Release Round Up - July 25th, 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
Northern riff lords Goblinsmoker release 'The King's Eternal Throne' via APF Records.
"There’s a fluid potency to these songs, and they’ve attacked them with great endeavour, and produced a sound that is undeniably Goblinsmoker."
Read out full review here.
The scumdogs of the universe GWAR are back to terrorise the earth with EP and comic 'The Return of Gor Gor'.
"GWAR really do have a hard hitting message for us all in these dark times."
Read our full review here.
Quebecois Heavy Metallers Zeicrydeus release 'La Grande Hérésie' via Gates of Hell Records.
"this is a band that kicks the walls down and shows you just what you’re missing."
Read our full review here.
Chilean merchants of death Cancerbero unleash 'Sempiternal Decay' via Memento Mori.
"the elegant art of whipping the frenzy into you, leaving you a dishevelled and destroyed soul."
Read our full review here.
Cleveland's favorite deviants, Atomic Witch, release 'DeathEtiquette' via Redefining Darkness Records.
"a thrash record that doesn’t try to be anything but it engages and entertains for its full duration"
Read our full review here.
Finnish death metal force Malformed release 'Confinement of Flesh' via Dark Descent Records/Extremely Rotten Productions.
"a refreshing experience contrary to the crushing, suffocating rapport Finnish death metal is often associated with."
Read our full review here.
Death metal ensemble Kontusion release 'Insatiable Lust For Death' via Profound Lore Records.
"Kontusion apply both hands with knuckle dusters and simply go at your face with everything they have for ten tracks straight."
Read our full review here.
Sculptors of the most brutal, Kill Everything, release 'Headless Cum Dumpster' via Comatose Music.
"I like my slam raw and bloody, and with Kill Everything as my trusty maitre d’ I’d be hard pressed for better service"
Read our full review here.
A searing new presence in Irish death metal, Abyssery delivers 'Interminable End'.
"The utter carnage this record demonstrates is offset against the astonishing calm given to yourself as you experience everything Abyssery can throw at you."
Read our full review here
Industrial metal outfit Black Magnet arrives with its gnarled third album, 'Megamantra', released on Federal Prisoner.
"Energetic and bristling with future-shock, Black Magnet have surpassed their work on Body Prophecy with this one."
Read our full review here.
Trailblazing all-female Korean punk band Rumkicks release 'Hit A Nerve' via SBÄM Records
"if you like some classic punk vibes that are a little poppy and full of hooks, then you’d do worse than check out Hit the Nerve."
Read our full review here.
Philly’s destructive hardcore/sludge/grindcore/death metal act Red Brick release 'Thrown' via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.
"a pretty fun and nasty car crash of a musical output"
Read our full review here.
Chicago thrashers Bloodletter leave us shredded on new album 'Leave the Light Behind' released via Wise Blood Records/Morbid & Miserable Records.
"take you back to that simpler time of chaotic mosh pits and heavy riffs."
Read our full review here.
US grinders Pulpit Vomit release devastating debut assault 'Hospital Lens' via Rottweiler Records.
"dripping layers of repulsion atop one another."
Read our full review here.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg! Other releases today we think you should check out include...
Rock
Birdlord - I Would Fall (Self-released)
Cold Slither - Cold Slither (Reigning Phoenix Music)
Hawkwind - Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music [REMASTERED] (Esoteric Recordings/Cherry Red Records))
Honeymoon Suite - Wake Me Up When The Sun Goes Down (Frontiers Music SRL)
Roulette - Go! (Black Lodge)
Sweet - Platinum Rare 2 (Metalville)
The Dirty Nil - The Lash (Dine Alone Records)
Wolfskull - Midnite masters (Metalkapolis Records)
Heavy Metal
Animal Rage - Last Standing Man (WormholeDeath Records)
Bruce Dickinson - More Balls To Picasso [REVISITED] (tbc)
Dragon's Kiss - The Return of the Wild Dogs (Firecum Records)
Mass Deception - Resurrections (Gruesome Records)
Tallboy - House of Glass [EP] (Self-released)
The Violent Hour - The Violent Hour [EP] (Megaforce Records)
Black Metal
Endless Dismal Moan - Lord of Nightmare [REISSUE] (Hessian Firm)
Ibex Angel Order - II: Void Sermon (Void Wanderer)
Jordfäst - Blodsdåd och hor (Black Lion Records)
Sigilo / Lixuria De Lillith - Sermão [SPLIT] (Alma Mater Records)
Sult - Sult (Deadbangers Productions)
Death Metal / Death-Doom / Grindcore
Azure Emote - Cryptic Aura (Testimony Records)
Cordyceps - Hell Inside (Unique Leader Records)
Deliquesce - Saviour / Enslaver (Lacerated Enemy Records)
No Shelter - Remission/Resolve (This Charming Man Records)
Phobetor - A Solitary Vigil (Black Jasper Records)
Shadecrown - 0 (Inverse Records)
Doom / Stoner Rock / Sludge / Psych
False Gods - Lost In Darkness and Distance (Self-released)
Hebi Katana - Imperfection (Ripple Music)
Lowdown - Alpha Omega (Self-released)
Post-Punk
Sins of Infirmity - Sweet Temptation (Self-released)
Virgin Vampires - Whores And Judaism (Rune Serpent Europa)
Hemelbestormer - The Radiant Veil (Pelagic Records)
Progressive Rock / Metal
Agropelter - The Book Of Hours (The Lasers Edge)
Cryptodira - Genesis of Error [EP] (Silent Pendulum Records)
Thrash Metal
Bloodride - Deafening (WormholeDeath Records)
Exaust - Abysmal Earth (Self-released)
And the rest...
Alterium - Stormrage [EP] (Self-released) [Power Metal]
Frusen Sorg - Jag Springer Med Avbrutna [EP] (Fiadh Productions/Void Sound) [Punk]
Just Guess - United in the Struggle (Zona 167) [Grime]
Pink Panther Project - Clinics And Models (Assur Anshar) [Industrial]
Psycho-Frame - Salvation Laughs In The Face of a Grieving Mother (Sharptone Records) [Deathcore]
Vlad T. Addams - The Killer Clown (Zona 167) [Horror/Grime]
