The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 74 (04.06.2019)

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Like Stephen Tyler said, ‘I’m back in the saddle again.’  Thanks to Josh for once again picking up this column while I was off on my sojourn to the Pacific Northwest.  I fought no demon hordes in my tenure there (although I did steal a couple souls…), just a lot of hiking, sightseeing, and stuffing my face with doughnuts and beer.  As all good vacations should be.  And now, back to business.  We have a ton of good tunes for you on this week’s playlist, so dive right in and see what’s been running through our collective headphones lately.

– Vincent

Circle Pit: Albums We Missed Q1, 2019

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I don’t know about you, but 2019 started a little thin and then by the first quarter’s end just exploded all over the good linen like a beast.  This year, more than most, we’ve been a little behind the ball in getting reviews out, but with a lot of new blood coming in I have a feeling that’s going to change soon.  In the meantime we got your quarterly round up right here of all the stuff we wanted to review, should have reviewed, but didn’t.

Until now.  So let’s dive in. Continue reading

Album Review: Gomorrah – “The Haruspex”

Gomorrah - The Haruspex

With their second full-length, The Haruspex, British Columbia’s Gomorrah unfortunately continue down the “core”-laden path they’d charted on their debut. Instead of a progression to fresh ideas the songwriting feels rehashed and repetitious. With the same ideas and sounds we’ve heard before, this album has a hard time holding the attention span for very long. It’s a wellproduced yet mediocre deathcore effort that is sparse on highlights. Continue reading