Release Round Up - February 24th, 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!
Nick and Gregor of Paradise Lost join forces on new project HOST.
"the project and has a very 80’s darkwave and gothic rock feel to it but through modern lenses."
Read our full review here.
UKHC outfit Going Off are going to absolutely blow up this year! This week they release 'What Makes You Tick?' via Church Road Records.
"eleven tracks of fury, full of life and a real genuine aggression"
Read our full review here.
Swedish traditional heavy metallers Air Raid release 'Fatal Encounter' via High Roller Records.
"The band’s riffs and guitar tone feels wonderfully retro whilst still packing a modern punch"
Read our full review here.
Instrumental post-rock duo UPCDOWNC release 'Duel' this week.
"their heaviest and best offering to date"
Read out full review here.
Brant Bjork and Nick Oliveri's Stöner project returns once more with new EP 'Boogie to Baja' released via Heavy Psych Sounds.
"a spiritual experience, sun-drenched grizzled bluesy rock"
Read our full review here.
Staffordshire thrashers King Abyss unleash 'Snake Oil' this week.
"individually expressive, with some vibrant guitar work."
Read our full review here.
Illinois Pop Punk quintet Real Friends release latest EP 'There's Nothing Worse Than Too Late' on Pure Noise Records.
"Real Friends remain true to their roots throughout and There’s Nothing Worse than Too Late is an exercise in good time vibes masking more mature themes."
Read our full review here.
Kevin Sharp and Shame Embury project Venomous Concept release latest album 'The Good Ship Lollipop' on Graphite Records.
"a love-letter to the hardcore punk bands they love, the influence of Black Flag, Bad Brains, GBH and, of course, Poison Idea."
Read our full review here.
Sarcoptes release 'Prayers to Oblivion' via Transcending Obscurity Records.
"Thrash-influenced black metal with a flair for storytelling"
Read our full review here.
Henry Rollins curates 'Suburban Annihilation' drawing on the hardcore scene from the five-year period between 1978 and 1983.
"a worthwhile way to dip your toe into the waters of five years influential to the development of the music we all love"
Read our full review here.
Punk power trio Death Pill release their self-titled album via New Heavy Sounds this week.
"It’s fast, furious and massive sounding, seeking no quarter whatsoever."
Read our full review here.
The Design Abstract deliver symphonic death metal on 'Transhuman Ascendant', released via Sliptrick Records.
"From back to front it’s a mesmerising piece of work, but nothing sticks in your mind."
Read our full review here.
Hundred Reasons return stronger than ever with 'Glorious Sunset' of So Recordings.
"This is definitely a Hundred Reasons… just a bit older, a bit wiser."
Read our full review here.
German industrial outfit Maerzfeld release 'Alles Anders' via Metalville.
"a great piece of German rock music"
Read our full review here.
Hurricane on Saturn explore the madness outside of the boundaries of musical styles on new album 'φnx' released via WormholeDeath Records.
"hits the ground harder than mechagodzilla’s nuts."
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
Eulogy - Rebirth (Self-released)
Factory - Back In The Time Machine (Self-released)
Grande Royale - Welcome to Grime Town (The Sign Records)
Hong Faux - Desolation Years (Golden Robot Records)
Märvel - Double Decade (The Sign Records)
Pil & Bue - Special Agents (Indie Recordings)
Royal Autumn - Life Is Strangely Accidental (Self-released)
Siena Root - Revelation (Atomic Fire Records)
Heavy Metal
Asylence - Endanger Us All (Self-released)
Atrocious Filth - OVV (Moans Music)
Big|Brave - nature morte (Thrill Jockey)
Dark Embrace - Dark Heavy Metal (Massacre Records)
Ended - Into The Nothing (Melodic Passion Records)
Enemy of Reality - Where Truth May Lie (Vinyl Store)
Hypno5e - Sheol (Pelagic Records)
Lovebites - Judgement Day (JPU Records)
Mortalus - We Are Human (Self-released)
Motorhead - Bad Magic: Seriously Bad Magic (Silver Lining Music)
Nightwolff - Riding The Night (Witches Brew Records)
Old Spirit - Burning In Heaven (Bright As Night)
Zebeck - Dharma (WormholeDeath Records)
Black Metal
Azaghal - Alttarimme on Luista Tehty (Immortal Frost productions)
Barag-Ur - Thrice Sown Grain (Self-released)
Ciemra - The Tread of Darkness (Avantegarde Music)
Great Cold Emptiness - Immaculate Hearts Will Triumph (Flowing Downward)
Mythraeum - Halls of Mythras (M-Theory Audio)
Death Metal
Anthropic - End of the Bloodline (Self-released)
Coffinborn - Cadaveric Retribution (Xtreem Music)
Crown of Madness - Elemental Binding (Self-released)
FesterDecay - Reality Rotten To The Core (Everlasting Spew Records)
Furnace - The Casca Trilogy (Obelisk Polaris Productions)
Icestorm - The Northern Crusades (Self-released)
Idolatrous - Sorrow on Midgard (WormholeDeath Records)
Insomnium - Anno 1696 (Century Media Records)
Küntsquäd - Küntsquäd (WormholeDeath Records)
Nyia - Head Held High [REISSUE] (Moans Music)
Omega Infinity - The Anticurrent (Season of Mist)
Ontborg - Following The Steps of Damnation (Black Lion Records)
Thy Gnosis - Seroconversion (Self-released)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
El Supremo - Acid Universe (Argonauta Records)
Mammoth Caravan - Ice Cold Oblivion (Self-released)
Merlock - Onward Strides Colossus (Self-released)
Stoner - Boogie To Baja (Heavy Psych Sounds)
The Mountain King / Gate To Xibalba - Split Album (Cursed Monk Records)
When Hearts Wither - This Is Where It Ends (Self-released)
Wolves in Winter - The Calling Quiet (Argonauta Records)
Power Metal
Ascension - Under the Veil of Madness (Marquee/Avalon)
Manigance - The Shadows Ball (Les Bal Des Ombres) [REISSUE] (Rockshots Records)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Molitoth - You (Self-released)
What the Five Fingers said to the Face - Endless (Self-released)
Thrash Metal
Adversor - Portrait of a Wasteland (Time To Kill Records)
Morphetik - Proclomation of War (Self-released)
And the rest...
Anatomy of Habit - Black Openings (Self-released) [Post-Punk/Doom]
Burn The Ocean - Modern Ruins (Argonauta Records) [Grunge]
Edley O'Dowd - F(our) Ward -13 [Ambient/Harsh/Experimental]
Erase Theory - Erase Theory [EP] (Icons Creating Evil Art) [Post-Hardcore/Alt-Pop]
Funus - Mono (Self-released) [Post-Rock/Showgaze]
Heidevolk - Wederkeer (Napalm Records) [Pagan / Folk Metal]
Hog Meets Frog - humANIMALization [EP] (Self-released) [Wierd/Funk Metal]
Hurrican on Saturn - φnx (WormholeDeath Records) [Metal/Electronicore]
Isolant - Drain (Sentient Ruin) [Industrial/Death/Doom]
Naut - Hunt (Season of Mist) [Gothic Rock/Metal]
The Last Reign - Endangered Pieces (Self-released) [Metalcore]
They Grieve - To Which I Bore Witness (Silent Pendulum Records) [Post-Metal]
To The Grave - Director's Cuts (Unique Leader) [Deathcore]
Adversor - Portrait of a Wasteland (Time To Kill Records) [Thrash Metal]
