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Nine Circles ov…Clearing Out This Week’s Promo Pile

March 15, 2022March 14, 2022Chris3 Comments

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The last time I did something like this was back in 2018, but maybe I need to do it more. With so much music coming out it’s easy to just sit back and cherry pick the albums you’re already anticipating and write about it. And as many of our staff focus on things other than review writing (thank the heavens for the consistent and consistently excellent output of Ian) I suspect we’re missing out on a lot of great music that just isn’t getting the attention here at Nine Circles it should. So, foolish as it may seem I called out to Fearless Editor Josh™ with my request: give me nine promos for albums coming out this week, and I’ll listen and give some semblance of commentary for them. Ambitious? Perhaps. Stupid? Almost certainly. But if it gets some visibility for some bands and gets me attuned to some new music instead of constantly digging into the bins for rock and prog circa ’69-’74 all the better. So for this edition of Nine Circles ov... let’s take a look at some of the music coming out this week.

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CANTO: Nite, Extinction A.D., Ihsahn, and More

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

I sure do find some weird beers in the depths of my fridge.

I’m going to lead off with a couple items out of Season of Mist, starting with the new track from Nite. The third single from Voices of the Kronian Moon, titled “Edge of the Night”, is available here. And here’s the pre-order link you obviously need.
And then the label announced a new signing, Norwegian black metal collective Bizarrekult. Check out the debut album here, while we await a new album that should arrive sometime next year through Season of Mist Underground Activists.
The latest from The Others [Lustmord Deconstructed], featuring Ihsahn performing “Dark Awakening”, emerged today. As a reminder, that compilation celebrating Lustmord is out on April 1st through Pelagic Records.
Puscifer have announced their first U.S. tour dates since 2016. The tour kicks off on June 9th in Las Vegas and wraps up on July 10th in Seattle.
We’ll close Tuesday with the new track from Extinction A.D., “1992”. That’s taken from Culture of Violence, which drops on March 18th through Unique Leader.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 217 (2.5.2022)

February 5, 2022February 5, 2022ChrisLeave a comment

If you grew up listening to metal in the 80s, you know just how important the name Johnny Zazula was. If I found a cassette put out by Megaforce Records or otherwise had Johnny Z’s name associated with it, I was buying it. He was a giant in the field of thrash metal, and losing him at the age of 69 is a crying shame. So yeah, we’re kicking off the 2017th edition of the Nine Circles Playlist with a bunch of stuff associated with him. Throw one back for a titan of the genre.

The rest of the crew is all over the map, so let’s get to it. Anton brings the heavy and the new with Absent in Body, Wait, and The Last of Lucy. Ian hits with Celeste who I’ve really been digging lately, and throws in some Warning and Stormkeep to keep it moving. Josh threw me into a timewarp listening to the great first album by Tora Tora, but quickly amps the heavy up with Corpsegrinder, Extinction A.D. and Centinex (oh, and some DMX which is as heavy as anything else on this playlist). Vincent reliably brings The Mountain Goats and adds in some Elle and Cremation Lily. Angela keeps the new train moving with the new single from Messa, the latest from Rolo Tomassi and some Microwave while Buke – perhaps sensing my bringing in enough of the old school – goes decidedly modern and heavy with Dying Fetus, Ihsahn, Arcturus, and Diabolical Masquerade.

Pour one out for Johnny Z. We’ll see you next week.

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– Chris

CANTO: Cattle Decapitation, Dark Tranquillity, The Halo Effect, and More

November 9, 2021November 9, 2021CoreyLeave a comment

Go to a wedding, come back sick, get better, go to another wedding, come back sick, get better…

Cattle Decapitation have announced the “Death… At Last” tour with The Last Ten Seconds Of Life, Extinction A.D., and Creeping Death. Those are U.S. dates beginning January 18th and running through February 20th. Tickets go on sale this coming Friday at this location.
And then we’ll jump over to Pelagic Records, where Som has announced the upcoming release of The Shape Of Everything. That drops on January 21st, and is available for preorder here. Check out the first track, “Animals”, right now at the previous link.
Cynic shared a preview of an upcoming new track, titled “Diamond Light Body”, through Season of Mist. That one is taken from Ascension Codes, which is out on November 26th and can be purchased here.
This came through yesterday but whatever. Dark Tranquillity are making their return to North America early next year with Kataklysm and Nailed To Obscurity. Tickets go on sale this coming Friday. They’ll be supporting Moment, a very good album… in case you needed a reminder.
We’re closing with the first single from The Halo Effect, and it’s titled “Shadowminds”. And I’m not gonna lie, I am really, really happy about it. That project recently inked a deal with Nuclear Blast, but album details haven’t quite emerged yet. We’ll keep you posted.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Der Weg einer Freiheit, Converge, Swallow the Sun, and More

September 28, 2021September 28, 2021CoreyLeave a comment

Today has been a suboptimal day for my allergies.

If it wasn’t already obvious, I’m really excited about the new Der Weg einer Freiheit album. So we’ll start with this immersive VR video for “Monument”. Noktvrn is set for a November 19th release through Season of Mist.
And then we’ll hop over to Converge, who have announced a new collaborative album, Bloodmoon: 1. That project will feature the likes of Chelsea Wolfe, Ben Chisholm, and Stephen Brodsky, which is awesome. That’s also a November 19th release, through Epitaph Records. Check out the lead track, “Blood Moon”, right here.
Swallow the Sun have announced a U.S. tour scheduled for this coming November and December. Support will be in the form of Abigail Williams and Wilderun, but unfortunately there are no dates near me. That said, this is an awesome bill and you should all go.
Extinction A.D. have signed on with Unique Leader, and have announced a new EP titled Chaos, Collusion, Carnage & Propaganda. That will be out on November 5th, and you can stream “Chaos” immediately below.