To (briefly) recap, Nine Circles’ Admin managed to catch the Boston round of the immense Amenra/Converge/Neurosis tour. The coverage of that show has been broken into three parts, which will be published over three days. If you missed out on Part I click here to catch up. As they say, onward march. With this part we focus on Boston’s own, Converge. Continue reading
This evening at the Royale would prove to be one for the history books. The weekend, all around, ended up being one of many firsts. For myself (Josh), this was my first time to Boston, first time to the Royale, first time to actually meet and hit a show with Corey and the first time seeing Neurosis, Converge or Amenra which I, and we, have been following for many years. So it was a trip that will go down in the history books on a lot of levels. As for the show, this combination of bands is like the stars aligning just right for that one moment in time. It was a night of three heavyweights that, in a major way, leveled an entire block of Boston for several hours on August 6, 2017. The plan is to discuss this adventure in three pieces, and we’ll kick things off with the mighty Amenra. Continue reading
Black Bow Records has officially announced September 1 as the date they will digitally reissue the back catalog of Texas doom/noise practitioners Crawl. The band’s Bandcamp page might look a little lonely in preparation for these reissues but lucky for us all, today, we have a stream for “I” from their latest album This Sad Cadav’r. Head inside for more info and a stream of this track. Continue reading
Last week saw the independent release of progressive power metal band Lör‘s debut full length In Forgotten Sleep and if you missed out then, now is a great time to dig in because it’s a mountain of fun to listen to. There’s so much going on from power metal to death metal to folk to prog rock that it would seem, on first glance, that it wouldn’t work but it does and very well I might add. Take the excellent chops of Amorphis and blend them with the over the top epicness of Blind Guardian and you get the idea. We recently got the chance to ask Tyler Fedeli (lead vocals) our set of Profile questions so read on to see what he had to say. Continue reading
A variety of death metal superpowers this week! That’s always exciting. It’s been kind of a weird weekend on a number of fronts, so putting this list together was the perfect supplement to my body’s futile attempt to process all the alcohol I’ve consumed. I will apologize, the list is a bit shorter than usual. Some of the Nine Circles staff are off doing a lot of life-things for whatever reason, so that trims us down a bit. Maybe some of you think that’s a good thing? We don’t care either way. You know the drill, past playlists can be found on our channel here, and this week’s can be activated directly below. Enjoy!
