It was a very busy weekend for members of Los Angeles-based power metallers NINTH CIRCLE, as Dennis Brown (guitar / vocals) and Frank Forray (bass) were both at NAMM as guests of Furman and Dynacorp on Saturday.

Also over the weekend, Ninth Circle saw the radio premier of 'Frontman', the opening track off their new cd The Power Of One, on Northern Ireland radio Fuse FM 106.2.

This was followed up by the simultaneous world-wide premier of 'Frontman' on internet radio courtesy of Power House Mix Radio.com and Galactic World Radio.com.

As Dennis mentioned, “the NAMM show was a good time as usual. I must say that running into Nicko McBrain before even going in the doors was really a treat. I got a little caught up at the Ibanez booth. Man... they have some slick guitars coming out. I need my upgrade!!! "

Continuing on, Frank says, “On Saturday, our friends at Fuse Fm 106.2 in Northern Ireland really did a terrific job with the premier of Frontman. We’ve worked really hard on this record and to have Fuse Fm 106.2 premier it was great! Plus the Ninth Circle swag that was given away to listeners was a wonderful bonus!”

"Yeah, it is great to finally have new product out there for everyone to hear. The feedback we have received has been very positive and more importantly we are getting support from little pockets here and there that we may have not have thought of before! Vacuum packed we were the last year trying to get this out. Now it's out so just gotta promote and have a great time doing it! Man...who would have thought that our premier would be in Northern Ireland?... that really pumped us up”, said Dennis.

“And not to be outdone, our friends stateside at Power House Mix.com and Galactic World Radio.com premiered Frontman world-wide on Sunday morning. Dennis and I had been out all day Saturday partying at NAMM and we were up early on Sunday morning chatting with fans online during the premier of Frontman. We got a lot of terrific feedback from fans. So I guess you could say that our weekend was really about the fans of Ninth Circle!”, added Frank.

Ninth Circle kicks off The Power Of One Tour 2009 on February 26th. Dates include:

February

26 - The Canyon Club - Agoura Hills, CA (with DOKKEN)

March

1 - Zen Lounge - Hermosa Beach, CA
21 - BriXton - Redondo Beach, CA (with Y&T;)
28 - Slide Bar, Fullerton, CA