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YAKUZA
Metal / Experimental / Progressive

Transmutations NOW ON VINYL



Chicago, Illinois
United States

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   YAKUZA: General Info
Member Since2/25/2005
Band Websitewww.yakuzadojo.com
Band MembersBruce Lamont, Matt McClelland, Jim Staffel, Ivan Exael Cruz
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Record Labelprosthetic/eyes of sound
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Staying deeply rooted in a genre all its own, YAKUZA’s existence lies on a metal base with progressive flair, while somehow also incorporating elements of jazz, world beat, and post-rock ambience. Picture (if you can) a mixture of King Crimson, all periods of John Coltrane’s career, Tortoise, and Napalm Death. The end result is captivating, a sound that Rolling Stone, Revolver, Alternative Press, the Chicago Sun Times, the Chicago Tribune, All That Jazz and countless others all agree is refreshingly original, technically proficient, all the while still staying very metal.

Continuing the band’s genre-defying sound with Transmutations, the follow-up to 2006’s critically acclaimed record, Samsara, the album sees YAKUZA again pushing the aural boundaries further albeit in a different way, incorporating more psychedelic elements alongside stretching, doomy movements and the band’s trademark jazz-influences, while also incorporating breakneck grind riffs and grooves at the same time.

"Exploration, experimentation, riding the line between the familiar and the foreign; the essential elements for YAKUZA have already been established,” frontman Bruce Lamont says. “We are not interested in creating music that’s easily definable. Our roots are firmly planted in metal - yes, but like life, the sounds here are not cut and dry. At times this record can be uplifting, cruel, celebratory and just downright fuckin’ mean."

Utilizing producer and established multi-instrumentalist Sanford Parker (Rwake, Pelican, Minsk) for the recording of Transmutations, YAKUZA couldn’t be happier with the album’s end sound. “Sanford was great to work with,” Lamont says. “We really feel he has refined his craft over the past half a dozen recordings he's done. He’s known the band for a long time and helped with our last release, so he is already aware of our studio tendencies. With him the process felt almost effortless.”

With an album that continues the YAKUZA sound while – somehow - also expanding upon the band’s already established enigmatic concepts and forward-thinking approach to metal, Transmutations continues to push the envelope, carving a niche in the metal genre, while still continuing the band’s originality that has garnered so much attention in the underground – metal, mainstream or otherwise. Photobucket

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May 17 2009 12:35 PM

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May 17 2009 10:08 PM

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May 20 2009 1:43 AM

Hello YAKUZA thanks for the add! glad to have you as a new friend and fan!
We are a band whos success has come solely from you, our friends and fans. Anything you can do to raise awareness for our band means the world to us. So if you feel like helping us join the fight please feel free to tell your friends, post bulletins, and share our music with anyone and everyone!! Dont be a stranger we love to get comments and return them. Be sure to check out our debut album Break Before Dawn on itunes!

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May 20 2009 5:39 AM

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May 20 2009 9:17 PM

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