by
Shining
- Record Label: Spinefarm Records
- Release Date: Oct 23, 2015
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Kerrang!Nov 6, 2015Brilliantly delirious or deliriously brilliant, International Blackjazz Society is the mark of a band that are losing their minds in the best possible way. [7 Nov 2015, p.52]
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Oct 22, 2015There's definitely a smart-dumbness to what Shining does here: International Blackjazz Society sounds like Nine Inch Nails circa “The Hand That Feeds,” with an earnest deployment of such dinosaur vulgarities as cowbells, hard-boogie keyboards, and shout-along choruses.
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Oct 22, 2015International Blackjazz Society is not only smartly conceived, Shining's songwriting, arranging, playing, and production are also completely inspired.
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Oct 22, 2015One of extreme music’s most adventurous bands continues blazing its own path. [Nov 2015, p.97
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Nov 6, 2015Whether it’s the Nine Inch Nails-meets John Coltrane scree of “The Last Stand,” the avant-jazz experimentation of “House of Warship” or the trippy classic rock hooks and ominous ambient drones of “House of Control,” IBS makes Marilyn Manson sound as rebellious as Ed Sheeran.
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Oct 27, 2015Two things are certain by the time these nine songs come to a close: Shining are still figuring out what exactly “blackjazz” is, which means for the rest of us that a thrilling ride is still in order.
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Oct 22, 2015It’s as unhinged as it is straightforward; as it acquires mass in the choruses it seems to list off the ground into some new, uncertain gravity. For all the blur and motion of their music, this hint of deeper chaos might be the album's most exciting moment.
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Oct 22, 2015It cuts and blazes and works well live in all its kinetic abandon but, if Shining really want to lay claim to a new genre, they need to integrate their progressive elements into the mix rather than add them as a side option.