History & Biography This black/death metal band was founded in 2019. Bassist Mathias Rask-Andersen was added in 2021. A 2023 demo was called Future Graves. Singer Oskar Tornborg was new as of 2023. Circular Ruin's A Sermon in Tongues was released through Vendetta Records on the 30th of January 2026.
Reviews CIRCULAR RUIN - A SERMON IN TONGUES - VENDETTA 
The publicist's tear sheet calls the band Circular Ruins; oh well, because regardless A Sermon In Tongues is introduced with a lot of promise given that it is compared to Dissection and Unanimated's music. Surely, those comparisons are a good thing, but then the band manages to look like it is taking away what it gave with one hand with another when it is described as "post-hardcore" in addition to black metal and death metal.
Musically, it is Unanimated with the vocals of LG Petrov and Tobias Sidegård. The early Entombed-adjacent Swedeath sound is the right description. The vocals are from another dimension, which is apropos when a first song is called The Altering Altar. Perisher has the better riffs though. Nocturnum is where the bass really appears. The solos are elementary and akin to noise, however. The rhythm is wild and the drums pounding. The mystical cover has cryptic writing.
This is great for those who love early Swedish death metal such as the bands which appeared on the A Projection Of A Stained Mind compilation except the sound is beefier and the drumming is faster paced. The 7+-minute long Ropes To Salvation turns something almost shoegaze into some brutality mid-song before backing down once again, but as far as stupidities go we are spared the "post-hardcore." - Anna Tergel
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