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CANTO: Wolves in the Throne Room, Obscura, Omnium Gatherum, and More

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021CoreyLeave a comment

Apparently there’s a lot going on today?

So let’s start with Wolves in the Throne Room, who have announced an early 2022 North American tour with Uada and Full of Hell. Those dates run in January and February, starting and ending in the Pacific Northwest. Tickets go on sale this coming Friday.
And then we have a few new tracks and/or videos to share. The first of which comes from Obscura. This is the third single taken from A Valediction, titled “Devoured Usurper”. As a reminder, that album drops on November 19th through Nuclear Blast.
Extreme metal collective Apes have signed on Translation Loss Records, and have announced a new EP titled Lullabies For Eternal Sleep. In conjunction, they also gave us this vicious new music video for “Cornwall”, the opening track from said EP.
And then we have another one from Season of Mist Underground Activists. Necrofier dropped a new video for “Betrayal of the Queen”, which is taken from their debut full-album, titled Prophecies of Eternal Darkness. That drops on October 22nd.
And last but certainly not least, we’ll wrap up with Omnium Gatherum, one of our longtime favorites. The video for “Reckoning” can be found below. That’s another new one off of Origin, which is out on November 5th through Century Media.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Profile: Ashley Tubb of Sugar Horse

September 22, 2021September 17, 2021ninecirclesadminLeave a comment

While the UK’s Sugar Horse are self-described as ‘decidedly average,’ their recently released debut full length, The Live Long After is anything but average. It’s an excellent amalgamation of post-metal, doom, noise rock, sludge, and beautiful melodies that took me by surprise on first listen as something that, on paper shouldn’t work but in actuality works amazingly well. Just when a track settles into rambunctiously loud noise rock, they hit you with an ethereal pop melody then flip the script with heavy as hell doom or sludge, then back again. It’s one hell of a multifaceted debut that needs your ears on it asap. On the heels of the album’s release, we had a chance to pose our set of Profile questions to vocalist and guitarist Ashley Tubb to get some insight into the band and their sound. Read on to see how it went down and be sure to grab a copy from the links contained within.

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CANTO: Ingested, Full of Hell, Christian Death, and More

September 21, 2021September 21, 2021CoreyLeave a comment

Things just keep getting weirder and weirder…

Big news for Ingested, who have been added to the Metal Blade Records roster. Quite a way to celebrate their 15th anniversary as a band, as well as the 10th anniversary of their sophomore effort, The Surreption, which saw a complete re-recording this year.
Gothic rock legends Christian Death are reissuing the 1985 EP The Wind Kissed Pictures on November 19th through Season of Mist. That will be available on vinyl format for the first time in 30 years, so if you’re interested I’d recommend jumping on that quickly.
Kolossus released a new lyric video for “The Last Of The Titans”, the first track from the upcoming new album, K. That album is set to be released on October 22nd through My Kingdom Music.
Let’s close with the latest video from Full of Hell, for “Eroding Shell”. Garden of Burning Apparitions drops on October 1st through Relapse Records, and I personally cannot wait to hear this beast in full. Soon…

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Album Review: Unto Others — “Strength”

September 21, 2021September 18, 2021JoshLeave a comment

With 2019’s Mana, Unto Others (then, Idle Hands) made quite possibly the biggest splash a band could make with a debut full length. It was an amalgamation of goth, classic metal, and tragically intense lyrics that painted itself across best of lists by the truckload. On follow up Strength, there’s burning questions aplenty and, admittedly, a bit of trepidation going into it that this would merely be a part II. And really, who could blame them? However, this couldn’t be further from the truth as the band has, somehow, made a tighter, better, more focused album.

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CANTO: Epica, Confusion Master, Fueled By Fire, and More

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021CoreyLeave a comment

Happy Monday, all. News looks a little tame out there today, but I’m sure we can whip something up.

And since I fiercely need a post-work beer, we’ll start with Epica, who have teamed up with Kazematten Brewery for the release of Epica Beer. The name isn’t super creative, sure, but the signature lager does sound pretty damn refreshing right now.
German doom metal collective Confusion Master has set November 19th as the release date of their sophomore album, Haunted. That will be out through Exile On Mainstream, and you can check out a teaser for the new album at this location.
Kły, the atmospheric black metal project out of Poland, are releasing their third album, Chen, during the fall equinox (September 22nd). It will be available through Pagan Records as a CD and digitally, with a vinyl release sometime early in the new year, because… duh.
And we’ll close with the new video from Los Angeles thrashers Fueled By Fire, for “Bloodshed”. That marks their first new material since 2013, so be sure to pick up Past…Present…No Future…Part 1, the first in a pair of two-song 7-inch releases.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

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