This is very very exicting: finally it looks like someone has produced the kind of playful, semi-ironic, radical, avant-garde Jewish metal I always dreamed of. Black Shabbis is a project of multi-instrumentalist Jamie Saft and is out on John Zorn's uber-credible Tzadik label. Here's what the label blurb says:
After two stunning jazz piano trio recordings
featuring the music of Dylan and Zorn, dubmeister Jamie Saft returns to
his roots with a masterpiece of Jewish heavy metal. Slashing and
burning his way through nine tracks of unbridled madness, this is
Radical Jewish Culture at its best. Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath and
Slayer for the frum, Black Shabbis presents uncompromising and intense
sounds from one of the most versatile creative lights in the downtown
scene.
I've pre-ordered the CD, which is out at the end of Feb and I'm pretty excited. Could this be what I've been searching for?
Hat tip (as ever) to Jack
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