Brooklyn Vegan — This is the band's first time working with Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou as a producer, and whenever an established band links up with him for the first time, there's a bit of added excitement that he might be able to get the best out of t... more info

Metalsucks — Rushing circles. The post “Vorel”: Get Your First Taste of Russian Circles’ Guidance appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Rolling Stone — Over their decade-plus career, Chicago instrumental trio Russian Circles have toured with Tool, collaborated with Chelsea Wolfe and won comparisons to Mogwai, associations that all make sense when you listen to the band's new album, Guidance, which i... more info

Metal Injection — Recorded with Kurt Ballou, because Ballou is a magical studio wizard. The post RUSSIAN CIRCLES Announces Guidance And North American Tour Dates appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Metalsucks — Guidance drops in August. The post Russian Circles Announce New Album and North American Tour appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Chicago post-metal greats Russian Circles have announced a a new album called Guidance and a tour behind it. The album was recorded by Kurt Ballou, and hits on August 5 via Sargent house. They've shared a trailer for Guidance, featuring a snippe... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Russian Circles at Bowery Ballroom in 2014 (more by Di Lynn Ring) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Russian Circles, Cloakroom, Wildhoney @ Saint Vitus Post-metal greats... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Russian Circles at Bowery Ballroom in 2014 (more by Di Lynn Ring) Chicago post-metal band Russian Circles are playing a short run of three east coast dates with quality support from Cloakroom and Wildhoney. One show is in Boston... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Chelsea Wolfe in Chicago in 2014 (more by James Richards IV) Chelsea Wolfe will follow 2013's Pain Is Beauty this summer with Abyss on Sargent House. The album has Chelsea joined by frequent collaborators Ben Chisholm,... more info

Stereogum — Red Sparowes were an excellent instrumental post-rock band in the vein of Russian Circles or Pelican, but they had one unusual structural flaw: Their guitarist Emma Ruth Rundle was also a fucking great singer. Who knew? I mean, I guess the members of... more info