Like cavemen with calculators, this Lawrence, KS trio weld an angular prog attack to headcrushing sludge rock. The result is a perfect alliance of imaginative musicianship and a thorough ass beating. Carnaval De Carne is the newest slab of thunder and stutter from the KILLCRANE...
Jumbo's Killcrane was formed in fall of '98 in Lawrence, Kansas by battle drunks Ervis Jug and P-Rock. Their first album 'scratch' was released in 1999 by Tarlick Records and followed by extensive pirate touring of the US. While Jug played most of the bass tracks on 'scratch', a man named Riley (he would give no more information than that) was the bassman on 'Il Cadavers Eccellente'. Riley was also part of most of the tours through August 2000, but then quit because of several factors, none of which neither P-Rock nor Jug had time to listen to. JKC's 2000 release, 'II Cadavers Eccellente' was recorded and mastered in Milwaukee at Kneever-Kneever land studios with engineer / producer "Evil" Paul Kneevers.The studio just happened to be on Dahmer's old cruising strip, a site sure to inspire any musician. Evil himself even put down some organ on 'mount roy'. The tracks were laid on two June days in the middle of a small tour in summer 2000 and the record was once again released by Tarlick Records. The year 2002 saw the recording of 'Carnaval De Carne', tracked and engineered by Jeff McNulty (of the Seattle based edu-core band Bloodhag) at Uptone Studios in Tacoma WA. Crucial Blast Records will release the album via Lumberjack distribution in March 2003.
After many lineup changes, Brodie Rush of Be/Non and Paul Mendez share duty on second guitar and Anthony Diale of The Esoteric has taken the permanent bass slot to complete this quartet of seasoned musicians. As a four piece , the band's sound has developed into raw, untamed raucuosness with more dimensions and more depth. Consistent touring and recording a new album in 2002 was the plan for JKC, and they followed through. Summer tour included a performance at Emissions From The Monolith IV, in Youngstown OH, in the spring, JKC toured the west coast with their freinds and mentors Season To Risk, and in the fall, yet another west coast tour. With a hearty road-dog ethic and tours being booked for January, February, and April / May 2003, these guys have gotten the point across to thousands of people all over the U.S. JKC continues to plow forward and explore the backwoods of loud, obnoxious music?just as the voices in their heads keep telling them to do. This is one band that is always on the road. So, in the words of Chris Barnes from Hellride Music, you should go to your local club, "Close your eyes, aim your ears and open your mind. Fucker."
Review from Cosmic Lava:
"At first, JUMBO´S KILLCRANE aren´t a typical Doom or Heavyrock trio. They remind me to bands like BASTARDS or KILLDOZER, those groups you find on labels like NOISE AMPHETAMINE REPTILE REC etc in the late-80´s and the early-90´s....full of interesting breaks and structures, which are hard to explain. The thick and heavy sound includes s few distorted vocal parts and some quiet moments. I like this different dynamics JUMBO´S KILLCRANE use and in some tracks there´s a bluesy and melancholic feeling. The music is full of passion and it really "burns"...a very tight unit and it must be interesting to see a live performance from this band. So, if you´re open-minded enough for this sludgy masterpiece check out JUMBO`S KILLCRANE and get in touch with their world."
Review from HellRide Music:
"Jumbo's KillCrane is the outlet for Eric Jarvis's musical and emotional battlefield. Luckily for us, his pain is our gain. There is kind of a disjointed, extemperanous vibe to the 'Crane sound, as if the band said to themselves "Fuck structure, let's take this thing exploring"; something akin to art-rock and jazz without the pretension and a hell of a lot more distortion. Think of a depressed version of Fatso Jetson, where what happens during the course of the song is given priorty over the riff and you kind of get what I mean. Maybe. Erik Jarvis is talented, there is no doubt about that. Heck the guy wrote all the songs, plays guitar and sings. I wonder if he is a complete pain in the ass like Monster Magnants Dave Wyndorf? A Ritchie Blackmore-like control freak? Only the rest of the band knows, and it's not in the bio. Adrian Proctor is behind the tubs and does a great job as does bass-player Riley who seems to be the only one keeping the thing from going into complete chaos. Erik's vocals range from a nicotine whisper to a hair curling scream often in the course of the same tune. Very disconcerting and I wouldn't listen before bedtime. Keep in mind that 'Crane rock is different, so dump all preconcieved notions on how rock n' roll should be played in the jewel case before you bump the 'Crane. This is very far from groove rock, and it ain't heavy metal. It's 'Crane rock, like I told you before. Close your eyes, aim your ears and open your mind. Fucker."
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.crucialblast.netTrack List:
1. Fellatio
2. Tonymegshi
3. Tres Futbol del Mono I
4. Case In Progress
5. Gasmouth
6. Claxton II
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