Hearing Ninth Realm for the first time is a hell of an experience in its own right. While most bands nowadays seem to either rest on the laurels or straight up rip whole pages from the playbooks of their influences, this fledgling Death-Thrash/Crossover act from Maryland takes those familiar elements and arranges them in a genuinely fresh matter. If there’s any band in 2020 you didn’t know you NEED in your life, I’d wholeheartedly nominate Ninth Realm as my choice for such a title.  While their influences are undeniably old school, how the quintet goes about implementing these tried and … Continue reading Premiere: Ninth Realm – ‘All Hail Treachery’