heaven shall burn – Nine Circles

CANTO: Trivium, Bizarrekult, Grave Pleasures, and More

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

Another early draft because it’s Friday and I want to hit the bottle as soon as possible. Is that bad?

We mentioned that Trivium and Heaven Shall Burn 7″ split earlier, so let’s build off that a bit. Trivium released a cover of Heaven Shall Burn’s “Implore the Darken Sky”, which you can stream here.
Night Demon are returning with their third full-length album on March 17th. Outsider will be released through Century Media, and a music video for the title-track can be seen here.
Next, we’ll pivot to some black metal. Give the new video for “Den Tapte Krigen” from Bizarrekult a watch here. That’s the title-track from the new album, which is set for a January 27th release through Season of Mist, their debut with the label.
One more out of Century Media. Grave Pleasures have set April 21st as the release date for Plagueboys, their third full-length effort. For a preview, give “Society of Spectres” a listen here.
Ville Valo shared a video for “Neon Noir”, which you can check out below. That, of course, is the title-track from his debut solo album, which is officially out today through Heartagram Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Sanguisugabogg, Cattle Decapitation, Dryad, and More

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

I can’t wait to watch my favorite hockey team lose again tonight.

I haven’t heard from Heaven Shall Burn in awhile, so let’s start there. Their new digital single, “Pillars of Serpents”, will be featured on a 7″ split with Trivium. If you happen to be across the pond, you’ll be able to scoop that up during their upcoming tour.
Horrendous have completed work on their new album, which we should expect later this year from Season of Mist. While we await more details on that, they also have a couple of live dates next month, one in Brooklyn and one at Subterranean Dissonance Fest in Philly. Let’s not forget they’ll also be at Northwest Terror Fest in May. Killer.
Cattle Decapitation have revealed details surrounding their new album. Terrasite is set for a May 12th release through Metal Blade. We won’t get a new track until next month from the sounds of it, since this announcement wasn’t exactly, um, planned… get the full scoop here. Either way, I’m excited.
Sliding in some black metal, we have new stuff from Dryad to share. The title-track from their new album, The Abyssal Plain, was released today with an accompanying visualizer. Give that a watch here. That album drops on January 20th through Prosthetic Records.
Wrapping up, we have a gnarly new, very NSFW, video from Sanguisugabogg for “Face Ripped Off”. Homicidal Ecstasy is out on February 3rd through Century Media, and I know we’re all looking forward to it. More sentiments along those lines in the days ahead. For now… give the new flick a watch below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Nine Circles ov…Corey’s Berlin Marathon Playlist

September 20, 2022September 19, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

I most certainly do not need to go into detail about all the chaos and confusion that has existed in the world over the past three years. 2022 has been especially filled with new challenges and uncertainties, to the point where now I just throw my hands in the air and laugh as it all keeps piling up. Chaos. And confusion. But those that know me, know that I have few specific pursuits each day that help me keep at least some order in all of this. One of those, of course, is this blog. And a second one is running. Which is what brings us here today.

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CANTO: Alcest, Heaven Shall Burn, Vader, and More

March 6, 2020March 6, 2020CoreyLeave a comment

alcest band

Squeezing one more in this week while I have a minute to breathe.

Something entertaining worth checking out this Friday afternoon: Alcest’s remixed version of “Sapphire”. It was remixed by Perturbator… aka James Kent. That’s probably all the information you need to be sufficiently enticed.
Vader have unveiled the artwork for their upcoming new album, Solitude In Madness. That drops on May 1st through Nuclear Blast, and pre-orders are available at this location. They also have some European tour dates coming up.
My Dying Bride have an awesome new album out today, titled The Ghost Of Orion. In light of that, listen to Aaron Stainthorpe and Andrew Craighan discuss “To Outlive The Gods” and the accompanying video.
Check out the new video from Heaven Shall Burn for the new single “Eradicate”. Of Truth And Sacrifice will be out March 20th through Century Media. These guys are fun, I’m going to continue to pay attention to their going-ons.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Initial Descent: September 18 – 24, 2016

September 24, 2016October 10, 2016JoshLeave a comment

Anyone complaining that there hasn’t been a great week for metal thus far in 2016 needs to go immediately and start over, but there won’t be any complaining after this week. Mostly due to Neurosis‘ highly anticipated eleventh full length Fires Within Fires finally seeing the light of day. But that’s not all; Fatalist are back with their insanely good Swedeath saturated The Bitter End, Predatory Light further their black metal chaos on Predatory Light, Trap Them punch you in the mouth with their fifth album Crown Feral while Witchskull breaks out the bluesy doom on The Vast Electric Dark. Switching gears a bit, Dysrhythmia bends time on their progressive instru-metal album The Veil Of Control — let the dissecting begin. And last but not least, Insomnium‘s epic fifth full length Winter’s Gate is a blast. As stated, its another stacked week here on Initial Descent and literally, there’s something for everyone. So hit that ‘continue reading’ link. Continue reading →

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