Russian Circles Debut New Song From Upcoming Album
Cinematic instru-metal Chicago trio Russian Circles will release a new record, Empros, Oct. 25. The group released a first track, "Mladek," through Rolling Stone on Wednesday .
The press release from Sargent House, the label releasing Empros, evokes heavy-hitting titans like Godflesh, Swans, Celtic Frost and Neurosis as influences for the record. Meaning: Empros is going to be heavy as balls.
But "Mladek" itself doesn't reach that level of heaviness until the closing 30 seconds of its 7-minutes timeframe. Up until then, "Mladek" is a solid showcase of Russian Circles's talent for coaxing a wide variety of textures, dynamics and sounds through a three-piece set-up, all with an appealing sense of melodicism (or is it "Mladek-cism"?). Consider our appetites for Empros whetted.
