The Circus Maximus Thread (merged)

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[Aquila Chrysaetos]

This review really gets me pumped for the new album.
Aside maybe from the first CM album I never really thought they sound likt DT at all.
Isolate is heavily influenced by AOR and melodic music and I'm really curious how they've evolved their music by now.
Should be great!

[kirksnosehair]

This is fantastic news.  I absolutely love this band.   

[cramx3]

Sounds exciting. Glad to finally see a date.

[Zook]

"An appropriate title, considering we've been waiting over nine years." - ytsebitsyspider

 

[Dr. DTVT]

"An appropriate title, considering we've been waiting over nine years." - ytsebitsyspider

[Jaq]

"An appropriate title, considering we've been waiting over nine years." - ytsebitsyspider

Well played. 

[Implode]

That's still sooner than I could hope for.

[YtseBitsySpider]

a unicorn must have farted a cookie made from world peace....I can't believe this got made.

[lelanddt]

a unicorn must have farted a cookie made from world peace....I can't believe this got made.

Believe it! And enjoy it! This thing is gonna be gooooood!

[Gadough]

I'm gonna be disappointed when this album finally comes out and Ytse likes it. No more fun.

[YtseBitsySpider]

I shall continue to rail on about their proscatination obtuse music crafting.

[E.S.]

Whining and ranting is my kind of entertainment, let me see if I can convince the guys to delay the release a bit. 

[Zook]

https://www.frontiers.it/news/10551/

Circus Maximus
THE NEW MASTERPIECE ALBUM!

 

Five years of waiting for CIRCUS MAXIMUS new masterpiece album “Nine” to be released in worldwide June on Frontiers

Frontiers Records is excited to announce the release of the anticipated third album from Norwegian Progsters CIRCUS MAXIMUS entitled "Nine" on June 1st in Europe and June 5th in North America.



Five years after the successful release of the concept album "Isolate", this time Circus Maximus are back with a strong and mature cd. "A lot happened in our personal lives during the past few years ", explains drummer Truls Haugen. "Three of us had kids, plus we also had a several bumps in the road with the production. So it has not exactly been a joyride, but it feels great to finally be done, and after all this time we are ready to unleash our new monster !"

Circus Maximus spent anyway their time also working hard to further refining their sound. With “Nine” they are poised to take their place alongside the upper echelon of Progressive Metal bands. The band’s musical formula is not easy to accomplish – take jaw dropping musicianship, add a singer like Michael Eriksen with a voice from heaven and toss it together with hooks, anthemic melodies and enough groove and heavy riffing that really gets into your head.



For this new record the band presents the best of both worlds – offering their most melodic and at the same time heaviest moments of their repertoire, with class and maturity which is really from another world. “The majority of the material on the new record was written by Mats Haugen and he has taken the music to a kind of simpler and more accessible approach, yet kept the progressive elements and the "nerve" that is Circus Maximus” says Truls Haugen. “We're actually more melodic and heavier on this new record than we've ever been”.

The re-defining sound, the songwriting and the clever production, highlights the band as one of the leading, original Progressive-Metal band around. “Nine” is an absolute contender for Top Album of the year, transcending the boundaries and subgenres of Hard Rock music!

“Nine” will include the following tracks: Forging; Architect Of Fortune; Namaste; Game Of Life; Reach Within; I Am; Used; The One; Burn After Reading; Last Goodbye.

“Reach Within” (Click here to listen to the sample) will be released as a single worldwide on April 27th and can be exclusively listened in streaming on the Frontiers Records webradio www.frontiers.it/webradio - A videoclip for the song is in the works.



Circus Maximus will appear live in some selected shows in the summer before launching a full scale tour in support of the new album. “We will definitely represent this album live to the whole World” concludes Truls Haugen, “We will do more live shows and more touring than ever and we really cant wait to get back on the road!”

CIRCUS MAXIMUS
Michael Eriksen - Vocals
Lasse Finbråten - Keyboards
Mats Haugen - Guitars
Truls Haugen - Drums
Glen Cato Møllen - Bass

[jcmistat]

Hmm.. a possible chance to see them live nothing but awesome.

[YtseBitsySpider]

https://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/progpower-usa/777320-circus-maximus-nine-my-review.html

is this the review that was posted earlier?

this band owes me.
Im SO downloading it without paying for it.

oh hush...I'll probably pay for it after.

[kirksnosehair]

    They need to get some native English speaking people to write their next press release 

[Jaq]

   They need to get some native English speaking people to write their next press release 

I dunno, there's a certain charm to it actually. 

[Nekov]

Fucking great news! It's been so long a wait. I hope they deliver

[senecadawg2]

Should be good. I still have to check out a lot of their other stuff too though 

[Nekov]

Should be good. I still have to check out a lot of their other stuff too though 

Only two albums. You can get that done in a little bit over 2 hours.

[senecadawg2]

I was under the impression that there were more... Shows where I have been

[lelanddt]

Guys....reach within is available on itunes! and its good!

[Zook]

Yeah, great song. Can't wait to here the rest.

[Dr. DTVT]

Is there a legal version of the song somewhere?  I'm not going to buy an individual song now since I'll be buying the album when it comes out.

[Zook]

Well it says it's a radio edit so you're actually buying a different version. It's only 99 cents anyway.

It really doesn't sound like anything was edited out though... Then again, only DT songs sound chopped up when edited.

[Cool Chris]

Within Reach sounds great.

[wolfking]

Nine EPK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZchP099Qods&feature=g-all-u

[Elite]

Within Reach sounds great.

It's 'Reach Within', but whatever  , the song is awesome, yes.

[jingle.boy]

Damn, all the samples of the songs sound AWESOOOOOME!!  One more month. Can't wait!  Frontiers is gonna put a dent in my wallet!

[wolfking]

Fucking Frontiers FTW!!

[cramx3]

Nine EPK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZchP099Qods&feature=g-all-u

Sounds pretty good. I don't understand why they kept describing the sound as pop.

[YtseBitsySpider]

all the snippets have lowered my concerned level from maximus-def-con 9...to 6.

perhaps it won't be bad after all

[Progmetty]

Nine EPK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZchP099Qods&feature=g-all-u

Sounds pretty good. I don't understand why they kept describing the sound as pop.

There are many reasons demonstrated in this video as to why the members of Circus Maximus should not be allowed to have video interviews, at least not in English
"The first song Architect of Fortune, in two words: it's long but it feels short"

[me7]

all the snippets have lowered my concerned level from maximus-def-con 9...to 6.

perhaps it won't be bad after all

I guess it's your typical case of the label choosing the wrong song as a single. "Reach within" is probably the most accessible song from the album and not representative at all, but the label thinks it has the most commercial potential and therefore they preset the album to the public with it.
The snippets from the other songs sounded a lot more like CM is supposed to sound.