This is the first week of the year where I feel that the underground loses the edge, even with quality releases from Deathraiser, Furi Helium, Karloff and Meteora. Some first-rate metalcore and thrash is on offer up on the surface:  Crystal Lake – The Weight Of Sound (metalcore) Elwood Stray –  Descending  (metalcore) Helix –  Scrap Metal  (hard rock/heavy metal) Megadeth –  Megadeth  (thrash metal) Poppy –  Empty Hands  (pop metal/metalcore) Textures –  Genotype  (progressiv