Weekly Release Roundup: Monday 7th July 2025 – Friday 11th July 2025
From exciting alternative metal, to intense progressive metalcore, bullish death metal, maddening noise, powerful theatrical horror rock, and more, it’s a big week for releases and we’ve got a list for you to check out. All these releases are out now!
Split Chain – motionblur (Epitaph)
Everything great about this band, the way they spectacularly combine everything from nu-metal to shoegaze to grunge to rock to alternative metal, and so much more, is on display here and it’s consistently immersive. Especially as it all makes so much more sense once you spend time with the album.
Split Chain have big ideas, and the album showcases their wild imagination in vibrant glory.
Read the full review here.
Calva Louise – Edge of the Abyss (Mascot Records)
This new record from the alternative metal, rock, whatever you want to call them, band comes highly anticipated. Even if a lot of the tracks on the album have been out there for some time. You might think having heard the likes of Tunnel Vision, W.T.F, Aimless, Under the Skin, and La Corriente many times already would dent their impact, but you’d be wrong. So very wrong. Those tracks, alongside many other fresher listens, are immense, and all because Calva Louise create music with the most open of minds. Indefinable? To some degree, yes, and the fun comes from exploring their soundscape.
Read the full review here.
Born Of Osiris – Through Shadows (Sumerian Records)
Let’s freaking go! Born of Osiris are back, more eclectic and electrifying than ever, and pushing their progressive metalcore sound in new directions. You can never accuse this band of stagnating, but even the most hardcore of fans will find themselves taken back by how much experimentation is going on here. Although that’s not to suggest that it isn’t evidently Born of Osiris and not filled with aggression, intensity, and brutish heaviness, because it is.
Read the full review here.
Viogression – Thaumaturgic Veil (Self Released)
Viogression put it all out there with Thaumaturgic Veil, a very impressive release and one that will have death metal fans in raptures.
Read the full review here.
Why Patterns – Screamers (Human Worth)
16-minutes of madness, Why Patterns have strived to create something so distinctive, so abrasive, so interesting, and so lovable, provided you like a bit of noise.
Read the full review here.
dead7 – LOVE WHAT YOU CAN WHILE YOU GOT SOMETHING LEFT TO LOVE (SharpTone Records)
A lot of people are going to love this record, especially when they get heavy, which they often do, or deliver a kick-ass anthemic chorus, which they often do.
Read the full review here.
Dire Thorns – The Happy Man (Metal Vision Records)
Showcasing a really visceral and raw sound that combines death metal and nu-metal, is potently experimental, and utilises multilingual lyricism, Dire Thorns really stand out from the heavy pack. They’re a fascinating bunch, ugly and harsh, but with undeniable anthemic ways.
Read the full review here.
Ward XVI – Id3ntity (Earache)
Ward XVI are back, more aggressive than ever, not only offering up some of their heaviest music to date but also distilling their theatrical horror creativity into something daringly accessible. This is Ward XVI, but not quite as we know them, and isn’t that bloody exciting?
Read the full review here.
