#russian-circles — Public Fediverse posts

Mentally preparing for #dunkfestival this long weekend. The last few editions were inside @viernulviergent's building, but this year they are going back to the forest of #zottegem. I have fond memories of the epic post-rock concerts on the forest stage 😍

This year's highlights will definitely be #RussianCircles and the TWO sets of #welostthesea, including one session playing the whole Departure Songs album. As always I am looking forward to discovering new gems as well 💎

#RussianCircles with #Pelican on Europe #Tour 2026 I've already seen #RussianCircles; they were great live. #music #metal

#FJØRT - ær // mir?! Affection does not necessarily mean conviction, but this performance is a blast! Does anyone else recall #Fleischmann? Somewhere between the gems #BirdsinRow and #RussianCircles, there is still a spot available... #music #metal #hardcore #punk youtu.be/Ki9S6npZeV4

FJØRT - ær // mir (Official li...

Saturday #GNOSIS #RussianCircles ! The madness continues, and I'd love to see them live again! #music #metal #alternative www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUf9...

Russian Circles - "Gnosis" (Of...

#BostonWeekend 12x Fri MUSIC #RussianCircles with #BlackwaterHolyLight at Royale in Boston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUf9_1jsCyY https://royaleboston.com/event/russian-circles/ #PostMetal #BostonMusic #BostonMetal

Ba’al – The Fine Line between Heaven and Here Review

By Angry Metal Guy

By: Nameless_n00b_605

Post-anything is a tough genre to pin down. Does the music eschew genre trappings, rightfully identifying as post in the way it challenges previous norms? Or does it draw from the well that identifies as post, infusing itself with spacey tremolo riffs, heavy atmosphere, and lengthy, non-traditional tracks? If the Sheffield UK post-metallers Ba’al have anything to say, it is the latter. Ba’al showcases some real talent and variety with epic song structures and quality attempts at sampling numerous genres throughout this LP. But, with The Fine Line between Heaven and Here, I ask myself after each track, if variety is the spice of life, why does this album end up sounding so predictable?

Ba’al as a unit is impressive. Nick Gosling’s guitar work is superb, deftly switching genres on the fly, and there is skill to Ba’al’s ability to be a chameleon. Joe Stamp’s vocals are equally agile, as he seamlessly transitions from throat-searing black metal screeches to raspy death metal howls, all while infusing the more emotive elements of the album with heart. Each of these is served well by The Fine Line between Heaven and Here’s production, allowing the post-rock interludes to breathe while the massive riffs hit hard. My only real qualm is that the lovely bass that is present on their previous LP Ellipsism, is hiding away beside standout moments such as on “The Ocean That Fills a Wound.” While all the individual elements are strong and make for a cohesive track filled with variety, the band continuously returns to that same well across the album. Tracks begin to blend into one, amorphous serving of genre-blended pea soup. The first track feels the same as the last from an emotional perspective, leaving the album feeling one-note despite the variety on display.

Ba’al consistently combines black metal, post-rock, and death metal infused with hardcore (think Fuming Mouth, Gatecreeper, and Creeping Death, etc.), and even some indie rock musings across their second LP. The previously mentioned opening track, “Mother’s Concrete Womb,” encapsulates what Ba’al is doing and sets expectations for the rest of the album. Emotional piano and post-rock musings lead into more typical black metal sections that bring to mind blackgaze stalwarts Deafheaven. Ba’al surprises and delights with the sudden introduction of the aforementioned hardcore death elements. These moments are a highlight, and massive, chunky riffs make frequent appearances across the album.

The track “Well of Sorrows” is a perfect microcosm of how The Fine Line between Heaven and Here misses the mark. Eleven minutes long and sandwiched with interstitial post-rock that feels part Russian Circles and part God Is an Astronaut. No particular element hits as hard as its genre inspirations. The black metal sections are competent, the death metal riffs are groovy but lack memorable hooks, and to tie a neat bow on all of this, Ba’al consistently resorts to emotional clean singing and borderline spoken-word segments that made me think more of The National’s Alligator and Boxer era. The clean moments are effective in tracks like “Mother’s Concrete Womb,” “Wax Gorgon,” and “The Ocean That Fills a Wound,” but they can be grating and… very British (Joe Stamp’s accent comes through heavily here), for lack of a better word. This part of the album will be divisive, I imagine, and your mileage may vary.1

Ba’al is not without talent or promise; The Fine Line between Heaven and Here is a hair’s breadth away from greatness, a fact that only highlights where it falters. The Tracks “Legasov,” and “Waxwork Gorgon” are examples of tighter song structures that get right into the good stuff with memorable opening riffs and a lot of the fat trimmed from the post-rock and black metal elements. The album could cut at least fifteen minutes to give it more impact. Even the cleans should stay, but I would love to see them lean more into melody and less into spoken word or downright wailing like on “Well of Sorrows.” The intro of “The Ocean That Fills a Wound” starts in the right place with lulling, rhythmic vocals leading into a brutal explosion of blasting black metal.

