Features
Monday, December 26 2011
The Best Metal of 2011
PopMatters’ staff of metal experts present their top picks from a year that offered a standout work of Christian “progressive death metalcore”, a philosophical treatise on “Transcendent Black Metal”, and one amazing debut.
Reviews
Wednesday, May 16 2012
Russian Circles + Deafheaven + Enemies: 28 April 2012 - Dublin
The dynamos of instrumental disorder – Russian Circles, debut in Dublin. Possessing the power to run rings around their instrumental contemporaries, tonight Russian Circles push their foreboding sound onward with impressive style.
Wednesday, November 2 2011
Russian Circles: Empros
Empros both defines and expounds upon an already successful musical journey. With this record, Russian Circles have reached their artistic peak masterfully.
Wednesday, January 13 2010
Russian Circles: Geneva
Russian Circles, with their instruments well-used and dynamic, leaders in their own right, guide the listener through the varying courses of each song with nary a misstep.
Thursday, May 15 2008
Russian Circles: Station
On their sophomore release, this Chicago duo inches closer to post-rock without completely abandoning its metal trappings.
Monday, September 18 2006
Russian Circles: Enter
A massively heavy instrumental album that packs more sonic oomph into one song than most bands can muster in a career
Blogs
Wednesday, September 2 2009
Russian Circles - Geneva (new album / MP3)
Russian Circles Geneva (Suicide Squeeze) Releasing: 20 October (US) SONG LIST 01 Fathom 02 Geneva 03 Melee 04 Hexed All 05 Malko 06 When the…
