The first and final tracks on post-metal band Russian Circles' new album show what the band could be if it wanted to conform to more conventional expectations for popular music.

The Chicago-based three piece is deliberately without a vocalist and its new album "Memorial" commences with an instrumental. The band reprises the song at the end of the album, but Gothic folk singer Chelsea Wolfe provides a buried melody that gives a taste of what the band would be if it followed a more traditional path.

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