(House of Blues, Lake Buena Vista FL) In a very exciting display, Ukranian metalcore band Jinjer graced its fans with a hyper-memorable performance to a sold out House of Blues venue at Disney Springs.
This evening marked the 3rd time I'd seen Jinjer perform live at Lake Buena Vista's House of Blues. Each time, this band has delivered, sounding just as good -- if not substantially better -- than their album recordings. Their music is not for the feint of heart as the heaviness of their sound is enough to capture even the most committed of metalheads.
Roman Ibramkhalilov (guitar), Eugene Abdukhanov (bass), and Vladislav Ulasevich (drums) blend harmoniously into this ocean of instrumental, destructive, and borderline terrifying metal. It's the perfect horrific backdrop for someone of Tatiana's vocal caliber. Together, this group of 4 create such an immense and full wall of powerful and unstoppable sound that is just thrust at the audience, like a locomotive coming right at you and you can't do a damn thing to get out of its way.
The first time I heard this band, I was impressed by the band's sound, and astounded by the extreme vocal range of lead vocalist Tatiana Shmayluk. Could that voice have been real? No, couldn't be. How can a female, or anyone really, sound like that??
Tatiana looks like a cheerleader, and truthfully she has such a warm and inviting smile. When she's dancing (and I'm confident that she's the only one in the entire venue who actually makes 'dancing' to their music look normal somehow), it's hypnotic. It genuinely is like she's this queen of the dark, and we've all been thrown into her world of darkness. But it's a surreal and awesome experience. Physically, she is tiny; yet, she sings as though her voice represents hundreds of different worlds. Tatiana's vocal technique has been described by vocal coaches as 'growling'. I feel that a better description is that her voice goes 'demonic'. It's mind-blowing. I'll even go on record as saying that she has a wonderful pleasant upper register: it's got a very full tone when she sings as her voice is haunting yet angelic in that higher range. But then she drops into that growling mode and it'll scare the ever-living hell out of you. Somehow, the music sounds perfect because of the extreme dichotomy of her voice. Her voice fully communicates the rage and emotion of Jinjer. When I hear their music, I feel an unusual sense of release as though all inhibitions, all subtleties, all reservations and attempts to not offend anyone are out the window, and I just hear pure, raw, and unadulterated emotion.
Apparently the crowd felt it also. I've never seen crowd-surfing like I did during this concert. I was permitted to photograph 3 songs, but every minute or so, I felt the tap on my shoulder from security that basically an incoming body was being passed in my direction overhead and to watch out.
Jinjer is the real deal: a fiery burst of emotion with a developing and rapidly growing fanbase. I've heard many bands, but even in this specific genre of sound, Jinjer is distinct and most special. I greatly look forward to seeing them again whenever they return to central Florida.
Bailey Guinigundo
This evening marked the 3rd time I'd seen Jinjer perform live at Lake Buena Vista's House of Blues. Each time, this band has delivered, sounding just as good -- if not substantially better -- than their album recordings. Their music is not for the feint of heart as the heaviness of their sound is enough to capture even the most committed of metalheads.
Roman Ibramkhalilov (guitar), Eugene Abdukhanov (bass), and Vladislav Ulasevich (drums) blend harmoniously into this ocean of instrumental, destructive, and borderline terrifying metal. It's the perfect horrific backdrop for someone of Tatiana's vocal caliber. Together, this group of 4 create such an immense and full wall of powerful and unstoppable sound that is just thrust at the audience, like a locomotive coming right at you and you can't do a damn thing to get out of its way.
The first time I heard this band, I was impressed by the band's sound, and astounded by the extreme vocal range of lead vocalist Tatiana Shmayluk. Could that voice have been real? No, couldn't be. How can a female, or anyone really, sound like that??
Tatiana looks like a cheerleader, and truthfully she has such a warm and inviting smile. When she's dancing (and I'm confident that she's the only one in the entire venue who actually makes 'dancing' to their music look normal somehow), it's hypnotic. It genuinely is like she's this queen of the dark, and we've all been thrown into her world of darkness. But it's a surreal and awesome experience. Physically, she is tiny; yet, she sings as though her voice represents hundreds of different worlds. Tatiana's vocal technique has been described by vocal coaches as 'growling'. I feel that a better description is that her voice goes 'demonic'. It's mind-blowing. I'll even go on record as saying that she has a wonderful pleasant upper register: it's got a very full tone when she sings as her voice is haunting yet angelic in that higher range. But then she drops into that growling mode and it'll scare the ever-living hell out of you. Somehow, the music sounds perfect because of the extreme dichotomy of her voice. Her voice fully communicates the rage and emotion of Jinjer. When I hear their music, I feel an unusual sense of release as though all inhibitions, all subtleties, all reservations and attempts to not offend anyone are out the window, and I just hear pure, raw, and unadulterated emotion.
Apparently the crowd felt it also. I've never seen crowd-surfing like I did during this concert. I was permitted to photograph 3 songs, but every minute or so, I felt the tap on my shoulder from security that basically an incoming body was being passed in my direction overhead and to watch out.
Jinjer is the real deal: a fiery burst of emotion with a developing and rapidly growing fanbase. I've heard many bands, but even in this specific genre of sound, Jinjer is distinct and most special. I greatly look forward to seeing them again whenever they return to central Florida.
Bailey Guinigundo