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“Heavy Metal” Jazz?
- Thread starter Matthew_84
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I didn't read through the whole thread (because I'm lazy), so +1 to anything that was mentioned before.
As others have said, metal guitarists like Alex Skolnick and Marty Friedman have done jazz/jazz fusion albums.
I loved the album by Hideous Sun Demons (a jazz fusion album by guitarist Toshi Hiketa, bassist James LoMenzo, and drummer Ray Luzier).
I used to love the subgenre "acid jazz" in the '90s. It was jazz combined with funk, soul, disco. It was jazz with that extra little "pow!" that appealed to my metalhead heart. When I was in high school, a Japanese exchange student I hosted was super into acid jazz and made me a mixtape. This was the one song I couldn't stop listening to. It's jazz, it's funk, it's fusion...:
I also love the album "Be the Change" by Prasanna. He's a guitarist from southern India. That album is amazing. Hey, Victor Wooten and Alphonso Johnson both play on it. "Ragabop" is a killer song.
I remember several years ago seeing this metal band called Ever Forthright who incorporate a ton of jazz elements in their music. During their performance, it was wild seeing the lead vocalist break out a saxophone and do a saxophone solo over heavy breakdowns. It melted my brain in a good way.
The death metal band Rivers of Nihil also sometimes incorporates jazzy saxophone in its latest album:
As others have said, metal guitarists like Alex Skolnick and Marty Friedman have done jazz/jazz fusion albums.
I loved the album by Hideous Sun Demons (a jazz fusion album by guitarist Toshi Hiketa, bassist James LoMenzo, and drummer Ray Luzier).
I used to love the subgenre "acid jazz" in the '90s. It was jazz combined with funk, soul, disco. It was jazz with that extra little "pow!" that appealed to my metalhead heart. When I was in high school, a Japanese exchange student I hosted was super into acid jazz and made me a mixtape. This was the one song I couldn't stop listening to. It's jazz, it's funk, it's fusion...:
I also love the album "Be the Change" by Prasanna. He's a guitarist from southern India. That album is amazing. Hey, Victor Wooten and Alphonso Johnson both play on it. "Ragabop" is a killer song.
I remember several years ago seeing this metal band called Ever Forthright who incorporate a ton of jazz elements in their music. During their performance, it was wild seeing the lead vocalist break out a saxophone and do a saxophone solo over heavy breakdowns. It melted my brain in a good way.
The death metal band Rivers of Nihil also sometimes incorporates jazzy saxophone in its latest album:
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Critters Buggin would be be one that comes to mind. In a live setting they would cross both of those borders. https://youtu.be/lNL-dU_q-i0
Brad is a crazy sick bass player too. This band is the rhythm section from Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians which is kind of a trip.
Brad is a crazy sick bass player too. This band is the rhythm section from Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians which is kind of a trip.
Along with all that other stuff I posted a couple of slots above, I just remembered on that might appeal to the OP.
That song "Cantaloop" by Herbie Hancock is one of those jazz songs I almost find myself headbanging to. The trumpet part has that punchy groove to it that I think would hit that "spot" in a metalhead brain. And when other artists cover the tune with a slightly increased tempo, it's a banger.
That song "Cantaloop" by Herbie Hancock is one of those jazz songs I almost find myself headbanging to. The trumpet part has that punchy groove to it that I think would hit that "spot" in a metalhead brain. And when other artists cover the tune with a slightly increased tempo, it's a banger.
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How much more jazz metal can it be? None. None more jazz metal.
Think they've both been mentioned already, Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant came to mind. Also the band The Shining has an album called Black Jazz.
The Screaming Headless Torsos kinda fit that description sometimes.
I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but it may fit the bill. The rhythm section of John Lee and Alphonse Mouzon were really solid.
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Seconding the recommendations for Sonny Sharrock. Check his album "Guitar" or any of the live footage on Youtube, which tends to be heavier than most of his albums.
All of Colin Stetson's projects sound massive and dense, but Ex Eye is probably the most metal of them:
Yes, he's playing a contrabass sax through an Ampeg fridge there.
All of Colin Stetson's projects sound massive and dense, but Ex Eye is probably the most metal of them:
Yes, he's playing a contrabass sax through an Ampeg fridge there.
technically any jazz ensemble with a horn section is "metal"
...but seriously, yes...Soften the Glare
and also, I'd toss some SWANS in the mix
...but seriously, yes...Soften the Glare
and also, I'd toss some SWANS in the mix