The variety and talent end up being a double-edged sword for Ba’al, as what starts as impressive quickly grows predictable. If you like what Ba’al is serving up, you will have a nearly 63-minute slab of post-black metal to nourish you, but if the initial track isn’t for you, don’t expect the rest of the album to change your mind. Despite my negativity, it is from a place of love. Ba’al is an undoubtedly talented band on the cusp of true greatness. If they can edit their songs a little and lean into their best qualities, the next album may be a genre great.2

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Road to Masochist
Websites: baalbanduk.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/baalbanduk | instagram.com/baalbanduk
Releases Worldwide: July 18th, 2025

#2025 #30 #BaAl #BlackMetal #BritishMetal #CreepingDeath #Deafheaven #FumingMouth #Gatecreeper #GodIsAnAstronaut #Hardcore #Jul25 #Metalcore #PostMetal #Review #Reviews #RoadToMasochist #RussianCircles #TheFineLineBetweenHeavenAndHere #TheNational

If there's just one #PostRock album you're willing to listen this year, make it this one:

#WeLostTheSea: A Single Flower

https://album.link/xbq3w8pt33xnz

FFO #BearTheMammoth #GodspeedYouBlackEmperor #RussianCircles

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At the time of this toot, the album in its entirety is available only on Bandcamp. If album.link does not pick up the usual suspects automatically, I'll insert an updated link later.

Beneath a Steel Sky – Cleave Review

By sentynel

Including “for fans of” is pretty common when marketing a band. But is it actually a good idea? Promo text that reads “for fans of [the biggest bands in this genre]” is the worst offender—why wouldn’t I just listen to those bands? I’d rather hear what makes this band stand out. But listing more interesting little-known bands only helps if the audience have heard of them. Anyway, this is post-metal band Beneath a Steel Sky, and they’re for fans of Isis, Cult of Luna, Cave In, Russian Circles, Mogwai… and the rather more obscure Aereogramme.

Beneath a Steel Sky play a less genre-faithful take on post-metal than I had therefore been given to expect. Cleave is spacier and dreamier than the comparisons to Isis and Cult of Luna might suggest, to the extent that in places it reminds me of stoner/psychedelic bands like Dead Meadow (“Vanguard”). There’s lots of reverb-soaked clean vocals, synth washes and floaty guitars (“The Sky Above the Port Was the Colour of Television, Tuned to a Dead Channel,” “Quetzalcoatlus,” …). The Mogwai comparison hints at this, but unlike Mogwai, they are not boring. Like Aereogramme and Mogwai, they are Scottish, and there’s a definite spacey/stonery Scottish post-* scene they fit into. Likewise, in places, in song construction and style, they also remind me of fellow Scots Dvne—for example, the mixed down clean vocals in “The Sky…”, or the clean/harsh vocal duets in a few places (e.g. “Vanguard”). This twist on the post-metal formula works well for them.

There’s some great songwriting on Cleave. There are some really pretty melodies woven into the dreamy atmospheric sections (“Vanguard,” “Quetzalcoatlus”). They make good use of their six (!) musicians with some complex multi-part sections (“Cyclical Dunt”). “The Infinite Silence That Follows the Absolute Truth” does a very Mike Oldfield-like job of layering onto a simple repeated motif for most of the song’s build. Of course, this is post-metal, so the big metal crescendo after all the build-up is a staple. While they never really stray from the genre template, they do it well. The big riff and soaring melody line on “Quetzalcoatlus” is a highlight, and closing track “The Becoming” is absolutely gorgeous.

One quirk of the production is that whoever did the mixing is a really big fan of the pan slider. Nearly every song has sections with instruments panned nearly all the way to one side or the other. I don’t hate the effect in general, but it’s a bit overused, and the couple of songs that start with fully panned guitars (“Everyone You’ve Ever Known,” “The Infinite Silence…,” “The Becoming”) keep making me think my headphones have broken. There’s also a fade-out ending on “Vanguard” which comes across as a bit of a cop-out. Gimmicks aside, the production does a good job of balancing a lot of parts and maintaining the dreamy feel, although as usual, it didn’t need to be a DR6.

There’s not a huge amount of new ground being broken Beneath [this] Steel Sky, but they successfully bring their own identity to a crowded genre nonetheless. The spacy, somewhat psychedelic take on post-metal both differentiates them and makes Cleave a surprisingly warm listen despite the usual bleakness of post-metal. The songwriting is consistently strong, and with a tidy 40-minute runtime and a great ending, it’s a very satisfying listen.

