Release Round Up - August 4th, 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 metal!
Here's what we think you should check out today!
Heavy Devy - Devin Townsend - relives his Empath live tour with album 'Empath: Live In America' released via Inside Out Music.
"joyous, zany, fun and so bloody brilliant!"
Read our full review here.
Skindred are back with latest album 'Smile' released via Earache Records.
"showing there is far more to be explored in the Skindred world."
Read our full review here.
Northern Irish trio The Crawling return with 'All Of This For Nothing' via Grindscene Records.
"The most accomplished, mature and strongest album that the band have released to date."
Read our full review here.
Brazilian death metal quartet Crypta release 'Shades of Sorrow' via Napalm Records.
"a striking step forward that other bands often daren’t attempt until they’re well into their career"
Read our review here.
After an incredibly successful European run with Metallica, Mammoth WVH launch album number two 'Mammoth II' via BMG.
"In pure rock terms this is a contender for album of the year."
Read our review here.
UK based death/doomsters Moose Cult release their self-titled album this week.
"complex yet captivating"
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
Any Given Sin - War Within (Mascot Records)
Big Red Fire Truck - Trouble In Paradise (Self-released)
Kent Hilli - Nothing Ledt To Loose (Frontiers Music SRL)
Leaves In Flames - Individuum [EP] (Self-released)
M.A.G.S. - Destroyer (Smartpunk Records)
Rian - Wings (Frontiers Music SRL)
Shipwrecker - Different Beast (Self-released)
Supakarma - Supakarma (Self-released)
Teenage Wrist - Still Love (Epitaph Records)
Theia - The Wet Die Young (WDFD Records)
Tremendous - Fingerprints [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Uncured - My Design (Pavement Music)
Heavy Metal
Crown Solace - Animus [EP] (Self-released)
Panda Kingdom - Panda Kingdom (Dripfeed Records)
Repentance - The process of Human Demise (Noble Demon)
Rituals - I Found Myself In The Dark [EP] (Marshall Records)
Black Metal
An Autumn For Crippled Children - Closure (Prosthetic Records)
Ancient Torment / Haxen - The Howloing Gale [SPLIT ALBUM] (Eternal Death)
Ars Moriendi - Lorsque les coeurs s'assèchent (Archaic Sound)
Temple of Katharsis - Macabre Ritual (Theogonis Records)
夢遊病者 (Sleepwalker) - Skopofoboexoskelett (Sentient Ruin)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Balrogath - We Bring Calamity [EP] (Self-released)
Blight House - Blight The Way (Syrup Moose Records)
Inpathos - Ascension (Self-released)
Necrokinesis - A Force Made Flesh (Self-released)
Samhain - The Courier [REISSUE] (Emanzipation Productions)
Tumulation - Haunted Funeral Creations (Hammerheart Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Dun Ringill - 150 - Where The Old Gods Play Act 1 (The Sign Records)
Thrash Metal
Chupacabra - Fortified with Ashes [EP] (Self-released)
Konvolted - Human Reification (Sliptrick Records)
Korgull The Exterminator - Built to Kill (Xtreem Music)
And the rest...
Edward Reekers - The Liberty Project (Music Theories Recordings) [Prog Rock]
Induction - The Power of Power [EP] (Atomic Fire Records) [Power Metal]
No Life - Delinquent [EP] (Total Deathcore) [Metalcore]
The Idiots - König der Idioten (Massacre Records) [Punk/Metal]
