Initial Descent: September 29 - October 5, 2024 ..read more

Album Review: The Black Dahlia Murder - “Servitude ..read more

It seems I am slowly scratching the surface of what I like to call “underground death-doom” – bands who play this genre of music but not are a well-known mainstream name. Below your Paradise Losts and your Swallow the Suns ..read more

Necroverse, the new EP from Herakleion, arrives this coming Friday the 13th (hell yeah!) and it’s one we all should have circled. To start, yes, it’s a brilliant display of gritty, punishing classic death thrash, but it is also so ..read more

Album Review: Nile - “The Underworld Awaits Us All ..read more

God damn. You’re sure getting a heavy dose of me (Corey) before I disappear for a couple of weeks. And I’m not done yet! So let’s jump to the next topic at hand. It’s officially release day for Senescence, the ..read more

Our journey back to the first half of 2024 continues! Necropanther, who have been consistently on our radar in recent years, released a new EP titled Oblivion Jones back in May, and the year has only stayed busy for them ..read more

Look, you come at me with kaiju themed metal, naming your band after the death machine that stopped everyone’s favorite fire-breathing lizard back in 1954’s Gojira, all I’m saying is you’re setting some pretty heavy expectations. Ya boy’s got those ..read more

Album Review: Laceration - “I Erode ..read more

Alright, so Turin (formerly This Is Turin) are releasing The Unforgiving Reality In Nothing tomorrow through MNRK Heavy, and it is some grade A stuff. I guess you could call it deathcore if you want, but I don’t think that gets the job done. It’s massive. That’s what it is. It simultaneously fills every inch of attainable space while taking the care and precision to really sink its hooks into you. As deep as they could possibly go. I’m obsessed. So yeah, that’s out tomorrow and needless to say we’re proud to present Turin as our latest Profile here at Nine Circles in anticipation of that rele ..read more