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The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 321 (2.3.2024)

February 3, 2024February 2, 2024ChrisLeave a comment

Hello. This is the introduction. The purpose of the introduction is to summarize what you’ll be getting in the 321st edition of the Nine Circles Playlist, which is a post that features music the staff has been listening to lately. Hopefully it is inviting enough to cause you to 1) read further, 2) check out the actual playlist, and 3) continue to make Nine Circles a part of your continued metal journey. And since it helps to throw a compliment in, might I say you are looking mighty fine this morning/afternoon/evening? You’ve got it together, and I’m impressed.

Awed, even.

Expect to plenty of music within the embed below, including a killer cut from the new Lord Dying album, as well as music from the likes of Cold in Berlin, Blood Red Throne, some silly brutality (literally) from Agriculture (with special guests Chat Pile), and more including Hannes Grossmann, the return of Amiensus, The Ocean doing it live, and tracks from the likes of Attic, Vitriol, Job for a Cowboy, Rhûn, Hands of Kalliach, and much more.

Get listening. Stay safe. See you next week.

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– Chris

Nine Circles ov… The Month That Was: January 2024

January 30, 2024January 28, 2024ChrisLeave a comment

cold in berlin - the body is the wound ep

Too many albums, too few reviewers…that’s the problem with all the metal blogs, not just this one. What do you do? How do you get a sense of what’s out there if you’re only listening to a fraction of what’s getting released? How do you open yourself up to new music? I guess you can stop listening to all your favorite stuff and just consume nothing but new releases, but let’s face it: there’s no way in HELL I’m giving up my 70s rock and prog and jazz and – yes – country favorites (Waylon Jennings is a fuckin’ OUTLAW, y’all…). Alternately, you can jump into all the unpicked promos and each month devote a sentence or two giving a sense of what you gleaned from it.

Think of it as my new monthly (fingers crossed) stab at the periodic “Albums I Only Have Time to Review in One Sentence” series, except it’s just going to cover the month that was. Got it? Then let’s dive into this edition of Nine Circles ov… and see what’s been cooking in January 2024.

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CANTO: Darkest Hour, Lord Dying, Helfró, and More

November 14, 2023November 14, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

Let’s see how fast I can get this published tonight because hot damn there is a lot to do.

The first of two MNRK Heavy items today. Lord Dying unveiled a video for “The Endless Road Home”, which is the closing track of their upcoming new album. Clandestine Transcendence is out on January 19 on all formats.
Out of Lupus Lounge, Aureole have set February 9 as the release date for Alunarian Bellmaster. A visualizer for “Alunarian Ghosts of Bellmaster”, the latest single from the ambient black metal project, can be seen here.
Whitechapel announced details surrounding a new live album. Live In The Valley will be out on January 26 through Metal Blade, a collection that features their 2022 Christmas Benefit Show. Watch and listen to “Lost Boy” here.
Gotta work in some Icelandic black metal with the opportunity presents itself. Helfró shared the third single taken from Tálgröf, titled “Traðkandi Blómin í eigin Hjartagarði”. That album is out on December 1 through Season of Mist.
Darkest Hour are back with their tenth album on February 23, titled Perpetual | Terminal. That’s the second item featured today that will be available through MNRK Heavy A video for the title-track is below, and they’ve also got dates with Exodus and Fit For An Autopsy through the rest of the year.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Primordial, Vastum, Lord Dying, and More

September 29, 2023September 29, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

Ok fine. I had time to squeeze in one more, making it 5/5 this week.

Bay Area death metallers Vastum are returning with their fifth full-length on November 10, titled Inward To Gethsemane. That will be out through 20 Buck Spin (a label that is having a GREAT year), and you can listen to “Indwelling Archon” here.
Next up, something a little more sludgy. Lord Dying are releasing a full-length after the new year, titled Clandestine Transcendence. The official release date is January 19 through MNRK Heavy, and a video for the new single “I Am Nothing, I Am Everything” is available now.
On another (but different!) doomy note, we have new stuff from Body Void. That trio is dropping Atrocity Machine on October 13 through Prosthetic Records, and the latest single from that, “Human Greenhouse”, has been made available.
Summoning Death set a release date for a new EP, titled A Traumatic Night of the Creeps, which is out October 28 through Chaos Records. Check out “Night of the Creeps” over on Bandcamp.
At this point, I’m not even listening to the new Primordial material. I’m just sharing it so I can see what everyone else thinks. So on that note, we’ll close with the title-track from How It Ends. That album is officially out through Metal Blade.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Katatonia, Lord Dying, Tombs, and More

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020CoreyLeave a comment

katatoniacityburials

Today was a big day. Tomorrow will be an even bigger day.

Stop EVERYTHING. Katatonia revealed stuff today. City Burials, the next album from the somber metal legends, will be out on April 24th through Peaceville Records. Check out the first single, titled “Lacquer”, right now.
Let’s use this opportunity to remind everyone of the upcoming Lord Dying tour with Obituary and Black Label Society, and also introduce this new video for “Freed From The Pressures Of Time”. That track is from last year’s Mysterium Tremendum.
I think we are all aware of the upcoming Napalm Death tour this spring, but today I’m happy to share that Tombs will be joining them. That’s gonna be a beast of a lineup, not gonna lie.
Here’s a new music video from Anvil for “Legal At Last”, the title track from their upcoming album which will be out February 14th on AFM Records. Enjoy.