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The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 193 (8.21.2021)

August 21, 2021August 20, 2021VincentLeave a comment

Good morning and welcome to another Saturday morning mixtape. We’re full to bursting with a bunch of new singles this week, including tracks from two new Gilead Media releases, Succumb, Every Time I Die, and…god this is hard to even type…an Archspire song I really, actually like. I know, it surprised me too. Check all that and more out below.

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– Vincent

The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 179 (5.1.2021)

May 1, 2021April 30, 2021VincentLeave a comment

Greetings, fellow travelers of the path, and welcome to another Nine Circles Saturday morning mixtape. This time around, we’ve got a slew of death metal tracks, BIG|BRAVE’s noisy, glorious sludge, a little Alcest, and some classic Tom Waits & newer Steve Von Till to round things out. Check it out below.

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– Vincent

Nine Circles ov…Recent Albums I Only Have Time to Review in One Sentence…Part III?

April 27, 2021April 23, 2021ChrisLeave a comment

I mean…it may be Part III, but who’s keeping The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 178 (4.24.2021)Nine track? Anyway, it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, and the metals are flying fast and furious enough that there’s a veritable cornucopia of releases worth your time. I mean, not my time…I’ve been busy, you know? Work, um…more work… that one YouTube video I’ve benn playing on repeat forever (it’s this one, by the way).

Really there’s no excuse for not enlightening you, the honorable and erudite Nine Circles reader, on my pithy and concise views of what’s been popping’ on the metal threads the last few weeks or months that our staff haven’t already covered. So for this edition of Nine Circles ov… sit down and fasten those seatbelts as I once again provide one-sentence reviews of stuff that’s been floating my proverbial boat.

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CANTO: Of Mice & Men, Black Label Society, Nite, and More

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021CoreyLeave a comment

People are a lot more excited about Mudvayne reuniting than I would have expected.

Black Label Society are releasing quite the box set. None More Black, available through Entertainment One, features all 12 full-length albums, a bottle opener, a back patch, a hardcover book… all kinds of good stuff. Got some cash to burn? Here’s that purchase link you obviously need.
Blackened heavy metal collective Nite have signed on with Season of Mist. I don’t see any new album news just yet, but if you haven’t checked out 2020’s Darkness Silence Mirror Flame yet… you probably should.
Of Mice & Men have announced a new EP, Bloom, which is set for a May 28th release through Sharptone Records. Check out the new video for the title-track right now.
Big|Brave shared a new music video for “Of this Ilk”, a track taken from Vital. That album is out this coming Friday through Southern Lord. Snag that here, if you haven’t already.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Epica, Wode, Big | Brave, and More

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021CoreyLeave a comment

What’s everyone drinking tonight? I’m curious.

The latest installment from Wode, titled Burn In Many Mirrors, drops on April 2nd through 20 Buck Spin, and pre-orders are up for digital and physical formats. More importantly, at least terms of today’s relevance, they dropped a new track called “Fire In The Hills”, and it is expectedly awesome.
Big | Brave have a new LP coming soon. Vital will be released on CD and digitally on April 23rd, with a vinyl format following on July 9th, from Southern Lord. For a glimpse into what’s to come, check out the video for “Half Breed”. It’s a Friday, so there are new videos to share all over the place, but make sure this one is on your list.
Oceans has a new EP scheduled for an April 30th release through Nuclear Blast, titled We Are Nøt Okay, and today they released a video for the title-track. Andy Dörner of Caliban jumped in to provide some vocals on that one, which is pretty cool.
And lastly, this has been coming for awhile, today is the official release date for Ωmega, the latest studio album from symphonic metal legends Epica. To celebrate the album’s arrival, they’ve also released a new music video for “Skeleton Key”, which has been embedded immediately below. Check it out.