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CANTO: Inhuman Condition, The Halo Effect, Killswitch Engage, and More

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

Happy Friday, everyone! I have nothing further to add beyond that.

So this is awesome. Crowbar is touring with Spirit Adrift this summer, beginning July 16th and running through August 27th. Not sure how I missed this update earlier in the week. Alas, no stops right in my backyard, but where there’s a will… there’s a way.
The Halo Effect unveiled another new single, titled “The Needless End”. Curiously, after loving the first single, I kind of lost sight of this project. Regardless, their debut album, titled Days Of The Lost, is out on August 12th through Nuclear Blast.
Killswitch Engage shared more material from their Live at the Palladium streaming event, so we’ll jump there next. Here is the clip for “As Sure as the Sun Will Rise”. That performance is available for the first time digitally today through Metal Blade.
Haunt are releasing their seventh full-length album, Windows of Your Heart, on July 1st through Iron Grip and Church Recordings, and today they unveiled a new lyric video for “Mercenaries”.
We’re going to wrap up with the ferocious new track from Inhuman Condition, titled “I’m Now The Monster”. That’s the third single taken from Fearsick, which is out on July 15th through Listenable Insanity Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Ibaraki, Werewolves, Kreator, and More

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

By the time this publishes, I’ll be photographing my second show of the year. Which is wild.

We can lead off with some new stuff from Haunt. A lyric video for the new single “Father Time” is available here. Their seventh full-length album, Windows of Your Heart, drops on July 1st. Pre-order it through Bandcamp.
From there, we’ll check in on new stuff from Matt Kiichi Heafy’s Ibaraki. The new album, Rashomon, is out today through Nuclear Blast. To mark the occasion, we’ve got a new video for “Kagutsuchi”. Give it a watch here.
Seven Kingdoms gave us some new material today. Here’s the link to a new video for “Diamond Handed”, the second track taken from Zenith. That album is set for a June 17th release via Distortion Music Group.
Let’s mix in a little Australian death metal. Werewolves shared a new single, “Crushing Heaven’s Mandate”, along with a visualizer. That’s a new single from their forthcoming new album, From the Cave to the Grave, which is out on June 24th through Prosthetic Records.
Closing out with Kreator feels like the right thing to do. Here’s the new single and video for “Midnight Sun”. As a reminder that you probably don’t need, Hate Über Alles is out on June 10th through Nuclear Blast.

“Ein bier… bitte.”
– cmb

The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 225 (4.02.2022)

April 2, 2022April 1, 2022ChrisLeave a comment

We’re back, and it feels like Spring is really starting to take a hold. I’ve been re-organizing my vinyl collection the past few days, figuring out just where the hell everything is going to fit and how I’m going to explain to my wife why I need to take over another room before the next stack arrives. First world problems to be sure, but that doesn’t mean I can’t use it to kick off the 225th edition of the Nine Circles Playlist, you know?

We’re gonna kick things off with some of the surprises I’ve discovered the last week, starting with new music from Michael Romeo, who brings the heavy prog I crave from Symphony X on his new solo joint. Anton ups the tech factor with some ripping new Inanimate Existence and follows it up with Luminous Vault and Lustmord collaborating with The Ocean. Josh digs into the dank earth of death metal to give light to Analepsy, Visceral Explosion, and Flesh Configuration before shaking things up a bit with Downcross and Real Steel. Vincent goes wide as usual with the newest single from Devil Master, Tzompantli, Falls of Rauros and deep cut from the Pieces of April soundtrack by Stephin Merrit. Hera returns to the playlist and brings Ibaraki, Ghost, Terzij de Horde, Playgrounded, Sadist, and something I’m assuming is called You May Kiss the Bride? I don’t know..it’s heavy though! Next up is Angela bringing some long awaited new music from Meshuggah as well as Frayle, Amenra, and Bhleg. Once again bringing up rear guard is Buke, and he’s chock full of great stuff, from the new Haunt single to some real old classic Opeth, Morbid Angel, Ripping Corpse, Autopsy, and finally some truly classic prog in the way of the might Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

Get listening. Stay safe. See you next week.

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– Chris

Best of 2021: Chris’s Honorable Mentions

December 21, 2021December 15, 2022Chris1 Comment

It’s the first year I’m at a loss for words. I think I said everything I had to say about lists, and honorable mentions in my 2020 post. It’s really about finding those albums that affected and impacted you, and sharing some sense of why in the hopes they might do the same for someone else. Arguing about what’s missing makes no sense; it wouldn’t change the fact that these 15 records all did something to me to make me include them on this list. Sure, maybe I forgot something, but the fact I forgot it also says something (though it could very likely be saying that my memory is going) – but I tell you what; I’ll make the same agreement with you I always do. Anything you think I might have missed I will listen to again – it might not make my End of Year lists, but it can still make an impact on me, and in the end that’s what’s always the most important.

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Haunt’s Trevor Church on new album “Unplugged Vol. 1,” strong work ethic, skateboarding, family and upbringing, and much more!

December 8, 2021December 5, 2021opethbodomLeave a comment

Through his projects, Haunt and Beastmaker, and intense work ethic, Trevor Church has become a household name for heavy metal fans and enthusiasts. Particularly if Bandcamp is part of said fans’ daily visits. The discography between just these two projects is staggering and the speed in which he releases new music is astounding. With new album Unplugged Vol. 1, Trevor shows a side we haven’t heard and yet again knocks it out of the park just as he has with every other album under his belt. The man is an anomaly to be blunt, and the kind we rarely see these days. His love of all things rock and metal, no matter the timeframe, shines through in everything he does and is part of why his fanbase has grown to epic proportions. With that said, jump in for an excellent chat with via The Nine Circles Audio Thing.

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