Writing this after just getting back from seeing Opeth in Brooklyn on their tour promoting the now even more sadly delayed The Last Will and Testament. Even more sad because holy crap the new songs sound GREAT live. Tribulation supported and while the new stuff sounds good, again allow me to invoke the holy crap for when they brought out “Suspiria De Profundis” off of The Formulas of Death, which was my introduction to the band. Not a bad way to end the night, and not a bad way to kick off the 358th edition of The Nine Circles Playlist.

The rest of the 9C gang covered the bases (I guess both NY teams are in the finals?) with new music from Devin Townsend, Harakiri for the Sky, Cosmic Putrefaction, something called Dimmu BONGir which made me laugh out loud, new power metal from Veonity, Ice Nine Kills getting some Terrifier 3 action on, and some gnarly shoegaze from Cold Gawd which gets it oh so right (sue me, I’ve been listening to a lot of My Bloody Valentine and Vincent got on my wavelength). All that and a lot more surprises in store.

Get listening. Stay safe. See you next week.

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– Chris