create music in their own unapologetic and non-compromising manner."
Read out full review here.
Ahead of kicking off their huge US tour, Trivium unleash a vicious three track EP 'Struck Dead' via Roadrunner Records.
"gives us a peak behind the curtain of what may come next."
Read our full review here.
German death metal outfit Archaic Thorn drop 'Malicious Spears' via High Roller Records.
"these guys know how to write amazing death metal"
Read our full review here.
German brutal-surf-death-party metal band Stillbirth release 'Survival Protocol' via Reigning Phoenix Music.
"an ideal record to put on this Halloween, offering one killing after another for the band won’t be satisfied until there’s nought but paste left where once you stood."
Read our full review here.
Blackened metalpunk band Bastard Cröss unleash 'Crossripper' via Morbid and Miserable Records.
"screeches out of the speakers with reckless abandon"
Read our full review here.
Forged in São Paulo, Outlaw release 'Opus Mortis' via AOP Records.
"it’s reminiscent to a lion eyeing its target, gathering strength, waiting for the time to pounce."
Read our full review here.
Rising from the ashes of Gridlink, Barren Path unleash the uncompromising grindcore beast 'Grieving' via Willowtip Records.
"it felt as though I was being chased by a flood of angry Gibbons trying to shank me with screwdrivers."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Alpha Destroyer - Fast Lane (Necromantic Press Records)
Duff McKagan - Lighthouse: Live From London (earMUSIC)
RVH Project - Land of the Damned (Snakebite Records)
Superchained - Symbolic (Bitume)
Tapeworm Electric - Moonshine (Pitch Black Records)
The Boojums - The Boojums (Having Fun Records)
Heavy Metal
Aquilla - Sentinels of New Dawn (High Roller Records)
Avatar - Don't Go Into The Forest
Black Soul Horde - Symphony Of Chaos (Vinyl Store)
Boum Patat - Ma Belgitude (WormholeDeath Records)
Defecto - Echoes of Isolation (Frontiers Music SRL)
Moonspell - Opus Diabolicum [Live Album] (Napalm Records)
ODC - Twisted Love (BLKIIBLK)
VII Vitium - VII Vitium (My Kingdom Music)
Black Metal
Araphel - The Endchanter (Nuclear War Now!)
Bianca - Bianca (Avantgarde Music)
Embraced by Darkness - Ex Inferis (Non Serviam Records)
Flesia - Achterbahnekstase (Cultkill Music)
Mystic Circle - Hexenbrand 1486 (ROAR)
Nyrak - Phoenix Mortis (Void Wanderer Productions)
Orm - Guld (Indisciplinarian)
Pest - Eternal Nightmares (Heidens Hart)
Sakna - De Syv Dødssynder (Hypaethral Records)
Serpents Oath - Gateways to Tiamat (Odium Records)
Thron - Vurias (Listenable Records)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Abysmal Descent - Dismal Thoughts (Nuclear Winter Records)
BloodyMoon - Lost & Damned (Inverse Records)
Burned in Effigy - Tyrannus Aeternum (Self-released)
Damned By the Pope - Blasphemy Perpetuated (Self-released)
Damned By the Pope - Decennium of Damnation [EP] - rerecorded old tracks (Self-released)
Despised Icon - Shadow Work (Nuclear Blast)
Dwelling Below - Wearisome Guardians (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Empire Drowns - Endless Nights (Mighty Music)
Flagelo - Insaciable [EP] (Nuclear Winter Records)
Inferisium - In Hell (Self-released)
Lugubrious Garment - Demo MMXXV (Nuclear Winter Records)
Pile of Knives - Driven By The Blade (Self-released)
Primitive Man - Observance (Relapse Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Believe In Nothing - Rot (Church Road Recods)
Howling Giant - Crucible & Ruin (Magnetic Eye Records)
Liminal Spirit - Unwell (Self-released)
Precious Blood - False Prophets (Self-released)
Starlight Ritual - Rogue Angels (High Roller Records)
Tales of Mike - Human (Fetzner Death Records)
Various Artists - Spaceship Landing: A Tribute to KYUSS (Witching Buzz)
Folk Metal
Cemican - U k'u'uk'ankil Mayakaaj (M-Theory Audio)
Danheim - Heimferd (Season of Mist)
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - Freie Republik Reitermania (Self-released)
Hardcore
Going Off - Kill List II (Self-released)
Massa Nera - The Emptiness of All Things (Persistent Vision Records)
trueandtrue - Headlock (Self-released)
Metalcore
Aviana - Void (Arising Empire)
Smash Into Pieces - ArmaHeaven (Self-released)
Power Metal
Blood Sky - MMXXV (Self-released)
Reveal - The Age of Knowledge [EP] (Self-released)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Gazpacho - Magic 8-Ball (Kscope)
Kalandra - Mørketid (By Norse Music)
Lunatic Soul - The World Under Unsun (InsideOut Music)
Newbreed - Outlaw (Selfmadegod Records)
Punk
Creeper - Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death (tbc)
Leftover Crack - White Guilt Atrocity Quilt [7 Inch] (SBÄM Records)
Maria Iskariot - Wereldwaan (Self-released)
mirabelle. - Welcome To My Funeral - Cremation Edition (Self-records)
Statues - Dopamine (ORD)
Thrash Metal
Flayed Disciple - Blistering Autolysis [EP] (Self-released)
Redshark - Sudden Impact (Listenable Records)
thisisevilpete - zombiesongs pt1 (Self-released)
... and the rest!
All India Radio - The Unified Field (Self-released) [Post-Rock]
Kathodos - Parasomnia: Pavor Nocturnus (Rune Serpent Europa) [Dark/Ambient[
Mantah - Antidote (Polderecords) [NuMetal]
Slug Boys - Listen to Slug Boys (Self-released) [Post-Punk]
Takomaha - American Basements (Loyal Blood Records) [Noise/Showgaze]
Talk To Her - Pleasure Loss Desire (Shyrec/Icy Cold Records) [Post-Punk]
Vandampire - Hope Scras (Ripcord Records) [Post-Metal]
Walking Bombs - Blessings Bestrewn Part 2 (Self-released) [Experimental/Noise]
Xerxes The Dark - Abandoned Station (Self-released) [Dark/Ambient]
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