Album Review : Russian Circles - Gnosis (2022) - Dead End Follies
: The title track serves as the album's centerpiece and produced the band’s first-ever official music video. It follows a slow-build "krautrock" methodology—utilizing drones and hypnotic drum patterns—before exploding into a wall of sound.
: These opening tracks set a high-intensity tone, featuring blast-beats and a "colossal" guitar sound that moves the band closer to post-metal and blackgaze.
: Despite writing separately, the trio recorded the album together at Electrical Audio in Chicago and GodCity Studio in Salem to maintain their signature live feel. The Sound of Gnosis
The album’s structure emphasizes a "two halves" narrative, moving from unrelenting heaviness to more nuanced, Dream-like passages.