Frontiers Records has announced the release of the 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."

Nine will include the following tracks:

'Forging'

'Architect Of Fortune'

'Namaste'

'Game Of Life'

'Reach Within'

'Reach Within'

'I Am'

'Used'

'The One'

'Burn After Reading'

'Last Goodbye'

'Reach Within' will be released as a single worldwide on April 27th, and can be heard streaming on the Frontiers Records webradio here. A video clip 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 lineup:

Michael Eriksen - Vocals

Lasse Finbråten - Keyboards

Mats Haugen - Guitars

Truls Haugen - Drums

Glen Cato Møllen - Bass