Chicago post-metal trio Russian Circles return with not only their fourth and heaviest album to date - but also, with Empros they're posed to take the crown as innovators reinvigorating the staid trappings of genre.  Empros pick up where the enthemic riffs and melodies of 2009's Geneva left off and injects evermore slithering rhythms amid skull-crushing heft with all the visceral intensity of Godflesh, Swans and Neurosis.  Put simply, Empros is Russian Circles' Master of Reality: a radical vision of both heavy and melody that is monolithic in its' clarity and perfection. TOURING AUSTRALIA SEPT/OCT 2012!