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CANTO: Enslaved, Vader, Sepolcral, and More

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

By the time this posts, I will be fully submitted to my favorite brewery. It truly is the holiday season.

Vader have announced the Revelation Of The Wicked – North American 2023 tour, which will feature Krisiun and Decrepit Birth. Those dates fall next March and April, starting in Mesa, Arizona, and wrapping up in San Diego. As usual, tickets go on sale this coming Friday.
Slovakian black metallers Spectral Corruption are streaming their second album, Requiem, in full over at the No Gleaming Light YouTube channel. That one is officially out today through Signal Rex.
Italian death metal crew Sepolcral have signed on with Time To Kill Records. With that news, we also have a bit of an album update. Their new album, Scourge, is going through some finishing touches, and should be out next year.
Let’s close out with the performance video for “Caravans to the Outer Worlds” that emerged from Enslaved today. That’s footage from The Otherworldly Big Band Experience from one year ago today. As a reminder, their new album Heimdal is out on March 3 through Nuclear Blast.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 243 (8.6.2022)

August 6, 2022August 5, 2022ChrisLeave a comment

Thanks Fearless Editor Josh™ for covering the last two weeks of the playlist while I was away. I survived on a steady diet of alcohol and 80s thrash, and I *think* I got most of it out of my system by now.

Anyway, we’re gonna streamline this thing moving forward. You got tracks from the likes of Warforged, City of Caterpillar, Krisiun, and Amon Amarth, not to mention a whole lot of other stuff that may or may not be heavy. I mean, it’s the 243rd edition of the Nine Circles playlist, after all. What else did you expect? Well, since I’m back maybe you expected some classic rock or maybe some 80s thrash. We’ll see. There will definitely be some Boris, that’s for damn sure…maybe some Incantation, Night Eternal, you know – stuff like that.

Get listening. Stay safe. See you next week.

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– Chris

Nine Circles ov…Albums I Missed While on Vacation

August 2, 2022August 1, 2022ChrisLeave a comment

behold the monolith - from the fathomless deep

Can’t a guy take a few weeks off with dozens upon dozens of new albums being scattered into the winds? Thank the heavens for Ian and Angela, who covered (and covered me) with reviews of Ithaca, Imperial Triumphant, and Wailin Storms so I was able to read up and listen while burning to a crisp in Mexico. But – like every week – that was just the tip of the iceberg for heavy music, so for this edition of Nine Circles ov… let’s play a quick game of catch-up with a bunch of releases from the past two weeks we didn’t cover on the site.

I have coffee and copious amounts of aloe vera applied to various appendages. Let’s do this.

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CANTO: Blind Guardian, Krisiun, The Night Flight Orchestra, and More

July 29, 2022July 29, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

This post is only dropping because I needed a break from work in the early afternoon.

New Blind Guardian! Ok, so I’m a little more enthusiastic about this first item. Give “Violent Shadows” a listen right here… right now. As a reminder, The God Machine is set for a September 2nd release through Nuclear Blast.
Krisiun is popular around these parts, so we’ll jump to their new lyric video for “War Blood Hammer” next. That’s a sampling taken from Mortem Solis, their new album which is officially out today through Century Media.
The new single from The Night Flight Orchestra, the project featuring Björn Strid, is certainly worth a listen. Give “Black Stars And Diamonds” a listen here.
If you need a little hardcore in your Friday, check out the latest from War Orphan. “Heavy Weighs The Crown” is a new track taken from Unite, and album set to be released later this year. Of course, we’ll keep you posted as details emerge.
Anti-Flag has a new album dropping on January 6th through Spinefarm titled Lies They Tell Our Children, so closing with new material from that seems like a good call. The video for “Laugh. Cry. Smile. Die.” is below. Enjoy.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Initial Descent: July 24 – 30, 2022

July 25, 2022July 21, 2022JoshLeave a comment

We’ve featured some best of mid year picks recently and thinking about those along with my own running list I keep throughout each year, it is absurd how much really good metal we’ve been handed thus far in 2022. I mean, ABSURD… in a good way of course. And, the last half is looking pretty damn good as well. So, there’s that. Speaking of good stuff, this week’s list of new releases offer up more of that from Krisiun, Triumvir Foul, Chat Pile, and Grima. As usual though, there’s a loaded list that follows these four that are certainly worth exploring. Go do that and we’ll be seeing you here throughout the week.

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