Russian Circles Memorial

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• “Memorial”, the fifth album from Russian Circles, balances metal-influenced sounds with nuanced orchestral elements. In the two years following the release of “Empros”, the Chicago trio toured almost incessantly around the world, encountering many heavier bands whose music seemed unnecessarily complicated. ‘So we set out to record an uncomplicated, straightforward, intense, heavy record,’ says Cook. “Unconsciously we were aiming for darker and grittier sounds. We wanted to get away from the overt intrusiveness.”

  In their search for the optimized sound, the trio focused on each individual song with its own emotional and musical qualities. And so ‘Memorial’ almost feels like climbing the steps of grief and descending them again. The concept is supported by the album’s clever structure, as it ends in the same place it begins, a