Magic Circle - Departed Souls LP

MAGIC CIRCLE (MA, USA) - Departed Souls (2019) Black vinyl. This latest album reveals a Magic Circle delving more deeply into 70's sounds, expanding farther outward from the primordial Iommic matter of their birth. Heavy Sabbathian riffs abound, but they open up, stretch out, and expose different shades that recall the moody peaks and valleys of the classic Hard Rock albums of that era. Acoustic 12-string, tablas and Fender Rhodes appear in lush moments of kaleidoscopic decadence woven into the fabric of the pounding elemental thunder. All the while vocalist Brendan Radigan seals the deal as one of the premier Heavy Metal singers of the 21st century, deliverin’ that Wagnerian dynamism and vigor that screams from the heavens and becomes thoroughly controlled in moments of quiet solemnity.  Though all members are busy with other projects and other lives, when these five come together in the Magic Circle, the chemistry and palpable Rock ‘n’ Roll exhilaration reminds one that this band ain’t never gonna die with the herd.  **originally published on Deathwishinc.com**  20 Buck Spin ‎– SPIN-108