Razor Burn is the 7th studio album by the South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

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Gothic rock

Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...

 band The Awakening

The Awakening (band)

The Awakening is an alternative rock band from Johannesburg, South Africa, formed in 1995 by vocalist, guitarist and producer Ashton Nyte. The band is credited in the press as "South Africa's most successful Gothic Rock act and one of the top bands in the far broader Alternative scene." The band...

, released on Massacre Records

Massacre Records

Massacre Records is an independent record label based in Abstatt, Germany.The label was founded in 1991 by Torsten Hartmann. The label is specialized on bands of the harder varieties of metal...

in Germany and Intervention Arts in Africa and the US in September 2006.

Recording

Marketed as a "blend of pounding metal guitars and traditional gothic rock," the album features dark, moody industrial elements mixed with mid-tempo rock song structures. With the European distribution and marketing of Massacre Records it received additional media attention, wider distribution and positive reviews from alternative music press.

Track listing

1. "Outside the Asylum"
2. "Arrow"
3. "Heaven Waits"
4. "The Neon Sky"
5. "Razor Burn"
6. "Darkness Calls (Razor Burn part 2)"
7. "Bleeding"
8. "Descent"
9. "Oblivion"
10. "Halo"
11. "Below"
12. "Asylum"