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10/15/2025 9:00:09 AM EDT
Russian Circles. Stumbled upon them. I'm Gen X, son is 20 and we jammed to their discography all weekend doing car repairs. Basically our new favorite band for father/son listening. Instrumental band, no stupid screechy or cookie monster vocals from someone that sounds like a 14 year old to suffer through, just good music. Also, they aren't Russian, its a hockey training term.

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0AZ3VR0YbFcS0Kgei7L2QF?si=iwZ1EGAPS1u8efwFzwCOOA

Russian Circles - Vorel (Official Audio)


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10/15/2025 9:38:55 AM EDT
[Last Edit: ArGyLe64][Edited] [#1]
Love them! I've been listening to them for a few years. I ran across them while listening to I Built the Sky, Sithu Aye, Plini, Widek, StarSystems, Echopraxia, etc.
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10/15/2025 10:26:33 AM EDT
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Reminds me a little of Gojira without the vocals.
byte-me
10/16/2025 9:29:09 AM EDT
[Last Edit: DADGAD][Edited] [#3]
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Originally Posted By thejokker:
Reminds me a little of Gojira without the vocals.
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They kind of need vocals. I like their sound, but it ends up sounding like a backing track, rather than a song. Thankfully there were no Cookie Monsters, but it gets pretty repetitive without vocals or some melodic lines to carry it. Some bands overdo the shred/lead guitar, but for an instrumental only band, I would say they swung too far in the other direction.
10/16/2025 9:32:55 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By thejokker:
Reminds me a little of Gojira without the vocals.
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Reminds me of ISIS without vocals
10/16/2025 11:20:50 PM EDT
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I dig Russian Circles. Try some Pelican.
10/16/2025 11:54:23 PM EDT
[#6]
Consider some dub trio

12/21/2025 9:48:37 PM EDT
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Saw them with Mastodon a while back. I’ve never seen someone adjust their pedals so much live. And they had LOTS of pedals!
12/22/2025 2:42:18 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By ffemt596:
Saw them with Mastodon a while back. I’ve never seen someone adjust their pedals so much live. And they had LOTS of pedals!
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They do so much looping from what I can too. He really needs to embrace digital/MIDI.
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