Can you feel it yet? The morbid tension and heightened anxiety? The constrictive suffering? Well around these parts we call it “back to school” and it puts me in a mood for the dark stuff. Not even a new single from my beloved Opeth kicking off the 352nd edition of the Nine Circles Playlist can help ease the pain, the weighted cloak of knowing traffic is gonna SUCK for the next few months. So added some new tunes from Papangu and Aluk Todolo to at least try and get some energy this week.

Are the rest of the 9C staff feeling it, too? You’ll have to judge that for yourselves based on their picks, like new tunes from Maul and Ripped to Shreds, a gnarled remix from Chelsea Wolfe, new Chat Pile, Midwife, Eldamar, and a bunch of other surprises buried deep in the mix.

Get listening. Stay safe. See you next week.

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– Chris