Release Round Up - May 20th, 2022
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 fuckin' metal!
Here's what we think you should check out today!
Sheffield bruisers Malevolence push their sound further on album number three 'Malicious Intent'.
"just sheer aggression from the outset"
Read our full review here.
This week Cave In return with their first album for Relapse Records, 'Heavy Pendulum'.
"Pummelling aggression meets gripping reality meets heartfelt tributes all within one hour of musical mayhem."
Read our full review here.
SepticFlesh return with 'Modern Primitive' this week.
"a sound that is equally epic, majestic, atmospheric and brutal."
Read our full review here.
Masters of dark melodic metal Evergrey release 'A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament)' on Napalm Records this week.
"up there with some of the finest material the band has released."
Read our full review here.
Swedish doomsters Cities of Mars release their self titled third album on Ripple Music this week.
"an epic journey into the cosmic doom laden world of the band."
Read our full review here.
Hailing from the UK’s capital city of roundabouts, Casket Feeder drop their debut full length record 'Servants of Violence' this week.
"The buzzing chainsaw like sound is direct and straight into your face"
Read our full review here.
French gore-grind masters Gronibard return after a 14 year hiatus with 'Regarde les Hommes Sucer'.
"it’s still brutal and there is a real crunch to the guitar and bass tones"
Read our full review here.
Death/doom quartete Assumption release 'Hadean Tides' via Sentient Ruin this week.
"unfolding atmospheric and ambient elements you may not have been expecting to find."
Read our full review here.
Texas Murder Crew unleash death metal brutality in 'Wrapped In Their Blood' via Comatose Music this week.
"The grooves sounding extremely brutal and the straight up shredding being vicious as hell."
Read our full review here.
Bog Body release 'Cryonic Crevasse Cult' on Profound Lore Records.
"you can feel the real power of this album"
Read our review here.
Off the back of a tour with Killing Joke, The Imbeciles drop new album 'Imbecilia' this week on Cadiz Music.
"pitched somewhere between an indie sound blended with the post-punk vibes of Joy Division"
Read our full review here.
After six years in deathlike repose, Predatory Light return with 'Death And The Twilight Hours' on 20 Buck Spin.
"The band give their sound time to slowly mount and build until they’ve reached a point where that cavernous, echoing aesthetic has reached its apex."
Read our full review here.
Doom masters Drift Into Black release their anticipated third album 'Earthtorn' via Black Lion Records this week.
"Expansive, fluid, and progressive, the album contains a range of contemporary and more retro styles."
Read our full review here.
Gritty, angst-fuelled punk band Shooting Daggers drop EP 'Athames' via New Heavy Sounds this week.
"a combined performance that is at one time barked and ferocious and at another breathless and filled with attitude."
Read our full review here.
A curious mash up of death, black and industrial metal, Luminous Vault release their debut album 'Animate The Emptiness' via Profound Lore Records.
"really manages to evoke sensations of unease and misshapen evil."
Read our full review here.
NWOBHM legends Quartz release 'On The Edge Of No Tomorrow' via Cherry Red Records this week.
"there’s a real swagger and style to this record"
Read our full review here.
Thrashers Atrophy reissue 'Socialized Hate' and 'Violent By Nature' via Cherry Red Records this week.
"A band that in my opinion should have made more of a thrash splash back in the day"
Read our full review here.
Sadistic Ritual offer their brand of psychedelic thrash on sophomore album 'The Enigma, Boundless' released via Prosthetic Records.
"brick heavy riffing complete with blast beats."
Read our full review here.
New black metal outfit Nattehimmel release a demo/EP 'The Night Sky Beckons' on Hammerheart Records this week.
"An expertly constructed exploration of black metal heritage"
Read our full review here.
Symphonic metal outfit Volturian release 'Red Dragon' this week via Scarlet Records.
"Using the combination of synths and some intricate guitar work to ramp up the power and overall feel."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock / Hard Rock / Classic Rock
Brandy and the Butcher - Lucky Foot (Self-released)
Coreleoni - III (Atomic Fire Records)
Dätcha Mandala - The Last Drop [EP] (Mrs Red Sound)
Dirty Honey - Dirty Honey EP / LP (Dirt Records)
Ingo - Evolution 2.0 (Indie Recordings)
Krause - The Art of Fatigue (Venerate Industries)
Heavy Metal
Anvil - Impact is Imminent (AFM Records)
Here Lies Wes - Pieces of Me [EP] (WormholeDeath Records)
Imonolith - Progressions (Self-released)
Last Temptation - Fuel For My Soul (Crusader Records)
Prowler - Reactive (Cherry Red Records)
Sandness - Play Your Part (Rockshots Records)
Volbeat - Rock The Rebel / Metal The Devil [Reissue] (Mascot Label Group)
Death Metal
Dark Archive - Reunite The Darkness (Inverse Records)
Oratory - Inner Pyre [EP] (Self-released)
Sailor Hunter - Sailor Hunter (Inverse Records)
The Dark Alamorte - Lunacrium Thepsis (Unique Leader Records)
Thy Kingdom Will Burn - The Void And The Vengeance (Scarlet Records)
Black Metal
Funeral Procession - Schmerz Aus Licht / The Red Vine Litanies (Korpituli Productions)
Provectus - Disordered Phenomenon (Necktwister)
Stjärnfält - Lapporten (Avantegarde Music)
Stoner Rock / Psych / Doom / Sludge
Cauchemar - Rosa Mystica (Temple of Mystery)
Dawn of Solace - Notes of Perdition (Noble Demon)
Elusive God - Trapped In A Future Unknown (Rafchild Records)
MNRVA - Hollow (Black Doomba Records)
Trouble - Simple Mind Condition [REISSUE] (Hammerheart Records)
Geezer - Stoned Blues Machine (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Thrash Metal
HILD - Obliterating Silence (Self-released)
Ratos De Porao - Necropolitica (Foad Records)
Violentor - Manifesto Di Odio (Time To Kill Records)
Prog Rock / Metal
James LaBrie - Beautiful Shade of Grey (Inside Out Music)
Rod Rodrigues - Tales of a Changing Life, Part 1 (Self-released)
EPIC Metal
Ash of Ashes - Traces (Self-released)
Battle Symphony - War on Earth (Soman Records)
And the rest...
Booze & Glory - Raising The Roof (Pirates Press) [Punk]
Dvne - Cycles of Asphodel (Metal Blade Records) [Post-Metal]
Helsott - Will and The Witch (M-Theory Audio) [Pagan Metal]
Mortal Thrall - A Path To Fire (Trepanation Recordings) [Post-Black Metal]
Ophe - Somnium Nocte Mendaciis (My Kingdom Music) [Post-Black Metal]
Sophie Powers - Red in Revenge [EP] (Set Records) [Pop Punk]
Symphonity - Marco Pol: the Metal Soundtrack (Limb Music) [Power Metal]
The Lunar Year - The Lunar Year (M3 Recordings) [Pop Punk]
Wasted Space - Never Odd or Even [EP] (Self-released) [Mathcore/Hardcore]
HERE LIES WES .
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