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Russian Circles Announce UK Headlining Shows With Wiegedood

Instrumental post-metal outfit Russian Circles will be playing some headlining UK shows with Wiegedood amid their European festival run this August.

With Wiegedood :

08/14 London, UK – Heaven 08/15 Newcastle, UK – University 08/16 Manchester, UK – Band On The Wall

Russian Circles :

08/03 Feldkirch, AUT – Poolbar Festival 08/05 Beelen, GER – Krack am Bach Festival 08/09 Jaromer, CZE – Brutal Assault 08/13 Kortrijk, BEL – Alctaraz Festival 08/17 Bristol, UK – Arctangent Festival 08/19 Carhaix-Plouguer, FRA – Motocultor Festival

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US instrumental post-metal trio Russian Circles announce new UK/EU summer shows for 2023!

Chicago instrumental post-rockers Russian Circles have announced new UK/EU summer shows for 2023. The trio added numerous new stops to their previously announced run.

Russian Circles Live: Jul 28 Karlsruhe, DE – P8 + Jul 29 Neuensee, DE – Rock Im Wald Festival Jul 31 Budapest, HU – Durer Kert + Aug 1 Velenje, SI – Metal Days Festival Aug 2 Milan, IT – Magnolia + Aug 3 Feldkirch, AT – Poolbar Festival Aug 5 Beelen, DE – Krach Am Bach Festival Aug 6 Tilburg, NL – 013 + Aug 7 Hamburg, DE – Knust + Aug 8 Dresden, DE – Beatpol + Aug 9 Jaromer, CZ – Brutal Assault Festival Aug 11 Le Locle, CH – Crock’ Alt Festival Aug 13 Kortrijk, BE – Alcatraz Festival Aug 14 London, UK – Heaven ^ Aug 15 Newcastle, UK – University ^ Aug 16 Manchester, UK – Band On The Wall ^ Aug 17 Bristol, UK – ArcTanGent ^ Aug 19 Carhaix, FR – Motocultor Festival

Support bands: + Crouch ^ Wiegedood

Tickets are available here: russiancircles.com/shows

Courtesy of Sargent House:

Across the span of their previous seven studio albums, Chicago-based instrumental trio Russian Circles 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«, Russian Circles eschew the varied terrain of their past work and bulldoze a path through the most tumultuous and harrowing territory of their sound.

As was the case for so many artists in the age of Covid, the obstacles of geography and isolation forced Russian Circles to reevaluate their writing process. Rather than crafting songs out of fragmented ideas in the practice room, full songs were written and recorded independently before being shared with other members, so that their initial vision was retained. While these demos spanned the full breadth of the band’s varied styles, the more cinematic compositions were ultimately excised in favor of the physically cathartic pieces.

»Gnosis« was engineered and mixed by Kurt Ballou. Drums and bass were tracked at Electrical Audio in Chicago to maximize the natural room sounds of the rhythm section. Guitar and synth overdubs were conducted at God City in Salem, MA to take advantage of Ballou’s vast inventory of amps and effects pedals. Despite the entirety of the album being written remotely, the songs were recorded with the full band playing together to retain the live feel of the material. Owing to the climate of the times and a new writing method, Russian Circles created their most fuming and focused work to date – an album that favors the exorcism of two years’ worth of tension over the melancholy and restraint that often colored their past endeavors.

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Russian Circles is a three piece instrumental band from Chicago. They flow seamlessly from beautiful soft ambience to truly defined melody to massively thick heaviness with a gradual progression that never leaves you lost.

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Russian Circles expand UK/European Summer tour plans

Earlier this month post-metal trio Russian Circles announced a handful of headlining dates with Wiegedood .

Today the band revealed an expanded list of dates that also see Crouch providing support on the dates in between Russian Circles festival appearances, leading up to the dates with Wiegdood.

07/28 Karlsruhe, DE P8 07/29 Neuensee, DE Rock im Wald Festival 07/31 Budapest, HU Durer Kert * 08/01 Velenje, SI Metal Days Festival 08/02 Milan, IT Mangolia * 08/03 Feldkirch, AT Poolbar Festival 08/05 Beelen, DE Krach am Bach Festival 08/06 Tilburg, NL 013 * 08/07 Hamburg, DE Knust * 08/08 Dresden, DE Beatpol * 08/09 Jaromer, CZ Brutal Assault Festival 08/11 Le Locle, CH Crock' Alt Festival 08/13 Kortrijk, BE Alcatraz Festival * with Crouch

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Russian Circles Announce New Album ‘Gnosis’, Share “Conduit” & World Tour Dates [Listen]

Russian Circles  on Thursday announced details of  Gnosis , the band’s first new album in three years. Along with the announcement, the instru-metal trio shared the lead single, “Conduit”, and a slate of world tour dates.  Gnosis  is out on August 18th via  Sargent House .

