JINJER

Wallflowers

NAPALM

Ukraine’s progressive metal hotshots hit the bullseye

in itself that Jinjer are still around, let alone on the upward trajectory that sees fourth album as one of the most highly anticipated metal records of the year. Their home nation of Ukraine sits alongside Moldova as the poorest in Europe, rife with corruption, poverty and an ongoing conflict with Russia known as the Donbas War. Nevertheless, Jinjer have channelled this adversity into concentrated rage and fused it with their brand of groove-laden prog metal to produce