Friday, November 18th, 2011
Chicago's premiere three piece instrumental heavy rock band, Russian Circles treated Philly fans to an intimate performance with their intricate musical movements infusing an endless labyrinth of guitar-effect-soundscapes to captivate open minds. These ambient segments segue and sit on top of dense and driving drum foundations executed with sustaining emotion and precision that peaks into explosions of heavy riffing and metal-infused bursts. The freezing November rain did not put a damper on an evening punctuated by three poignant live sets at Philly's First Unitarian Church, rounded out by San Fransisco's Deafheaven and Philadelphia's Rosetta.
Russian Circles are currently touring in support of their fourth studio album, Empros, which was released on Oct 25th via the ...