Release Round Up - April 4th, 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
Fuzzed out Shropshire duo This Summit Fever release their self-titled album via Majestic Mountain Records.
"an energetic and lively performance that beautifully reflects what they are like on stage."
Read out full review here.
Pioneers of Spanish death metal Unbounded Terror release 'Something Is Rotten In Humanity' via Xtreem Music.
"Unbounded Terror have certainly cracked the code on what brings people in for a modern death metal production."
Read our full review here.
Three years since the release of 'Immutable', Swedish sonic experimentalists Meshuggah return to the scene of the crime and offer the "Indelible Edition" of that record.
"This Indelible Edition gives a crystal-clear presentation of their latest work. Not so much essential, but rather appealing to those whose minds have been sufficiently twisted into Meshuggah’s form."
Read our full review here.
Scottish extreme outfit Chestcrush unleash 'ΨΥΧΟΒΓΑΛΤΗΣ'
"For even Superman, with all his Kryptonian might, could not lift something as heavy as this new Chestcrush release."
Read our full review here.
Hailing from the misty forests of Northern California, Wrath of Logarius release 'Crown of Mortis' via Season of Mist.
"the force they bring your way is immense and truly fulfils the lovecraftian, cosmic edge they’ve been vying for"
Read our full review here.
Germany’s Warfield have come to break necks on 'With The Old Breed' via Napalm Records.
"If there was a modern thrash band that deserved greater acclaim my pick would be Warfield"
Read our full review here.
British progressive rock band Amplifier release 'Gargantuan' via Rockosmos Records.
"lush, hypnotic melodies, enticing emotions with every riff and rhythm."
read our full review here.
Rotting Christ have stood the test of time for over three decades and now release '35 Years of Evil Existence - Live in Lycabettus' via Season of Mist.
"one of the jewels in the world of extreme metal"
Read our full review here.
UK heavy psych revelation Ritual King drop 'The Futureworks Sessions' via Ripple Music.
"It’s live, raw, unfiltered and captures a moment in time when everything just flowed like a fine wine."
Read our full review here
Sitting still is not an option for Allegaeon who release 'The Ossuary Lens' on Metal Blade Records.
"Allegaeon are firing on all guns here and you should absolutely avail yourself of their charms."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Air Drawn Dagger - A Guide For Apparitions (Long Branch Records)
Captain Black Beard - Chasing Danger (Mighty Music)
Félix Rabin - Blue Days [EP] (Damp Music)
John Drake - Ocean (Self-released)
Lo-Pan - Get Well Soon (Magnetic Eye Records)
Smith/Kotzen - Black Light / White Noise (BMG)
The Progressive Souls Collective - Encore Vol. II: Sonic Birth Live (Metalville)
Heavy Metal
Breaker - Breaker (WormholeDeath Records)
Chontaraz - istanbul (SAOL)
Luna Kills - Deathmatch (Sharptone Records)
Tómarúm - Beyond Obsidian Euphoria (Prosthetic Records)
Black Metal
Aldaaron - Par-dela les cimes (Ordre du Givre / Paragon Records)
Belnejoum - Dark Tales of Zarathustra (Antiq)
Bloody Valkyria - In Our Home, Across The Fog (Northern Silence Productions)
Verheerer - Urgewalt (Vendetta Records)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Buried Realm - The Dormant Darkness (Self-released)
Chronepsis - Weight of Eternity (Self-released)
Cyan Insane - Poison for the God [EP] (Self-released)
Evilon - Ginnungagap (Fetzner Death Records)
Fractal Universe - The Great Filters (M-Theory Audio)
Frantic Amber - Death becomes Her (ROAR)
Godless - Genesis of Decay [EP] (Self-released)
Messiah Paratroops - Legions of Tomorrow (Inverse Records)
Namtaru - Cult of Ancient Deities (Awakening Records)
Uninhibited - Scourge (Self-released)
Visceral - Eyes, Teeth and Bones (Raging Planet Records)
Wurmian - Immemorial Shrine (Self-released)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Aeonian Sorrow - From The Shadows (Self-released)
Kiritsis - Kiritsis (Wiseblood Records)
PigsPigsPigsPigsPigsPigsPigs - Death Hilarious (Rocket Recordings)
Metalcore
Bleed From Within - Zenith (Nuclear Blast)
Thronhill - Bodies (UNFD)
Tundra - Eternal (Rottweiler Records)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Ash Twin Project - Tales Of A Dying Sun (Klonosphere Records)
Inner Cabala - We Are Solitude (Self-released)
Past Glories - Damiano's Fall (WormholeDeath Records)
Punk
All For Jolly - All For Jolly (Self-released)
Florida Man - Plastique (The Ghost Is Clear Records)
And the rest...
Bleeth - Marionette (Seeing Red Records) [Post-Metal]
Bloodguilt - Bloodguilt [EP] (New Age Records) [Hardcore]
Fractured Fairytales - Hate Is All You Need (Secular) [Industrial Metal]
held By trees - Hinterland (Tweed Jacket Music) [Post-Rock]
Living Tales - Hades (Self-released) [Symphonic Metal]
Tyrannosatan - babylons Skrack (Jawbreaker Records) [Thrash Metal]
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