{"id":74686,"date":"2019-01-01T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=74686"},"modified":"2018-12-30T14:36:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T14:36:34","slug":"review-jinjer-micro-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-jinjer-micro-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Jinjer &#8211; Micro EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-74687 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Micro-cover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Micro-cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Micro-cover-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Micro-cover-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Micro-cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Micro-cover-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Micro-cover-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Micro-cover-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Micro-cover-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Micro-cover.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ukraine is probably not the first place you would name as a hotbed of progressive metal. Hence <strong>Jinjer<\/strong> had to work hard to get themselves noticed. After being snapped up by Napalm Records, their 2016 album \u2018<em>King of Everything\u2019, <\/em>brought them to the international stage. Last year saw the re-issue of their second album<em> \u2018Cloud Atlas\u2019 <\/em>and finally, they have concocted new music, the EP<em> \u2018Micro\u2019.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Ape<\/em>\u2019 opens things up with a slow groove of djent guitars and your heart sinks, have they surrendered the soundscapes of prior releases? In a word, no. Two minutes in, there\u2019s a shift in tone, the vocals soar and all bets are off. It\u2019s stunning. Illustrating that yes, their awesome brand of kitchen-sink metal remains very much intact. Djent, speed metal, you name it <strong>Jinjer<\/strong> have it in their varied toolbox. In fact, it\u2019s surprising they\u2019ve packed so much into the five songs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"JINJER - Dreadful Moments (Official Lyric Video) | Napalm Records\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RXV81anhwQ8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While the music is sinuous as a snake, Tatiana Shmailyuk\u2019s vocals are the main focus. She excels at everything from death growls and screams to beautiful singing, particularly during the quiet break on \u2018<em>Perennial<\/em>\u2019. Each song\u00a0opens out like an orchid, revealing beauty and depth, even the short \u00a0\u2018<em>Micro<\/em>\u2019, offers a close, atmospheric musing of guitars and percussion.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere \u2018<em>Dreadful Moments<\/em>\u2019 has one of the most fitting song names you\u2019ll ever encounter. At times, Shmailyuk\u2019s singing doesn\u2019t gel with Roman Ibramkhalilov\u2019s guitar parts. Quickly, you realise it\u2019s completely intentional. Disharmony is part of the song\u2019s awkward swagger. In fact, every song is a careful blend of disparate parts and, while they shouldn\u2019t sit together, they do. \u2018<em>Teacher,Teacher<\/em>!\u2019 illustrates this best, opening with a huge thumping riff and almost-rap vocal, it gives way to a long, slow mid-section, allowing bassist Eugene Abdiukhanov chance to show off. Amazingly, it all works.\u00a0Quite a feat, considering what they attempt. Thus, taken as a whole, \u2018<em>Micro<\/em>\u2019 is <strong>Jinjer <\/strong>consolidating their boundary-pushing sound. A strange and frequently thrilling EP.<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Micro<\/em>\u2019 EP by\u00a0<strong>Jinjer\u00a0<\/strong>is released on 11th January by <strong>Napalm Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jinjer<\/strong> links:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jinjer-metal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JinjerOfficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jinjerofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ian Kenworthy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhisperingSand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WhisperingSand<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u2018Micro\u2019 is Jinjer consolidating their boundary-pushing sound.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":74687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2269],"tags":[15621,16400,16402,1020],"class_list":["post-74686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-ep-review","tag-ian-kenworthy","tag-jinjer","tag-micro-ep","tag-napalm-records"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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