Records of the Week

Perfecting the mathy post-metal sound they pummeled out on their last Record of the Week, Enter, this Chicago trio have cemented their place in the epic instrumental canon with their latest offering. Whether it’s the icey cold darkness of their heavier-than-thou guitar workouts or the heavenly delay pedal exercises that break up the earsplitting moments, Russian Circles know how to please fans of both sides of the post-rock equation without giving into the quiet-loud-quiet cliche. Fans of the beautiful and the destructive should subscribe to the nowlikephotographs podcast for another track. Yep.