Ukrainian progressive metal band Jinjer has been stirring up interest for the past year or so. With a stellar leading front woman in Tatiana Shmailyuk and tight instrumentalists, it’s no wonder that a number of their shows on this tour have been sold out—including Chicago’s show at Bottom Lounge.
The crowd was super pumped and hyped, calling for Jinjer to “come on out” with a silly, juxtaposed song as the backdrop to the coming metal onslaught headed everyone’s way. The band entered one by one, starting with newest member, drummer Vladislav Ulasevich who joined in 2016. Original member and guitarist Roman Ibramkhalilov and bassist Eugene Abdukhanov soon followed. Tatiana walked out and “Teacher, Teacher” from their 2019 EP “Micro” immediately ensued.
Every member’s performance was on point and Tatiana didn’t hold anything back—the images will clearly show a truly electric performance. The sound and energy were relentless, giving the audience everything they hoped for—and more. It was also refreshing to see a respectful and tamer crowd given the high energy, and not seeing any crowd surfing or anyone out of control. Everyone was just genuinely enjoying the craftsmanship of the music during three songs off the band’s very recent release Macro—their fourth studio album—that arrived in stores three days after this show on October 25th.
Jinjer is set to finish up their North American Tour on November 2nd before heading over to Europe and more through the springtime. They are definitely not one to miss. Dates and tickets are here.
SETLIST
Teacher, Teacher
Sit Stay Roll Over
Ape
Judgement (& Punishment)
I Speak Astronomy
Dreadful Moments
Who’s Gonna Be the One
Retrospection
Perennial
On the Top
Bad Water
Outlander
No Hoard of Value
Cloud Factory
ENCORE
Pisces
Captain Clock