Rating: Very Good
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Ripcord Records
Websites: beneathasteelsky1.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/beneathasteelskyband
Releases Worldwide: January 24th, 2025

#2025 #35 #Aereogramme #BeneathASteelSky #BritishMetal #CaveIn #Cleave #CultOfLuna #DeadMeadow #Dvne #Isis #Jan25 #MikeOldfield #Mogwai #PostRock #PostMetal #Review #Reviews #RipcordRecords #RussianCircles

Any #Isis fans out there? Listening to #TheHealer by #Sumac right now. This is how #metal should be - goosebumps and heavy as fuck! Awesome, I would love to see them live!!! Reminds me a little of rough #RussianCircles! #music #postmetal #sludge #experimental sumac.bandcamp.com/album/the-he...

The Healer, by SUMAC

Anyone else thinking it's a #RussianCircles kinda evening?

#Metal #Music

Third #video in my #series of #top5 #songs that belong on your #playlist. Older video as trying to get moved over to #vimeo . This weeks list theme is #postrock w/ music from #mogwai #godisanastronaut #monkey3 #russiancircles and #explosionsinthesky

please feel free to #boost

https://vimeo.com/1031593764

#applemusic #spotify #zune

What a beauty ... #RussianCircles in #Copenhagen #Vega 24 October 2024

(tagging a few who might help me extend my #metal #music #fedi horizon):

@buffyleigh @derthomas
@metal
#postrock #postmetal #gnosis
... oh i forgot just ... #music

set:
309 Empros
harper Station
conduit gnosis
quartered Blood Year
mota Guidance
geneva Geneva
betrayal gnosis
gnosis gnosis
youngblood Station
mladek Empros

as youtube list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcmJsO5mdFY&list=PLJihr7Yp5EyVRDMe0VywtMX2izIbSFIer

καλημερίζω με ταξιδιάρικο instrumental post-rock από Russian Circles
#music #ERisNowPlaying #RussianCircles #postRock #instrumental #μουσική #βαράτε_βιολιτζήδες
https://russiancircles.bandcamp.com/track/gnosis

Thinking of going to see Russian Circles in Chicago Sept 7. It’s at a venue called The Metro. Anyone been there before ?
Is it a good venue ?

#RussianCircles, #Chicago

Russian Circles - Geneva - 2009
#Music #AlbumSuggestions #NowPlaying #NowListening
#RussianCircles #Geneva

Russian Circles - Gnosis - 2022
#Music #AlbumSuggestions #NowPlaying #NowListening
#RussianCircles #Gnosis

Duh, I did not pay attention to what has been shared already by others, so here's my second submission, this time from the vaults, for this week's #MusicWomenWednesday by @loewe:

Brutus: What Have We Done

https://song.link/fgj7csczp87wf

FFO #HelmsAlee #HolyFawn #RussianCircles

Day 071 / 366 “RUSSIAN CIRCLES” 🎸 🇺🇸

#russiancircles #band #live #music #gig #concert #photography #tour #stage #vscodaily #Fotovorschlag #silhouette

Day 038 / 366 "RUSSIAN CIRCLES" 🎸 🇺🇸

#VSCOdaily #russiancircles #band #sargenthouse #live #music #concert #photography #photoblog

I am so excited about going to see Russian Circles tonight. #gig #RussianCircles

The absolutely fucking majestic Russian Circles 🤘
#RussianCircles

@njamster I saw them live a while back, and it was SO MUCH more metal than I was expecting. I listen to them in quiet spaces so often that it almost never registered that they are actually quite heavy.

Once I scraped my brain off the walls, it confirmed that Russian Circles did indeed put on a good show. #Tucson #RialtoTucson #postrock #RussianCircles

#MusicMonday! What have YOU been listening to? :)

Every few months I fall in love all over again with #RussianCircles – and this week was no exception! I hadn't listened too much to their latest LP "Gnosis" so far, so I set out to change this now. Favorite track:

🎵 https://russiancircles.bandcamp.com/track/conduit

It's so fucking ferocious, right from the start, and yet so perfectly paced that I'll never grow tired of it, even when listening on repeat.

#Music #MondayMood #Instrumental #PostRock #PostMetal

Oh. Seit dem Konzert von #RussianCircles sind die hartnäckigen (haha) Nackenschmerzen weg.

Ich werde mal versuchen das #Ticket bei der #Krankenkasse einzureichen.

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#guitarworld
The heaviest guitar sound of 2023? This studio-shaking Russian Circles live session is a must-watch for distortion fans
Mike Sullivan’s punishing tones and wall of Hiwatt amps literally shook the Audiotree studio in this rare up-close look at the post-metal masters in action

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/russian-circles-audiotree-session-tone

#RussianCircles #Audiotree #GuitarWorld #Tone #Session #Jam #LivePerformance #Metal