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Nine Circles ov… The Month That Was: March 2024

March 26, 2024March 25, 2024Chris1 Comment

Too many albums, too few reviewers…that’s the problem with all the metal blogs, not just this one. What do you do? How do you get a sense of what’s out there if you’re only listening to a fraction of what’s getting released? How do you open yourself up to new music? I’ll tell you how: you jump into all the unpicked promos each month and devote a sentence or two giving a sense of what you gleaned from it.

That’s right: we’re back for another round of “The Month That Was…” so enough preambling…let’s dive into this edition of Nine Circles ov… and see what’s been stewing in March 2024.

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CANTO: Ulcerate, My Dying Bride, Aborted, and More

March 15, 2024March 15, 2024CoreyLeave a comment

It’s grey and gloomy outside this Friday. My personal favorite.

Ulcerate, a crowd favorite around these parts, are releasing a new album on June 14 titled Cutting the Throat of God, which will be available through Debemur Morti Productions. The first sample from that, “The Dawn is Hollow”, is really freaking good.
Vault Of Horrors, the latest from Aborted, dropped today through Nuclear Blast… and word on the street is that it’s pretty damn solid! Anyway, check out the video for “Condemned To Rot” if you feel like celebrating that release.
In case anyone is looking for some synth-y post-punk-y darkwave on a Friday, Cold Cave has resurfaced with the new single “She Reigns Down”. That’s all I’ve got on that front for now, but I think we can expect more news in the near future?
And some prog-metal because why not…? Night Verses released Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night today through Equal Vision Records, and a visualizer for “Plague Dancer” is available here. Fun album name, ngl.
My Dying Bride dropped a new track and video today, titled “The 2nd of Three Bells”, and the video for it is below. That offering, which has been a bit of a grower for me today, is taken from A Mortal Binding. That new album drops on April 19 through Nuclear Blast.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Initial Descent: March 10 – 16, 2024

March 11, 2024March 9, 2024JoshLeave a comment

There’s too many choices in the trail shoe category. Probably will randomly pick one or just go with the most absurd design I can find. Yep, that’ll do it. Ok then, let’s do the new release thing…Aborted are back with one of the best albums I can think of for a deadlift PR, this is slap yo mama death metal and while it may not be groundbreaking it sure is a shitload of fun. Then we’ve got some heavy metal from Armagh and while not quite what I had expected after their amazing debut this is pretty good, Brat is up next with barbiecore…wait, wut? Anyway, yea and Ian has all the deets on it so be sure and hit that review link, Leather Lung – who always kill it with album covers – are back with another platter of southern tinged boogie metal so getcha dancin’ shoes ready, or not, but whatever you do don’t miss the rest of this week’s list as there’s something in there for everyone and every taste. See you here throughout the week.

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The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 325 (3.2.2024)

March 2, 2024March 1, 2024ChrisLeave a comment

The 325th edition of the Nine Circles Playlist is reasonably sober and trying desperately not to screw up. But it’s so hard when the latest from Pissed Jeans is blasting through your headphones like a Neanderthal with a pickaxe. Not to mention since it’s a new year OF COURSE Haunt have a new album out and it’s just as great as every other release. Oh, did I mention the new Bruce Dickinson album is finally out in the wild? It is, and you can hear his solo version of “If Eternity Should Fail” right here.

We’ve got a lot more than that on deck, though. A quick perusal of the staff’s listening habits have exposed among other things cuts from Dool, Olamut, Hideous Divinity, Cult Burial, Civerous, Heavy Temple, more video game music I am completely lost by (thanks, Dan); more alternate versions of Enslaved tunes (thanks, Colin), and finally because I do love it, I’m allowing the latest single from Alcest to close things out even though we opened with it last week (thanks, Vince).

Get listening. Stay safe. See you next week.

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– Chris

CANTO: Ingested, Horndal, Archspire, and More

February 28, 2024February 28, 2024CoreyLeave a comment

Hey look! I’m back on schedule!

Ingested is responsible for death metal I enjoy, so we’ll open tonight’s account with their new single titled “Pantheon”. It seems like Ashes Lie Still was only just released, but lucky us we’ve got another collection arriving on April 5 through Metal Blade, The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams.
Out of Prosthetic Records, Horndal announced a new album. Head Hammer Man is scheduled for an April 5 release as well. The lead single, “Blacklisted”, was premiered with a video which you can check out here.
Tour announcement time! First, Archspire. A North American run kicks off on May 31 in Edmonton, and continues through June 30 in Vancouver. They’ll be joined by Aborted, Carcosa, and Alluvial for all of that. Tickets go on sale Friday, and can be snagged here.
Next, Abbath, Imperial Triumphant, Black Anvil, and Final Gasp. Sign. Me. Up. That party starts on May 9 and wraps up at Maryland Deathfest at the end of the month. Get the full schedule here, and yes tickets go on sale Friday.
Closing out, new material from Accept. A video for the title-track from their upcoming new album, Humanoid, is available below. That album is out on April 26 through Napalm Records.