Release Round Up - May 9th, 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
Extreme metal giants Behemoth reveal their new opus, The Shit Ov God via Nuclear Blast.
"another stepping stone to their world domination."
Read out full review here.
Northern Ireland’s finest, Stiff Little Fingers release boxset 'The Singles [1978-1983] via Captain Oi!/Cherry Red Records.
"the perfect sampler for anyone wanting to dip their toe in the rich work of one of the scene’s best and most enduring bands."
Read our full review here.
Brazilian Death Metal juggernaut Escarnium unleash 'Inexorable Entropy' via Everlasting Spew Records.
"That brutality which South American extreme metal is renowned for is just as visible here"
Read our full review here.
Italian post-punk duo Kill Your Boyfriend release EP 'Disco Kills' via Sister 9 Recordings.
"It’s dirty sounding, in a grimy rock club kind of way, and I like it. "
Read our full review here.
Edmonton-based bestial death metal sadists Prophetic Suffering release 'Rivalry Of Thyself' via Sentient Ruin.
"Prophetic Suffering hit like a cement brick to the head."
Read our full review here.
Icelandic death metal force Devine Defilement release 'Ruthless' via Time To Kill Records.
"modern death metal which does not sound overworked and over produced"
Read our full review here.
Mid Cheshire punks Kicked In The Teeth drop 'Watling Street Chambers' via Rare Vitamin Records.
"a concise and well-crafted blitzkrieg of a record"
Read our full review here.
Pulverised Records launch the latest album from atmospheric death metal outfit Jade.
"their performance is steeped in fright and madness"
Read our full review here.
Depressive black metallers Ghost Bath return with their new album, 'Rose Thorn Necklace' on Nuclear Blast.
"What many would expect to be a jarring listen is actually one full of depth that justifiably could be an album of the year contender."
Read our full review here.
Heavy rock merchants Hippie Death Cult release 'Live at the Star Theater' via Heavy Psych Sounds.
"it’s easy to be swept along with the passion and emotion emanating from the speakers"
Read our full review here.
Swedish godfathers of epic doom Candlemass celebrate 40 years with new EP 'Black Star', released via Napalm Records.
"full of the signature Candlemass doom riffing"
Read our full review here.
Hard rock/metal band Statement embarks on a darker and heavier musical journey with 'Sinister Thing' released via Mighty Music.
"adapting that sound to carve out something unique."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Elles Bailey - Beneath The Neon Glow Reimagined (Cooking Vinyl)
Gelgia Caduff & Orchester Laufental Thierstein - Wuishful Thinking (Mädchen für alles)
MÍO - Hva nå? (By Norse Music)
Paralyzed - Rumble & Roar (Ripple Music)
Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol - Big Dumb Riffs (Permanent Teeth)
Thammuz - III (Argonauta Records)
W't'M - Witness the Madness (Popshit Records)
Heavy Metal
Shores of Null - Live Over Europe (Sulphur Music / Masked Dead Records)
Sleep Token - Even In Arcadia (Sony Music/RCA)
Statement - Sinister Thing (Mighty Music)
Tetrarch - The Ugle Side of Me (Napalm Records)
Black Metal
Dagdrom - Schauder (Self-released)
Esox - Watery Grave (Self-released)
Lloth - Archees Legeones (Ancient Legions) (Theogonia Records)
Marea - Adrift (Masked Death Records)
Nechochwen - spelewithiipi (Nordvis Produktion)
The Sun's Journey Through The Night - Demo III [EP] (Church Road Records)
Victim Path - Lost In Stellar Dust (Self-released)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Axiom Chaos - Primacy Arrival (Comatose Music)
Exilium Noctis - Pactum Diaboli (Black Lion Records)
For The Pyres - At The Pyres of Sin (Gruesome Records)
Mors Silens - Infernal Legacy (WormholeDeath Records)
My Dementia - Premonição: Só Me Arrependo Do Que Não Vivi (Caverna Abismal Records)
Nail By Nail - Embraced By Darkess (War Anthem Records)
Ominous Ruin - Requiem (Willowtip Records)
Postmortal - Profundis Omnis (Aesthetic Death)
Pyromancer - Absolute Dominion by Fire (Adirondack Black Mass)
Skaphos - Cult of Uzura (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
Abysmal Rites - Restoring The Primordial Order (WormholeDeath Records)
An Tóramh - Echoes of Eternal Night (Black Lion Records)
Cavern Deep - Part III - The Bodiless (Bonebag Records/Majestic Mountain Records)
Divine Sovereign - Dawn of a New Age (WormholeDeath Records)
Elusive God - Ambis (Personal Records)
Liminal Spirit - Pathways (Self-released)
Stone Fist - Stone Fist [EP] (Go Down Records)
The Chemistry Set - Introduction to The Chemistry Set (Fruits de Mer Records)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Edensong - Our Road to Dust (The Lasers Edge)
Haken - Liveforms: An Evening With Haken (InsideOut Music)
And the rest...
Black Map - Hex (Spinefarm Records) [Post-Hardcore]
Demented - Rituals (Seek & Strike) [Metalcore]
mclusky - the world is still here and so are we (Ipecac Recordings) [Post-Hardcore]
Meatwound - Macho (Threat Collection Records/Pax Aeternum Digital) [Hardcore/Sludge]
My Place Was Taken - Altar De Moloc (Rottweiler Records) [Deathcore]
Svarta Havet - Månen Ska Lysa Din Väg (Prosthetic Records) [Post-Metal]
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