Russian Circles Studio Albums (2006-2022)
Biography:
Chicago-based instrumental post-rock/metal trio Russian Circles create a complex clamor of sprawling guitars, propulsive drumming, and heavy basslines. First emerging with the promising 2006 debut Enter, the group became one of the leading post-metal acts of the 2010s, receiving wide acclaim for ambitious full-lengths such as Empros (2011) and Guidance (2016). Continuing into the next decade, they released the raw, direct Gnosis in 2022. The band was founded in late 2004 by guitarist Mike Sullivan and bassist Colin DeKuiper, with drummer Dave Turncrantz joining soon afterwards. Prior to Russian Circles, Sullivan and DeKuiper were members of the eclectic instrumental act Dakota/Dakota, while Turncrantz produced an emo-punk ruckus with Riddle of Steel. In 2005, Russian Circles self-released their eponymous EP. Two limited-edition pressings sold out quickly. Enter marked their full-length debut for Flameshovel in spring 2006. A performance at the annual South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, and a brief U.S. tour with Minus the Bear and Chin Up Chin Up coincided with its release. DeKuiper parted ways with the band in 2007, and was replaced with Botch/These Arms Are Snakes bassist Brian Cook. Russian Circles went into the studio with producer Matt Bayles (formerly of Minus the Bear), and in 2008 they released Station, their first record on Suicide Squeeze. This was quickly followed by their third full-length, Geneva, which was released in October 2009. In 2011, Russian Circles made the move to Sargent House Records, which had previously been releasing the vinyl versions of their records; the label issued their fourth album, Empros. Memorial followed in 2013. The album featured a guest appearance from singer Chelsea Wolfe, and the two co-headlined a tour of the U.K. and Europe together. In 2016, Russian Circles released their sixth full-length (and third for Sargent House), Guidance. The following year saw the group issue their first concert LP, Live at Dunk! Festival 2016. Blood Year, one of the band's most direct, immediate albums, appeared in 2019. Gnosis, a set of songs composed by the bandmembers independently rather than together in the studio, was released in 2022. — allmusic
Track List:
2006 - Enter
01. Carpe
02. Micah
03. Death Rides a Horse
04. Enter
05. You Already Did
06. New Macabre
2008 - Station
01. Campaign
02. Harper Lewis
03. Station
04. Verses
05. Youngblood
06. XAVII
2009 - Geneva
01 - Fathom
02 - Geneva
03 - Melee
04 - Hexed All
05 - Malko
06 - When the Mountain Comes to Muhammad
07 - Philos
2011 - Empros
01 - 309
02 - Mlàdek
03 - Schiphol
04 - Atackla
05 - Batu
06 - Praise Be Man
2013 - Memorial
01 - Memoriam
02 - Deficit
03 - 1777
04 - Cheyenne
05 - Burial
06 - Ethel
07 - Lebaron
08 - Memorial (feat. Chelsea Wolfe)
2016 - Guidance
01 - Asa
02 - Vorel
03 - Mota
04 - Afrika
05 - Overboard
06 - Calla
07 - Lisboa
2019 - Blood Year
01 - Hunter Moon
02 - Arluck
03 - Milano
04 - Kohokia
05 - Ghost On High
06 - Sinaia
07 - Quartered
2022 - Gnosis
01 - Tupilak
02 - Conduit
03 - Gnosis
04 - Vlastimil
05 - Ó Braonáin
06 - Betrayal
07 - Bloom
Media Report:
Genre: post-rock, post-metal
Country: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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2006 - Enter
2008 - Station
2013 - Memorial
2016 - Guidance
2019 - Blood Year
2022 - Gnosis
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2009 - Geneva
2011 - Empros
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