Los Angeles melodic metallers, Ninth Circle, return to the studio in the last week of August to record to follow-up to Pure Steel Record’s Legions Of The Brave, which was the band’s third album.

“We’re excited to finally be entering the studio this month”, expresses bassists Frank Forray. “It’s been a long and sometimes bumpy road to get here. Thankfully we are here with the band intact and that’s important to making this current record.”

Frank gives his insights to what it took to get the band in the studio this time around, “It was about year ago that we started preparing and rehearsing so we could begin recording. The goal was to enter the studio in February of this year with then drummer Jim Standerfer. Schedule-wise, we were running a bit behind and then he informed us that he was no longer going to be in Ninth Circle. So then, as it so frequently happens, Dennis [Brown] and I have a quick conversation to pick a direction. That direction was to reach out to Dave [Davis] and see if he was interested in coming back to the band.”

After contacting Dave, Frank explains how things progressed from there, “Dave had been on the sidelines for just about year and we had seen him at some shows, which is always good, and he was excited about the opportunity to rejoin as were Dennis and I!”

“The next batch of songs are really powerful; shorter, to the point and melodic! We had put a couple of them into our last few shows to road test them and the crowds have been very responsive to the new songs.”

Dennis adds, "It has been great working with Dave again. We outlined a plan when he returned and it has kept us focused. We're all locked in and you can hear it in the songs.”

“We are also really excited to be heading back into the studio with producer Jeff Prentice (Predator, Outland, The Seeds) at the helm once again and Rich Wentzel helping us out with drum production. They’re a great team and really capture the core of Ninth Circle!”

Frank continues, “Stay tuned for updates from the studio as I am sure Dennis will be leading the charge of keeping everyone informed with video updates.”

(Photo - Jack Lue)