Underground legends RUSSIAN CIRCLES have announced an array of local support acts for their return to AustraliaN & New Zealand shores in 2024.
The instrumental trio will bring their brooding and intense live show to Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne during February 2024 with doom-jazz quartet TANGLED THOUGHTS OF LEAVING joining for all Australian shows.
RUSSIAN CIRCLES themselves are known for their combination of epic walls of sound with technical dexterity and driving rhythms. Their intense compositions have earned them a loyal cult following that has seen them tour extensively worldwide since forming in the windy city of Chicago in 2004.
Across the span of their previous seven studio albums, the Chicago-based post-metal group have traversed a diverse topography of sounds, moods, and approaches with their limited armory of drums, bass, and guitar. It’s difficult to chart an evolution in their sound when their records have always felt like well-curated playlists. It wasn’t uncommon to hear drone-heavy meditations, dazzling prog exercises, knuckle-dragging riff-fests, haunting folk ballads, and tension-baiting noise rock all within the span of one album. Still, it’s difficult to ignore the progression from the pensive and intricate melodies of Enter (2006) to the layered distorted dirges of Blood Year (2019). It’s been a gradual sonic shift owing to the band’s rigorous tour schedule and a predilection towards playing their more authoritative material on stage. But with their latest album, GNOSIS, the band eschew the varied terrain of their past work and bulldoze a path through the most tumultuous and harrowing territory of their sound.
Watch the official video of GNOSIS here:
RUSSIAN CIRCLES GNOSIS Tracklist:
1. Tupilak
2. Conduit
3. Gnosis
4. Vlastimil
5. Ó Braonáin
6. Betrayal
7. Bloom
RUSSIAN CIRCLES AUSTRALIA TOUR 2024
February 4 – Metro Theatre, Sydney
February 5 – The Gov, Adelaide
February 6 – Rosemount Hotel, Perth
February 8 – The Triffid, Brisbane
February 9 – Max Watts, Melbourne
February 10 – Max Watts, Melbourne
