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CANTO: Trivium, Naut, Vomit Forth, and More

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

My dog has been stoned all day, which has been moderately amusing.

May as well lead in with another tour. Beartooth and Trivium are co-headlining a North American run in the coming months, covering a good chunk of April through June. They’ll be joined by Malevolence and Archetypes Collide on those dates. Tickets go on sale this coming Friday.
Next, we have some blackened sludge to add to the pile. Lo! shared a video for “Salting The Earth”, a track taken from The Gleaners, which is out on April 7 through Pelagic Records.
One more tour to drop in today. Vomit Forth are headlining a tour in the U.S. with Upon Stone as support. Those dates are in March, but they’re also on the road on either side of that… so you’ll have plenty of opportunities to catch them over the next few months.
Out of Napalm Records, we have a new track and video from Xandria, titled “Two Worlds”. The Wonders Still Awaiting is out this coming Friday, in case you needed a reminder.
And the video we’ll wrap up with today comes from Naut. The post punk outfit are releasing Hunt on February 24 through Season of Mist, and the clip for “Damocles” can be seen below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Trivium, Bizarrekult, Grave Pleasures, and More

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

Another early draft because it’s Friday and I want to hit the bottle as soon as possible. Is that bad?

We mentioned that Trivium and Heaven Shall Burn 7″ split earlier, so let’s build off that a bit. Trivium released a cover of Heaven Shall Burn’s “Implore the Darken Sky”, which you can stream here.
Night Demon are returning with their third full-length album on March 17th. Outsider will be released through Century Media, and a music video for the title-track can be seen here.
Next, we’ll pivot to some black metal. Give the new video for “Den Tapte Krigen” from Bizarrekult a watch here. That’s the title-track from the new album, which is set for a January 27th release through Season of Mist, their debut with the label.
One more out of Century Media. Grave Pleasures have set April 21st as the release date for Plagueboys, their third full-length effort. For a preview, give “Society of Spectres” a listen here.
Ville Valo shared a video for “Neon Noir”, which you can check out below. That, of course, is the title-track from his debut solo album, which is officially out today through Heartagram Records.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

CANTO: Sanguisugabogg, Cattle Decapitation, Dryad, and More

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023CoreyLeave a comment

I can’t wait to watch my favorite hockey team lose again tonight.

I haven’t heard from Heaven Shall Burn in awhile, so let’s start there. Their new digital single, “Pillars of Serpents”, will be featured on a 7″ split with Trivium. If you happen to be across the pond, you’ll be able to scoop that up during their upcoming tour.
Horrendous have completed work on their new album, which we should expect later this year from Season of Mist. While we await more details on that, they also have a couple of live dates next month, one in Brooklyn and one at Subterranean Dissonance Fest in Philly. Let’s not forget they’ll also be at Northwest Terror Fest in May. Killer.
Cattle Decapitation have revealed details surrounding their new album. Terrasite is set for a May 12th release through Metal Blade. We won’t get a new track until next month from the sounds of it, since this announcement wasn’t exactly, um, planned… get the full scoop here. Either way, I’m excited.
Sliding in some black metal, we have new stuff from Dryad to share. The title-track from their new album, The Abyssal Plain, was released today with an accompanying visualizer. Give that a watch here. That album drops on January 20th through Prosthetic Records.
Wrapping up, we have a gnarly new, very NSFW, video from Sanguisugabogg for “Face Ripped Off”. Homicidal Ecstasy is out on February 3rd through Century Media, and I know we’re all looking forward to it. More sentiments along those lines in the days ahead. For now… give the new flick a watch below.

“Ein Bier… bitte.”
– cmb

Concert Review: The Metal Tour of the Year, 5.12.2022

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022CoreyLeave a comment

While The Metal Tour of the Year may have technically reached its conclusion a couple of weeks ago, and festival season is now upon us, there is no doubt that the dust is still settling in the aftermath of this massive event. Featuring the legendary Megadeth as headliners, this run of shows also included household names in Lamb of God, Trivium, and In Flames. Four of the most recognizable names in the metal world each bringing a different corner of the genre’s spectrum to this tour. Considering all we had missed since early 2020, this experience went a long way to welcoming back larger scale live music, and as a result will resonate many years into the future.

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The Nine Circles Playlist Vol. 212 (1.1.2022)

January 1, 2022January 1, 2022ChrisLeave a comment

Welcome to the future, everyone. I spent the last day of 2021 applying beauty masks and drinking champagne with my wife and son because you know what? That shit felt NICE. Even the boy admitted it it was cool, although I suspect his favorite part was the horror of peeling the mask off like dead skin. Yes, we had Slayer playing in the background…couldn’t resist.

To kick off 2022 and the 212th edition of the Nine Circles Playlist I put on my metal playlist and hit random to see what came out, so you’re getting the year off to a brutal start with some Unanimated and Chapel of Disease, as well as some classic Katatonia. Josh comes into the year guns blazing with some Wommbath, Barghest, and Everclear before finishing up with the ripping live Corrosion of Conformity. Vincent changes the mood a bit with The Hotelier, Alcest, and King Woman before Jon comes out of the snow to go full tech death, blasting some new Allegaeon, Spawn of Possession, and Archspire. Anton continues to play the left field choices, bringing in some choice cuts from his AOTY band Code as well as tracks from Eschatos and Fleshvessel. Bringing up the rearguard this time is Buke, and as awakes he’s ready with the classic of the genre, from Ahab, Death, Manowar, Saviours, and even a little Trivium.