Blood Year

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Blood Year
Blood Year Russian Circles.jpeg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1, 2019
Studio Electrical Audio
Genre
Length39:29
Label Sargent House
Producer Kurt Ballou
Russian Circles chronology
Live at Dunk! Fest
(2017)
Blood Year
(2019)
Gnosis
(2022)

Blood Year is the seventh studio album by American post-metal band Russian Circles, released on August 1, 2019 through Sargent House. The album was recorded and produced at GodCity Studio in Salem and Steve Albini's Electrical Audio Studio in Chicago by Kurt Ballou. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hunter Moon"2:20
2."Arluck"6:33
3."Milano"6:35
4."Kohokia"7:18
5."Ghost on High"2:34
6."Sinaia"7:30
7."Quartered"6:39
Total length:39:29

Personnel

Russian Circles

Technical personnel

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [3] 59
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [4] 40

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References

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