“Conduit” is a relentlessly heavy, riff-driven track that chugs through barrier after barrier. The song is the first preview of the new writing style  Mike Sullivan  (guitar), Dave Turncrantz (drums), and Brian Cook (bass) employed on their eighth album. Partially a response to COVID-induced social distancing, each member brought fully-formed compositions into the studio, rather than the old method of fleshing out rough concepts as a group. This approach allowed the writers’ initial vision to remain intact as the band sifted through the range of styles presented and plucked out the most “physically cathartic pieces.”

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Russian Circles will take  Gnosis  on the road in the fall with a headlining tour of the U.S. with  Rezn  as support for the second leg of dates beginning in October (the band has not announced an opener for the first leg in September). In March 2023, Russian Circles will travel to Europe for a co-headlining tour with Cult of Luna .

Check out Russian Circles’ new single “Conduit” from the band’s forthcoming album  Gnosis , now available for pre-order . Scroll down for a complete list of dates and visit the band’s website for tickets.

Russian Circles – “Conduit”

Gnosis Tracklist: Tupilak Conduit Gnosis Vlastimil Ó Braonáin Betrayal Bloom

Russian Circles — 2022/2023 Tour Dates Sep 15 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Sep 17 Denver, CO – Gothic Sep 18 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge Sep 20 Seattle, WA – Croc Showroom Sep 21 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall Sep 23 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall Sep 24 Felton, CA – Felton Music Hall Sep 25 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Sep 26 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom Sep 29 Austin, TX – Empire Garage Sep 30 Dallas, TX – Amplified Live Oct 01 Memphis, TN – Growlers Oct 27 St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall * Oct 28 Louisville, KY – Headliner’s * Oct 29 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West * Oct 30 Orlando, FL – The Social * Nov 01 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle * Nov 02 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle * Nov 04 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club * Nov 05 Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live * Nov 06 Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw * Nov 08 Boston, MA – The Sinclair * Nov 09 Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount * Nov 10 Toronto, ON – Opera * Nov 11 Detroit, MI – El Club * Nov 12 Chicago, IL – Metro *

* w/ Rezn supporting

CO-HEADLINING EUROPE TOUR WITH CULT OF LUNA March 17 Copenhagen, DK – Store Vega March 18 Berlin, DE – Huxleys March 19 Wiesbaden, DE – Schlachthof March 20 Utrecht, NL – Tivoli Ronda March 21 Brussels, BE – AB March 22 Paris, FR – Olympia March 23 Stuttgart, DE – Wizemann March 24 Lausanne, CH – Les Docks March 25 Ljubljana, SI – Kino Siska March 27 Vienna, AT – Arena March 28 Munich, DE – Muffathalle March 29 Prague, CZ – Roxy March 30 Krakow, PL – Studio March 31 Warsaw, PL – Progresja

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Tour: Russian Circles (UK)

• Steven Farkas posted 28th November 2016

Check out the full list of tour dates below.

UK Dates: 18th March – Brighton, UK @ The Haunt 19th March – Bristol, UK @ The Marble Factory 20th March – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla 22nd March – Dublin, IE @ Whelans 23rd March – Belfast, IE @ Empire Music Hall 24th March – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo 25th March – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute2 26th March – London, UK @ Heaven

Previously announced EU dates:

18th February – Tilburg, NL @ 013 19th February – Cologne, DE @ Gebäude 9 20th February – Hamburg, DE @ Knust 21st February – Arhus, DK @ Voxhall 22nd February – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega 24th February – Bielefeld, DE @ Forum 25th February – Karlsruhe, DE @ Jubez 26th February – Munich, DE @ Strom 28th February – Dornbirn, AT @ Spielboden 1st March – Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv 2nd March – Rome, IT @ Monk 3rd March – Livorno, IT @ The Cage 4th March – Milan, IT @ Santeria Social Club 5th March – Zurich, CH @ Rote fabrik 6th March – Geneva, CH @ Kalvingrad / Usine 8th March – Barcelona, ES @ Bikini 9th March – Madrid, ES @ 100% Psych @ Shoko 10th March – Lisbon, PT @ RCA Club 11th March – Porto, PT @ Hard Club 13th March – Biarritz, FR @ Atabal 14th March – Bordeaux, FR @ Krakatoa 15th March – Nantes, FR @ Stereolux 16th March – Paris, FR @ Trabendo 17th March – Brussels, BE @ Botanique

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Spain on Friday for a meeting with King Felipe in Madrid, according to a royal palace statement.

