Were you really expecting me to kick off the 326th edition of The Nine Circles Playlist with anything other than Judas Priest? I mean, Invincible Shield came out today and it might be the best album they’ve done since Painkiller. So yeah, we’re gonna kick things off with the insane title track and just move from there, ok?

After you pick yourselves back up off the floor, you can check out some great heavy musi the rest of the gang have been plugging in their earholes. We’ve got Slimelord, new nourish tones from John Carpenter, some righteous new prehistoric riffing from High on Fire, new music from Atræ Bilis, Neck of the Woods, some classic Junius…killer indie punk rock from Mannequin Pussy, fury from Full of Hell, and oh yeah: how about a full EP just released from the vaults of the mighty Municipal Waste?

Get listening. Stay safe. See you next week.

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– Chris