Release Round Up - January 27th, 2023
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!
Welsh masters of the riff King Kraken release 'MCLXXX' this week.
"Hummable yet gritty and with a rhythm section whose tightness and rolling power simply needs applauding."
Read our full review here.
Controversial outfit King 810 release EP 'K5: Follow My Tears' this week.
"urban rhythms against a crushingly heavy beat, crunching guitars and a bouncing bassline."
Read our full review here.
Dokken celebrate their glory years with new boxset 'The Elektra Albums - 1983 - 1987' released on BMG.
"the lightning captured in the bottle of the Eighties was never repeated."
Read our full review here.
Belarus death metalers Ominous Scriptures release their third album, 'Rituals of Mass Self-Ignition', via Willowtip Records.
"Eight tracks which combine the severity of Disgorge with the dark undertones of Incantation."
Read our full review here.
Death metallers Conjureth unleash 'The Parasitic Chambers' via Memento Mori.
"a roaring and maddening ride that races from start to finish"
Read our full review here.
US death metallers Ashen Horde unleash 'Antimony' via Transcending Obscurity Records.
"a severe kick from the more primitive black metal stylings to its dissonant and technical death metal touches"
Read our full review here.
Danish progressive metal outfit Third Eye release their third album 'Vengeance Fulfilled' via No Dust Records.
"expansive music, carving sonic soundscapes that captivate with their intricate patterns and channelled focus."
Read our full review here.
New arrivals on the Danish extreme metal scene, Sequestrum release 'Pickled Preservation' on Extremely Rotten Productions.
"we pick up effortlessly on the grimy undertones the band evidently wanted us to notice."
Read our full review here.
Steve Vai releases a collaboration with his old motorcycling buddy, Johnny “Gash” Sombrotto this week. 'Vai/Gash' is released via Favored Nations.
"It’s the kind of hard rockin’ record the world needs right now."
Read our full review here.
Grindcore outfit Sonic Poison shake things up with 'Eruption' released via Me Saco Un Ojo.
"few are able to get your blood pumping and your heart racing as vehemently as Eruption manages"
Read our full review here.
Ukrainian doom outfit Sorrowful Land release 'Faded Anchors of the Past' via Black Lion Records this week.
"an epic piece of work that is so powerful that it will make the listener scrutinise every part of their existence"
Read out full review here.
Genre spanning Irish outfit The Enigma Division release a self-titled album this week that is unlike anything you will hear this year!
"Layered atop the synth backing come the technical guitar riffs and a wave of blast beats that grab the listeners attention and leave you wanting more."
Read our full review here.
Swiss tech-death outfit Anachronism drop 'Meanders' this week on Avantegarde Music.
"The band’s onslaught possesses a chunky and compact sound which certainly helps them propagate a hard hitting aesthetic"
Read our full review here.
French farming duo The Inspector Cluzo release 'Horizon' on F.thebassplayyer Records.
"‘Horizon’ moves forward from their previous albums in many ways. It’s heavier in parts, more expansive, and more versatile."
Read out full review here.
Swedish thrashers Methane unleash 'Kill It With Fire' this week.
"Vicious singing on every single song with some gilt edge guitar riffing."
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
Alex Melton - Southern Charm (Pure Noise Records)
Arctic Rain - Unity (Frontiers Music)
Crowne - Operation Phoenix (Frontiers Music)
Electric Mob - 2 Make U Cry & Dance (Frontiers Music)
Girish & The Chronicles - Back On Earth (Frontiers Music)
Knogjärn - Mera Bedövning (Indie Recordings)
Love Gang - Meanstreak (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Ronnie Romero - Raised On Heavy Radio (Frontiers Music)
Small Town Saviours - Small Town Saviours (Self-released)
Sweet N' Juicy - Your Mom's Gonna Love Us (Self-released)
Uriah Heep - Chaos & Colour (Silver Lining Music)
Heavy Metal
Bragging Rights - The Dour (Self-released)
Girlschool - The School Report [BOXSET] (Cherry Red Records)
Hellproof - Supernova (Self-released)
Liv Sin - KaliYuga (Mighty Music)
Vaughanstrosity - Memes and Dreams (Self-released)
Black Metal
...And Oceans - As in Gardens, so in Tombs (Season of Mist)
Bad Manor - The Haunting [VINYL REISSUE] (Labyrinth Tower)
Bizarrekult - Den Tapte Krigen (Season of Mist)
Lumen Ad Mortem - Upon The Edge of Darkness (Bitter Loss Records)
Schavot - Kronieken uit de nevel (Void Wanderer Productions)
Superterrestrial - The Fathomless Decay (Self-released)
Vahrzaw - In The Shallows Of A Starlit Lake (Bitter Loss Records)
Death Metal / Grindcore
Ablaze My Sorrow - The Loss of All Hope [EP] (Black Lion Records)
Anzillu - Ex Nihilo (M-Theory Audio)
Dead Will Walk - A New Day of Dawning [EP] (Dawnbreed Records)
Grief Symposium - ...In The Absence of Light (Church Road Records)
Malice Divine - Everlasting Ascendancy (Self-released)
Ob Nixilis - Abhorred (Reaping Scythe Records)
Rigor Sardonicous - Praeparet Bellum (Memento Mori)
Sarkasm - As Empires Decay (Xtreem Music)
Unaligned - Inner Dimensions [REISSUE] (Self-released)
Uranium - An Exacting Punishment (Sentient Ruin)
Stoner Rock / Doom / Sludge / Psych
Cancervo - II (Electric Valley Records)
Cerbere - Cendre (Chien Noir)
Daevar - Delirious Rites (The Lasting Dose Records)
Devil's Whiskey - Historias de Muerte [EP] (WormholeDeath Records)
Dust Prophet - One Last Look Upon The Sky (Self-released)
Heavy Blanket - Moon Is (Outer Battery Records)
Iron Void - IV (Shadow Kingdom)
Obelyskkh - The Ultimate Grace of God (Exile on Mainstream)
Seer of the Void - Mantra Monolith (Venerate Industries)
The Black Bison - The Wendigo [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Post-Metal
Le Temps Du Loup - Leteo (Church Road Records)
Raum Kingdom - Monarch (Argonauta Records)
Serotinin Syndrome - Seed of Mankind (Pelagic Records)
Power Metal
Flidais - Pathogen (Self-released)
Magic Opera - Battle of Ice (Self-released)
Phoebus The Knight - Ferrum Fero Ferro Feror (Renaissance Records)
Ravenlight - Immemorial (Self-released)
Thrash Metal
Hell's Satans - Hell's Satans (WormholeDeath Records)
Tempashot - Certified Dangerous (Self-released)
And the rest...
Apollo - A Divine Comedy (Self-released) [Deathcore]
Dealing with Damage - Use The Daylight (Little Rocket Records) [Post-Punk]
Dismal - Via Entis (Aural Music) [Gothic Metal]
Fågelle - Den svenska vreden (Medication Time Records) [Experimental]
Little Pig - Little Pig (WormholeDeath Records) [Grunge]
Myth of Origin - Sane Asylum (Self-released) [Prog Metal]
Suasion - The Infinite (Atomic Fire Reocrds) [Metalcore]
