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The first half flows easily from one track to another giving the listener the feeling of a single suite-like composition."Asa" starts off quite melodically with a lovely melody strummed by the electric guitar. After that is established, thesong floats along and builds naturally with another guitar buried deeply behind everything chiming out a counter-melody. This is interrupted eventually with a very uneasy feeling as layers build rhythmlessly, then the drums roll in asthe other instruments build and boil over, taking us into the 2nd track "Vorel". The guitars are tortured as the bass anddrums pound out a solid foundation. This crescendo builds naturally as the track reminds the listener of how the bandused to just let the music flow on its own instead of trying to force it. By the end, the music is uneasy and heavy. Thisis what the band was the best at from the beginning, but they did seem to lose their way somewhere in the middle oftheir discography, this track will give you the hope that the heart of the band has returned. The music flows right alongeasily into "Mota", which has a nice plucked sound that accents the moderate beat as a 2nd guitar plays sustainedchords like a melody. Almost halfway through this track, the beat tightens up and then slows to a more sludgy soundas the guitar becomes much heavier. All the while, an excellent sense of melody keeps the music grounded as theguitars and bass play with and against each other. After some churning, the music turns into a wall of sound asdissonance and chaos comes in which levels out a bit when the drums pick out a more steady rhythm, but then carriesthe track to a explosive ending that continues to resonate until it flows into the next track, "Afrika". Drums start to rollstirring up this track, and the guitar chimes out a hymn-like melody as layers build upon each other, yet the melodycontinues to drive it all forward. Towards the middle of the track, as things quiet down allowing the drums to carry thetrack forward for a while as the guitars and bass reorganize to start a 2nd theme, this time a bit darker. The bandtakes advantage of this to build again creating a heavy ending with a reprise of the original melody bringing it to itsfinal climax and then cooling off to the end.At this point in the album, there is a real break of silence that separate the remainder of the tracks. "Overboard" buildsslowly out of that silence with sustained guitar chords droning along. Soon, a slow and soft melody comes in over thedrones. Melody takes over again as the melody becomes more apparent and the guitar chimes it out in an arpeggiopattern. This one builds slowly, but remains a bit understated compared to the other tracks, yet it still carries a heavyunease about it as it builds and then slowly releases again. It's a lovely, more pensive sounding track. At the end, theechoing guitar flows into "Calla" which immediately begins with a tenseness which explodes with the addition of thebass and drums. Heavy drums, bass and guitar make this a sludgy affair based more off of chords than melody. Thisheaviness and thickness lasts through the duration of this track. However, "Lisboa" is even slower acting more like adirge though it is much quieter and returns to the reliance on melody again. The drums come and go at times leavingthe guitar by itself until the 2 minute mark when everything gets loud while maintaining the dirge-like feel as it slowlyplods along. This actually paints an effective picture of darkness. Things soften and get more pensive at the 4:30mark, but the drums quickly bring the heaviness back again as if they haven't quite proven their point yet. It all endsoff in an anthem-style state when the guitars are allowed to finally fade off into nothing.This is really a beautiful album when you let yourself get lost in it. To an outsider that might pass by while you arelistening, it may seem heavy and loud, but to listen to it in it's entirety, you feel the power of passion and emotion inthe music and it becomes like a collection of classical music done with heavy metal instruments. It is all instrumental,and if you know Russian Circles, then you would already know that. But, lyrics aren't needed to paint the pictures inthis music. The amazing thing that separates this band is in the natural way the music flows, sounding not so muchlike it's structured into a perfect plastic shape, but like it develops smoothly, almost without seams, taking shape theway it is meant to, allowing the instruments to have their say whether it's in a strong and silent way or if it's in a loudand forceful manner, they have the control of the emotion and it all feels real. social review comments   Review Permalink

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'Asa', first of all, is a fine ambient opener, fit for purpose, bringing back some of the dialled down moments of Station and Empros. Of course, in Russian circles' books it is still all about the metal, so when the table is set with 'Asa', the epic 'Vorel' already swoops in to kick it right over, which results in probably the best and most coherent piece of the album. The post-metal rollercoaster rolls right on with two blinders again, as 'Mota' and 'Afrika' show with full pride what the band is the best at: mixing loud and quite in such a way that your heart will pound like it never did since Empros. There are some beautiful, slow build-ups here peaking in brutal riffage and then falling back to earth again with some soothing tunes. Time for some chill at this point, as the again Empros-like tunes of 'Overboard' slowly give way to some more melancholy, just so that it can again be taken over by one of the most brutal pieces the band has ever done: 'Calla'. Although there are some strong riffs here also, the album at this point starts to pull back a bit, with the tendency then continuing on to the closing track 'Lisbon', which somehow cannot decide whether to be loud or quite, and eventually falls on the ground between two stools. And this is probably the only bad thing I can say about the album, plus the fact maybe that the full album length is not too impressive either (clocking in at just over 40 minutes). Putting all this aside, this album is a solid effort. Why did I then use the word "almost" when introducing it? Well, partly because of how high the bar has been set with Empros, any maybe also because this Chicago-based trio has chosen a genre (instrumental post metal that is) that might wear out after a while unless they throw in some innovation between each album. And although they did so on Guidance, the striking similarity to Empros and Station might still invite some questions about whether it sounds recycled or not or whether this music wears out with a few listens or will keep hanging on to your playlist. Still, the end result is as wicked as Station, more mature than Memorial and playful like Empros but in the dramatic-acid-trips-way again, which is a good mixture. Overall not as strong as their previous album but is solid enough to mark another strong entry in their discography. social review comments   Review Permalink

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 Includes unlimited streaming of Shoot In The Dark+ via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. $(".buyItem .bd").last().bcTruncate(TruncateProfile.get("buyItem"), "more", "less"); Sold Out  WAX MAGE re-issue limited to 25! Record/Vinyl + Digital Album     Holy crap, these Wax Mage copies turned out innnnnnsane. There are 25 of these on planet earth. Please treasure them. Especially please don't sell your copy on Discogs. If you do, at least donate the money to charity. Strict limit of ONE per customer. Order as many copies as you want of the random color, though. I'll make sure you get a bunch of different colors. No you can't pick one of the Wax Mage copies. It'll be random. They all look like variants of the picture though. These will ship in late June probably. 



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