Russian Circles announce album details

Chicago trio Russian Circles, who will be heading out to Australia soon, have announced details of their upcoming fourth record 'Empros.'

Empros picks up where the anthemic riffs and melodies of 2009's 'Geneva 'left off and injects evermore slithering rhythms amid skull-crushing heft with all the visceral intensity of Godflesh, Swans and Neurosis.

Taking to Chicago's Phantom Manor studio once again with producer Brandon Curtis of The Secret Machines and Interpol — who also helmed the band's previous album 'Geneva' — Russian Circles set out to experiment with their sound in new ways that would still reflect their live sound. In so doing, the band reached a new creative apex in which each of the musicians, guitarist Mike Sullivan, drummer Dave Turncrantz and bassist Brian Cook impart a streamlined and intensified attack to their songs that pummels even as it shifts throughout a range of moods and tempos.

Empros is Russian Circles' first full-length to be released worldwide exclusively via Sargent House, the band's longtime management company and record label that had previously released only the vinyl editions of its three prior albums. It will be available everywhere on LP, CD and Digital Download on October 25th, 2011.

Empros track listing:

01. 309

02. Mladek

03. Schipol

04. Atackla

05. Batu

06. Praise Be Man