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This album starts off with Tuvan throat singing, tribal drumming, and a tenor saxophone incantation that sounds like German free jazzer Peter Brötzmann in one of his more meditative moments -- and that's all just in the first minute. So in other words, you know right off that this is no ordinary metal album. But soon enough, the band shifts into an odd-time math-thrash groove that makes it equally clear that Yakuza knows how to rock, too. Through much of the album, Bruce Lamont's strained vocals give the impression that he is suffering some sort of paranoia-induced anxiety attack, but his semi-shouted vocals still carry a surprising amount of melody, which is welcome considering how many bands in this style try to get by on shouting alone; that said, his vocals are still unusual and may be an acquired taste. The rest of the band, though, sounds great -- they're obviously skilled musicians and, while at times their brainy tendencies come close to taking over, they make it clear that they're not afraid to play hard and get sweaty either. The songs veer from discordant hardcore/metalcore and stray touches of death metal to fleeting moments of spaced-out calm and, on "Obscurity," even a little bit of dueling free jazz tenor saxophone action (courtesy of Lamont and guest Ken Vandermark). That's not even mentioning the closing track, "01000011110011," a drifting, 43-minute instrumental that is longer than the rest of the songs combined. The main criticism of this album is that the band tries to pack so many ideas into such a short space (apart from the last track) that occasionally things come out sounding fragmented and slightly underdeveloped. With that in mind, this doesn't look to be Yakuza's definitive statement, but it's still way ahead of the curve compared to most of its competition. ~ William York

Driven by experimentation, Yakuza combines a variety of styles ranging from psychedelic indie rock to metal, free jazz and hardcore. Appeared on Warped Tour and the Milwaukee Metal fest. Century Media. 2002.

Recorded at Ghetto Love, Chicago, Illinois.

Personnel: Eric Plonka (vocals, guitar); Bruce Lamont (vocals, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Ken Vandermark (saxophone); James Staffel (drums, temple bell); Eric Clark (background vocals).

Audio Mixers: Bruce Lamont; Eric Plonka.

Recording information: Ghetto Love, Chicago, IL.

Photographers: James Staffel; Katherine Baker.

Yakuza: Eric Plonka (throat singing, guitar); James Staffel (drums, tempel bed, udu); Erick Clark (bass, background vocals); Bruce Lamont (vocals, soprano & tenor saxophones).

Additional personnel: Ken Vandermark.

The Wire (10/02, p.64) - "...Yakuza mix punk energy, fusion hypercomplexity, and out-jazz skronk...You'd be hard-pressed to find anything this adventurous going on anywhere else in rock..."
CMJ (10/28/02, p.29) - "...WAY OF THE DEAD hopscotches between bladder-bursting metal riffage, Jesus Lizard noise, post-hardcore change-ups and jazz breakdowns throughout..."d
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List Price $10.97 (You save $1.42)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Heavy Metal CDs, Post Rock, Rock, Enhanced CD
Label Century Media
Orig Year 2002
All Time Sales Rank   85386  
CD Universe Part number 5060820
Catalog number 8055
Discs 1
Release Date Oct 15, 2002
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Dale Meiners; Yakuza
Engineer Adam Norden; Adam Armstrong
Personnel Bruce Lamont - vocals, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Eric Plonka - vocals, guitar
James Staffel - drums, temple bell
Eric Clark - background vocals

Also: Ken Vandermark, Ken Vandermark
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1.Vergasso
2.Miami Device
3.Yama
4.Signal 2.42
5.T.M.S.
6.Chicago Typewriter
7.Obscurity
8.01000011110011
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Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars) 3 stars

3 stars Don't know what to think
This band is very experimental with some indian and jazz parts, however some parts sound slipknotish and their transitions don't flow too well. Not a bad band, but they lack a little structure.
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