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The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 321 (2.3.2024)

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Hello. This is the introduction. The purpose of the introduction is to summarize what you’ll be getting in the 321st edition of the Nine Circles Playlist, which is a post that features music the staff has been listening to lately. Hopefully it is inviting enough to cause you to 1) read further, 2) check out the actual playlist, and 3) continue to make Nine Circles a part of your continued metal journey. And since it helps to throw a compliment in, might I say you are looking mighty fine this morning/afternoon/evening? You’ve got it together, and I’m impressed.

Awed, even.

Expect to plenty of music within the embed below, including a killer cut from the new Lord Dying album, as well as music from the likes of Cold in Berlin, Blood Red Throne, some silly brutality (literally) from Agriculture (with special guests Chat Pile), and more including Hannes Grossmann, the return of Amiensus, The Ocean doing it live, and tracks from the likes of Attic, Vitriol, Job for a Cowboy, Rhûn, Hands of Kalliach, and much more.

Get listening. Stay safe. See you next week.

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– Chris

The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 298 (8.26.2023)

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Anyone going around saying COVID has been kicked needs to take a look at my lungs. I’m on Day 6 since testing positive and only just starting to get some relief from the coughing, shaking, fevers, and congestion that makes it feel like I’m breathing through a cheesecloth covered in mud. Anyway, who’s up for the 298th edition of the Nine Circles Playlist?

This past week was kind of a treasure of great releases, none more so than the latest from Celestial Sanctuary. I loved their debut, and this new one blows it out of the water. Also that new Incantation is overflowing with filth and riffs. And is anyone else shocked that perhaps one of the strongest, most consistent death metal albums to come out this year is courtesy of Dethklok? All that’s on deck, plus cuts from Alkaloid, Bolt Gun, Inherits the Void, Panopticon, Nuclear Power Trio, Knife, In Flames, Boris, and a bunch more.

Get listening. Stay safe. See you next week.

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– Chris

The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 272 (2.25.2023)

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Yeah…sometimes life just comes up and not only bites you in the ass, but grabs a hold and throws you down in the ditch, pisses on your head and laughs as it walks away. So this week’s edition – the 272nd – of the Nine Circles Playlist is coming a little later than it should, and that’s all on me. So I’m gonna make the preamble short and just get right into the meat of the matter, starting with a doozy from the new Venomous Concept album. I love the more punk and post-punk elements on it and hope you will, too. Looking through my recent vinyl acquisitions we’re also gonna drop a pair of 90s classics from Eucharist and Amorphis so you can all feel that weird snare and the cold ice blue of Finnish metal.

The rest of the staff will keep things on par with the usual varied insanity. So get your ears ready for music from the likes of Usnea, Klone, Polymoon, Grave Pleasures, Birdflesh, Lotus Eater Machine, Gravpel, Ulthar, Leander Kills, Dååth, Botanist, Big|Brave, Anatomy of Habit, and the newest from VoidCeremony. But that’s not all: you get some old emo from Marietta, some more In Flames love, older tracks from Opeth, Spectral Lore and Madder Mortem and a few more surprises, not to mention the ALWAYS appropriate Joy Division to close things out.

Get listening. Stay safe. See you next week…

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– Chris

The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 163 (1.9.2020) – Alexi Laiho Tribute

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Welcome to another edition of our Saturday morning mixtape series. This week, we’re focusing on a deep dive through the music of Alexi Laiho. Children of Bodom are a band that many of us on staff recall as being our gateway towards heavier music in our formative years, myself included. In honor of Alexi’s life and legacy, here are our favorite cuts he’s been a part of.

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– Vincent

CANTO: RIP Alexi Laiho, updates from Unflesh, Pustilence, and More

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It’s a heavy day in the metal community.

  • We lost a great one today, with the news of Alexi Laiho’s passing. The former guitarist and vocalist of Children of Bodom was only 41, and the exact cause of his death is unknown at this time. It goes without saying, but our thoughts are with his family and friends. Not sure about anyone else, but the playlist is going to feature a lot of Bodom on my end this week.
  • Alright, let’s try and move on to other news from today. Pustilence have signed on with Memento Mori. The Australian death metal trio, who formed back in 2018, are preparing for their debut release some time in 2022. Something to keep our eyes on over the next year, I suppose.
  • Blackened melodic death metal crew Unflesh, featuring former members of Solium Fatalis, have announced an April 2nd release for their sophomore album, Inhumation. Check out an album teaser here, as we await a new single.
  • And we’ll close with something a little lighter. Here’s a new video from Burn Down Eden for “The Five Horseman”, which should hopefully help things end on a more amusing note. Enjoy.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb