Papy Jeff Metal's Favorite of the Day: Ninth Circle
Ninth Circle – Anthem of the Immortal : Horns, Heart, and Heavy Damn Metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sr5GjoTrLI
"Anthem of the Immortal" (out June 3rd via Fighter Records) is album number five from the California trio, and let me tell you, it rips. But not in that super-polished, overproduced way. No, this thing’s got grit. You can hear the sweat in the strings, feel the stubborn heart behind every riff.
Dennis Brown (guitar, vocals), Frank Forray (bass with attitude), and Richie “Captain Black” Brooks (drums like a bar fight) crank out 13 tracks that feel both old-school and weirdly unexpected. Like, you think you know where it’s going, and boom, here comes a cover of Chicago’s “25 or 6 to 4”, with horns, and it actually slaps?? I didn’t know I needed that. But now it’s stuck in my skull.
Highlights? “I, the Radical” kicks in like an intro to a medieval street riot. “Stand and Fight” is pure galloping fire. And “Never Die”... man, it made the treadmill suck a little less. That’s worth something, right?
It’s raw, it’s loud, and it sounds like it was made by people who still give a shit about real metal.
If you miss cranking the volume ‘til your speakers cry, or throwing horns in some sweaty dive bar with bad lighting and good friends, Anthem of the Immortal might just bring you back.
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