Release Round Up - February 16th, 2024
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!
Black metal icon Ihsahn releases his self-titled album on Candlelight Records.
"His most ambitious release to date and the ambition as he put it to “raise the bar tenfold” has most definitely paid off."
Read our full review here.
Doom legends The Obsessed release their first album in seven years, 'Gilded Sorrow', via Ripple Music.
"This is doom metal without the colossal fuzz or tone, without the cacophonous soundscapes. It’s truly old school doom!"
Read our full review here.
Hair metal heroes Crazy Lixx release a compilation album featuring “reimagined classics”, 'Two Shots At Glory' via Frontiers Music.
"flashy guitar solos, big backing vocals, pounding drums, infectious melodies, polished production, and a vocalist that resembles Vince Neil during his prime time."
Read our full review here.
Swiss Black Metal soundscape artists Darkspace release 'Dark Space -II' via Season of Mist.
"incredibly atmospheric, bringing to mind the vastness and coldness of space"
Read our full review here.
British sludge up and comers Verminthrone unleash 'The Cull' this week.
"a band who are untamed and in a wild state"
Read our full review here.
Norwegian stoner-punk kings Bokassa release fourth album 'All Out Of Dreams' on Indie Recordings.
"a rip roaring ride of speed, aggression and angst"
Read our full review here.
Georgian rockers Blackberry Smoke retrun with album number eight 'Be Right Here'.
"There’s no polish to the sound, it’s an old school feel that fits so well."
Read our full review here.
One man black metal mastermind Dead Earth releases 'Et Disperdam Illud' on Chaos Records.
"A putrid sound spawned from demons themselves performed at breakneck speed."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
A Somerset Parade - Carcosa (WormholeDeath Records)
Arcane Tongues - Valencia [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Barren Womb - Chemical Tardigrade (Fucking North Pole Records)
Blackberry Smoke - Be Right Here (3 Legged Records)
Honeymoon Suite - Alive (Frontiers Music)
Jeremy Harry Harris - Walking With My Darkness (Epitronic Records)
Naga Siren - Sea of Myself (Self-released)
The Hellacopters - Grande Rock Revisited (Nuclear Blast)
Heavy Metal
Durbin - Screaming Steel (Frontiers Music)
Hilltops Are For Dreamers - The Tragedy of Being Human (Hilltops Recordings)
Illumishade - Another Side of You (Napalm Records)
Leah - The Glory and the Fallen (Ex Cathedra Records)
Profiler - A Digital Nowhere (Sharptone Records)
Secrets of Mariana - Shadow [EP] (Self-released)
Black Metal
Dead Earth - Et Disperdam Illud (Chaos Records)
Dispersion - Monochrome (Venetic Black Metal Front)
Far Beyond - The End of My Road (Prosthetic Records)
Griffon - De Republica (Self-released)
Lvme - Of Sinful Nature (NoEvDia)
Nefarious Mash - In Memory of Your Hopes [REISSUE] (WormholeDeath Records)
Samael - Passage - Live (Napalm Records)
UKĆ - Coming Out - Love & Hate Diaries (Theogonia Records)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Acrid Death - Abominable Presence of Blight (Self-released)
Cercenatory - GoreSphere (Comatose Music)
Damnation - Fátum (Loud Rage Music)
Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound to Fall (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Horrible - Filth (Self-released)
See You Next Tuesday - Relapses (Good Fight Records)
Stellar Remains - Wastelands (Gutter Prince Cabal Records)
Sujin - Save Our Souls (Scarlet Records)
Thy Shining Curse - Theurgia (ViciSolum Productions)
Vanir - Epitome (Mighty Music)
Volucrine - ETNA (Inverse Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Grin - Hush (The Lasting Dose Record)
In Autumn - What's Done is Done (My Kingdom Music)
Ponte Del Diavolo - Fire Blades From The Tomb (Season of Mist)
Sun of Nothing - Maze (Venerate Industries)
Sundrifter - An Earlier Time (Small Stone Recordings)
Witchorious - Witchorious (Argonauta Records)
Hardcore
Shooting Daggers - Love and Rage (New Heavy Sounds)
The Scream - Whellcome (Sliptrick Records)
Post-Punk
Gvllow - Twin Flames (Sumerian Records)
Laura Jane Grace - Hole In My Head (Big Scary Monsters)
Mutes - Televangelist [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Omni - Souvenir (Sub Pop)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Fate's Hollow - End of Summer [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Gentle Giant - The Missing Piece [Steve Wilson Remix] (Chrisalis Records)
Mr. Bison - Echoes From The Universe (Heavy Psych Sounds)
Von Hertzen Brothers - Live at Tavastia (Self-released)
And the rest...
Bloom - Maybe In Another Life (Pure Noise Records) [Metalcore]
Elettra Storm - powerlords (Scarlet Records) [Power Metal]
River City Rebels - Pop Culture Baby [EP] (Screaming Crow Records) [Punk]
Techno Animal - The Brotherhood of the Bomb [REISSUE] (Relapse Records) [Electronic/Post-Industrial]
Zanias - Ecdysis (Fleisch Records/Metropolis Records) [Ambient/Experimental]
