Despite the turmoil in its home country, Ukrainian progressive-metal act Jinjer is on an upward trajectory, building a U.S. audience through relentless touring and a string of releases that display its sonic versatility.
The group’s latest headlining North American tour will take it to San Antonio’s Aztec Theatre on Monday, Oct. 7, with Hanabie and Born of Osiris opening.
The vocals of frontwoman Tatiana Shmailyuk — which appear to effortlessly jump between soulful croons to menacing death growls — are the immediate hook into the Jinjer sound. But it’s clear the quartet has plenty more to offer.
The band wields a conventional guitar-bass-drums lineup to hammer together an impressive array of influences, tempering punishing its metalcore and proggy angularity with grooves borrowing from R&B, soul, funk and reggae.
At present, Jinjer is finishing a followup to its critically praised 2021 album
Wallflowers
, and has already released two singles teasing the release: “Someone’s Daughter” and “Rogue.” The latter ranks as one of the most brutal songs of the band’s career.