The Crinn
Dreaming Saturn
4/5
Listen To: Anaphylactic Shock
Skip It: Lucid Dream Field
Jazz techniques are used in every genre of metal, from the speedy feathered bass drum turned double bass, or soloing trades between battling guitars. However, it’s always hard to label a band as purely jazz-metal.
That said The Crinn mixes jazz technicality into their sound in a style that can be labeled as jazz-metal. Their sixth studio album Dreaming Saturn is laden with sporadic tempo shifting guitar and bass lines, like on “Incipience,” the disc’s first track that foundations the high-pitch pinball guitar picking to be used in every song.
But when Dreaming Saturn isn’t mud sliding through informal guitar leads, you are subject to staple metalcore techniques. Like the heavy chugging breakdowns of “Meat Eating Machines” that allow vocalist John Nelson to let out some steam-relieving screams. Or the machinegun-guitar sprays of “Anaphylactic Shock” that splice forward motion in preparation for a breakdown of UFO-themed octivated power chords sailing high over a solid drum centre.
“Cathartic Insurrection” features an electrifying hammer on/pulloff guitar frenzy wildly impressive to any player. And that is just it. Dreaming Saturn is largely a display of technical, jazz-style musicianship, often giving Nelson a break on the mic for minutes on end.
The downside to this album is its track-similarity. If you need to know when songs end and begin without watching your track counter, Dreaming Saturn isn’t for you. Like when “Anaphylactic Shock” seamlessly becomes “Cathartic Insurrection,” for example, you don‘t notice a song change. The track’s don’t recycle riffs between one another, but all songs on Dreaming Saturn conform to The Crinn’s distinct style.
Track Listing:
1. Incipience
2. Meat Eating Machines
3. Anaphylactic Shock
4. Cathartic Insurrection
5. Voluptuous Eruptions
6. Magnetic Magician
7. Syzygy
8. Lucid Dream Field
9. Down, In Waves
Dreaming Saturn
4/5
Listen To: Anaphylactic Shock
Skip It: Lucid Dream Field
Jazz techniques are used in every genre of metal, from the speedy feathered bass drum turned double bass, or soloing trades between battling guitars. However, it’s always hard to label a band as purely jazz-metal.
That said The Crinn mixes jazz technicality into their sound in a style that can be labeled as jazz-metal. Their sixth studio album Dreaming Saturn is laden with sporadic tempo shifting guitar and bass lines, like on “Incipience,” the disc’s first track that foundations the high-pitch pinball guitar picking to be used in every song.
But when Dreaming Saturn isn’t mud sliding through informal guitar leads, you are subject to staple metalcore techniques. Like the heavy chugging breakdowns of “Meat Eating Machines” that allow vocalist John Nelson to let out some steam-relieving screams. Or the machinegun-guitar sprays of “Anaphylactic Shock” that splice forward motion in preparation for a breakdown of UFO-themed octivated power chords sailing high over a solid drum centre.
“Cathartic Insurrection” features an electrifying hammer on/pulloff guitar frenzy wildly impressive to any player. And that is just it. Dreaming Saturn is largely a display of technical, jazz-style musicianship, often giving Nelson a break on the mic for minutes on end.
The downside to this album is its track-similarity. If you need to know when songs end and begin without watching your track counter, Dreaming Saturn isn’t for you. Like when “Anaphylactic Shock” seamlessly becomes “Cathartic Insurrection,” for example, you don‘t notice a song change. The track’s don’t recycle riffs between one another, but all songs on Dreaming Saturn conform to The Crinn’s distinct style.
Track Listing:
1. Incipience
2. Meat Eating Machines
3. Anaphylactic Shock
4. Cathartic Insurrection
5. Voluptuous Eruptions
6. Magnetic Magician
7. Syzygy
8. Lucid Dream Field
9. Down, In Waves
Published by Tangible Sounds Music Magazine
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