Release Round Up - January 24th, 2025
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!
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
From the deep woods emerges 'Birna', Wardruna’s sixth studio album, release via Music For Nations / Sony.
"hypnotic and captivating, Birna follows in the footsteps of its five forerunners and delivers a love letter to prehistoric Scandinavia."
Read out full review here.
Genre defying sisters ALT BLK ERA release 'Rave Immortal' via Earache Records.
"It definitely has that anthemic quality to it and will have dance floors across the country going a bit mental."
Read our full review here.
Taking four years to craft their next epic chapter, Harakiri For The Sky release 'Scorched Earth' via AOP Records.
"'Scorched Earth' mixes light with darkness, melody with aggression and emotion with ferocity and is another excellent release from a band who really are at the forefront of the post-black metal movement."
Read our full review here.
Tormentor Tyrant release one of the most savage, grinding, furious and primordial Death Metal releases of the year in 'Excessive Escalation Of Cruelty' via Everlasting Spew.
"an absolutely storming hellfire performance."
Read our full review here.
Born out of the bleakness of COVID, Beneath A Steel Sky release 'Cleave' via Ripcord Records.
"showcases some classic post-metal worship"
Read our full review here.
Lovecraftian Black Metal outfit The Great Old Ones release 'Kadath' via Season of Mist.
"a sweeping work of extreme metal "
Read our full review here.
Canadian traditional metal powerhouse Ice War releases 'Feel The Steel' via Hooked on Metal Records.
"no heirs, no graces, just pure driving, anthemic, fist-pumping, chest-beating, singalong, unapologetic Metal."
Read our full review here.
Punk rock icons The Dickies release 'The Incredible Shrinking Dickies' via Cherry Red Records.
"testament to the creative vision of the young band"
Read our full review here.
Swedish doom and hard rock maestros Avatarium release 'Between You, God, the Devil and The Dead' through AFM Records.
"Fans of classic doom metal and psychedelic hard rock should definitely get this down their ears."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Bonfire - Higher Ground (Frontiers Music SRL)
Fifteen Stitches - Beyond The Wall (WormholeDeath Records)
Slowly Slowly - Forgiving Spree (Nettwerk)
The Breathing Method - After Everything Else (Self-released)
Vukovi - My God Has Got A Gun (Sharptone Records)
Heavy Metal
Labyrinth - In the Vanishing Echoes of Goodbye (Frontiers Music SRL)
Sypha - Borderland [EP] (Self-released)
The Ferrymen - Iron Will (Frontiers Music SRL)
Black Metal
Corroding Soul - Corroding Soul (Self-released)
Malauriu / Sinoath - Split Single (Dommentia Records)
Martyrion - Gaia Uprising (Self-released)
Scitalis - Maledictum (Vendetta Records)
Veenlijk - Galgenberg [EP] (Void Wanderer)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Concrete Icon - Voracious Streams (Memento Mori)
Deadspawn - Bile of the Gods (Self-released)
Distrupted - Stinking Death (Trust No One Recordings)
Fleshbore - Painted Paradise (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Misanthropik Torment - M.A.G.A. (Self Made Records)
Putred - Megalit al Putrefactiei (Memento Mori)
Rohan - Suffering With A Smile (Self-released)
The Machinist - Contempt For Life (Invima Records)
Voidfallen - The Rituals of Resilience (Noble Demon)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Caprahed - Empire (Self-released)
Hjort - Evolve IV-VII (Inertial Music)
Negative Thriteen - Recover What You Can (Self-released)
SweetBeast - Illusions (Humanalien Records)
Umbersound - If The Flies Can Sing (Dark Skies Coming)
Groove Metal
Godeth - Fleshmonger [SINGLE] (Self-released)
Watch My Dying - Egyenes Kerőlő (Self-released)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Lucio Manca - Camaleontico (Self-released)
Marko Bojkovic - Powercore (Self-released)
Riverside - Live ID (InsideOut Music)
Thrash Metal
Retador - Earëndel (Xtreem Music)
Sacrifice - Volume Six (High Roller Records)
And the rest...
Belle Morte - Pearl Hunting (WormholeDeath Records) [Symphonic Metal]
Haven - Causes (Argonauta Records) [Post-Metal]
Knogjärn - Bly (Indie Recordings) [Metalcore]
Nekomata - Euphoria (Rockshots Records) [Power Metal]
Oni - Genesis [EP] (Ironshore Group) [Metalcore]
State of You - On A Knife's Edge [EP] (Silent Cult) [Post-Hardcore]
The Slime - Crabwalk to Oblivion (Self-released) [Hardcore/Crossover]
Xerxes The Dark - Absurd (Self-released) [Dark/Ambient]
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