JamBase — This week's installment of Release Day Picks looks at new albums by Gov't Mule, Dinosaur Jr., Nels Cline, O.A.R. and Russian Circles. more info

DrownedInSound — A record that opens up like an old wound more info

Consequence of Sound — The heaviest music yet from the Chicago post-rock trio. more info

Metal Injection — Instru-metal at its finest. The post Let RUSSIAN CIRCLES Guide You To Bliss With A Stream Of Guidance appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Chicago post-metal greats Russian Circles are streaming their crushing new album Guidance ahead of its imminent release... Continue reading… more info

Metalsucks — Awesome! The post A Word of Guidance: Stream the New Russian Circles Album Right Now! appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Stereogum — Later this week, Russian Circles, Chicago masters of slow-blooming instrumental post-metal, will release their sixth album Guidance. Over the years, the band has shown a rare mastery of the balance between beauty and heaviness, and their new album fi... more info

Consequence of Sound — Post-rock group readies new album Guidance. more info

Metalsucks — We can only guess what the instrumental song might be about, but it doesn't necessarily seem pretty. The post Russian Circles Take a Trip to “Afrika” appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

Stereogum — Next month, expansionist post-rock trio Russian Circles will put out their sixth album, Guidance. We’ve already heard two out of the seven tracks on the record — “Mota” and “Vorel,” and today the band has shared a third: “Afrika” star... more info