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Nine Circles ov…Albums I Missed While on Vacation

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battlegrave - cavernous depths
behold the monolith - from the fathomless deep
Chat Pile - Gods Country
critical defiance - no life forms
Grima - Frostbitten
incantation - tricennial of blasphemy
Krisiun - Mortem Solis
nebula - transmission from mothership earth
secret creation - deathkommando cottontail

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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Nine Circles ov…Stoner and Psych Metal in 2022

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besvärjelsen - atlas
big scenic nowhere - the long morrow
domkraft / slomatics - ascend / descend
earthless - night parade of 100 demons
humanotone - a flourishing fall in a grain of sand
jagannatha - trimurti
natraxas - IV
sergeant thunderhoof - this sceptered veil

Recently I created a new playlist featuring what has fast become my go-to genre when I need to bear down and get some serious groove on: the luscious low-end of stoner rock and metal (Spotify users are welcome to it here; Apple Music users can find it here). Throw some psych elements in and I’m an even happier camper. We don’t feature nearly enough of it her at Nine Circles; all too often the staff are mired in extreme noise and suffocatingly depressive odes to inner turmoil – and that’s perfectly fine…if that’s your thing. Lately it’s not mine; I’d rather get a nasty fuzzed to the heavens riff in my brain accompanied by sweet-ass vocal melodies and anthemic choruses I can shout along to as I air-guitar until my arthritic wrists cry out for reprieve.

So for this edition of Nine Circles ov… let’s highlight some of the boogie down rifftastic stoner and psychedelic rock and metal that’s all the rage in my frontal lobe, shall we?

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Album Review: Wo Fat — “The Singularity”

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Let’s get the long and short of this review out of the way right off the bat: if you’re a fan of stoner heavyweights Wo Fat, you’ll likely be well aware of — and hyped as fuck for — The Singularity, the band’s first full-length in nearly six years. After all, the Texas trio possesses an immense scope and abundance of god-tier stoner riffs, which combine to make each new release feel like a proper event. When you hear rumblings from the House of Wo Fat, you get pumped — it’s that simple. And guess what? On The Singularity, the band continues to make damn good on all that hype.

Those looking for a bit more than the TL;DR version? Read on…

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Embracing the Descent: April 25 – May 1, 2021

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Spotty this column may be, but fulfillments go unfilled, expectations ain’t what they used to be, and so on and so forth. So, expect the unexpected or whatever. Anyway, there’s a handful that flipped a switch this week and I had some extra time and here we are. Oh, and one from a couple weeks ago because…reasons. Try these on for size and don’t forget to check out the full listing from Monday’s Initial Descent.

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Profile: Stoner Metallers Silverlight Shadows

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Silverlight Shadows

It’s been awhile since Australia’s Silverlight Shadows has had new material out but this week will see a new single, “Black the World,” to be released as part of a split 7” with Monarchus. The band is equal parts fuzz, stoner metal, grunge, high energy rock, and just the right amount of punk. They’ve garnered quite a fan base in their home country due to their full-octane live shows and are hoping to broaden that base in 2020. Just ahead of the single release we had the opportunity to pose our set of Profile questions so head below to see how it went down. Continue reading →