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Panzerballett – X-mas Death Jazz [New Vinyl]
Artist: Panzerballett
Title: X-mas Death Jazz
Format: Vinyl
UPC: 4046661533217
Condition: New
Release Date: 2017
Record Label: Gentle Art of Music
Album Tracks
1. White Christmas (voc)
2. Kling, Glockchen
3. Little Drummer Boy
4. Es kommt bald (voc)
5. Last Christmas
6. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer voc)
7. For Whom The Jingle Bells Toll
8. Let It Snow (voc)
9. White Christmas (inst)
10. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (inst)
11. Es kommt bald (inst)
12. Let It Snow (inst)
How beautiful Christmas could be – if it weren’t for Christmas. What may seem like a utopian idea of cultural romanticism is actually the premise of Germany’s major avantgarde outfit Panzerballett’s new record X-Mas Death Jazz. For too long the festivity has wasted away between well-meant Merry Christmases” and gifts that would best be put away again right away. However, Panzerballett now offer a solution to that dilemma. “Extremized” Christmas songs – entirely without the dirty snow, crowded city centers and disgusting spiced wine. On their new album X-Mas Death Jazz Panzerballett this time utilize universally known Christmas songs from all over the world such as White Christmas, German classic Leise rieselt der Schnee as well as Last Christmas. However, the jazz-metal impresarios show no mercy so that, except for the basic tone progression, no stone is left unturned – none whatsoever. Once again Panzerballett utilize their self-perfected concept of “Verkrassung” (“extremization”) and thus create jazz-metal monsters that fuse technical force with the warmth of ease. The virtuoso skills of Jan Zehrfeld (guitar), Joe Doblhofer (guitar), Alxander von Hagke (saxophone), Heiko Jung (bass) and Sebastian Lanser (drums) add to a record that does not only have something to say but is also an enormous amount of fun. X-Mas Death Jazz can be summed up in few words: Hooray, de-Christmastized Christmas! Panzerballett have evolved from the status of the insider’s tip a long time ago, which is why it is no surprise that in guest musicians like Mattias IA Eklundh (Freak Kitchen, Steve Vai), Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Joe Satriani), Jen Majura (Evanescence) or Steffen Kummerer (Obscura) a raft of glitzy names has agreed to be part of X-Mas Death Jazz. The twelve songs of X-Mas Death Jazz politely smile at the listener – just to take him on a supposed hell ride that used to be “holiday season.” But there is no doubt whatsoever: never has anybody gotten something off their chest in a more exciting, fast-paced and yet incredibly charming way. So, without further ado… Merry Christmas! PS. The album won’t only be released as a double vinyl (180g each), but also as a CD-Digipak incl. “popup”: when opening, a X-mas tree will unfold itself.
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