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CANTO: Exodus, Blind Guardian, Battle Beast, and More

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

Have I mentioned it was a weird week? Because it was a weird week.

I really enjoyed the most recent album from Seth, so let’s lead this off with the live performance of “La Morsure du Christ”, the title-track from that album. If you still need a copy of that one, it’s out through Season of Mist.
New Blind Guardian! Check out the video for “Secrets Of The American Gods” here. That performance video was captured during the recording sessions for their new album. Meanwhile, I’ll continue to wait patiently for more information to emerge…
Battle Beast was kind enough to share a new single with as well. Featured as a bonus track on Circus of Doom, “The Lightbringer” is now available as a standalone single, and available for your streaming pleasure here.
Black metal legends Blut aus Nord have revealed details behind their 14th album. Disharmonium – Undreamable Abysses will be out on May 20th through Debemur Morti Productions. Check out “That Cannot Be Dreamed” over at Decibel.
It would be a poor choice to not close out the week with the latest from Exodus. Check out the clip for “The Fires of Division” below. Pre-orders are up for Persona Non Grata, out through Nuclear Blast, and I know you know what to do with that information.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Best of 2021: Corey’s List

January 11, 2022January 10, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

Is that it? Am I the last one? Dang. Again. Wait, maybe one more to come… Anyway, I guess I’ll start this off on my soapbox as always, by noting that I truly cannot comprehend where we are as a society. Well, I suppose I can, which is even more frustrating. If 2020 wasn’t a brutal enough year (not in a good way), 2021 seemed to serve as an appropriate encore. Seemingly everything we experience in life has been weaponized for political gain in one way or another, a global pandemic has been widely accepted as an endemic thanks, in part, to widespread misinformation, and, just as bluntly, climate disasters resulting from human activity are on the brink of running rampant for the duration of humanity’s remaining existence… however brief that may be. And those are just my three favorite, non-personal, items to discuss in our corner of the universe. It sucks, and I’m burnt out. Optimism has completely faded at this point, and I’m ready to run screaming into the woods. But hey, cheers to 2020, right?!

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The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 187 (6.26.2021)

June 26, 2021June 25, 2021JoshLeave a comment

Saturday. Finally. What a shit week. No matter though as we’re back with our mixtape of stuff we’ve been jamming this week and guaranteed there’s something here that’ll fit whatever you have going on today. We’ve got some newish Sanguisugabogg, fresh Thy Catafalque and tons of Suidakra, a demo track from Crypticus, a slappin’ death metal beast from Diabolizer, Kataan, Withered, and many more. Basically the perfect playlist to massacre some lawns with or light up an early party with, or just…whatever the hell you have on tap. Good times. Let them roll via the play button below.

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– Josh

Album Review: Seth — “La Morsure du Christ”

May 12, 2021May 11, 2021Angela Block1 Comment

Intricate black metal is alluring as it satisfies many musical cravings. There is a rawness in the growled vocals and a beauty in the layered sounds. There is also an interesting juxtaposition in the furious tempos and almost meditational atmospheric breaks. French metal scene pioneers, Seth, released what the band is referring to as the sequel to their debut album almost 23 years later, La Morsure du Christ. This album is a nod to Seth’s beginnings and their original style consisting of blast beat drumming, snarled vocals, rhythmic and melodic guitar, and expertly combined sounds.

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CANTO: Seth, Behemoth, Enslaved, and More

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021CoreyLeave a comment

Ok, there is a lot to get to today, let’s have at it.

Is anyone else either staying up super late or waking up super early to pre-order the Cinematic Tour 2020 release from Enslaved? I’m going to do my best, because everything I’ve seen to this point looks absolutely incredible.
Behemoth are reissuing one their best works, Evangelion, on vinyl through Metal Blade Records. The official release is June 11th, and there a couple different variants available. Pre-order that one here.
French black metallers Seth have released a new song and video, commemorating the anniversary of the Notre Dame fire, titled “Les Océans du Vide!”. That’s taken from La morsure du Christ, which is out on May 7th through Season of Mist. Check out the video right here.
Bodysnatcher shared a cover of the classic Hatebreed track “Smash Your Enemies”. There’s a limited edition 7″ available here, or you can just check out the visualizer on YouTube.
And that’s enough for Thursday. We’ll close with the brand new video from Pestilence for “Morbvs Propagationem”. That track is taken from Exitivm, which is out on June 25th (Agonia Records).