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The Nine Circles Audio Thing is back with our Album of the Month for October! Once again the gang comes forth with candidates, this time under the watchful gaze of Angela. But although strong arguments were put forth...

The Nine Circles Audio Thing is back with our Album of the Month for September! Once again the gang comes forth with candidates, this time under the baleful glare of Hera. But although strong arguments were put forth...

A month to the day the Nine Circles Audio Thing is back with our Album of the Month for August! The staff approached, their pitiful, mewling offerings raised with trembling hands in full view of the gnarled stonework to...

It may be a week or so later than we intended but – as promised – the Nine Circles Audio Thing is back with our Album of the Month for July! Candidates were offered up on the gnarled stonework that is the 9C dais, and...

It's been a hot minute, but the gang returns along with a new intro to celebrate the return of the Nine Circles Audio Thing! We're going to get back into the Album of the Month starting with July, but for now Chris...

Of all the death metal currently burbling in the cauldrons of 20 Buck Spin, SLIMELORD might be one of the most peculiar...and that's saying a lot! Mixing vicious cavernous death metal with forward thinking technicality...

What do you get when you combine members of Generation of Vipers, A Storm of Light and Intronaut, then get their collective creative juices flowing about, well... a lot of really heavy shit? (Think global warming, AI...

Hard to believe it’s been a decade since Job For A Cowboy graced us with Sun Eater yet here we are on the eve of Moon Healer ( Metal Blade ) and we couldn’t be more stoked for it if we tried. This band occupies a...

It’s a well known fact that Vitriol slap, as they say. But did you know that they are one of a very few and select bands pushing death metal to new heights? That’s kind of a rhetorical question…more of a fact tidbit for...

Yep, we’re strongly and firmly in 2024 annnnd late with this by just a bit. But hey, you guys know that‘s our way by now and if not, now you do. Anyway, 2023 was huge for metal and if you’ve followed along on the site...

Welcome back everyone! As is customary this time of year, our resident NOT-metal heads, Dan and Chris, are back to discuss their favorite music of 2023. Tune in for a sprawling, but not overly rambly discussion of all...

Welcome back one and all to the final AOTM (Album of the Month) pick discussion for 2023 with Panopticon ’s The Rime of Memory ( Bindrune Recordings ). It’s safe to assume our regular readers, and listeners, know our...

By now, and as one of 20 Buck Spin ’s longest running acts, the death metal institution Vastum needs zero intro from us, or you for that matter. Album number five, Inward To Gethsemane , continues the stomach churning...

This was the first time of 2023 that we picked a favorite the fastest and the most solidified. We've all been fans of Wayfarer 's Wild West black metal since their debut and with American Gothic ( Profound Lore ) this...

For anyone following along in the Nine Circles universe, it comes as no surprise that Autarkh is a huge favorite pretty much across the board. Form In Motion was, and still is, very high on our revisit list as it was...