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10.0
89070
10.0 |
The Guardian
They have ditched the mathy time-signature changes of old and instead created towering vortices of foreboding noise
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9.0
89068
9.0 |
Exclaim
Compared to Memorial, the band's previous release, Guidance plays it straight and heavy, granting the listener fewer moments of mercy from the onslaught of Russian Circles' music
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9.0
89063
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Guidance is a masterpiece in the art of emotional communication through musicianship, an album which ultimately, despite its darkness, serves to inspire and uplift – a true reflection of the human experience
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9.0
89292
9.0 |
The 405
Guidance is not only Russian Circles' best album yet, but a standard-bearer for heavy, guitar-based instrumental music
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8.0
89215
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Groundbreaking? No, but impressively earth-shattering
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8.0
89246
8.0 |
The FT
The combination of power and finesse lives up to the sport from which the band derives its name: a “Russian circle” is an ice hockey drill
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8.0
89264
8.0 |
musicOMH
After six albums, Russian Circles are still a force to be reckoned with
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8.0
89066
8.0 |
All Music
Rough and explosive yet perfectly controlled, Guidance is yet another powerful statement from the heavy instrumental rock behemoths
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7.5
89067
7.5 |
Pitchfork
Even when Guidance gets complicated, there’s a more organic and unforced feel to it, as if songs were allowed to grow wild rather than carefully cultivated
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7.5
89095
7.5 |
A.V. Club
Russian Circles simply has one of the most powerful and tightly linked rhythm sections in rock
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7.5
89065
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
Though Russian Circles haven’t eclipsed their best work, Guidance is more a subtle nod to the coexistent depths and heights that have defined and run through the band’s music from the very outset
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7.0
89589
7.0 |
Beardfood
This album has a bit more sunlight to it
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7.0
89106
7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
In an increasingly chaotic world, doomsday music can be a catharsis, especially when an album like Guidance is able to offer silver linings to its mushroom clouds
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7.0
89064
7.0 |
PopMatters
Some parts of Guidance feel a little familiar for Russian Circles, but it's still a document of a band operating at the peak of its powers
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6.0
89069
6.0 |
The Skinny
By deliriously atmospheric closer Lisboa, it's clear that the Chicagoan trio have little new to offer the genre, but they sure know how to make a dead concept feel alive
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