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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