The Ukrainian metal band that returns to Brazil after suffering due to the war

A leading name in contemporary heavy music, Jinjer needed permission from the authorities to return to perform during the Russian invasion

In the next few days, Brazil will welcome one of the most acclaimed metal bands of recent years for the third time. THE Jinjerwho came to the country in 2018 and 2022, return for their longest tour in the country, with six shows together Heaven will burn.

Porto Alegre (30/11, Opinion), Curitiba (01/12, Tork’n Roll), Belo Horizonte (03/12, Mr. Rock), Brasilia (05/12, Toinha), Rio de Janeiro (07/12, Circus Voador) e Saint Paul (08/12, Earth) receive the groups. Tickets can be purchased at this link.

Jinjer, in particular, has a history of overcoming. The metalcore band, which also combines elements of groove metal and progressive, formed in 2008, in Donetsk, Ukraine, and was on the rise when two major setbacks occurred.

The first, which affected the entire planet, was the covid-19 pandemic, preventing Tatiana Shmayluk (voice), Roman Ibramkhalilov (guitar), Eugene Abdukhanov (Bass), Vladislav Ulasevich (drums) to perform live. The second, more specific to where they live, is the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022.

Due to the conflict, the quartet was prevented from leaving the country for months. It was only in June that the authorities allowed the musicians to leave the venue. They ended up becoming ambassadors for Ukraine on a tour that circled Europe, before heading to other destinations, such as Brazil, in a single date held in October of that year.

Witness the horror

In a 2022 interview with Chaoszine (go Chatty), Eugene Abdukhanov celebrated his return to the stage, as it was the only time he could forget about the war. He also described the first weeks of the war as the most horrific moments of his life.

“Even if we were outside Ukraine when the war started, we couldn’t touch each other, because in those first few weeks there was so much death, so much suffering, so much horror, that we couldn’t touch each other.”

The musician was very close to the conflict zone: he was driving when explosions began to occur around him. When he realized it, he was in the middle of a bombing.

“I tried to get out of there, driving 180 km on a very narrow road. I saw things that I had only seen in movies before: big explosions with all these pieces flying here and there. And they fell right in front of me, with all that smoke around I was returning to Kiev, just trying to get home as quickly as possible. […] Everyone stayed at home and a siren sounded every half hour. […] The bombs fell 5 or 10 kilometers away, which is not close in our reality, but the earth shook. It was then that the siege of Kiev began.”

Although the conflict continues, the situation of the Jinjer members appears to be under control. So much so that, in addition to the concerts, the band will release their fifth studio album on February 7th: Duel. In between their travel commitments, they opened the European leg of the band’s farewell tour. Serious, “Celebrating Life Through Death”.

Source: Terra

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