Circle of Death is the second full-length album by Dance Club Massacre

Dance Club Massacre

Dance Club Massacre is an American extreme metal band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 2004, the group originated as a simple recording project between founding members Nick Seger and Kurt Latos...

, released November 11, 2008. It was recorded in 2008 at More Sounds Studios in Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York

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 with Jason "Jacko" Randall as the producer and was released through Black Market Activities

Black Market Activities

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.

While the band's debut album was more-or-less a combination of deathcore

Deathcore

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 and mathcore

Mathcore

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, this release is more influenced by black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

, death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

, metalcore

Metalcore

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, and avant-garde metal. Guitarist Mitch Hein stated "Jocko really pushed us to be better musicians. The songs were dissected and put back together again with a lot of attention to detail."

Track listing

1. "Risk is My Business...and Business is Risky" - 3:50
2. "Brewtality" - 4:01
3. "Ode to the Barracuda" - 3:35
4. "Shenanigans" - 3:43
5. "Return of the Blood Monsters" - 2:53
6. "Have You Ever Chopped a Wolf?" - 1:59
7. "Deuces Shoeless vs. the Double Dribbles" - 2:35
8. "Hoosh Hoosh" - 2:35
9. "Countdown to Annihilation" - 2:28
10. "Who Are You and What Have You Done with Six" - 4:32
11. "Bonus Track" ("99 Bottles of Beer
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    " cover) - 27:30

Personnel

Dance Club Massacre

• Mitch Hein - guitars
• Chris Mrozek - bass
• Jon Caruso - drums
• Matt Hynek - keyboards
• Nick Seger - vocals

Production

• Produced and recorded by Jason "Jacko" Randall
• Chad Lenjer - artwork