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CANTO: Batushka, Ready For Death, Stratovarius, and More

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The snow has fallen on these White Mountains.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 182 (5.22.2021)

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Welcome to this week’s Nine Circles Saturday morning mixtape playlist. This week, we’ve got Grey Aura‘s abstract black metal, the newest single from death metal stalwarts Hooded Menace, classic Batushka (from before there were, like, 80 of them), and much more. All available, free of charge, at the link below. Unless you feel like giving us your credit card information. We’ll gladly take it.

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– Vincent

CANTO: Recall The Remains, Batushka, Perennial Isolation, and More

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Oh look, the start of a new week… which will be the same as the last week, and the week before…

  • Vinyl Me, Please (VMP) has announced a really cool box for fans of the Metal Blade roster. It will be called VMP Anthology: The Story of Metal Blade, and includes an 8 album, 9 disc set featuring classics from King Diamond, Gwar, Amon Amarth and obviously others. Learn more and snag your copy here.
  • The Bartłomiej Krysiuk version of Batushka (see also: Bartushka), has a new mini album titled ЦАРЮ НЕБЕСНЫЙ scheduled for a March 19th release through Witching Hour Productions. The most recent single from that album, “ПИСЬМО I / PISMO I”, is available for your listening pleasure now.
  • I need some atmospheric black metal in my life tonight, which is where Perennial Isolation comes in. Portraits is out on March 26th through Non Serviam Records, but the latest single, “The Silent Solace” can be streamed here.
  • Recall The Remains dropped a new single and video recently, titled “The Night Will Bleed”, taken from Dead Dreams. That EP is scheduled for a release this coming Friday, but the video is available immediately below if you want to get your metalcore/deathcore on this evening.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Killswitch Engage, Batushka, Intercepting Pattern, and More

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  • Killswitch Engage is giving As Daylight Dies the vinyl treatment for the first time. You can pre-order your copy here. I’m going to pass on this one, but throw some Alive or Just Breathing my way and I will definitely catch it.
  • The Metal Blade version of Batushka (Bart-ushka) dropped a new single yesterday titled “ИРМОС II / IRMOS II”, and is available for streaming over at Bandcamp. It rips, but I still prefer the other Batushka. Yes, this is all still very confusing.
  • Grind legends Rotten Sound have announced a live show, that will also be streamed, on July 25th in Vaasa, Finland. Honestly, seems like a fair way to go. Attend in person if you’re cool with that, or stream it if you’re still hesitant.
  • Finally, this debut from German progressive metal outfit Intercepting Pattern for “Rebiogenesis”. The Encounter will be out on September 4th through Rising Nemesis Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Best of 2019: Corey’s List

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Best of 2019

As I sit here writing out this 2019 list quite literally on New Year’s Eve (I swear I’m later and later with this post every year), I look back a bit and realize that 2019 was pretty much insane. Sure, we’re burning the Earth alive and democracy here is pretty much dead, but from a narrower lens, there were some positives. From a selfish standpoint, 2019 kicked ass. We should all look at the world with a greater perspective, and share in the trials and tribulations the world is going through and aspire for better… for everyone. But within all that, for the sake of sanity, it’s also healthy to look back on personal achievements and moments with some pride. And that’s where I’m at right now. Continue reading →