First 500 orders of the Cycle of Contempt LP, CD and/or cassette include a high quality 1.5" x 1" Razor logo enamel pin - Limited to 1 pin per order

PRESSING INFO:

First Press

3150 x Neon Yellow Standard Gram

533 x Blood Red with Neon Yellow, Mustard Yellow and Halloween Orange Splatter Standard Gram *Relapse.com Exclusive*

299 x Blue Jay, Black and Red Tri Color Striped with Blue Jay, Black and Red Splatter Standard Gram *Relapse.com Exclusive*

142 x Picture Disc *Relapse.com Exclusive*

100 x Clear (Not available to the public - Friends of band and label only)

Anyone that cut their metal teeth with The Big Four, and then dug a little deeper into the indie scene, should receive a major endorphin rush when they discover that speed and thrash masters RAZOR are about to release their first studio offering in 25 years. The album, Cycle of Contempt, is a direct, cutthroat record that pulls no punches and takes no prisoners.

From the catchy, concise riffs and insistent beats of album opener “Flames of Hatred” to the double-barreled assault, muted power chord chugging and combative gang vocal of album closer “King Shit,” Cycle of Contempt is a trenchant reminder of a time when clubs around the world were packed with long-haired bands that played as fast as they could and mosh pits that spun and tumbled like clothes in a short-circuiting dryer.

As energetic and exciting as Evil Invaders and as urgent and powerful as RAZOR’s 1989 speed-fest Violent Restitution, Cycle of Contempt showcases a band that never stopped spewing venom.

“I tried to write songs that everybody could listen to and say, “Yeah, I know a guy who's done that to me or done this, or I know that situation. I can relate to that,” band founder Dave Carlo says. “And I didn’t want to make everything specifically about me because when you do that, you exclude people. I wanted to include everyone that’s ever felt pissed off about anything.”

An unrelenting slab of old-school thrash that showcases RAZOR's encyclopedic knowledge of the past along with Carlo’s growth as a songwriter, player, and lyricist, Cycle of Contempt is here to show that RAZOR are as dominating as ever.

Release date: September 23, 2022