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CANTO: Amorphis, Septicflesh, Ulcerate, and More

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020CoreyLeave a comment

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“Cold embrace is the savior in disguise. Through old age, only danger never dies.”

Amorphis has announced a live stream event in celebration of their 30th anniversary. There will be two performances, on July 3rd and July 4th, and ticket buyers will be able to watch the performance over a 48 hour window.
Septicflesh will be releasing a DVD of “Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX”. That footage is from a performance in Mexico City back in February of 2019. It will be available on July 31st through Season of Mist.
If you appreciate photography, this auction hosted by Nathaniel Shannon, in cooperation with MetalSucks, is worth exploring. It will benefit For The Nomads, a charity organized for touring crews hit hard recently. Definitely an excuse to snag a print of King Diamond, Every Time I Die, or The Black Dahlia Murder.
Ulcerate have dropped one of the best albums in 2020 so far with Stare Into Death And Be Still, so let’s check out this awesome video for “Dissolved Orders” taken from that album (out now on Debemur Morti Productions).

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
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CANTO: King Diamond, Killswitch Engage, Napalm Death, and More

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020CoreyLeave a comment

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At least I’ve been able to run outside consistently in recent weeks?

This coming Friday (May 15th), King Diamond will be streaming Songs for the Dead: Live at the Fillmore in Philadelphia over on the Knotfest website. That event begins at 2:00 PM EST, so don’t miss it.
Some guidelines have emerged regarding concerts and how to make them a thing again. Surprising to probably nobody, moshing and crowd surfing definitely wouldn’t be a thing going forward it seems.
Napalm Death has teamed up with Decibel Magazine to reissue Time Waits for No Slave, Smear Campaign, Utilitarian, and Apex Predator on vinyl. Pre-orders are available now at this location.
Here’s Killswitch Engage performing an acoustic version of “We Carry On”, recorded in quarantine of course. Definitely a good one to close the day with.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 108 (12.14.2019)

December 14, 2019VincentLeave a comment

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Woops. We didn’t have one of these last week, because writing this up managed to completely slip my mind. My sincere apologies about that. Hopefully our cournucopia of riffs will be enough to land me back in your good graces. Thanks for being patient, and hopefully this gets your Saturday off to a good start.

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– Vincent

The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 104 (11.09.2019)

November 9, 2019Vincent1 Comment

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We’re coming at you a little later than usual today because I’m a goof, but better late than never, right? Welcome back to another edition of the Nine Circles weekly mixtape. Today, we’ve got an extremely full house with respect to staff picks, and quite a diverse set of tunes queued up. There’s a little something for every taste in there today, so without further ado, dive right in. And hey, happy Saturday.

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– Vincent

CANTO: King Diamond, Atreyu, Khemmis, and More

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019Corey2 Comments

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I got nothing. Well, nothing except loads and loads of tour announcements.

Most significantly, King Diamond, who announced a new album and tour today. The album, which will mark the first studio album in about 12 years, will be called The Institute. It won’t be released until sometime next year but we can expect a new single in the next few months it appears. And the tour. Holy crap the tour. They are November and December dates in North America, and support is in the form of Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats and Idle Hands. This is absolutely incredible.
And then we have Khemmis and Un. I would love to make this show happen as well, however those dates are specifically out west this coming December.
And then there’s Atreyu, who are going to hit the road in celebration of their 20th anniversary as a band. Definitely not my realm of interest, but the idea behind this tour is cool; they are going to perform 20 songs, and those 20 songs were chosen by their fans. Those are U.S. dates in October and November with Whitechapel, He Is Legend, Tempting Fate, and Santa Cruz.
Now that (most) of today’s tour announcements are out of the way, let’s close with a little post-black metal. This comes from a band called Dawn of Ouroboros and the song is called “Sorrow’s Eclipse”. This track was pulled from their upcoming new album, The Art of Morphology. I’m into this. Check it out.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
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