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Zu - Carboniferous
If you only buy one jazz-metal album this year... scratch that. Who am I trying to persuade – Howard Moon? Instead, let’s say: this is the intricate and heavy-riffing SKRONKCORE record you never knew you needed; stabbed through with pigs-on-heat sax, and featuring a couple of good-humoured parodies of metal at its most Satanic, from label-boss, Mike Patton. »
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one of the strongest releases on ipecac for some time, zu's debut album for the label is eagerly awaited by devotees of heavy skronk and genre-defying aggression. since 1997 this metal / noise / free / punk / jazz-inspired trio have built an enviable reputation for sonic ferocity, hypnotic complexity and visceral attack. featuring material honed over a year of touring as a quartet with mike patton, 'carboniferous' takes the trio's sound further into a world in which rock, jazz and noise co-exist without comprimise. features guest appearances from king buzzo (melvins) and mike patton.....release date: 09/02/2009
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