Track Listing: 01. Hunter Moon 02. Arluck 03. Milano 04. Kohokia 05. Ghost on High 06. Sinaia 07. Quartered

Chicago trio Russian Circles return with not only their fourth and heaviest album to date -- but also with Empros they're poised to take the crown as innovators reinvigorating the staid trappings of genre. Empros picks up where the anthemic riffs and melodies of 2009's Geneva left off and injects...

With their sixth album Guidance, Russian Circles carry on in their quest to conjure multi-dimensional dramatic instrumental narratives and to scout out new textures from their respective instruments. Songs aren’t constructed out of highbrow concepts; they’re forged out of gut instinct and base emotional response. Guidance continues the band’s examination...

On Russian Circles fifth album "Memorial", the band shift from somber-yet-soaring melodies on one track to pummeling metal heft on the next, focusing on each individual songs emotional and musical characteristics. As such, "Memorial" almost feels like stages of grief and embodies Russian Circles most dramatic ranges in tone to...

Track Listing: 01. Campaign 02. Harper Lewis 03. Station 04. Verses 05. Youngblood 06. Xavii

Russian Circles was formed in Chicago in 2004 by guitarist Mike Sullivan and drummer Dave Turncrantz. The trio’s 2006 debut, Enter, quickly established the band amongst heavy instruments peers. With the addition of former Botch and These Arms Are Snakes bassist Brian Cook on their second album, Station, Russian Circles...