Ukraine's defence minister says it is "extremely difficult" for troops to hold ground in Ukraine as they remain outgunned by Russian forces.

Rustem Umerov made a renewed plea for more shells and military supplies as Russia intensifies its offensive in the country's northeast.

"We need more artillery shells as Russia is still many times ahead," he told the Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2024 in an online address.

"Under such conditions it's extremely difficult to hold the ground." 

Russia has put its submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile into service, the TASS state news agency reports.

Russia's state media quoted the missile's chief designer Yuri Solomonov as saying its adoption was announced in a decree on 7 May, the same day that Vladimir Putin began a new six-year term in the Kremlin.

The Bulava was developed under a programme that started in the 1990s, and is designed to be deployed on Russia's Borei-class submarines.

Last November, the defence ministry said one of those submarines had successfully test-launched the Bulava, firing it from an underwater position in the White Sea off northern Russia.

TASS said Russia's Northern and Pacific fleets now include seven Borei submarines and each carries 16 Bulavas.

For context : Vladimir Putin has warned the West since the start of the war in Ukraine that direct intervention by NATO troops there could trigger a nuclear conflict. 

In March he said he did not believe the US was "rushing" towards this, but that Russia's nuclear forces were technically ready.

The world taking its "eye off the ball" led to the position we see in Kharkiv today, defence secretary Grant Shapps has said. 

Speaking at the Sea Power Conference today, the minister reiterated the UK's complete support for Ukraine, saying Russia winning would be "unimaginable and unacceptable".

He said: "I've heard repeatedly, including said to me by [Ukraine's] President Zelenskyy, which is that without Britain, they wonder whether they would still have been in this war at all."

He listed the UK's commitments to Ukraine, and criticised the world for having taken its "eye off the ball" recently.

"The amount of time it's taken to get the rest of the funding through has directly led to the position we see in Kharkiv today," he said.

He added that he did not think the situation was "fatal", however, and said it was "an important lesson to the world not to lose attention about Ukraine".

Ukraine must develop the "strongest possible democracy", Antony Blinken has told officials during a working lunch in a pizzeria in Kyiv.

The US secretary of state said it was "imperative" that fighting corruption in the country continues along with fighting Russian aggression. 

He also said it was important Ukraine developed "the strongest possible democracy" that reflects its citizens and attracts investment.

Mr Blinken's surprise visit follows the approval of a long-delayed foreign assistance package for Ukraine by Congress.

The package sets aside $61bn (£48.1bn) in aid for Ukraine, much of which will go toward replenishing badly depleted artillery and air defence systems.

Russian troops have captured the town of Buhruvatka in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, the defence ministry reports, according to Reuters.

The claim comes hours after Russia's TASS  news agency reported the western and northern parts of Vovchansk in Ukraine's Kharkhiv region had fallen (see post at 9.21am).

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Russia's supreme court has rejected an appeal by Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza against his 25-year jail sentence, according to Reuters. 

The prominent Russian opposition figure, who has both Russian and British passports, was arrested near his Moscow home in April 2022 and convicted of treason by a court in April 2023.

He has repeatedly condemned Russia's war in Ukraine, criticised Vladimir Putin, and lobbied for Western sanctions against Moscow.

In his appeal, Mr Kara-Murza had argued that he had committed no crime and was convicted solely for exercising his right to free speech by expressing public opposition to Mr Putin and the war.

"This whole case is based on the denial of the very concepts of law, justice, and legality," he said in a written submission to the court.

"But it is also based on a crude, cynical forgery - an attempt to equate criticism of the authorities with harm to the country; to present opposition activity as 'treason'. But there is nothing new in this, either; it is what every dictatorship does."

Evacuations are under way in the town of Vovchansk, in the northeast Kharkiv region.

Local officials fear that Vovchansk's fate may mirror that of Bakhmut and Avdiivka, Ukrainian cities where fierce fighting forced Ukrainian withdrawals.

The Kremlin's forces are aiming to exploit Ukrainian weaknesses before a big batch of new military aid for Kyiv from the US and European partners arrives on the battlefield, according to analysts.

Six children have been rescued from the Russian-occupied Kherson region, the area's governor Oleksandr Prokudin has said. 

Mr Prokudin said on Telegram the children - one girl and five boys - were "rescued from the camps of the Russian occupiers".

The Save Ukraine organisation worked on the rescue mission, he said.

"It was an extremely difficult rescue mission with delays at roadblocks and intimidation," the governor said.

"Fortunately, all the children are safe now. Doctors and psychologists work with them."

The children were aged between five and 12.

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