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With high praise from the metal press, local and national newspapers, and highbrow publications alike, Chicago’s Yakuza has succeeded in garnering attention of all kinds, all the while not compromising the band’s free-flowing and spontaneous musical integrity. Yakuza stays deeply rooted in a genre all its own: a metal base with progressive flair, while incorporating elements of jazz, world beat, and post-rock ambience. Picture (if you can) a mixture of King Crimson, all periods of John Coltrane’s career, Tortoise, and Napalm Death. The end result is captivating, a sound that Rolling Stone, Revolver, Alternative Press, the Chicago Sun Times, the Chicago Tribune, All That Jazz and countless others all agree is refreshingly original and technically proficient, all the while still staying very metal.
Yakuza has always fundamentally been about bending the rules of preconceived musical limitations without ever having to utter a word about it, the Yakuza sound speaks for itself. Samsara, the new record and ensuing journey, is full of peaks and valleys, overtly harsh and aggressive at points, yet mind-trippingly mellow at others. The contrasting soundscapes collide together in an effective symbiosis, creating one of the most all-inclusive albums since Pink Floyds The Wall. Skillfully weaving saxophone melodies and eerie musical landscapes alongside scathing metal riffs and screams alongside an intensely musical rhythm section, Yakuza cannot be considered an acquired taste - it is taste.
Yakuza has always fundamentally been about bending the rules of preconceived musical limitations without ever having to utter a word about it, the Yakuza sound speaks for itself. Samsara, the new record and ensuing journey, is full of peaks and valleys, overtly harsh and aggressive at points, yet mind-trippingly mellow at others. The contrasting soundscapes collide together in an effective symbiosis, creating one of the most all-inclusive albums since Pink Floyds The Wall. Skillfully weaving saxophone melodies and eerie musical landscapes alongside scathing metal riffs and screams alongside an intensely musical rhythm section, Yakuza cannot be considered an acquired taste - it is taste.
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Samsara
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Transmutations
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Way Of The Dead
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Amount to Nothing
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NOHOPEFORHEROES wrote:
The vocals are really offputting and flat sounding, and sometimes just don't seem to gel with the music at all. Spoiling Yakuza for me so far.
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2ool wrote:
I somehow don't get the euphoria about Samsara. It's certainly a good record, but Transmutations outdoes it by far in my opinion. There's just more emotion in it, let alone the production.
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falsewander wrote:
I like it. Not too heavy on the jazz influences though.
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NOHOPEFORHEROES wrote:
Listening to Way of the Dead for the first time, I quite like it, but some the vocals are reeaaaally irksome. Promising sounding band though! Got something unique going on.
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super-pangolin wrote:
Shit, the scene fans went to town with the core tags.
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Walking_on_Moon wrote:
unique band
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Alasin wrote:
good shit
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Lahiri wrote:
... and why aren't they more popular??? Damn they deserve it
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Lahiri wrote:
Fucking great band!!! Samsara kicks ass
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SerpentLazarus wrote:
Great fucking band, but it seems like these guys never leave Chicago, much less play somewhere like New York.
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barney0528 wrote:
Amazing band. Who would have thunk that a sexy saxophone sound can be incorporated into metal?
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alientool wrote:
one of the best bands around! please new album soon!
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TheEdgecrusher wrote:
A group for the apolitical : http://www.last.fm/group/Apolitical
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Master_ov_Khaos wrote:
Way of the Dead is better than Samsara.
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elegiak wrote:
SAMSARA <3.
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standard_user wrote:
the band is one of a kind.
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DivineMonkey wrote:
Samsara is the shit.
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kwachukwach wrote:
good shit
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no_wire_hangers wrote:
shit's weak.
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Disco_Juan wrote:
Yeah, I wouldn't call them Jazzcore. I get the feeling that this is a case of mistaken identity coming from the use of a saxophone in Metal, instead of a classification due to the root chord or odd time signatures. This band is great Progressive, but I wouldn't call it Jazzcore.
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Dec
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The Tossers
Reggie's Rock Club, Chicago, IL, Chicago, United States
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Roadburn Festival 2010
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Asymmetry Festival II
Firlej, Wrocław, Poland
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News
Yakuza begin recording 11.19.09
12 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/yakuza
We are gonna begin recording new material on 11.19.09 @ Electrical Audio & Semaphore studios in Chicago USA with Sanford Parker. new album entitled "Of Seismic Consequence" due out In April 2010 throu. …
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